CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: RICHELIEU

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Sylvain Simard

Parti Québécois

13286

46.28%

Benoît Lefebvre

Liberal Party of Que

10927

38.06%

Micheline Ulrich

Action démocratique

3756

13.08%

Marie-Hélène Charbonneau

Bloc-pot

458

1.6%

Nidal Joad

Independent

109

0.38%

Steve Ritter

Independent

100

0.35%

Florette Villemure Larochelle

Christian Democratic

0.26%

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

147 of 147 polls reporting

RICHELIEU

Candidates:

PQ       x Sylvain Simard
LIB          Benoît Lefebvre
ADQ        Micheline Ulrich
BP           Marie-Hélène Charbonneau
IND          Nidal Joad
IND          Steve Ritter
PDCQ      Florette Villemure Larochelle

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1792.

1970, 1973 - LIB
1976, 1981 - PQ
1985, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 62.32%  NO - 37.68%

Riding Profile:
Riding is located east of Montreal.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:    0.7%
Franco:   98.7%
Allo:    0.6%

Richelieu riding contains the following municipalities: Massueville, Saint-Aimé, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Saint-Jude, Saint-Louis,Saint-Ours, Saint-Robert, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Sorel-Tracy and Yamaska.

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

Only minor change in 2001 redistribution - gained small area with no electors from Nicolet-Yamaska.

Political History:

LIB CLAUDE SIMARD won in 1970 and 1973. Minister of State for Industry and Commerce, 1970-72; Minister of State for Tourism, Fish and Game, Feb-Oct 1972; Minister of Tourism, Fish and Game, Oct. 1972-1976

NOW PQ MAURICE MARTEL (joined PQ in 1975) won in 1976 and 1981. Appointed Minister of Revenue in December 1984.

In 1985, LIB ALBERT KHELFA defeated PQ MARTEL by 3,047 votes.

In 1989, LIB ALBERT KHELFA defeated PQ GUY SAVARD by 3,288 votes.

In 1994, PQ SYLVAIN SIMARD defeated LIB incumbent KHELFA by 4,745 votes. Minister of International Relations, Minister responsible for relations with French-speaking Communities and Minister responsible for Outaouais region, Jan 29/96 to Dec 15/98; Minister responsible for Humanitarian Action, Jan. 22, 1997 to Dec. 15, 1998.

In 1998, PQ SIMARD defeated LIB GILLES FERLATTE by 9,027 votes. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Oct 6, 2000 to March 8, 2001; Minister of State for Administration and the Public Service; Minister responsible for Administration and the Public Service; Chair of the Treasury Board, March 8, 2001 to Jan. 30, 2002. Appointed Minister responsible for Outaouais region, March 8, 2001. Appointed Minister of State for Education and Employment, Minister of Education, Minister responsible for Employment, Jan 30, 2002.