CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: SAINT-HYACINTHE

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Léandre Dion

Parti Québécois

13870

39.24%

Pierre Solis

Liberal Party of Que

13137

37.17%

Bernard Barré

Action démocratique

7856

22.23%

François Choquette

Union des Forces

481

1.36%

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

185 of 185 polls reporting

SAINT-HYACINTHE

Candidates:

PQ        x Léandre Dion
LIB           Pierre Solis
ADQ         Bernard Barré
UFP         François Choquette

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1830 election.

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

1995 REF:  YES - 55.30%   NO - 44.70%

Riding Profile:

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:    0.8%
Franco:   98.2%
Allo:        1.2%

Saint-Hyacinthe riding contains the following municipalities: Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Saint-Damase, Saint-Dominique, Saint-Hugues, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Liboire and Saint-Simon.

Redistribution:
In redistribution before 1989 election, 2.53% of Johnson was added.
No change in 1992 or 2001 redistribution.

Political History:

LIB FERNAND CORNELLIER won in 1970 and 1973; was third in 1976.

In 1976, UN FABIEN CORDEAU defeated PQ CHARLES TREMBLAY by 58 votes.

In 1981, PQ MAURICE DUPRE defeated LIB ROGER DUCEPPE by 2,597 votes.

In 1985, LIB CHARLES MESSIER defeated PQ DUPRE by 523 votes.

In 1989, LIB MESSIER defeated PQ LAURENT DENIS by 3,350 votes.

In 1994, PQ LÉANDRE DION defeated LIB GABRIEL MICHAUD by 1,092 votes.

In 1998, PQ DION defeated LIB JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILETTE by 5,107 votes.