CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: NELLIGAN

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Russell Williams

Liberal Party of Que

27937

77.57%

Micaël Poirier

Parti Québécois

4611

12.8%

Sabrina Duguay

Action démocratique

2690

7.47%

Peter Graham

Green Party

552

1.53%

Giuliana Pendenza

Equality Party

225

0.62%

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

202 of 202 polls reporting

NELLIGAN

Candidates:

PQ          Micaël Poirier
LIB       x Russell Williams
ADQ        Sabrina Duguay
PE          Giuliana Pendenza
PVQ       Peter Graham

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1981 election.

SINCE 1981 - LIB

1995 REF:  NO - 79.84%  YES - 20.16%

Riding Profile:
Montreal West Island riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 34.7%
Franco: 42.5%
Allo: 22.8% (5% Italian; 3% Vietnamese)

Nelligan riding contains that part of Montreal bounded as follows: the boundary of the cities of Montreal and Laval, the rivière des Prairies, extension of des Sources Boulevard, Pierrefonds Boulevard, Saint-Jean Boulevard, the boundary of the towns of Pierrefonds and Dollard-des-Ormeaux, the boundary of the city of Kirkland with the towns of Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Pointe-Claire, Hymus Boulevard and Saint-Charles Boulevard, Chemin Sainte-Marie, Félix-Leclerc Autoroute(40), the boundary of the towns of Kirkland and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the boundary of the city of Pierrefonds with the town of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the boundary of the town of Senneville with the town of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the baie de Vaudreuil and lac des Deux Montagnes.

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1980 from parts of Pointe-Claire and Robert-Baldwin. After redistribution before 1989 election, riding was 71.31% NELLIGAN and 21.68% ROBERT-BALDWIN. 12,220 electors moved to Jacques-Cartier.

In 1992 redistribution, lost area from NE to Robert-Baldwin.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 80% of riding; 20% moved to Jean-Lesage;

lost to Jacques-Cartier: Baie-d Urfé and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and two parts of the town of Kirkland bounded as follows: a)Félix-Leclerc Autoroute, Chemin Sainte-Marie and border of Kirkland and Beaconsfield; b) Chemin Sainte-Marie, Saint-Charles Boulevard, Hymus Boulevard and border of Kirkland with Pointe-Claire and Beaconsfield (12,388 electors)

Political History:

LIB CLIFFORD LINCOLN won in 1981 and 1985. Appointed Minister of the Environment, Dec. 12, 1985. Resigned his portfolio on Dec 21, 1988 because of Bill 178.

In 1989, LIB RUSSELL WILLIAMS defeated EP JEAN-PIERRE ISORE by 6,035. Williams appointed Minister responsible for Anglophone community, Jan 1994.

In 1994, LIB WILLIAMS defeated PQ DENISE CYPIHOT by 25,794 votes.

In 1998, LIB WILLIAMS defeated PQ ANDRÉ TREMBLAY by 28,206 votes.