CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: MATAPÉDIA

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Danielle Doyer

Parti Québécois

9197

45.48%

Gaston Pelletier

Liberal Party of Que

6339

31.35%

Claude Fortin

Action démocratique

4685

23.17%

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

128 of 128 polls reporting

MATAPÉDIA

Candidates :

PQ        x Danielle Doyer
LIB          Gaston Pelletier
ADQ        Claude Fortin

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1923 election.

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

1995 REF:  YES - 62.77%  NO - 37.23%

Riding Profile:
Gaspé peninsula riding - inland villages.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:   .5%
Franco: 99.4%
Allo:   .1%

Matapédia contains the following municipalities: Albertville, Amqui, Causapscal, Grand-Métis, Lac-au-Saumon, La Rédemption, Les Boules, Les Hauteurs, Métis-sur-Mer, Mont-Joli, Padoue, Price, Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, Saint-Charles-Garnier, Saint-Cléophas, Saint-Damase, Saint-Donat, Sainte-Flavie, Sainte-Florence, Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski, Sainte-Irène, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Sainte-Luce Luceville, Sainte-Marguerite, Saint-Moïse, Saint-Noël, Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Saint-Tharcisius, Saint-Vianney, Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui, Sayabec and Val-Brillant as well as the hamlet of Routhierville.

Redistributions:

In 1992 redistribution:

kept major part of the riding - lost area to Matane;

gained area from Rimouski, including Pointe-au-Père.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 90% of riding; 10% moved to Rimouski; gained 7% of Matane;

lost to Rimouski, from SW corner, Pointe-au-Père (3,050 electors);

gained, from Matane, 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)

Political History:

[1994 = 85.06% MATAPEDIA; 14.94% RIMOUSKI]
[2003 = 93% MATAPÉDIA; 7% MATANE]

LIB ARSENAULT was re-elected in 1970 and 1973.

In 1976, PQ LEOPOLD MARQUIS defeated LIB ARSENAULT by 5,458 votes.

In 1981, PQ MARQUIS defeated LIB ALDY LEVESQUE by 3,267 votes.

In 1985, LIB HENRI PARADIS defeated PQ MARQUIS by 2,096 votes.

In 1989, LIB PARADIS defeated PQ GUY DUPONT by 3,740 votes.

In 1994, PQ DANIELLE DOYER defeated LIB PARADIS by 3,719 votes.

In 1998, PQ DOYER defeated LIB JEAN-MAURICE LECHASSEUR by 5,715 votes.