CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: MILLE-ILES

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Maurice Clermont

Liberal Party of Que

19925

50.2%

Maude Delangis

Parti Québécois

14343

36.14%

Gerry La Rocca

Action démocratique

5053

12.73%

Christian Lajoie

Non-affiliated

254

0.64%

Régent Millette

Christian Democratic

113

0.28%

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

197 of 197 polls reporting

MILLE-ILES

Candidates:

PQ        y Maude Delangis
LIB          Maurice Clermont
ADQ      Gerry La Rocca
PDC      Régent Millette
OTHER   Christian Lajoie

Riding History:
New riding in 1973 election.

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

1995 REF:  YES - 51.74%  NO - 48.26%

Riding Profile:
Laval riding - eastern part of Ile-Jesus.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:  3.9%
Franco: 82.8%
Allo: 13.1%  (7.15% Italian)

Mille-Îles riding consists of that part of the city of Laval bounded by: the boundary of the city of Laval in the Mille-Îles river, the boundary of Laval in the rivière des Prairies, the extension  Notre-Dame-de-Fatima Street, such way, Saint-Martin East, Papineau Autoroute (19), its right of way, Lacasse Avenue, Laurentides Boulevard, Sainte-Rose Boulevard East, the CPR railway line, the division line of lots 1 and 2 of the territory of the Village de Sainte-Rose, the division line of lots 46 and 47 of the territory of the parish of Sainte-Rose and its extension in the rivière des Mille Îles.

Redistribution
Riding created in 1972 redistribution from Fabre riding.

In 1992 redistribution, kept all existing riding and added Laval polls from Vimont riding.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 100% of riding; added 5% of Vimont;

added, from Vimont, in east, that part of Laval bounded by: Perron boulevard, right of way of Papineau autoroute, Lacasse Avenue and Laurentides Boulevard (2,748 electors).

Political History:

[1994 = 89.57% MILLE-ILES; 10.43% VIMONT]
[2003 = 95% MILLE-ISLES; 5% VIMONT]

In 1973, LIB BERNARD LACHANCE defeated PQ JEAN-ROCH BOIVIN by 2,188 votes.

In 1976, PQ GUY JORON defeated LIB LACHANCE by 10,070 votes. Appointed Minister responsible for Energy, Nov 1976; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Co-ops and Financial Institutions, Sept. 1979. Resigned from Cabinet Nov. 6, 1980; quit as MNA Feb. 26, 1981 - did not want to stay after loss of referendum.

In 1981, PQ JEAN-PAUL CHAMPAGNE defeated LIB JEAN-PIERRE BELISLE by 3,196 votes.

In 1985, LIB JEAN-PIERRE BELISLE defeated PQ CHAMPAGNE by 3,547 votes.

In 1989, LIB BELISLE defeated PQ LYSE LEDUC by 3,867. Resigned in May/94 - didn't like government's handling of public finances.

In 1994, PQ LYSE LEDUC defeated LIB CHANTAL TREMBLAY by 1,371 votes.

In 1998, PQ LEDUC defeated LIB SYLVAIN LEFEBVRE by 865 votes. Leduc announced on Jan.16, 2003 that she would not be running again.