CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: LOTBINIERE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Sylvie Roy

Action démocratique

9522

37.45%

Monique Drolet Glazier

Liberal Party of Que

8773

34.5%

Jean-Guy Paré

Parti Québécois

6502

25.57%

Marc Allard

Green Party

306

1.2%

Étienne Hallé

Union des Forces

175

0.69%

Paul Biron

Christian Democratic

150

0.59%

Last Updated Tue Apr 15 12:00:00 EDT 2003

135 of 135 polls reporting

LOTBINIÈRE

Candidates:

PQ        x Jean-Guy Paré
LIB           Monique Drolet-Glazier
ADQ         Sylvie Roy
PDCQ       Paul Biron
PVQ          Marc Allard
UFP          Étienne Hallé

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1830 election.

1973 - LIB
1976 - UN
1981 - PQ
1985, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 50.41%   NO - 49.59%

Riding Profile:

Riding between Montreal and Quebec City - south shore.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  0.5%
Franco: 99%
Allo:  0.5%

Lotbinière contains the following municipalities: Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent, Dosquet, Fortierville, Inverness, Laurier-Station, Laurierville, Leclercville, Lemieux, Lotbinière, Lyster, Manseau, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun, Parisville, Saint-Agapit, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Saint-Apollinaire, Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Sainte-Croix, Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Saint-Ferdinand, Saint-Flavien, Sainte-Françoise, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Pierre-Baptiste, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard, Sainte-Sophie-d Halifax, Saint-Sylvestre, Val-Alain and Villeroy.

Redistribution:

No change in redistribution before 1989 election.
In 1992 redistribution, lost Saint-Jean-de-Brebeuf polls to Frontenac.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 100% of riding; added 3% of Frontenace; .07% of Chutes-de-la-Chaudière;

gained from Frontenac-Saint-Ferdinand and Sainte-Sophie-d Halifax (2164 electors).

gained from Chutes-de-la-Chaudière - the part of the municipality of Saint-Apollinaire in the riding (45 electors).

Political History:
[2003 = 96.4% LOTBINIERE; 3.5% FRONTENAC; .1% CHUTES-DE-LA-CHAUDIERE]

In 1973, LIB GEORGES-J-P. MASSICOTTE defeated PC BELAND by 3,744 votes.

In 1976, UN RODRIGUE BIRON defeated LIB MASSICOTTE by 6,713 votes. Biron elected UN leader, May 23, 1976. Resigned as Leader and MNA on March 3, 1980. Sat as Independent until Nov. 11, 1980 when he joined the PQ.

In 1981, NOW PQ RODRIGUE BIRON defeated LIB JEAN TREMBLAY by 1,365 votes.
Appointed Minister of Industry, Commerce & Tourism, Apr. 30, 1981; Minister of Industry & Commerce, Sept. 1984 and Dec. 1985.

In 1985, LIB LEWIS CAMDEN defeated PQ BIRON by 1,945 votes.

In 1989, LIB CAMDEN defeated PQ ALONZO LE BLANC by 5,593 votes.

In 1994, PQ JEAN-GUY PARÉ defeated incumbent LIB CAMDEN by 283 votes.

In 1998, PQ PARÉ defeated LIB CHRISTIAN LESSARD by 2,348 votes.