CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: NICOLET-YAMASKA

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Michel Morin

Parti Québécois

10783

41.21%

Jean Rousseau

Liberal Party of Que

8927

34.12%

Lise Blanchette

Action démocratique

5899

22.54%

Blak D. Blackburn

Bloc-pot

417

1.59%

Simonne Lizotte

Independent

141

0.54%

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

135 of 135 polls reporting

NICOLET-YAMASKA

Candidates :

PQ        x Michel Morin
LIB          Jean Rousseau
ADQ        Lise Blanchette
BP          Blak D. Blackburn
IND         Simonne Lizotte

Riding History:
New riding in 1973 election.

Nicolet-Yamaska: 1973 - LIB; 1976 - UN
Nicolet: 1981 - PQ; 1985 - LIB
Nicolet-Yamaska:
1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 56.50%  NO - 43.50%

Riding Profile:
Quebec heartland - farms between Montreal and Quebec City on south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:   .6%
Franco: 98.3%
Allo:  1.0%

Nicolet-Yamaska riding contains the following municipalities: Aston-Jonction, Baie-du-Febvre, Bécancour, Daveluyville, Grand-Saint-Esprit, La Visitation-de-Yamaska, Maddington, Nicolet, Pierreville, Sainte-Anne-du-Sault, Saint-Bonaventure, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, Saint-Célestin, Saint-Célestin, Saint-David,Saint-Elphège, Sainte-Eulalie, Saint-François-du-Lac, Saint-Gérard-Majella, Saint-Guillaume, Saint-Joachim-de-Courval, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Sainte-Monique, Sainte-Perpétue, Saint-Pie-de-Guire, Saint-Sylvère, Saint-Wenceslas and Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval.

First Nation reserves of Odanak and Wôlinak are also in the riding.

Redistribution:
Nicolet-Yamaska was created in 1972 from Nicolet, Yamaska, Bagot and Arthabaska.
Riding was Nicolet in 1981 and 1985 - back to Nicolet-Yamaska in 1989.

No change in redistribution before 1994 election.

In 2001 redistribution, lost area from SW corner to Richelieu - no electors.

Political History:

In 1973, LIB BENJAMIN FAUCHER, who won Yamaska in 1966, defeated UN CLEMENT VINCENT, who had been elected in Nicolet in 1966 and 1970.

In 1976, UN SERGE FONTAINE defeated LIB FAUCHER by 750 votes.

In 1981 (Nicolet), PQ YVES BEAUMIER defeated LIB REAL LAMBERT by 362 votes. UN FONTAINE was third.

In 1985 (Nicolet), LIB MAURICE RICHARD defeated PQ BEAUMIER by 5,395.

In 1989 (Nicolet-Yamaska), LIB RICHARD defeated PQ GUY VACHON by 6,223.

In 1994, PQ MICHEL MORIN defeated LIB incumbent RICHARD by 907 votes.

In 1998, PQ MORIN defeated LIB DANIEL McMAHON by 3,797 votes.