CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: PONTIAC

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Charlotte L'Ecuyer

Liberal Party of Que

17785

76.03%

Luc Côté

Parti Québécois

3114

13.31%

Victor Bilodeau

Action démocratique

1970

8.42%

Serge Tanguay

Union des Forces

392

1.68%

Louis Lang

Marxiste-léninste

132

0.56%

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

171 of 171 polls reporting

PONTIAC

Candidates:

PQ           Luc Côte
LIB       y  Charlotte L'Écuyer
ADQ         Victor Bilodeau
PMLQ       Louis Lang
UFP         Serge Tanguay

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1854 election.

PONTIAC-TEMISCAMINGUE:
1973, 1976 - LIB

PONTIAC:
1981, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1998 - LIB

1995 REF:  NO - 87.27%   YES - 12.73%

Riding Profile:

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 39.4%
Franco: 55.7%
Allo:  4.8%

Pontiac stretches from Aylmer into vast forests of north-central Que. Outside the suburban pocket of Aylmer, home to many federal public servants, the major industries are farming and logging.

Pontiac electoral district consists of the following municipalities: Alleyn-et-Cawood, Bristol, Bryson, Campbell's Bay, Chichester, Clarendon, Fort-Coulonge, Grand-Calumet, Leslie-Clapham-et-Huddersfield, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Litchfield, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Pontiac, Portage-du-Fort, Rapides-des-Joachims, Shawville, Sheen-Esher-Aberdeen-et-Malakoff, Thorne and Waltham.

It also contains that part of the Ville de Gatineau corresponding to the Ville d Aylmer as it existed up until December 31, 2001.

Redistribution:
No change in redistribution before 1989 or 1994 elections.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 100% of riding and added .4% of Gatineau;

lost to Gatineau, in NE, unorganized territory of Lac-Pythonga;

gained, from Gatineau, in east - Alleyn-et-Cawood united townships and unorganized territory of Lac-Nilgaut (147 electors)

Political History:

[2003 = 96.6% PONTIAC; .4% GATINEAU]

LIB LARIVIERE was re-elected in 1973, 1976 in Pontiac-Témiscamingue.

In 1981, LIB ROBERT MIDDLEMISS defeated PQ WILLIAM BEDWELL by 10,466.

In 1985, LIB MIDDLEMISS defeated PQ NORMAND AUCLAIR by 10,265 votes.

In 1989, LIB MIDDLEMISS defeated UP MARK ALEXANDER by 3,255 votes. Appointed Minister responsible for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, Oct 1989; Minister responsible for Transport, Oct. 1990; Minister of Public Security, Jan. 11 to Sept. 1994.

In 1994, LIB MIDDLEMISS defeated PQ FRANÇOISE TRUDEAU-REEVES by 18,883 votes.

In 1998, LIB MIDDLEMISS defeated PQ L-HUBERT LEDUC by 17,933 votes.