CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: RIVIERE-DU-LOUP

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Mario Dumont

Action démocratique

13452

57.23%

Jacques Morin

Liberal Party of Que

5585

23.76%

Carol Gilbert

Parti Québécois

4155

17.68%

Julie Morin

Green Party

312

1.33%

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

131 of 131 polls reporting

RIVIÈRE-DU-LOUP

Candidates:

PQ          Carol Gilbert
LIB         Jacques Morin
ADQ       x Mario Dumont
PVQ         Julie Morin

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1931 election.

1966 - UN
1970, 1973 - LIB
1976, 1981 - PQ
1985, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - ADQ

1995 REF:  YES - 54.59%   NO - 45.41%

Riding Profile:
Lower St-Lawrence riding.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:     .4%
Franco:   99.5%
Allo:     .2%

Rivière-du-Loup riding contains the following municipalities: L'Isle-Verte, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, Notre-Dame- du-Portage, Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Antonin, Saint-Arsène, Saint-Clément, Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Éloi, Saint-Épiphane, Sainte-Françoise, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger, Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna, Saint-Georges- de-Cacouna, Saint-Guy, Saint-Hubert-
de-Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, Saint-Médard, Saint-Modeste, Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix, Sainte-Rita,Saint-Simon and Trois-Pistoles.

Riding also contains the First Nation reserves of Cacouna and Whitworth.

Redistribution:
Only minor change in 1988 redistribution.
No change in redistribution before 1994 election.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 100% of riding; added 3% of Rivière-du-Loup;

gained from Rimouski - Saint-Guy, Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, Saint-Médard and Saint-Simon (1,136 electors);

Political History:
[2003 = 96% RIVIERE-DU-LOUP; 4% RIMOUSKI]

LIB PAUL LAFRANCE won in 1970 and 1973; defeated in 1976.

PQ JULES BOUCHER won in 1976 and 1981.

Boucher resigned from PQ to sit as an Independent on Jan. 28, 1985 - after Levesque's statement that sovereignty should not be an issue in the next election (Article 1 of PQ constitution).

In 1985, LIB ALBERT COTE defeated PQ DENISE LEVESQUE by 2,304 votes. Appointed Minister responsible for Forests, Dec. 1985.

In 1989, LIB COTE defeated PQ HAROLD LEBEL by 2,581 votes. Reappointed Minister responsible for Forests, Oct. 11, 1989; Minister of Forests, Jan 1991. Côté resigned on Jan. 7, 1994 and byelection was called for Aug. 29. Byelection cancelled with the election call.

In 1994, ADQ MARIO DUMONT defeated PQ HAROLD LeBEL by 6,699 votes.

In 1998, ADQ DUMONT defeated PQ LISE CHOUINARD by 4,589 votes.