Quebec general election, 2003

Quebec general election, 2003
Quebec
April 14, 2003
125 seats in the 37th National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 70.42%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jean Charest Bernard Landry Mario Dumont
Party Liberal Parti Québécois Action démocratique
Leader since April 30, 1998 March 2, 2001 1994
Leader's seat Sherbrooke Verchères Rivière-du-Loup
Last election 48 seats, 43.55% 76 seats, 42.87% 1 seat, 11.81%
Seats won 76 45 4
Seat change Increase28 Decrease31 Increase3
Popular vote 1,755,863 1,269,183 694,122
Percentage 45.99% 33.24% 18.18%
Swing Increase2.44% Decrease9.63% Increase6.37%

Map of Quebec's ridings coloured in to indicate ridings won by each party and their popular vote. PLQ (red): 76 seats; PQ (cyan): 45 seats; ADQ (blue): 4 seats.
Premier before election

Bernard Landry
Parti Québécois

 Premier-designate

Jean Charest
Liberal

The Quebec general election of 2003 was held on April 14, 2003, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec (Canada). The Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ), led by Jean Charest, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Bernard Landry.

In Champlain there was a tie between PQ candidate Noëlla Champagne and Liberal candidate Pierre-A. Brouillette; although the initial tally was 11,867 to 11,859,[1] a judicial recount produced a tally of 11,852 each.[2] A new election was held on May 20 and was won by Champagne by a margin of 642 votes.[3][4]

Unfolding

In 2002, the Parti Québécois (PQ) government had been in power for two mandates. It was seen as worn-out by some, and its poll numbers fell sharply. It placed third at its lowest point. An important part of its support was going to the Action Démocratique du Québec (ADQ) and its young leader, Mario Dumont. Some PQ supporters had left for the Liberal party.

Landry, leader of the PQ, undertook a revitalization of the party and its image. As the ideas of the conservative nature of ADQ's platform became more apparent, that party's popularity declined. Social democratic measures taken by the PQ government, like the passing of the "Law against poverty" helped improve the PQ's standing in the public opinion polls. PLQ leader Jean Charest initially continued to be unpopular with voters.

The 2003 election happened against the backdrop of the war in Iraq. The battles of that war took place during the first half of the campaign, diverting the attention of the media and the population. Landry became known for his custom of wearing the white ribbon (which in 2003 was worn by people in favour of peace). This custom was shortly followed by the two other main party leaders, Charest and Dumont. Landry was the most outspoken critic of the war. The other two were more discreet on the matter. Charest once stated that it was an opportunity to reaffirm his "belief in peace". Dumont acted in a similar way, while also addressing criticism to Landry, saying that Quebecers should refrain from criticizing Americans too harshly since Americans were historical friends of Quebecers.

The desire for change was considered an important factor of the campaign (see "Change", below). However, while reminding voters that the fundamental change was at the core of its primary ideal, sovereignty, the PQ focused its message and publicity not on change, but on stability. Its campaign slogan emphasized this (see the Campaign slogans below). Landry also tried to portray the vote as being a choice between the left wing PQ and two parties of the right. The PLQ portrayed itself as centrist. The PLQ produced dynamic ads and material, and released a new, younger logo. The ADQ put forward its young, underdog leader, and denied being too much to the right. It first broadcast a negative advertisement (a bleak television spot speaking of deaths in the hospitals) that backfired substantially, with criticism from opponents and citizens. It shortly released a brighter, more positive advertising.

Despite the PQ's recovery of support, Charest appeared as a viable alternative for people in desire of change, especially during the Leaders' Debate. Also, the Parizeau Affair sparked by Charest is said to have harmed Landry's campaign up to election day. The PQ lead in the public opinion polls vanished by mid-campaign.

The Parti Libéral won the election, while Parti Québécois won a respectable number of seats. The ADQ won four seats, which was a considerable improvement from previous general elections. It was nonetheless a disappointment for the party since it had five sitting members as a result of by-election victories in the previous year. It had also had a high standing in the polls of that same year. This was the first general election for the new left-wing Union des forces progressistes.

A documentary about Bernard Landry's point of view of the campaign was released in 2003 called À Hauteur d'homme. It was directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque.

Issues

Health care

Jean Charest and the PLQ focused their campaign upon the issue of health care and reducing waiting lists. The other major parties criticized Charest for planning to invest only in health care and education, while freezing other budgets. Landry argued that money for health care would be available when the fiscal imbalance was solved by sovereignty. He vowed to fight for money from Ottawa until then, as he had done earlier that year (see the "Fiscal Imbalance", below). Charest portrayed Landry as putting sovereignty ahead of health care, and presented his party as the one that would make health care its first priority. He also accused Landry's government of using waiting lists as an administration procedure for hospitals.

Change

The desire for change was considered by the media to be a major deciding factor of the vote. The media were criticized by the PQ and some citizens as "wanting change for the sake of change", since the government had ended its term with an economy doing well and high satisfaction polls for an outgoing administration. Landry reminded voters that, while voting for his party did not change the government right away, the first ideal of the PQ, sovereignty, was "the greatest of changes". At the Leaders' Debate, Charest told viewers that those wanting change should vote for the PLQ since "A vote for the ADQ is a vote for the PQ". At the time, the ADQ was considered to be too low in the polls to be a potential victor. Charest's reminder of the spoiler effect is said to have been partly responsible for his victory on election day. The results on election day appear to have demonstrated the voters' desire for change.

Income tax

Charest presented a plan of major reduction of income tax, which Landry opposed. Quebec's income taxes are the highest in North America, but its social programs are also relatively generous, and the gap between rich and poor is the lowest of the North American continent. The ADQ presented a flat tax plan in 2002. This proved to be highly unpopular, and contributed to the image of the party as being too conservative. This plan, in its pure form, was dropped in the beginning of 2003. The ADQ claimed that, after further examination, the Quebec government did not have the resources to implement it. This, again, hurt the party further by giving it the image of flip flopping.

State size and intervention

The PQ government was criticized by the two other major parties for being too interventionist, maintaining an overly large government, and for practising statism. Dumont spoke of Landry and the PQ's "Social bureaucracy", a pun on the Social democracy the PQ defends. Landry responded to Charest and Dumont that "Quebecers do not want less state, they want better state". Dumont had previously proposed a drastic reduction in the size of the civil service, but this was also softened before the campaign.

Family-work conciliation

The conciliation famille-travail became an important issue of the campaign as a result of Landry's "Four day work-week" plan. This proposal would have required Quebec employers to offer the option of a four-day work week to parents. This was presented by the PQ as a way to enhance family life, lower the stress on parents, and of counteracting the fall in Quebec's birthrate since the Quiet Revolution. The plan was attacked by the PLQ and ADQ as being "improvised" since it was only presented near the beginning of the election. It attracted some interest and support from voters, enough for Charest to declare, days before voting day, that he could consider implementing a four-day week, although the PLQ has not mentioned this since the election.

Fiscal imbalance

The theory of a fiscal imbalance between Ottawa and Quebec City was maintained and denounced by all major parties. Charest argued that the co-operative approach of a federalist party like the PLQ would be more effective solving the problem. As proof that the PQ would be able to solve the fiscal imbalance, Landry pointed to his success of early 2003, when he, along with the English Canadian Premiers, managed to come to an agreement with Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien for more money to finance health care. He promised to continue the "battle" to solve the imbalance until independence is achieved.

City mergers

The PQ government, during the premiership of Landry's predecessor Lucien Bouchard, had merged the major cities of Quebec. The government argued that the mergers would allow a better division of the wealth and responsibilities between richer suburban communities and poorer parts of the main cities. The mergers occurred despite widespread opposition in some municipalities. Many Quebecers were still disgruntled, especially in wealthier and anglophone communities. The PLQ proposed to allow referendums on deamalgamation in communities where there was sufficient support. The PQ and the ADQ strongly opposed the idea.

Sovereignty and autonomy

While the PQ continued to promote sovereignty for Quebec with its usual arguments (dignity, culture, globalization, etc.), it was also presented by the PQ as a way to solve the fiscal imbalance problem. The ADQ made great efforts to avoid taking a position on the subject of independence in order to attract both sides of the National Question spectrum. The ADQ positioned itself as a "third way" to Quebecers between what Dumont called "radical separation" and "knelt down federalism". The ADQ had worked in favour of sovereignty during the 1995 Quebec referendum, but had been equivocal on the subject since then.

The PLQ criticized the PQ for using the politics of confrontation because of its sovereignty position, and argued that a PLQ government would restore Quebec's "leadership role" in the federation. Landry promised a third referendum on independence "in 1000 days", confirming the plan he had set out in the Declaration of Gatineau, with support for independence running very low and support for a referendum running even lower in opinion polls; this did not prove to be a popular position. An argument of Landry for this timetable was that he wanted Quebec to be present at the Summit of the Americas in Buenos Aires in 2005. Representation for Quebec had been denied by Ottawa at the previous summit held in Quebec City, an act that angered many Quebecers. At the same time, Landry kept the door opened to federalist support for the PQ and stated that he would only hold a referendum if he had the "moral assurance" of winning it. This lead Charest to accuse him of having a "hidden agenda", during the Leaders' Debate.

Parizeau Affair

On the day of the leaders' debate, Charest's advisors gave him an article from the website of the Trois-Rivières newspaper Le Nouvelliste that spoke of past PQ leader Jacques Parizeau restating his controversial remarks about "money and the ethnic vote" which he had made in his 1995 referendum concession speech. The truth of the article was later disputed, yet despite the uncertainty surrounding this article, Charest surprised Landry with it during the leaders' debate on live television. This created a new controversy that ran for some days following the debate, and was said to have hurt Landry's campaign. The PQ denounced Charest for launching an "immoral attack" on Parizeau's reputation and dignity, saying that the article was incorrect in concluding that he had repeated his comments, but this method of response was not enough to defuse the controversy. The aftermath of the leaders' debate is thoroughly treated in the À Hauteur d'homme documentary, and became known as the Parizeau Affair.

Day care

The "five dollar-a-day child care" program implemented by the PQ government of Lucien Bouchard was one of the most appreciated achievements of the recent PQ administration. Some parents still did not have access to it, however, because of a lack of sufficient places. Landry, who had been Minister of Finance when the plan was implemented, vowed to continue creating more spaces. Charest presented his team as the most capable for this task. He also vowed to keep the price at $5 a day. He broke this promise later that year. See Opposition to the Charest government.

Public debt

The Action Démocratique insisted that the Government of Quebec should pay down the public debt. The other major leaders did not see it as a priority.

Contenders

See also: List of political parties in Quebec

Major parties

Action démocratique du Québec

Quebec Liberal Party

Parti Québécois

Minor parties

Bloc Pot

Union des forces progressistes

Campaign slogans

Incumbent MNAs not running for re-election

Péquistes

Liberals

Independents

Results

The overall results were:[5]

 Summary of the April 14, 2003 National Assembly of Quebec election results
Party Party leader Candi-
dates		 Seats Popular vote
1998 Elected % Change # % % Change
Liberal Jean Charest 125 48 76 +58.3% 1,755,863 45.99% +2.44%
Parti Québécois Bernard Landry 125 76 45 -40.8% 1,269,183 33.24% -9.63%
Action démocratique Mario Dumont 125 1 4 +300% 694,122 18.18% +6.37%
UFP (leading council) 74 - - - 40,422 1.06% +0.42%
Bloc Pot Hugô St-Onge 56 - - - 22,904 0.60% +0.36%
Green Richard Savignac 37 * - * 16,975 0.44% *
Equality Keith Henderson 21 - - - 4,051 0.11% -0.2%
Christian Democracy Gilles Noël 25 * - * 3,226 0.08% *
Marxist–Leninist Claude Brunelle 23 - - - 2,749 0.07% -
  Independent/no designation 35 - - - 8,269 0.22% -0.09%
Total 646 125 125 - 3,817,764 100%  
Source: Elections Quebec
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Vote share
PLQ
  
 45.99%
PQ
  
 33.24%
ADQ
  
 18.18%
UFP
  
 1.06%
Bloc Pot
  
 0.60%
Green
  
 0.44%
Others
  
 0.48%

Results by riding

The results in each riding (electoral division) were:[6]

Party Seats Second Third Fourth
Liberal 76 46 3 0
Parti Québécois 45 65 15 0
Action démocratique 4 14 105 2

Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Bonaventure Nathalie Normandeau 11,975 Marc Tétreault 6,313 Maurice Anglehart 1,101 Michel Goudreau (Green) 542 Nathalie Normandeau
Gaspé Johnny Gérard 8,052 Guy Lelièvre 9,033 Denis Paradis 1,743 Luc-Reno Fournier (Green) 227 Guy Lelièvre
Îles-de-la-Madeleine Simone LeBlanc 3,150 Maxime Arseneau 4,606 Évé Longuépée 92 Maxime Arseneau
Kamouraska-Témiscouata Claude Béchard 11,266 Harold LeBel 6,326 Pierre Lévesque 6,504 Guy Duguay (Green) 293

Robert Raymond (Ind.) 238

 Claude Béchard
Matane Nancy Charest 7,602 Pascal Bérubé 7,569 Raynald Bernier 3,005 Nelson Gauthier (Ind.) 178

Nestor Turcotte (Ind.) 135
David Lejeune (Green) 124

 vacant
Matapédia Gaston Pelletier 6,339 Danielle Doyer 9,197 Claude Fortin 4,686 Danielle Doyer
Rimouski Éric Forest 10,817 Solange Charest 14,177 Stéphane Laforest 4,719 Solange Charest
Rivière-du-Loup Jacques Morin 5,585 Carol Gilbert 4,155 Mario Dumont 13,452 Julie Morin (Green) 312 Mario Dumont

Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean and Côte-Nord

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Chicoutimi Jean-Guy Maltais 11,814 Stéphane Bédard 14,471 Carl Savard 5,841 Pierre Dostie (UFP) 670
Dominic Tremblay (BP) 314		 Stéphane Bédard
Dubuc Johnny Simard 9,723 Jacques Côté 9,767 Claude Gauthier 5,162 Marie Francine Bienvenue (UFP) 457 Jacques Côté
Duplessis Marc Proulx 8,018 Lorraine Richard 10,926 Steeve Trudel 2,530 André Forbes (Ind.) 1,334 Normand Duguay
Jonquière Françoise Gauthier 13,826 Myrtha Laflamme 11,386 Réjean Laforest 5,216 Batiste Foisy (BP) 368
Michel Perron (UFP) 330		 Françoise Gauthier
Lac-Saint-Jean Benoît Harvey 7,405 Stéphan Tremblay 15,200 Roger Filion 5,694 Stéphan Tremblay
Réne-Lévesque François Désy 5,215 Marjolain Dufour 8,997 François Corriveau 7,356 Jean-Pierre Brison (Ind.) 449 François Corriveau
Roberval Karl Blackburn 11,930 Réjean Lalancette 11,686 Bernard Généreaux 6,388 Francis Breton (UFP) 453 Benoît Laprise

Capitale-Nationale

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Charlesbourg Éric Mercier 17,169 Sylvie Tremblay 9,741 Jonatan Julien 10,936 Yonnel Bonaventure (Green) 438
Simon Carreau (UFP) 329		 Jean Rochon
Charlevoix Denis Lavoie 8,758 Rosaire Bertrand 10,131 Daniel Bouchard 3,998 Éric Tremblay (UFP) 168
Gabriel Tremblay (Ind.) 105
Phillippe Thivierge (DCQ) 62		 Rosaire Bertrand
Chauveau Sarah Perreault 14,774 Nathalie Samson 8,506 Hélène Napert 12,555 Christian Légaré (Ind.) 624
Marie-Noëlle Béland (UFP) 387		 Raymond Brouillet
Jean-Lesage Michel Després 15,547 Robert Caron 9,408 Aurel Bélanger 8,912 Jean-Yves Desgagnés (Ind.) 714
Nicolas Frichot (BP) 390
Jean Bédard (M-L) 185		 Michel Després
Jean-Talon Margaret Delisle 15,475 Daniel-Mercier Gouin 11,999 Simon Lauzon 5,149 Sacha Calixte (UFP) 515
Antonine Yaccarini (Green) 477
Sabrina Falardeau (BP) 197
Robert Bonenfant (Ind.) 126		 Margaret Delisle
La Peltrie France Hamel 16,462 Claude Gendreau 8,711 Éric Caire 13,421 Dany Hamel (Ind.) 586
Guillaume Boivin (UFP) 515		 Michel Côté
Louis-Hébert Sam Hamad 17,938 Line-Sylvie Perron 11,688 Guy Laforest 9,505 Jean-Pierre Guay (Green) 493
Jean-Phillipe Lessard-Beaupré (UFP) 402
Pierre Laliberté (BP) 281		 Paul Bégin
Montmorency Raymond Bernier 13,708 Jean-François Simard 11,226 Jean-François Paquet 11,821 Magali Paquin (UFP) 517 Jean-François Simard
Portneuf Jean-Pierre Soucy 12,729 Roger Bertrand 8,352 Deny Lépine 10,781 François Paradis-Caron (UFP) 413 Roger Bertrand
Taschereau Michel Beaudoin 11,240 Agnès Maltais 12,930 Jean-Guy Lemieux 6,537 Alain Marcoux (UFP) 1,136
Dominic Lapointe (Green) 731
Benjamin Kasapoglu (BP) 389
Patrice Fortin (Ind.) 102
Alain Cyr (Ind.) 95		 Agnès Maltais
Vanier Marc Bellemare 16,182 Nicole Madore 9,385 Normand Morin 11,646 Sébastien Bouchard (UFP) 573 Diane Barbeau

Mauricie

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Champlain
(May 20, 2003)		 Pierre Brouillette 9,431 Noëlla Champagne 10,073 Rock Laviolette 6,459 Lucie Favreau (UFP) 103
Gilles Noel (DCQ) 73		 Yves Beaumier
Laviolette Julie Boulet 12,806 Patrick Lahaie 7,730 Sébastien Proulx 3,453 Yves Demers (UFP) 182

Josée Lafontaine (DCQ) 144

 Julie Boulet
Maskinongé Francine Gaudet 13,240 Rémy Désilets 12,334 Louise-Andrée Garant 9,118 Rémy Désilets
Saint-Maurice Bob Vallières 8,232 Claude Pinard 8,860 Luc Arvisais 8,201 Kevin Trudel (UFP) 225 Claude Pinard
Trois-Rivières André Gabias 11,034 Guy Julien 10,154 Jean-Claude Ayotte 5,181 Rachel Sauvageau (BP) 274
David Lanneville (UFP) 214
Marcel Fugère (Ind.) 110
Stéphane Robert (DCQ) 76		 Guy Julien

Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Arthabaska Claude Bachand 12,663 Danièle Caron 9,657 Alain Rayes 11,389 François Houle (Green) 379
Katrine Cyr (BP) 353		 Jacques Baril
Beauce-Nord Normand Poulin 11,104 Aline Carrier 4,160 Janvier Grondin 13,275 Julie Roy (BP) 223
Richard Fecteau (UFP) 175		 Normand Poulin
Beauce-Sud Diane Leblanc 14,170 Stéphane Pouliot 5,115 Claude Lemieux 12,852 Ginette Lewis (UFP) 216 Diane Leblanc
Bellechasse Dominique Vien 9,658 Claude Lachance 7,084 Serge Carbonneau 8,507 Sylvain Castonguay (Green) 314

Mario Ouellette (UFP) 134

 Claude Lachance
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Pauline Houde-Landry 12,601 Antoine Dubé 10,007 Marc Picard 14,759 Jean Bernatchez (UFP) 649 Denise Carrier-Perreault
Drummond Jean Courchesne 13,479 Normand Jutras 15,200 Patrick Leblanc 7,577 Pascal Allard (Ind.) 393
Gilles Martineau (UFP) 301
Robert Dufour (DCQ) 199		 Normand Jutras
Frontenac Laurent Lessard 11,251 Marc Boulianne 7,281 Daniel Lamouth 6,888 Bruno Vézina (Green) 231
Marie-Josée Vachon (UFP) 145		 Marc Bouliane
Johnson Nicole Brouillette 10,700 Claude Boucher 12,232 Isabelle Marquis 6,612 Martin Marois (UFP) 343
Michel Bélanger (DCQ) 224		 Claude Boucher
Lévis Carole Théberge 12,891 Linda Goupil 12,485 Joël Bernier 10,670 Madeleine Provencher (UFP) 442

Richard Larivée (Ind.) 220

 Linda Goupil
Lotbinière Monique Drolet-Glazier 8,773 Jean-Guy Paré 6,502 Sylvie Roy 9,522 Marc Allard (Green) 306
Étienne Hallé (UFP) 175
Paul Biron (DCQ) 150		 Jean-Guy Paré
Montmagny-L'Islet Norbert Morin 9,518 Louise Soucy 4,683 Mario Dolan 8,513 Fernand Dorval (UFP) 225 Réal Gauvin
Nicolet-Yamaska Jean Rousseau 8,927 Michel Morin 10,783 Lise Blanchette 5,899 Blak D. Blackburn (BP) 417

Simonne Lizotte (Ind.) 141

 Michel Morin

Estrie (Eastern Townships)

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Mégantic-Compton Daniel Bouchard 11,135 Suzanne Durivage 7,347 Alain Boisvert 4,901 Christian Poulin (UFP) 193
Frank Moller (Equ.) 71		 Madeleine Bélanger
Orford Pierre Reid 17,314 Yvon Bélair 11,037 Steve Bourassa 6,145 Véronique Grenier (UFP) 498 Robert Benoît
Richmond Yvon Vallières 14,767 André Blais 6,149 Pierre Hébert 4,899 Yvon Vallières
Saint-François Monique Gagnon-Tremblay 16,562 Guillaume Breault-Duncan 9,926 Michel-André Samson 4,541 Suzanne Thériault (UFP) 314
François Boudreau (BP) 310		 Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
Sherbrooke Jean Charest 16,403 Marie Malavoy 13,806 Peter Downey 4,169 Normand Gilbert (UFP) 496
Serge Lachapelle (M-L) 64		 Jean Charest

Montérégie

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Beauharnois Mario Faubert 13,265 Serge Deslières 13,904 Michael Betts 3,338 Rémi Pelletier (Green) 506 Serge Deslières
Borduas Daniel Doucet 9,981 Jean-Pierre Charbonneau 13,840 Patricia St-Jacques 5,282 Raynald St-Onge (BP) 459 Jean-Pierre Charbonneau
Brome-Missisquoi Pierre Paradis 18,546 Lina Le Blanc 8,093 Pierre Plante 6,018 Simon Gnocchini (UFP) 509
Lionel Albert (Equ.) 167		 Pierre Paradis
Chambly Diane Legault 17,656 Louise Beaudoin 16,857 Denis Lavoie 6,935 Sébastien Duclos (BP) 744 Louise Beaudoin
Châteauguay Jean-Marc Fournier 20,434 Éric Cardinal 13,751 Daniel Lapointe 4,399 Gilles Lalumière (BP) 547
Guylaine Sirard (UFP) 222
Robert Jason Morgan (Equ.) 93		 Jean-Marc Fournier
Huntingdon André Chenail 15,512 François Boileau 8,302 Michel Lavoie 5,261 Kenneth Rimmer (BP) 452 André Chenail
Iberville Jean Rioux 12,106 Jean-Paul Bergeron 11,185 Lucille Méthé 6,731 Michel Thiffeault (BP) 376
Benoit Lapointe (Green) 298
Guillaume Tremblay (UFP) 229		 Jean-Paul Bergeron
La Pinière Fatima Houda-Pepin 22,474 Marcel Lussier 7,934 Gérard Lachance 4,026 Inti Ortega (BP) 487 Fatima Houda-Pepin
Laporte Michel Audet 18,673 Clément Arcand 10,178 Judy Fay 3,885 Christian Montmarquette (UFP) 489
Patrick Fiset (BP) 487
Mary Bevan-Ouellette (Equ.) 106		 André Bourbeau
La Prairie Jean Dubuc 15,805 Serge Geoffrion 14,868 Yves-André Ferland 6,478 Marc Bissonnette (BP) 547
Danielle Maire (UFP) 229
Sylvain Lesage (DCQ) 84		 Serge Geoffrion
Marguerite-D'Youville Pierre Moreau 16,368 François Beaulne 15,501 Luc Pommainville 6,596 Yan Lacombe (BP) 550
Maxime Babeu (UFP) 536		 François Beaulne
Marie-Victorin Jean-Marc Pelletier 9,799 Cécile Vermette 12,736 Michel Lalonde 4,374 Pierre Losier-Côté (BP) 462
Marc Lambert (UFP) 452
Daniel Tavéra (Ind.) 134		 Cécile Vermette
Richelieu Benoît Lefebvre 10,927 Sylvain Simard 13,286 Micheline Ulrich 3,756 Marie-Hélène Charbonneau (BP) 407
Nidal Joad (Ind.) 109
Steve Ritter (Ind.) 100
Florette Villemure-Larochelle (DCQ) 74		 Sylvain Simard
Saint-Jean Jean-Pierre Paquin 14,758 Roger Paquin 13,423 Marc-André Legault 6,856 Alexandre Boulerice (UFP) 535
Eric Bédard (BP) 462
Jean Robert (Ind.) 112
Raymond Martin (Ind.) 73		 Roger Paquin
Saint-Hyacinthe Pierre Solis 13,137 Léandre Dion 13,870 Bernard Barré 7,855 François Choquette (UFP) 401 Léandre Dion
Shefford Bernard Brodeur 16,391 Jean-François de la Chevrotière 10,073 Sylvain Barré 8,114 Dominic Thibeault (BP) 502
Gilles Dumoulin (UFP) 334		 Bernard Brodeur
Soulanges Lucie Charlebois 13,473 Gaëtane Legault 8,753 Pierre Éloi Talbot 3,549 Gloria Sawyer (BP) 327
Sandra Stephenson (Green) 320
Taillon Annie Evrard 13,120 Pauline Marois 17,603 Katrine Simard 6,353 David Fiset (BP) 556
Gabriel Landry (UFP) 545
Xavier Rochon (Ind.) 216		 Pauline Marois
Vachon Brigitte Mercier 12,741 Camil Bouchard 12,960 Joëlle Lescop 5,540 Denis Durand (BP) 519
Richard St-Onge (UFP) 279		 David Payne
Vaudreuil Yvon Marcoux 18,490 Carole Cardinal 9,474 Luc Tison 3,487 Kathleen Mary Mangin (BP) 488
Ernest Semple (Equ.) 120		 Yvon Marcoux
Verchères Mario Lebrun 8,720 Bernard Landry 16,963 François Pratte 4,585 Sébastien Drouin (BP) 505
Marc-André Morvan (UFP) 195		 Bernard Landry

Montreal

East

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Anjou Lise Thériault 17,572 France Bachand 10,573 Martin Janson 4,319 Hélène Héroux (M-L) 266 Lise Thériault
Bourassa-Sauvé Line Beauchamp 20,175 Kettly Beauregard 8,243 Michelle Allaire 3,771 Francis Mallette (Green) 327
Sylvain Archambault (Ind.) 261
Denis Gagné (DCQ) 119
Claude Brunelle (M-L) 94
Boris Mospan (Equ.) 44		 Michèle Lamquin-Éthier
Line Beauchamp
Bourget Claude Paquette 11,290 Diane Lemieux 15,074 Pierre Bourque 5,747 Steve Boudrias (BP) 469
Rosanne Labelle (UFP) 418
Claudette Deschamps (DCQ) 193		 Diane Lemieux
Crémazie Michèle Lamquin-Éthier 15,498 Hugues Cormier 13,979 Manon St-Louis 4,057 Jocelyne Desautels (UFP) 686
Claude Trudel (Green) 399
Phillippe Beauvais (BP) 306
Marsha Fine (M-L) 90		 Manon Blanchet
Gouin William Aguilar 8,996 André Boisclair 15,890 Stéphane Deschênes 2,456 Colette Provost (UFP) 1,397
Pierrette Chevalier (Green) 584
Hugô St-Onge (BP) 465		 André Boisclair
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Richer Dompierre 6,210 Louise Harel 13,138 Louise Blackburn 2,449 Lise Alarie (UFP) 788
Alex Néron (BP) 476
Daniel Breton (Green) 367
Christine Dandenault (M-L) 79
Mario Richard (DCQ) 52		 Louise Harel
Jeanne-Mance–Viger Michel Bissonnet 26,801 Robert La Rose 4,303 Carole Giroux 2,080 Eddy Guarino (BP) 365 Michel Bissonnet
Anna Mancuso
LaFontaine Tony Tomassi 18,164 Line Pelletier 4,939 Josée Anello 2,697 Patrick Forcier (BP) 323 Jean-Claude Gobé
Laurier-Dorion Christos Sirros 16,052 Tomas Arbieto 9,775 Mario Spina 1,996 William Sloan (UFP) 922
Phillippe Morlighem (Green) 595
Sylvain Mainville (BP) 375
Peter Macrisopoulos (M-L) 165
Charles Robidoux (Ind.) 131
Sylvie Charbin (Ind.) 117
Yang Zhang (Equ.) 78		 Christos Sirros
Mercier Nathalie Rochefort 8,414 Daniel Turp 13,334 Vivian Goulder 1,855 Amir Khadir (UFP) 5,278
Lyne Rivard (BP) 579		 Nathalie Rochefort
Pointe-aux-Trembles Daniel Fournier 9,427 Nicole Léger 14,261 André Cordeau 4,050 Xavier Daxhelet (Green) 457
Julien Ferron (DCQ) 137
Geneviève Royer (M-L) 80		 Nicole Léger
Rosemont Marylin Thomas 14,721 Rita Dionne-Marsolais 16,143 Denise Larouche 4,248 Omar Aktouf (UFP) 1,132
Huguette Plourde (BP) 493
Suzelle Gill (DCQ) 147		 Rita Dionne-Marsolais
Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Richard Brosseau 7,989 André Boulerice 13,066 Annick Brousseau 2,183 Gaétan Breton (UFP) 1,699
Robert Ruffo (Green) 690
Antoine Théorêt-Poupart (BP) 444
Ginette Boutet (M-L) 87
Maria da Luz dos Santos Inacio (DCQ) 59		 André Boulerice
Viau William Cusano 17,703 Maka Kotto 6,142 Paolo Tamburello 2,406 Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin (BP) 426
Jocelyne Dupuis (UFP) 324
Yannick Duguay (Ind.) 121		 William Cusano

West

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Acadie Yvan Bordeleau 23,211 Maria Mourani 6,702 Jean-Pierre Chamoun 2,253 Johnathan Bérubé (BP) 440
André Parizeau (Ind.) 161
Linda Sullivan (M-L) 111
Marina Paümann (Equ.) 95		 Yvan Bordeleau
D'Arcy-McGee Lawrence Bergman 23,968 Mathieu Breault 1,087 Sylvain James Bowes 520 William Shaw (Equ.) 406
Blair Longley (BP) 274		 Lawrence Bergman
Jacques-Cartier Geoffrey Kelley 30,035 Guy Amyot 1,894 Jeffrey Penney 1,253 Ryan Young (Green) 727
Keith Henderson (Equ.) 650
Daniel Cormier-Roach (Ind.) 49		 Geoffrey Kelley
Marguerite-Bourgeoys Monique Jérôme-Forget 22,807 Suzanne Groulx 6,327 Brigitte De Laroche 2,524 Adam Jastrzebski (Green) 415
Paul Domagala (Equ.) 142
Marc Veilleux (DCQ) 94
Yves le Seigle (M-L) 68		 Monique Jérôme-Forget
Marquette François Ouimet 21,232 Yves Beauregard 7,672 Denise Décoste 3,260 Bruce Hulley (Equ.) 289
Garnet Colly (M-L) 179		 François Ouimet
Mont-Royal Philippe Couillard 21,021 Vincent Gagnon 3,465 Nour-Eddine Hajibi 1,240 Frank Kiss (Equ.) 256 André Tranchemontagne
Nelligan Russell Williams 27,934 Micaël Poirier 4,611 Sabrina Duguay 2,680 Peter Graham (Green) 541
Giuliana Pendenza (Equ.) 233		 Russell Williams
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Russell Copeman 18,911 Laurent Malépart 3,460 Allan Patrick 1,225 Jessica Gal (Green) 1,084
Helene Jutras (BP) 261
Peter Sauvé (Equ.) 246
Thomas Kernan (DCQ) 96
Rachel Hoffman (M-L) 71		 Russell Copeman
Outremont Yves Séguin 14,278 Marilyse Lapierre 8,218 Christian de Serres 1,712 Jill Hanley (UFP) 1,818
Maryève Daigle (BP) 345
Louise Charron (M-L) 119		 Pierre-Étienne Laporte
Robert-Baldwin Pierre Marsan 28,892 Alphonse Boisrond 2,637 Alladin Abou Sharbin 1,705 Jimmy Kalafatidis (Equ.) 411 Pierre Marsan
Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Nicole Loiselle 16,004 Raymond Munger 9,830 Claudette Marullo 2,645 Marc-André Payette (UFP) 595
Suzanne Moussette (Green) 439
Nicky Tanguay (BP) 424
Andrzej Jastrzebski (DCQ) 142
Jean-Paul Bédard (M-L) 116
Larry Vitas (Equ.) 52		 Nicole Loiselle
Saint-Laurent Jacques Dupuis 24,745 William Fayad 4,556 Sophie Theoharopoulos 1,834 Alain Pérusse (UFP) 325
Fernand Deschamps (M-L) 206
Louis Ottoni (Equ.) 199		 Jacques Dupuis
Verdun Henri-François Gautrin 15,185 Denis Martel 8,782 Sébastien Guérin 3,269 Claude Genest (Green) 658
Pascal Durand (UFP) 368
Vincent Aubry (BP) 357
Gilles Noël (DCQ) 104
Normand Chouinard (M-L) 71
Bernard King (Equ.) 63
Robert Lindblad (Ind.) 54		 Henri-François Gautrin
Westmount–Saint-Louis Jacques Chagnon 18,330 Denise Laroche 2,372 Nathalie Beaupré 959 David Fennario (UFP) 718
David John Proctor (BP) 223
Don Donderi (Equ.) 182
Diane Johnston (M-L) 64		 Jacques Chagnon

Laval

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Chomedey Thomas Mulcair 25,363 Coline Chhay 6,568 Vicken Darakdijian 3,384 Polyvios Tsakanikas (M-L) 210
Robert Tamilia (Equ.) 148		 Thomas Mulcair
Fabre Michelle Courchesne 18,689 Nathalie Saint-Pierre 14,428 Claude Dugas 6,370 Pierre Bibeau (Ind.) 402 Joseph Facal
Laval-des-Rapides Alain Paquet 15,190 Serge Ménard 13,209 Philippe Laurin 4,693 Louis-Philippe Verenka (Green) 366
Vincent Pelletier (BP) 339
Michelle Marleau (DCQ) 162		 Serge Ménard
Mille-Îles Maurice Clermont 19,924 Maude Delangis 14,333 Gerry La Rocca 5,093 Christian Lajoie (Ind.) 244
Régent Millette (DCQ) 113		 Lyse Leduc
Vimont Vincent Auclair 17,908 Normand Dupont 12,865 François Gaudreau 7,227 Serge Légaré (Green) 403
André Pigeon (UFP) 269		 François Gaudreau

Laurentides

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Argenteuil David Whissell 12,645 Georges Lapointe 5,906 Sylvain Demers 4,372 Claude Sabourin (Green) 496
Yannick Charpentier (BP) 292		 David Whissell
Bertrand Michelle Montpetit 13,502 Claude Cousineau 14,704 Danielle Tremblay 4,834 Richard Savignac (Green) 664
Serge Haroun (DCQ) 490
David Rovins (Ind.) 41		 Claude Cousineau
Blainville Jocelyne Roch 12,689 Richard Legendre 15,288 Diane Bellemare 7,407 Thérèse Hamel (UFP) 394 Richard Legendre
Deux-Montagnes Marc Lauzon 12,099 Hélène Robert 12,432 Éric Duhaime 6,907 Julien Demers (UFP) 408 Hélène Robert
Groulx Pierre Descoteaux 13,763 Robert Kieffer 13,460 Sophie Cardinal 6,746 Denis Letourneux (UFP) 436
Julien Boisvert (BP) 402		 Robert Kieffer
Labelle Jean-Pierre Miljours 10,501 Sylvain Pagé 13,530 Pascal De Bellefeuille 4,283 Anne Léger (Green) 468
André Haché (BP) 274		 Sylvain Pagé
Mirabel Réal Proulx 7,529 Denise Beaudoin 10,577 Hubert Meilleur 9,486 new district
Prévost Marie-Josée Gouin 11,855 Lucie Papineau 16,159 Martin Camirand 7,087 Alexandre Émond (BP) 499
Reine Dubeau (DCQ) 179		 Lucie Papineau

Lanaudière

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Berthier Carole Majeau 10,828 Alexandre Bourdeau 12,101 Marie Grégoire 11,014 Pierre Gravel (UFP) 632 Marie Grégoire
Joliette Robert Groulx 11,161 Jonathan Valois 13,103 Sylvie Lespérance 7,114 Mathieu Lessard (UFP) 1,149

Marco Geoffroy (BP) 667

Sylvie Lespérance
L'Assomption Sylvie Thouin 14,111 Jean-Claude St-André 16,965 Daniel Labrecque 7,053 Bob Aubin (Green) 602

Gilbert Morin (UFP) 356

 Jean-Claude St-André
Masson Richard Marcotte 11,371 Luc Thériault 15,445 Nathalie Filion 7,637 Gilles Labbé
Rousseau Michel F. Brunet 9,127 François Legault 14,079 François Girouard 5,645 Alex Boisdequin-Lefort (UFP) 324
Gérard Gauthier (DCQ) 249		 François Legault
Terrebonne Marcel Théorêt 11,353 Jocelyne Caron 17,327 Jean-Pierre Parrot 6,463 Marco Legrand (UFP) 440 Jocelyne Caron

Outaouais

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Chapleau Benoît Pelletier 18,774 Sylvie Simard 6,512 Berthe Miron 3,949 Daniel Leblanc-Poirier (BP) 402
Jean Marois (UFP) 331
Gabriel Girard-Bernier (M-L) 122 		Benoît Pelletier
Gatineau Réjean Lafrenière 16,481 Dominique Bedwell 6,663 Brian Gibb 3,494 Julie Mercier (UFP) 423
Françoise Roy (M-L) 95		 Réjean Lafrenière
Hull Roch Cholette 16,262 Raphaël Déry 7,234 Jean-François LaRue 3,663 Denise Veilleux (UFP) 677
Stéphane Salko (BP) 305
Maxime Gauld (Ind.) 155
Benoit Legros (M-L) 72
Gheorghe Irimia (Ind.) 37		 Roch Cholette
Papineau Norman MacMillan 17,933 Gilles Hébert 8,279 Serge Charette 3,833 Nathalie Gratton (Green) 576
Dominique Marceau (UFP) 286		 Norman MacMillan
Pontiac Charlotte L'Écuyer 17,885 Luc Côté 3,133 Victor Bilodeau 1,830 Serge Tanguay (UFP) 392
Louis Lang (M-L) 132		 Robert Middlemiss

Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  Liberal   PQ   ADQ   Other
Abitibi-Est Pierre Corbeil 9,056 Lorraine Morissette 7,110 Serge Allard 4,477 Guy Cloutier (BP) 286
Samuel Dupras-Doroftei (Ind.) 202		 André Pelletier
Abitibi-Ouest Jean-Louis Carignan 7,960 François Gendron 9,677 Claude Morin 3,661 François Gendron
Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue Daniel Bernard 10,347 Rémy Trudel 9,673 Pierre Brien 7,849 Patrick Rancourt (UFP) 507 Rémy Trudel
Ungava Don Bubar 4,258 Michel Létourneau 5,744 Gloria Trudeau 1,460 Michel Létourneau

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References

  1. ↑ "Riding Profiles: Champlain". Quebec Votes 2003. CBC. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Les électeurs de Champlain retournent aux urnes" (in French). Radio-Canada. May 20, 2003. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ "PQ wins revote in Champlain". CBC News. May 21, 2003. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Champlain (New election – May 20, 2003)". Elections Quebec. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Résultats officiels par parti politique pour l'ensemble des circonscriptions". Directeur général des élections du Québec (in French). Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Résultats officiels par circonscription (Afficher toutes les circonscriptions)". Directeur général des élections du Québec (in French). Retrieved February 3, 2012.
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