CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: MONT-ROYAL

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Philippe Couillard

Liberal Party of Que

20855

80.94%

Vincent Gagnon

Parti Québécois

3421

13.28%

Nour-Eddine Hajibi

Action démocratique

1234

4.79%

Frank Kiss

Equality Party

256

0.99%

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

165 of 165 polls reporting

MONT-ROYAL

Candidates:

PQ          Vincent Gagnon
LIB       y Philippe Couillard
ADQ        Nour-Eddine Hajibi
EP          Frank Kiss

Riding History:
New riding in 1973 election.

SINCE 1973 - LIB

1995 REF:   NO - 86.54%   YES - 13.46%

Riding Profile:

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 22%
Franco: 29.1%
Allo: 48.8% (5% Arabic; 3.4% Vietnamese; 3.2% Spanish; 2.8% Chinese)

Mont-Royal riding consists of that part of Montreal bounded by: the Metropolitan Autoroute (40), boundary of the Town of Mount-Royal with the towns of Montreal and Outremont, the limit of the towns of Montreal and Outremont, Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road, Décarie Autoroute (15), the CPR railway line and the boundary of the city of Montreal with the towns of Hampstead, Côte-Saint-Luc and Saint-Laurent.

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1972 redistribution from parts of D'Arcy-McGee, Outremont and Dorion.

In 1992 redistribution, kept all existing riding and gained small part from D'Arcy-McGee and part of Outremont.

No change in 2001 redistribution.

Political History:

[1994 = 78.45% MONT-ROYAL; 21.55% OUTREMONT]

LIB JOHN CIACCIA won in 1973, 1976, 1981 and 1985. Appointed Minister of Energy and Resources, Dec. 12, 1985.

In 1989 LIB CIACCIA defeated EP NAT BERNSTEIN by 5,165 votes. Appointed Minister of International Affairs and Minister responsible for Native Affairs, Oct 1989; Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities, Jan 11 to Sept. 1994.

In 1994, LIB CIACCIA defeated PQ MAGDA GREISS by 19,100 votes.

In 1998, LIB ANDRÉ TRANCHEMONTAGNE defeated PQ ANDRÉ NORMANDEAU by 20,498 votes.