Riding Profiles

DISTRICT: RICHELIEU
Candidate	Party	Vote Count	Vote Share	Elected
Sylvain Simard	PQ	11461	37.95%	X
Philippe Rochat	ADQ	9436	31.24%
Gilles Salvas	LIB	7353	24.35%
François Desmarais	GRN	1024	3.39%
Éric Noël	QS	781	2.59%
Normand Philibert	IND	146	0.48%
March 27, 12:52:21 AM EDT		167 of 167 polls reporting

Richelieu

Candidates:

GRN	Desmarais, François
QS	Noël, Éric
IND	Philibert, Normand
ADQ	Rochat, Philippe
LIB	Salvas, Gilles
PQ	Simard, Sylvain

Riding Profile:

Riding is east of Montreal.

Language Breakdown: per cent mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 0.7 per cent
Franco: 98.7 per cent
Allo: 0.6 per cent

Richelieu riding contains the following municipalities: Massueville, Saint-Aimé, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Saint-Jude, Saint-Louis, Saint-Ours, Saint-Robert, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Sorel-Tracy and Yamaska.

Riding Map:

From Elections Quebec:

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Riding History:

Riding first existed in 1792.

1970, 1973 - LIB
1976, 1981 - PQ
1985, 1989 - LIB
1994, 1998, 2003 - PQ

1995 REF: YES - 62.32 per cent NO - 37.68 per cent

Redistribution:

Only minor change in 2001 redistribution - gained small area with no electors from Nicolet-Yamaska.

Political History:

SAGUENAY:

2003	PQ SIMARD defeated LIB BENOÎT LEFEBVRE by 2,359 votes.
1998	PQ SIMARD defeated LIB GILLES FERLATTE by 9,027 votes. Minister of citizenship and immigration, Oct. 6, 2000 to March 8, 2001; minister of state for administration and the public service; chair of the Treasury Board, March 8, 2001 to Jan. 30, 2002. Appointed minister responsible for Outaouais region, March 8, 2001. Appointed minister of state for education and employment, minister of education, minister responsible for employment, Jan. 30, 2002.
1994	PQ SYLVAIN SIMARD defeated LIB incumbent KHELFA by 4,745 votes. Minister of international relations, minister responsible for relations with French-speaking communities and minister responsible for Outaouais region, Jan. 29, 1996 to Dec. 15, 1998; minister responsible for humanitarian action, Jan. 22, 1997 to Dec. 15, 1998.
1989	LIB KHELFA defeated PQ GUY SAVARD by 3,288 votes.
1985	LIB ALBERT KHELFA defeated PQ MARTEL by 3,047 votes.
1981	PQ MAURICE MARTEL (joined PQ in 1975) won in 1976 and 1981. Appointed minister of revenue in December 1984.
1973	LIB CLAUDE SIMARD won in 1970 and 1973. Minister of state for industry and commerce, 1970-72; minister of state for tourism, fish and game, February-October 1972; minister of tourism, fish and game, October 1972-1976

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Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share
LIB	48	0	48	33.08%
ADQ	41	0	41	30.80%
PQ	36	0	36	28.32%
QS	0	0	0	3.65%
GRN	0	0	0	3.89%
OTH	0	0	0	.26%
Last Update:March 27, 12:52:21 AM EDT

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