CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: RICHMOND

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Yvon Vallières

Liberal Party of Que

14767

57.2%

André Blais

Parti Québécois

6149

23.82%

Pierre Hébert

Action démocratique

4899

18.98%

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

143 of 143 polls reporting

RICHMOND

Candidates:

PQ          André Blais
LIB       x Yvon Vallières
ADQ         Pierre Hébert

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1890 election.

1973 - LIB
1976 - UN
SINCE 1981 - LIB

1995 REF:  YES - 52.76%  NO - 47.24%

Riding Profile:
Eastern townships riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:    5.9%
Franco:   93.3%
Allo:    0.9%

Richmond riding contains the following municipalities: Asbestos, Beaulac-Garthby, Cleveland, Danville, Ham-Nord Kingsbury, Kingsey Falls, Melbourne, Notre-Dame-de-Ham, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil,Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Richmond, Saint-Adrien, Saint-Albert,Saint-Camille, Saint-Claude, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Warwick, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Saint-Fortunat, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud, Saint-Lucien, Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, Saint-Rémi de-Tingwick, Saint-Samuel, Sainte-Séraphine, Tingwick, Warwick, and Wotton.

Redistribution:
In redistribution before 1989 election, kept all of old riding and added 8.85% DRUMMOND; 7.66% ARTHABASKA.

No change in redistribution before 1994 election.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 100% of riding; added 1% of Johnson

gained, from Johnson, in south, that part of Richmond which had been in riding (1,222 electors);

gained in SW, area from Mégantic-Compton with no electors.

Political History:
[2003 - 99% RICHMOND; 1% JOHNSON]

LIB YVON VALLIERES won in 1973; defeated in 1976.

Now UN YVON BROCHU won in 1976; did not run in 1981.

LIB YVON VALLIERES won in 1981, 1985 and 1989. Appointed Minister responsible for Transportation, Oct. 11, 1989; Minister responsible for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, Oct. 5, 1990 - Jan 11,1994.

In 1994, LIB VALLIERES defeated PQ RICHARD ARSENAULT by 4,061. Chief Government Whip -- first Whip in that capacity to participate in Cabinet meetings, Jan. 11 to Sept. 1994.

In 1998, LIB VALLIERES defeated PQ JOAQUIN BASTIDA by 4,654 votes.