CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: MATANE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Nancy Charest

Liberal Party of Que

7602

40.84%

Pascal Bérubé

Parti Québécois

7569

40.66%

Raynald Bernier

Action démocratique

3005

16.14%

Nelson Gauthier

Independent

178

0.96%

Nestor Turcotte

Independent

136

0.73%

David Lejeune

Green Party

124

0.67%

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

113 of 113 polls reporting

MATANE

Candidates:

PQ       y Pascal Bérubé
LIB         Nancy Charest
ADQ       Raynald Bernier
IND         Nelson Gauthier
PVQ      David Lejeune
IND        Nestor Turcotte

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1890 election.

1960-1973 incl - LIB
1976, 1981 - PQ
1985, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 62.32%   NO - 37.68%

Riding Profile:
Lower St. Lawrence riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  0.3%
Franco: 99.5%
Allo:  0.1%

Matane riding contains the following municipalities: Baie-des-Sables, Cap-Chat, Grosses-Roches, La Martre, Les Méchins, Marsoui,Matane, Mont-Saint-Pierre, Rivière-à-Claude, Saint-Adelme, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Sainte-Félicité, Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg, Saint-Léandre, Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine, Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, Sainte-Paule, Saint-René-de-Matane and Saint-Ulric.

It also contains the village of Cap-Seize and the unorganized territories of Coulée-des-Adolphe, Mont-Albert and Rivière-Bonjour.

Redistribution:

In 1992 redistribution:

kept all existing riding.

gained from Matapedia - St-Noel and St-Damase polls.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 93% of riding; 7% to Matapédia; added 6% of Gaspé.

lost, to Matapédia, most westerly corner of riding - area includes: Grand-Métis, Les Boules, Métis-sur-Mer, Padoue, Saint-Damase, Saint-Noël and Saint-Octave-de-Métis (2012 electors);

added, from Gaspé in NE corner - Mont-Saint-Pierre, Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis and Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine (1628 electors)

gained area from Matapédia (no electors).

Political History:

[1994 = 97.47% MATANE; 2.53% MATAPEDIA]
[2003 = 94% MATANE; 6% GASPÉ]

In 1973, LIB MARC-YVAN COTE defeated PQ NESTOR TURCOTTE by 2,650 votes.

In 1976, PQ YVES BERUBE defeated LIB COTE by 2,684 votes. Berube was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Minister of Lands and Forests, Nov. 1976; Minister of Energy and Resources, Sept. 1979.

In 1981, PQ BERUBE defeated LIB SERGE VEZINA by 4,367 votes. Served as Minister responsible for Administration, President of Treasury Board, Minister responsible for Administrative Reform, Minister of Education, Interim Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Advanced Studies, Science and Technology.

LIB CLAIRE-HELENE HOVINGTON won in 1985 and 1989.

In 1994, PQ MATTHIAS RIOUX defeated LIB incumbent HOVINGTON by 4,230 votes.
Minister of Labour and Minister responsible for the lower St. Lawrence region & Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine region, Jan. 29, 1996 to Dec. 15, 1998; Minister responsible for Seniors, Sept. 23 to Dec. 15, 1998.

In 1998, PQ RIOUX defeated LIB ANDRÉ OTIS by 4,854 votes. Rioux, in August 2002 said that he would not be running again.