CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: VERDUN

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Henri-François Gautrin

Liberal Party of Que

15119

51.99%

Denis Martel

Parti Québécois

8709

29.95%

Sébastien Guérin

Action démocratique

3235

11.12%

Claude Genest

Green Party

715

2.46%

Gilles Noël

Christian Democratic

367

1.26%

Pascal Durand

Union des Forces

364

1.25%

Vincent Aubry

Bloc-pot

358

1.23%

Bernard King

Equality Party

0.3%

Normand Chouinard

Marxiste-léninste

0.25%

Robert Lindblad

Independent

0.19%

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

172 of 172 polls reporting

VERDUN

Candidates:

PQ          Denis Martel
LIB       x Henri-François Gautrin
ADQ        Sébastien Guérin
BP          Vincent Aubry
IND          Robert Lindblad
PVQ        Claude Genest
PDCQ      Gilles Noël
PE           Bernard King
UFP         Pascal Durand
PMLQ      Normand Chouinard

Riding History:
Riding first existed in 1966

Montreal-Verdun: 1939-1964 by-el incl - LIB
SINCE 1966 - LIB

1995 REF:  NO - 59.66%  YES - 40.34%

Riding Profile:
Verdun riding contains that part of Montreal corresponding to the Ville de Verdun as it existed up until Dec. 31, 2001.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:   18.3%
Franco:   68.4%
Allo:   13.3% (3% Chinese; 1.9% Arabic)

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1965 from Montréal-Verdun riding.

In 1992 redistribution, lost LaSalle polls to Marguerite-Bourgeoys;

Gained Verdun polls from Sainte-Anne which was eliminated.

No change in 2001 redistribution.

Political History:
[1994 = 54.32% VERDUN; 45.68% SAINTE-ANNE]

LIB LUCIEN CARON won in 1970, 1973, 1976 and 1981.

In 1985, LIB PAUL GOBEIL defeated PQ PAUL ASSELIN by 7,954 votes. Appointed President of Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Administration, Dec. 1985; appointed Minister of International Affairs, 1988.

In 1989, LIB HENRI-FRANCOIS GAUTRIN defeated PQ MAURICE ROCH by 1,367.

SAINTE-ANNE

LIB GEORGE SPRINGATE won in 1970, 1973.

PQ JEAN-MARC LACOSTE won in 1976.

LIB MAXIMILIEN POLAK won in 1981, 1985. In 1989, LIB NORMAN CHERRY defeated PQ GILLES CORMIER by 1,112 votes.

In 1994, LIB GAUTRIN defeated NOW PQ RICHARD HOLDEN by 6,429 votes.

In 1998, LIB GAUTRIN defeated PQ YVES BERNARD by 5,771 votes.