CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: MASSON

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Luc Thériault

Parti Québécois

15636

44.97%

Richard Marcotte

Liberal Party of Que

11466

32.97%

Nathalie Filion

Action démocratique

7671

22.06%

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

187 of 187 polls reporting

MASSON

Candidates:

PQ         Luc Thériault
LIB        Richard Marcotte
ADQ      Nathalie Filion

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1989 election.

1989, 1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 71.02%   NO - 28.98%

Riding Profile:

Riding just off Montreal Island - north shore.
Expanding bedroom community, low to mid income Francophone families.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  2%
Franco: 96.8%
Allo:  1.2%

Masson riding contains the towns of : Charlemagne, Le Gardeur and Mascouche.

It also contains that part of the city of Terrebonne corresponding to the Ville de La Plaine as it existed up until June 26, 2001.

Redistribution:

Riding created prior to the 1989 election from 26.43% L'ASSOMPTION and 53.62% TERREBONNE.

In 1992 redistribution:

lost L'Epiphanie to Rousseau and Lachenaie to Terrebonne.

In 2001 redistribution:

lost area from SE corner with only two electors to Terrebonne.

Political History:

TERREBONNE

LIB DENIS HARDY won in 1970, 1973; PQ ELIE FALLU in 1976. PQ YVES BLAIS won in 1981 and 1985 (by 5,678).

MASSON

In 1989, PQ YVES BLAIS, incumbent from Terrebonne, won in this riding.

In 1994, PQ BLAIS defeated LIB ALAIN LECLERC by 14,490 votes.

In 1998, PQ GILLES LABBÉ defeated ADQ ERIC PARENT by 12,615 votes.