CBC - Quebec Votes 2003

RIDING: WESTMOUNT-SAINT-LOUIS

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

Jacques Chagnon

Liberal Party of Que

18201

79.34%

Denise Laroche

Parti Québécois

2358

10.28%

Nathalie Beaupré

Action démocratique

999

4.35%

David Fennario

Union des Forces

714

3.11%

Don Donderi

Equality Party

330

1.44%

David John Proctor

Bloc-pot

229

Diane Johnston

Marxiste-léninste

110

0.48%

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

163 of 163 polls reporting

WESTMOUNT-SAINT-LOUIS

Candidates :

PQ          Denise Laroche
LIB       x Jacques Chagnon
ADQ       Nathalie Beaupre
PE          Don Donderi
BP          David John Proctor
UFP        David Fennario
PMLQ     Diane Johnston

Riding History:
New Riding in 1994 election.

Westmount:  1970-1985 incl - LIB; 1989 - EP
Saint-Louis: SINCE 1966 - LIB

WESTMOUNT-SAINT LOUIS
1994, 1998 - LIB

1995 REF:  NO - 86.79%  YES - 13.21%

Riding Profile:

Language Breakdown: % mother tongue - single answers
Anglo:   40.3%
Franco:  26.3%
Allo:      33.% (7% Chinese; 7% Arabic)

Westmount St-Louis riding contains that part of Montreal bounded by: Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, Chemin Remembrance, Voie Camillien-Houde, Avenue du Mont-Royal Ouest, Avenue de l'Esplanade, Rachel W., St-Laurent Boulevard, Boulevard René-Lévesque Est, Sanguinet and its extension, St-Antoine Est, St-Antoine Ouest and the boundary of Westmount and Montreal.

Redistribution:
Riding created in 1992 redistribution from: parts of Westmount, St-Louis and Ste-Anne ridings.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 85% of riding; 15% moved to Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne;

lost, in south, to St-Henri-Sainte-Anne - that part of Montreal bounded by: St-Antoine Ouest, McGill, Rue de la Commune Ouest, Bonaventure Autoroute, Lachine Canal and Atwater (7,811 electors)

Political History:

WESTMOUNT

LIB KEVIN DRUMMOND won in 1970, 1973. Minister of Lands & Forests, 1970-75; Minister of Agriculture, 1975-76.

In 1976, LIB GEORGE SPRINGATE won. (Won in Ste-Anne in 1970, 1973)

LIB RICHARD FRENCH won in 1981 and 1985. Appointed Minister of Communications in Dec. 1985; added Minister responsible for Tech Devin 1988; Minister of Supply and Services, Oct. 12, 1988 - Dec. 21, 1988. Resigned portfolio Dec. 21, 1988 over Bill 178.

In 1989, EP RICHARD HOLDEN defeated LIB WILLIAM COSGROVE by 513 votes.

SAINT-LOUIS

LIB JACQUES CHAGNON won in 1985 and 1989. Minister of Education, Minister responsible for Administration of Professional Laws, Minister responsible for Administration of French Language Charter, Jan. 11 - Sept. 1994.

WESTMOUNT-SAINT-LOUIS
[1994 = 50.40% SAINT-LOUIS; 35.84% WESTMOUNT; 13.76% SAINTE-ANNE]

[2004 = 100% WESTMOUNT-SAINT-LOUIS]

In 1994, LIB JACQUES CHAGNON, incumbent from St-Louis, defeated PQ FRANCOIS DAGENAIS by 22,100 votes.

In 1998, LIB CHAGNON defeated PQ CHRISTIAN ARMOUR by 21,635 votes.