QUEBEC VOTES 2007

Riding Profiles

DISTRICT: GOUIN
CandidatePartyVote CountVote ShareElected
Nicolas GirardPQ1131837.24% X
Françoise DavidQS791326.04%
Nathalie RivardLIB561218.46%
Jean-Philip RuelADQ354011.65%
Yohan TremblayGRN17445.74%
Hugô St-OngeBP1570.52%
Jocelyne LeducIND1090.36%
March 27, 12:52:51 AM EDT 184 of 184 polls reporting

Gouin


Candidates:

QS David, Françoise
PQ Girard, Nicolas
IND Leduc, Jocelyne
LIB Rivard, Nathalie
ADQ Ruel, Jean-Philip
BP St-Onge, Hugô
GRN Tremblay, Yohan


Riding Profile:
Language Breakdown: per cent mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: three per cent
Franco: 78.6 per cent
Allo: 18.3 (4.76 per cent Spanish; 3.36 per cent Italian)

Gouin contains that part of Montreal bounded by: Jean-Talon Ouest, Jean-Talon Est, Papineau avenue, Bélanger street, 6th avenue, Masson street, the CP railway line, the boundary of Montreal and Outremont and the CP railway line.

Riding Map:
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Riding History:

Riding first existed in 1966 election.

1970 - PQ
1973 - LIB
SINCE 1976 - PQ

1995 REF: YES - 57.36 per cent NO - 42.64 per cent

Redistribution:
Created in 1965 from parts of Jeanne-Mance and Montreal-Laurier ridings.
  • In 1992 redistribution, added areas from Dorion and Laurier.


  • In 2001 redistribution:
  • kept 100 per cent of riding and gained four per cent of Viau.
  • gained, from Viau, part of Montreal bounded by: Jean-Talon Est, Papineau avenue, Bélanger street and Chambord street (1,439 electors)


  • Political History:
    1994 = 70.05 per cent GOUIN; 15.21 per cent LAURIER; 14.74 per cent DORION]
    [2003 = 97 per cent GOUIN; 3 per cent VIAU]
    Sept. 20, 2004 byelection PQ NICOLAS GIRARD defeated LIB EDITH KEAYS.
    2003 PQ BOISCLAIR defeated LIB WILLIAM AGUILAR. Boisclair resigned his seat on Aug. 17, 2004.
    1998 PQ BOISCLAIR defeated LIB MICHELLE DAINES. Minister of social solidarity, Dec.15, 1998 to March 8, 2001. Appointed minister responsible for the Olympic Installations Board, Nov. 10, 1999. Minister of environment, March 8 to Nov. 13, 2001. Minister of state for the environment and water, Nov. 13, 2001 to Jan. 30, 2002. Appointed minister of state for municipal affairs, Greater Montreal, environment and water; minister of municipal affairs and Greater Montreal; minister of environment; government house leader; minister responsible for the Montreal region, Jan. 30, 2002.
    1994 PQ BOISCLAIR defeated LIB ATHENA EFRAIM. Minister for relations with citizens; Jan. 29, 1996; minister for relations with citizens and immigration, Sept. 4, 1996; minister of immigration, Dec. 4, 1996.
    1989 PQ ANDRÉ BOISCLAIR defeated LIB NORMAND HAMEL.
    1985 PQ JACQUES ROCHEFORT won in 1981 and 1985. Appointed minister of housing and consumer protection, December 1984. Left caucus to sit as Independent Nov. 18, 1987.
    1976 PQ RODRIGUE TREMBLAY defeated LIB BEAUREGARD. Minister of industry and commerce, November 76 to September 1979. Hearing he would be dropped from cabinet, he resigned from caucus to sit as an Independent on Sept. 21, 1979 after having written a five-page letter of resignation.
    1973 LIB JEAN-M. BEAUREGARD defeated PQ JORON by 636 votes.
    1970 PQ GUY JORON defeated LIB MICHAUD by 12 votes. (One of original PQ-won seats in 1970)
    1966 LIB YVES MICHAUD defeated UN GERARD GOSSELIN. From Oct. 31, 1969, sat as Independent Liberal after disagreeing with his party over Bill 63.

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    Overall Election Results
    PartyElectedLeadingTotalVote Share
    LIB4804833.08%
    ADQ4104130.80%
    PQ3603628.32%
    QS0003.65%
    GRN0003.89%
    OTH000.26%
    Last Update:March 27, 12:52:21 AM EDT
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