CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: ROBERVAL

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Karl Blackburn

Liberal Party of Que

11900

39.11%

Réjean Lalancette

Parti Québécois

11698

38.44%

Bernard Généreux

Action démocratique

6371

20.94%

Francis Breton

Union des Forces

460

1.51%

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

173 of 173 polls reporting

ROBERVAL

Candidates:

PQ          Bernard Généreux
PQ        y Réjean Lalancette
LIB           Karl Blackburn
UFP         Francis Breton

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1931 election.

1962, 1966 - UN
1970, 1973, 1976 - LIB
1981, 1985 - PQ
1988 Byelection, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998 - PQ

1995 REF:  YES - 65.21%  NO - 34.79%

Riding Profile:
Part of Lac-St-Jean, most rural riding in region.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:   .3%
Franco:  98.8%
Allo:    .9%

Roberval riding contains the following municipalities: Albanel,Chambord, Dolbeau-Mistassini, Girardville, Lac-Bouchette, La Doré, Normandin, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Péribonka, Roberval, Saint-Augustin, Saint-Edmond, Saint-Eugène-d Argentenay, Saint-Félicien, Saint-François-de-Sales, Sainte-Hedwidge, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Saint-Prime, Saint-Stanislas and Saint-Thomas-Didyme.

It also contains the First Nation reserve of Mashteuiatsh.

Redistribution:
No change in 1992 or 2001 redistributions.

Political History:

LIB ROBERT LAMONTAGNE won in 1970, 1973, 1976; defeated in 1981.

PQ MICHEL GAUTHIER won in 1981 and 1985. Gauthier resigned Feb 2, 1988. (Gauthier is now BQ MP for Roberval)

In byelection on June 20, 1988, LIB GASTON BLACKBURN defeated PQ BERNARD GENEREUX.
Blackburn appointed Minister responsible for Environment, March 3, 1989.

In 1989, LIB BLACKBURN again defeated PQ GENEREUX, this time by 2,507. Appointed Minister of Recreation, Fish and Game, Oct. 1989; Junior Minister of Transport and Highways, Jan. 11, 1994.

In 1994, PQ BENOIT LAPRISE defeated LIB JEAN-MARC GENDRON by 7,055 votes.

In 1998, PQ LAPRISE defeated LIB PIERRE THIBEAULT by 11,310 votes.