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RIDING: VERCHERES |
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Candidate |
Party |
Vote Count |
Pop. Vote |
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Bernard Landry |
Parti Québécois |
16968 |
54.71%
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Mario Lebrun |
Liberal Party of Que |
8720 |
28.11%
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François Pratte |
Action démocratique |
4588 |
14.79%
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Sébastien Drouin |
Bloc-pot |
546 |
1.76%
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Marc-André Morvan |
Union des Forces |
195 |
0.63%
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VERCHERES
Candidates:
PQ x Bernard Landry
LIB Mario Lebrun
ADQ François Pratte
BP Sébastien Drouin
UFP Marc-André Morvan
Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1830 election.
1960-1973 incl - LIB
SINCE 1976 - PQ
1995 REF: YES - 66.87% NO - 33.13%
Riding Profile:
Montreal South Shore riding.
Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 1.3%
Franco: 98.0%
Allo: 0.7%
Verchères riding contains the following municipalities: Calixa-Lavallée, Contrecoeur, La Présentation, St-Amable,St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Ste-Madeleine, St-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Ste-Marie-Madeleine, St-Roch-de-Richelieu, Varennes and Verchères.
Redistribution:
In 1992 redistribution, kept only 17,523 of its electors - majority of electors to new riding of Borduas. Gained area from Bertrand.
No change in 2001 redistribution.
Political History:
[1994 = 58.03% VERCHERES; 41.97% BERTRAND]
George-Etienne Cartier won here in 1848, 1851, 1854, 1855, 1858.
In 1973, LIB MARCEL OSTIGUY (elected in Rouville in 1970) won here.
In 1976, PQ JEAN-PIERRE CHARBONNEAU defeated LIB OSTIGUY by 4,990 votes.
PQ J-P CHARBONNEAU was re-elected in 1981 and 1985. Resigned as MNA, June 30, 1989.
In 1989, PQ LUCE DUPUIS defeated LIB JEAN-PIERRE BEAUCHESNE by 699 votes.
BERTRAND
PQ DENIS LAZURE won in 1981. Resigned in 1984. LIB ROBERT BOURASSA won June 1985 by-el, defeated PQ FRANCINE LALONDE by 5,273 votes.
In 1985, PQ JEAN-GUY PARENT defeated LIB BOURASSA by 229 votes.
In 1989, PQ FRANCOIS BEAULNE defeated LIB ESTELLE LESSARD by 2,819.
In 1994, PQ BERNARD LANDRY defeated LIB SYLVAIN GARNEAU by 8,131 votes. Appointed Deputy Premier, Minister of International Affairs, Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities, Minister responsible for French-speaking Communities, Sept. 26, 1994. (On Nov. 3, 1995, Landry said he had asked to be removed from responsibilities for Cultural Communities because although he had tried to do his best, he said "I have failed"). Deputy Premier, Minister of Finance, Minister of State for the Economy and Finance, Minister of Revenue, Minister responsible for Eastern Townships region, Jan. 29, 1996. Minister of Industry, Trade & Technology, Jan. 29, 1996 - Sept. 23, 1998.
In 1998, PQ LANDRY defeated LIB PATRICK DOYON by 11,768 votes.
Minister of State for Economy and Finance; Minister of Industry and Trade; Minister of Finance; Minister responsible for Estrie region, Dec. 15, 1998 - March 8, 2001. Minister of Revenue, April 28 - Nov. 10, 1999. Sworn in as Premier, March 8, 2001.
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