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DISTRICT: SHERBROOKE
Candidate	Party	Vote Count	Vote Share	Elected
Jean Charest	LIB	13136	36.56%	X
Claude Forgues	PQ	11804	32.85%
Michel Dumont	ADQ	6409	17.84%
Christian Bibeau	QS	2263	6.3%
Steve Dubois	GRN	2203	6.13%
Hubert Richard	IND	115	0.32%
March 27, 12:52:51 AM EDT		212 of 212 polls reporting

Sherbrooke

Candidates:

QS	Bibeau, Christian
LIB	Charest, Jean
GRN	Dubois, Steve
ADQ	Dumont, Michel
PQ	Forgues, Claude
IND	Richard, Hubert

Riding Profile:

Sherbrooke riding contains boroughs 4 and 6 of the city of Sherbrooke.

Language Breakdown: per cent mother tongue - single answers
Anglo: 3.7 per cent
Franco: 90.7 per cent
Allo: 5.5 per cent

Riding Map:

From Elections Quebec:

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Riding History:

Riding was created in 1829

1976, 1981 - PQ
1985, 1989 - LIB
1994 - PQ
1998 – LIB
2003 - LIB

1995 REF: YES - 53.68 per cent NO - 46.32 per cent

Redistribution:

In 1992 redistribution, lost small area to St-François and gained Sherbrooke polls from St-François and Orford.

In 2001 redistribution:

kept 99 per cent of riding; 0.09 per cent moved to Johnson and 0.01 per cent to Orford.

gained 11 per cent of Saint-François and two per cent of Orford.

lost to Johnson a small area from north with 43 electors.

lost to Orford a small area with five electors.

gained, in south, from Saint-François, that part of Ascot that had been in the riding (4,452 electors).

gained, in south, from Orford, the part of Ascot included in the riding and part of Rock Forest (1,340 electors).

Political History:

[1994 = 99.93 per cent SHERBROOKE; 0.07 per cent ORFORD]
[2003 = 87 per cent SHERBROOKE; 10 per cent SAINT-FRANôOIS; three per cent ORFORD]

2003	LIB CHAREST defeated PQ MALAVOY by 2,520 votes. CHAREST was sworn in as premier on April 29, 2003.
1998	LIB JEAN CHAREST defeated PQ MALAVOY by 907 votes. Charest had become Quebec Liberal leader on April 30, 1998.
1994	PQ MARIE MALAVOY defeated LIB GILLES LAPOINTE by 1,391 votes. Appointed minister of culture and communications, minister responsible for application of French Language Charter, Sept. 26, 1994. Resigned after it became public that she had voted in previous elections before she became a Canadian citizen.
1985	LIB ANDRE HAMEL won in 1985, 1989.
1981	PQ RAYNALD FRECHETTE won in 1981; defeated in 1985. Appointed minister of revenue, April 1981; minister responsible for labour, Sept. 9, 1982; minister of labour, Dec. 17, 1982; minister of justice and minister of labour, October 1985.
1976	PQ GERARD GOSSELIN defeated LIB PEPIN by 3,895 votes.
1970	LIB JEAN-PAUL PEPIN won in 1970 and 1973.

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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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