CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: OUTREMONT

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Yves Séguin

Liberal Party of Que

14277

53.88%

Marilyse Lapierre

Parti Québécois

8220

31.02%

Jill Hanley

Union des Forces

1818

6.86%

Christian de Serres

Action démocratique

1712

6.46%

Maryève Daigle

Bloc-pot

345

1.3%

Louise Charron

Marxiste-léninste

125

0.47%

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

157 of 157 polls reporting

OUTREMONT

Candidates :

PQ          Marilyse Lapierre
ADQ        Christian de Serres
UFP         Jill Hanley
BP          Maryéve Daigle
PMLQ    Louise Charron
PLQ        Yves Séguin

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1966 election.

SINCE 1966 - LIB

1995 REF:  NO - 65.61%    YES - 34.39%

Riding Profile:
Riding is a contrasting mix of francophone elites in Outrement, bohemian Mile End and multi-ethnic, working class Cote des Neiges.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 15.5%
Franco: 52.9%
Allo: 31.6% (4% Arabic; 2.5% Spanish 2% Greek)

Outremont riding contains that part of bounded by: the boundary of the borough of Outremont with the towns of Montreal, Mount-Royal and  the CPR railway line, the extension of the avenue de l'Esplanade, such way, Fairmount Avenue West, de l'Esplanade Avenue, Mont-Royal Ouest Avenue, the voie Camillien-Houde, Chemin Remembrance, Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, the boundary of the towns of Montreal and Westmount, Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Luc, Décarie Autoroute (15) and Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine.

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1965 from part of Montreal-Outremont.

In redistribution before 1989 election, kept all old riding and added 5.26% WESTMOUNT.
In 1992 redistribution, lost part of riding to Mount-Royal and gained areas from Mercier and Westmount ridings.

No change in 2001 redistribution.

Political History:

[1994 = 59.70% OUTREMONT; 26.99% WESTMOUNT; 13.31% MERCIER]

LIB JEROME CHOQUETTE won in 1966, 1970 and 1973. Minister of Financial Institutions, Companies & Co-operatives, May to Oct. 1970; Minister of Justice, May 1970 to July 1975; Minister of Education, July to Sept. 1975. Resigned on Sept. 26, 1975; Dec. 14, 1975 - founded with Fabien Roy, le Parti national populaire. Became leader, Oct. 24, 1976.

In 1976, LIB ANDRE RAYNAULD defeated PQ PIERRE HARVEY by 2,387 votes.

NOW PNP CHOQUETTE was third with 14.2% of the vote. Choquette quit PNP in March 1977; rejoined Liberals on Jan. 16, 1978. Raynauld resigned on June 3, 1980.

In byelection on Nov. 17, 1980, LIB PIERRE FORTIER defeated PQ NICOLE BOILY. LIB FORTIER was re-elected in 1981 and 1985. Appointed Minister responsible for Privatization, Dec. 12, 1985; Minister responsible for Finances and for Privatization, Aug 1986.

In 1989, LIB GERALD TREMBLAY defeated PQ MARC LANGEVIN by 2,964 votes. Appointed Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology, Oct 1989; Minister of Industry, Trade, Science & Technology, Jan. 11, 1994.

In 1994, LIB TREMBLAY defeated PQ SALOMON COHEN by 9,528 votes. On March 14, 1996 - he announced he was returning to the private sector; said he was not happy with federalist strategy in referendum.

In June 10, 1996 byelection, LIB PIERRE-ÉTIENNE LAPORTE defeated PQ ARMAND ELBAZ.

In 1998, LIB LAPORTE defeated PQ JEAN-FRANÇOIS THUOT by 8,172 votes.