CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: VIAU

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

William Cusano

Liberal Party of Que

17703

65.13%

Maka Kotto

Parti Québécois

6142

22.6%

Paolo V. Tamburello

Action démocratique

2406

8.85%

Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin

Bloc-pot

426

1.57%

Jocelyne Dupuis

Union des Forces

384

1.41%

Yannick Duguay

Non-affiliated

121

0.45%

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

164 of 164 polls reporting

VIAU

Candidates:

PQ          Maka Kotto
LIB       x William Cusano
ADQ        Paolo V. Tamburello
BP          Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin
UFP        Jocelyne Dupuis
OTHER   Yannick Duguay

Riding History:

Riding first existed in 1973 election.

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

1995 REF:  NO - 68.92%   YES - 31.08%

Riding Profile:
Riding in east Montreal.

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:    3.6%
Franco:   46.5%
Allo:       50.0% (13% Italian; 9% Spanish;8% Creole; 3.75% Vietnamese; 3.6% Chinese; 3% Portuguese)

Viau riding contains that part of Montreal bounded by: the CNR railway line, the boundary of Montreal with Montreal-North and St-Léonard, 24th Avenue, Bélanger and Papineau.

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1972 from parts of Olier, Dorion, Gouin and Jeanne-Mance ridings.

In 1992 redistribution, kept riding and added part of Dorion riding.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 96% of riding; 4% moved to Gouin;

gained 13% of Jeanne-Mance and 2% of Viger;

lost, to Gouin, from SE corner, that part of Montreal bounded by: Jean-Talon East, Papineau, Bélanger and Chambord (1,439 electors)

gained, in north, from Jeanne-Mance, that part of Montreal bounded by: the border of Montreal with St-Léonard, Rue D'Hérelle and Pie-IX Boulevard (5,226 electors);

gained, in NE, from Viger, that part of Montreal bounded by: border of Montreal with St-Léonard, 24th Ave., Bélanger, Pie-IX Boulevard and the Metropolitan Autoroute (613 electors);

Political History:
[1994 = 86.51% VIAU; 13.49% DORION]
[2003 = 87% VIAU; 12% JEANNE-MANCE; 1% VIGER]

In 1973, LIB FERNAND PICARD, who won in Olier in 1966, 1970, won.

In 1976, PQ CHARLES LEFEBVRE defeated LIB FERNAND SAUVE by 1,932 votes.

In 1981, LIB WILLIAM CUSANO defeated PQ LEFEBVRE by 4,103 votes.

In 1985, LIB CUSANO defeated PQ MARIE-CLAIRE NIVOLON by 9,658 votes.

In 1989, LIB CUSANO defeated PQ ANDRE CORNEAU by 6,781 votes.

In 1994, LIB CUSANO defeated PQ RAPHAEL DELLI GATTI by 9,483 votes.

In 1998, LIB CUSANO defeated PQ LUC LECLERC by 13,560 votes.