QUEBEC VOTES 2007

Riding Profiles

DISTRICT: JOLIETTE
CandidatePartyVote CountVote ShareElected
Pascal BeaupréADQ1380337.02% X
Claude DuceppePQ1305635.02%
Céline BeaulieuLIB755520.26%
Flavie TrudelQS17034.57%
Johanne EdsellGRN11693.14%
March 27, 12:52:51 AM EDT 230 of 230 polls reporting

Joliette


Candidates:

LIB Beaulieu, Céline
ADQ Beaupré, Pascal
PQ Duceppe, Claude
GRN Edsell, Johanne
QS Trudel, Flavie


Riding Profile:
Lower Laurentians ridings.

Language Breakdown: per cent mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 0.8 per cent
Franco: 98.3 per cent
Allo: 1 per cent

Joliette contains the following municipalities: Crabtree, Joliette, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, St-Charles-Borromée, St-Jacques, St-Liguori, Ste-Marcelline-de-Kildare, Ste-Marie-Salomé, St-Paul, St-Pierre and St-Thomas.

Riding Map:
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Riding History:

Riding first existed in 1854.

Joliette:
1970 - LIB

Joliette-Montcalm:
1973 - LIB
1976 - PQ

Joliette:
SINCE 1981 - PQ

1995 REF: YES - 63.88 per cent NO - 36.12 per cent

Redistribution:

Riding of Joliette was Joliette-Montclam in 1973 and 1976.

In 1992 redistribution, five St-Alexis polls (872 electors) moved from this riding to Rousseau riding.

Political History:
2003 PQ JONATHAN VALOIS defeated LIB ROBERT GROULX.
June 17, 2002 byelection ADQ SYLVIE LESPÉRANCE defeated PQ MICHEL BELLEHUMEUR.
1998 PQ CHEVRETTE defeated LIB SYLVIE LESPERANCE. Reappointed minister responsible for native affairs until Jan. 29, 2002; minister of transport; minister responsible for wildlife and parks; minister responsible for electoral reform; minister responsible for the Lanaudière region; minister responsible for Northern Quebec region, Dec. 15, 1998 to Jan. 29, 2002. On Jan. 29, 2002, Chevrette, after meeting with Landry, resigned from cabinet and as an MNA, saying he would have had his role diminished in the next day's cabinet shuffle. He said he felt the party had pushed him out the door.
1994 PQ CHEVRETTE defeated LIB PIERRE DELANGIS. Appointed government house leader, minister of state for regional development, minister of municipal affairs and minister responsible for electoral reform, Sept. 26, 1994; minister of state for natural resources, minister of natural resources, minister responsible for regional development, minister responsible for electoral reform; minister responsible for native affairs; minister responsible for Lanaudière, Jan. 29, 1996 to December 1998. Minister responsible for parliamentary reform, Jan. 29, 1996 to Sept. 23, 1998; added: minister responsible for Northern Quebec region, April 1, 1998; minister of regions, April 1 to Sept. 23, 1998. Resigned as chief election organizer, June 5, 1998.
1981 (Joliette), PQ CHEVRETTE defeated LIB ANDRE ASSELIN. Minister of recreation, fish and game, September 1982; appointed to social affairs, Nov. 29, 1984. Minister of health and social services, June to December 1985. PQ CHEVRETTE was re-elected in 1985 and 1989. House leader, 1985 to 1987; leader of Opposition, November 1987 to August 1989. House leader 1989-1994.
1976 (Joliette-Montclam), PQ GUY CHEVRETTE defeated LIB QUENNEVILLE. Chevrette was government whip 1979 to 1982.
1973 In riding now called Joliette-Montcalm, LIB QUENNEVILLE defeated PQ LANDRY. (Landry won in Fabre in 1976) Minister responsible for perspectives jeunesse, new horizons and local initiatives, 1973-75; minister of revenue, 1975-76.
1970 LIB ROBERT QUENNEVILLE defeated UN PIERRE ROY. PQ BERNARD LANDRY was third. Appointed minister of state, health, May 1970; minister of social affairs, December 1970; minister responsible for development of East-Quebec, 1971; minister responsible for planning and development of Quebec, 1972.

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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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