CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: SAINT-FRANÇOIS

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay

Liberal Party of Que

16462

52.25%

Guillaume Breault-Duncan

Parti Québécois

9926

31.51%

Michel-André Samson

Action démocratique

4486

14.24%

François Boudreau

Bloc-pot

316

Suzanne Thériault

Union des Forces

314

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

172 of 172 polls reporting

SAINT-FRANÇOIS

Candidates:

PQ           Guillaume Breault-Duncan
LIB       x  Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
ADQ         Michel-André Samson
BP           François Boudreau
UFP         Suzanne Thériault

Riding History:

New riding in 1973.

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

1995 REF:   NO - 51.27%   NO - 48.73%

Riding Profile:

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:    7.7%
Franco:   90.5%
Allo:       1.9%

Saint-François riding contains the following municipalities: Coaticook, Compton, and Waterville.

It also contains boroughs 2 and 3 of the City of Sherbrooke.

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1972 from parts of Sherbrooke, Compton and Richmond.

In redistribution before 1989 election, lost part of riding to Orford. In 1992 redistribution, lost areas to Sherbrooke and Mégantic-Compton.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 88% of riding; 1% moved to Johnson, 1% to Mégantic-Compton; 1% to Orford; 11% to Sherbrooke;

gained 9% of Orford and gained 1% of Mégantic-Compton;

lost to Sherbrooke, that part of Ascot which was in the riding(4,452 electors);

lost to Orford, from NW - Hatley Canton (582 electors);

lost to Mégantic-Compton, from NE, the part of Eaton that had been in the riding (565 electors);

lost to Johnson, north, that part of Fleurimont which was in the riding (255 electors);

gained from Orford, the part of Coaticook that had been in the riding (6,096 electors);

gained, from Mégantic-Compton, that part of Coaticook that had been in the riding (441 electors);

Political History:
[2003 = 87% SAINT-FRANÇOIS; 12% ORFORD; 1% MÉGANTIC-COMPTON]

LIB GERARD DEZIEL won in 1973; lost in 1976.

PQ REAL RANCOURT won in 1976 and 1981; lost in 1985, 1989.

LIB MONIQUE GAGNON-TREMBLAY lost in 1981; won in 1985, 1989. Appointed Minister responsible for Status of Women, Dec. 1985; Minister of Cultural Communities and Immigration, March 1989; VP of the Treasury Board, Sept.25,1989; Appointed Minister of Finance, Oct. 1993; appointed Deputy Premier, President of Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Administration and Public Service, Jan. 11 - Sept. 1994.

In 1994, LIB GAGNON-TREMBLAY defeated PQ RENE TURCOTTE by 2,616 votes.

In 1998, LIB GAGNON-TREMBLAY defeated PQ FRÉDÉRIC DUBÉ by 3,679 votes.