CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: SAINT-LAURENT

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Jacques P. Dupuis

Liberal Party of Que

24745

77.66%

William Fayad

Parti Québécois

4556

14.3%

Sophie Theoharopoulos

Action démocratique

1834

5.76%

Alain Pérusse

Union des Forces

325

1.02%

Fernand Deschamps

Marxiste-léninste

206

0.65%

Louis Ottoni

Equality Party

199

0.62%

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

188 of 188 polls reporting

SAINT-LAURENT

Candidates:

PQ          William Fayad
LIB       x Jacques P. Dupuis
ADQ        Sophie Theoharopoulos
PMLQ      Fernand Deschamps
PE           Louis Ottoni
UFP        Alain Pérusse

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1966 election.

SINCE 1966 - LIB

1995 REF:  NO - 82.85%  YES - 17.15%

Riding Profile:
Multicultural riding - Chinese (5%), (4.5%) Arab, (4.2%) Greek

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:     17.5%
Franco:   35.0%
Allo:        47.5% (8% Arabic; 6% Chinese; 4% Greek)

Saint-Laurent riding contains that part of Montreal bounded by: the boundary of the boroughs of Montreal and Pierrefonds, the rivière des Prairies including the île aux Chats, Laurentian Autoroute (15), the boundary of the towns of Montreal and Saint-Laurent, O'Brien avenue, Côte-Vertu boulevard, Sainte-Croix avenue and the boundary of the Ville de Saint-Laurent with the towns of Mount-Royal, Montreal, Côte-Saint-Luc, Lachine, Dorval, Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Pierrefonds.

Redistribution:

Riding created in 1965 from parts of Laval and Jacques-Cartier ridings
No change in redistribution before 1989 and 1994 elections or in 2001 redistribution.

Political History:

LIB CLAUDE FORGET won in 1973, 1976 and 1981. Appointed Minister of Social Affairs in Nov. 1973. Forget resigned on Nov. 19, 1981 saying he thought that, technically speaking, the government was in a state of bankruptcy.

In Apr. 5, 1982 by-el, LIB GERMAIN LEDUC defeated PQ MICHEL BOISVERT.

In 1985, LIB LEDUC defeated PQ MICHEL LAROUCHE BY 16,367 votes. Leduc resigned to create a vacancy for Bourassa.

In Jan. 20, 1986 byelection, LIB ROBERT BOURASSA defeated ND SID INGERMAN. (PQ did not run a candidate). Bourassa, re-elected leader of Liberals on Oct. 15, 1983, was elected in byelection in Bertrand in 1985; defeated in 1985 election.

In 1989, LIB BOURASSA defeated EP CIRO PAUL SCOTTI by 8,392 votes.

In 1994, LIB NORMAND CHERRY, incumbent from Sainte-Anne, defeated PQ LOUIS
THIBAUDEAU, by 20,109 votes.

In 1998, LIB JACQUES DUPUIS defeated PQ YVES BEAUREGARD by 22,551 votes.