2007 Quebec general election

2007 Quebec general election

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125 seats in the 38th National Assembly of Quebec 63 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.23% (0.81%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean Charest Mario Dumont André Boisclair Party Liberal Action démocratique Parti Québécois Leader since April 30, 1998 May 11, 1994 November 15, 2005 Leader's seat Sherbrooke Rivière-du-Loup Pointe-aux-Trembles Last election 76 seats, 45.99% 4 seats, 18.18% 45 seats, 33.24% Seats won 48 41 36 Seat change 28 37 9 Popular vote 1,313,664 1,224,412 1,125,546 Percentage 33.08% 30.84% 28.35% Swing 12.91% 12.63% 4.91%
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election Jean Charest Liberal Premier after election Jean Charest Liberal

Seating plan following the election.

The 2007 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Premier Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in 129 years, since the 1878 general election. The Action démocratique du Québec, in a major breakthrough, became the official opposition. The Parti Québécois was relegated to third-party status for the first time since the 1973 election. The Liberals won their lowest share of the popular vote since Confederation, and the PQ with their 28.35% of the votes cast won their lowest share since 1973 and their second lowest ever (ahead of only the 23.06% attained in their initial election campaign in 1970). ^[1] Each of the three major parties won nearly one-third of the popular vote, the closest three-way split (in terms of popular vote) in Quebec electoral history until the 2012 election. This was however, the closest three-way race in terms of seat count. Voter turnout among those eligible was 71.23%, a marginal difference from the previous general election in 2003. ^{[2] [3]}

This was the first time since the 1970s that a government was not returned for its second term with a majority.

Overview

With just over a year left in the government's five year mandate, the Liberals called an election for March 26, 2007.

In August 2006, there were widespread rumours of an election to be held in the fall with speculation that Premier Jean Charest wanted to hold elections before a federal election would be held.

Benoît Pelletier, the minister responsible for electoral reform, had announced his plan to table two bills about election reform during the fall, possibly leading to a referendum on voting system reform to be held concurrently with the election. ^[4] However, by December 2006, the plan was put off indefinitely due to strong resistance to the idea of proportional representation from within the Liberal Party. ^[5]

Speculation grew that a provincial election would be held following the federal budget. It was thought that the federal Conservative government would present a budget that would address the perceived fiscal imbalance. This measure would help Charest argue that his government was more effective in getting concessions from the federal government than a PQ government would be. With polls showing Charest's Liberals ahead of the opposition for the first time in several years, speculation intensified that Charest would not wait until the federal budget to call a provincial election but call one in the winter to take advantage of both of these developments. Charest recalled the legislature early in order to table a provincial budget on February 20, 2007. On the same day, federal Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty announced that the federal budget would be tabled on March 19, clearing the way for Charest to set a provincial election for a week later in hopes of benefiting from Flaherty's budget. On February 21, Charest called the election for March 26.

Issues

Charest wants to negotiate a solution to the problem of the fiscal imbalance between the federal and provincial governments with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

André Boisclair, leader of the Parti Québécois, had said he would hold a referendum (or "popular consultation", as in the party platform) on the issue of Quebec independence as soon as possible after an election win. ^[6]

Multiculturalism, secularism and the place of cultural and religious minorities in Quebec were issues in this election. There was a large scale debate over "reasonable accommodation" towards cultural minorities, and a few political leaders expressed their views on the question. Mario Dumont, leader of the Action démocratique, took a clearer position on the question than the others, calling on the majority to protect some elements of national identity and values such as gender equality, and suggesting that a Quebec Constitution be written, in which the privileges cultural minorities are to be given would be clarified. ^[7]

Timeline

• 2005
  • November 15 - André Boisclair is elected as leader of the Parti Québécois with 53.7% of the vote from party members.
  • December 12 - Two by-elections are held. The election of Raymond Bachand allows the Liberals to keep the riding of Outremont, while former Bloc Québécois MP Stéphane Bergeron wins Verchères, Bernard Landry's former riding, for the Parti Québécois.
• 2006
  • February 4 - Québec solidaire, a new left-wing party, is formed from the merger of the Union des forces progressistes party and the Option citoyenne political movement.
  • February 28 - Raymond Bachand enters cabinet as Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade. In this same cabinet shuffle, Thomas Mulcair loses the job of Environment minister to Claude Béchard. Some pundits speculate that Mulcair was punished for his opposition to the Mont Orford condo development project.
  • April 10 - The Parti Québécois keeps the riding of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in a by-election. Martin Lemay is elected with 41.2% of the vote. Notably, Manon Massé, the candidate from Québec solidaire, finishes third with 22.2% of the vote in this working-class district, while the Action démocratique only gets 1.9% of the vote, down from 8.3% in the 2003 general election.
  • August 14 - By-elections are held in Pointe-aux-Trembles and Taillon. André Boisclair is unsurprisingly and easily elected in Pointe-aux-Trembles, the Liberals and Action démocratique having declined to field candidates against him. The Greens place second with 12% and Québec solidaire, third with 8%. Marie Malavoy of the Parti Québécois is elected in Taillon.
  • August 22 - Boisclair and Malavoy are sworn in as members of the National Assembly. Boisclair becomes opposition leader.
  • October 17 - The fall session of the National Assembly starts, with the current crisis in Quebec's forestry industry as the most important issue.
  • November 27 - In a vote of 266 to 16, The House of Commons of Canada voted to recognise Québécois as a nation within a unified Canada, once again putting the issue of independence in the spotlight.
• 2007
  • January 19 - Radio-Canada reveals that Pierre Descoteaux, Liberal member from Groulx, almost crossed the floor to the Parti Québécois during the fall 2006. ^[8]
  • January 22 - During a visit to France, André Boisclair meets Ségolène Royal, Socialist candidate for the 2007 presidential election. At this occasion, Royal expresses her support for the "liberty and sovereignty" of Quebec. ^[9] After being criticized by several French media and French and Canadian politicians, such as prime minister Stephen Harper and opposition leader Stéphane Dion, Royal clarifies her thought by saying that she was not interfering in Canadian internal affairs or trying to dictate Quebec's policy, but that the future of Quebec will have to be decided by Quebecers. ^[10]
  • February 14 - Pierre Arcand, former president of Corus and presumed Liberal candidate in Mont-Royal, expresses his displeasure with Action démocratique leader Mario Dumont by comparing him with Jean-Marie Le Pen. In response, Dumont threatens legal action but Arcand refuses to apologize. Premier Jean Charest stands by his candidate, and is called a "little partisan premier" by Dumont. ^[11]
  • February 20 - Finance minister Michel Audet tables a budget. Among other measures, this budget promises income tax reductions of 250 million dollars and allocates new sums of money to the health and education systems, as well as to the maintenance of roads and bridges. Spending is also increased for the protection of the environment and for the regions' economic development. ^[12]
  • February 21 - Premier Jean Charest calls a general election for March 26. ^{[13] [14]}
  • March 1 - Radio DJ Louis Champagne of Saguenay creates a controversy by attacking André Boisclair and the Parti Québécois candidate in Saguenay, Sylvain Gaudreault, over their homosexuality, saying that the factory workers of Jonquière would never vote for gays. He also says the Parti Québécois is like a "club of fags". (Gaudreault went on to win the riding.) Boisclair responds that Champagne's remarks are insulting towards the people of Saguenay. Premier Charest and Action démocratique leader Dumont also condemn the attacks. Champagne is later suspended from his job and has to apologize.
  • March 4 - Jean-François Plante, the Action démocratique candidate in Deux-Montagnes, makes controversial comments about women on his blog. Among other things, he questions the provincial government's policies of affirmative action for women and of wage equity between traditionally masculine and feminine occupations, claiming that they lead to discrimination against men. He retracts his comments on the next day, but also accuses André Boisclair of "playing" his homosexuality when it helps him. As a result, he is forced to withdraw his candidacy on March 8. He is replaced as ADQ candidate in Deux-Montagnes by Lucie Leblanc.
  • March 6 - Premier Jean Charest brings the issue of Quebec independence at the forefront of the campaign by saying, while speaking with an English-language journalist, that he does not believe that in the case of separation, Quebec would necessarily keep its territorial integrity. Charest later claims that what he had actually wanted to say was that Quebec was indivisible, but his opponents recall comments he had made in 1996, while he was the leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives, to the effect that in the case of a "yes" result in the 1995 referendum, the Cree and Inuit would have had a good legal basis on which to declare independence from Quebec.
  • March 8 - Newspaper La Presse publishes an article claiming that in a 2003 book, Robin Philpot, Parti Québécois candidate in Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne, had denied that a genocide had taken place in Rwanda in 1994. Philpot later says that he had not denied that massacres had taken place, but that he wanted people to remember that they had been committed by all parties to the conflict. André Boisclair says that he is "hurt" by his candidate's comments and reminds that the existence of the Rwandan genocide is not in question.
  • March 13 - The leaders debate took place in Quebec City. The Liberals, the Parti Québécois and the Action démocratique du Québec took part but Québec solidaire and the Green party were not invited to participate.
  • March 19 - The federal government releases a budget which gives Quebec 2.3 billion dollars.
  • March 23 - There is widespread outcry when poll clerks are instructed on how to let women wearing the niqāb, an Islamic face veil, vote. After the longstanding policy was criticized by all three main parties, the chief electoral officer reversed his decision and stated that all voters would have to show their face, but not before being inundated by complaints from people opposed to this form of reasonable accommodation for the immigrant population. Meanwhile, women who actually wear the niqāb say they were never opposed to showing their face when voting. ^[15]
  • March 26 - Election date.

Political parties

Major parties

• Action démocratique du Québec
• Quebec Liberal Party
• Parti Québécois
• Green Party of Quebec
• Québec solidaire

Other parties

Additionally, several other parties were registered as well: Parti conscience universelle, ^{[16] [17]} Marxist–Leninist Party of Quebec, ^[16] Equality Party, ^[16] Bloc pot, ^[16] and Union des forces progressistes. ^[16]

Campaign slogans

• Action démocratique du Québec: Au Québec, on passe à l'action - In Quebec, We're Taking Action
• Parti libéral du Québec: Unis pour réussir - Moving Forward Together
• Parti Québécois: Reconstruisons notre Québec - Rebuild Our Quebec
• Parti vert du Québec: Je vote - I vote
• Québec solidaire: Soyons lucides, votons solidaire - Let's Be Clear-Eyed, Let's Vote for Solidarity

Incumbent MNAs not running for re-election

Liberals Michel Audet, Laporte Yvan Bordeleau, Acadie William Cusano, Viau Margaret Delisle, Jean-Talon Réjean Lafrenière, Gatineau Nicole Loiselle, Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Thomas Mulcair, Chomedey

Péquistes Solange Charest, Rimouski Michel Létourneau, Ungava Michel Morin, Nicolet-Yamaska Hélène Robert, Deux-Montagnes Stéphan Tremblay, Lac-Saint-Jean Jonathan Valois, Joliette Cécile Vermette, Marie-Victorin

Independent

• Daniel Bouchard, Mégantic-Compton

Results

The overall results were: ^[18]

Summary of the 26 March 2007 National Assembly of Quebec election results

Party		Party leader	Candi- dates	Seats					Popular vote
				2003	Dissol.	2007	Change	%	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Jean Charest	125	76	72	48	-28	38.40%	1,313,664	33.08%	-12.91%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	125	4	5	41	+37	32.80%	1,224,412	30.84%	+12.63%
	Parti Québécois	André Boisclair	125	45	45	36	-9	28.80%	1,125,546	28.35%	-4.91%
	Green	Scott McKay	108	-	-	-	-	-	152,885	3.85%	+3.41%
	Québec solidaire	Régent Séguin †	123	-	-	-	-	-	144,418	3.64%	+2.58%‡
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	24	-	-	-	-	-	2,091	0.05%	-0.02%
	Bloc Pot	Hugô St-Onge	9	-	-	-	-	-	1,564	0.04%	-0.56%
	Christian Democracy	Gilles Noël	12	-	-	-	-	-	1,548	0.04%	-0.05%
	Independents and no affiliation		28	-	1	-	-	-	4,490	0.11%	-0.11%
	Vacant				2
Total			679	125	125	125	-	100%	3,970,618	100%
Source: (official) Notes: "Change" refers to change from previous election † Séguin is officially leader of Québec solidaire, but the main spokespersons for the party are Françoise David and Amir Khadir. ‡ Results for Québec solidaire are compared to the 2003 results for the Union des forces progressistes.

Vote share PLQ   33.08% ADQ   30.84% PQ   28.35% Green   3.85% QS   3.64% Others   0.24%

Seats summary Liberal   38.40% ADQ   32.80% PQ   28.80%

Results by region

Results by region and riding

Party Name			01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
	Liberal	Seats:	1	0	2	1	5	20	5	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	1	6	0
		Popular Vote (%):	32.67	32.70	28.02	29.03	34.09	47.20	45.42	30.41	21.64	32.52	41.67	28.25	39.35	17.13	23.41	28.86	26.67
	Action démocratique	Seats:	1	0	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	5	5	8	3
		Popular Vote (%):	36.88	21.85	41.55	39.03	28.05	15.16	21.41	24.95	25.08	21.48	14.92	51.69	28.49	40.33	36.27	33.41	40.42
	Parti Québécois	Seats:	2	5	2	0	0	8	0	3	2	1	3	0	0	1	2	7	0
		Popular Vote (%):	26.79	41.09	23.63	28.70	29.63	24.03	22.36	39.22	48.35	41.41	39.42	16.36	25.40	36.15	34.65	30.98	27.59
Parties below won no seats
	Green	Popular Vote (%):	2.10	1.63	3.48	1.37	4.53	6.74	6.78	0	2.49	0	0.58	1.70	3.99	3.41	3.03	3.57	1.01
	QS	Popular Vote (%):	1.56	2.69	2.97	2.65	3.58	6.32	3.81	5.42	2.43	4.60	3.42	1.91	2.51	2.98	2.61	2.95	3.80
	M-LPQ	Popular Vote (%):	0	0	0.02	0	0	0.95	0.22	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.05	0	0	0.01	0
	Bloc Pot	Popular Vote (%):	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0
	CDPQ	Popular Vote (%):	0	0	0.18	0.04	0	0.48	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	Popular Vote (%):	0	0.04	0.14	0.35	0.17	0.80	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0.04	0.13	0.50
Total seats:			4	5	11	5	6	28	5	3	2	1	4	8	5	6	8	21	3

Results by place

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth	Total
	Liberal	48	32	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	125
	Action démocratique	41	46	32	4	2	0	0	0	0	125
	Parti Québécois	36	42	44	3	0	0	0	0	0	125
	Green	0	3	3	76	26	0	0	0	0	108
	Québec solidaire	0	2	1	42	78	0	0	0	0	123
	Marxist–Leninist	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	4	1	24
	Bloc Pot	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	9
	Christian Democracy	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	12
	Independents	0	0	0	0	4	18	4	2	0	28

Synopsis of results

See also: Candidates of the 2007 Quebec general election

Results by riding - 2007 Quebec general election ^{[19] [20] [21]}

Riding	Winning party												Turnout [a 1]	Votes [a 2]
Name	2003		1st place		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	2nd place		3rd place			PLQ	PQ	ADQ	QS	PVQ	Ind	Other	Total
Abitibi-Est		PLQ		PQ	8,262	37.71%	717	3.27%		PLQ		ADQ	67.78%	7,545	8,262	5,060	1,042	–	–	–	21,909
Abitibi-Ouest		PQ		PQ	10,983	48.38%	5,454	24.02%		ADQ		PLQ	70.75%	5,376	10,983	5,529	814	–	–	–	22,702
Acadie		PLQ		PLQ	17,962	60.09%	12,992	43.46%		PQ		ADQ	62.03%	17,962	4,970	4,327	1,135	1,500	–	–	29,894
Anjou		PLQ		PLQ	13,280	41.36%	4,485	13.97%		PQ		ADQ	72.04%	13,280	8,795	7,409	1,151	1,376	–	99	32,110
Argenteuil		PLQ		PLQ	10,025	37.59%	2,119	7.95%		ADQ		PQ	68.52%	10,025	6,891	7,906	600	1,244	–	–	26,666
Arthabaska		PLQ		ADQ	15,231	41.87%	4,133	11.36%		PLQ		PQ	76.00%	11,098	7,892	15,231	1,125	1,030	–	–	36,376
Beauce-Nord		ADQ		ADQ	19,127	62.62%	11,071	36.25%		PLQ		PQ	77.92%	8,056	2,392	19,127	361	525	83	–	30,544
Beauce-Sud		PLQ		ADQ	19,361	56.85%	9,078	26.66%		PLQ		PQ	74.09%	10,283	3,578	19,361	834	–	–	–	34,056
Beauharnois		PQ		PQ	12,967	41.08%	3,705	11.74%		ADQ		PLQ	74.09%	7,679	12,967	9,262	600	1,061	–	–	31,569
Bellechasse		PLQ		ADQ	12,715	48.51%	3,711	14.16%		PLQ		PQ	76.77%	9,004	3,521	12,715	460	512	–	–	26,212
Berthier		PQ		ADQ	16,242	42.24%	2,888	7.51%		PQ		PLQ	72.73%	6,687	13,354	16,242	1,087	1,084	–	–	38,454
Bertrand		PQ		PQ	13,672	37.02%	2,484	6.73%		ADQ		PLQ	71.10%	9,082	13,672	11,188	1,228	1,766	–	–	36,936
Blainville		PQ		ADQ	17,731	41.84%	3,547	8.37%		PQ		PLQ	77.99%	8,109	14,184	17,731	810	1,549	–	–	42,383
Bonaventure		PLQ		PLQ	10,221	52.88%	4,511	23.34%		PQ		ADQ	67.80%	10,221	5,710	2,357	1,039	–	–	–	19,327
Borduas		PQ		PQ	12,529	38.76%	2,406	7.44%		ADQ		PLQ	79.58%	7,010	12,529	10,123	944	1,459	262	–	32,327
Bourassa-Sauvé		PLQ		PLQ	15,631	50.08%	8,526	27.32%		PQ		ADQ	63.11%	15,631	7,105	6,379	1,043	891	160	–	31,209
Bourget		PQ		PQ	13,422	41.26%	5,935	18.24%		ADQ		PLQ	69.89%	7,433	13,422	7,487	1,363	2,632	–	195	32,532
Brome-Missisquoi		PLQ		PLQ	14,182	39.85%	2,961	8.32%		ADQ		PQ	71.88%	14,182	7,238	11,221	1,032	1,917	–	–	35,590
Chambly		PLQ		ADQ	18,154	38.93%	4,704	10.09%		PQ		PLQ	79.58%	11,240	13,450	18,154	1,527	2,265	–	–	46,636
Champlain		PQ		ADQ	15,872	44.81%	5,001	14.12%		PQ		PLQ	76.54%	7,635	10,871	15,872	1,039	–	–	–	35,417
Chapleau		PLQ		PLQ	14,581	45.03%	6,510	20.10%		ADQ		PQ	61.97%	14,581	7,137	8,071	774	1,755	–	65	32,383
Charlesbourg		PLQ		ADQ	17,207	43.36%	6,364	16.04%		PLQ		PQ	78.87%	10,843	9,828	17,207	837	968	–	–	39,683
Charlevoix		PQ		PQ	9,099	37.67%	1,663	6.88%		ADQ		PLQ	73.99%	6,541	9,099	7,436	527	553	–	–	24,156
Châteauguay		PLQ		PLQ	15,279	37.42%	3,051	7.47%		ADQ		PQ	73.85%	15,279	11,208	12,228	967	1,154	–	–	40,836
Chauveau		PLQ		ADQ	22,013	55.59%	13,164	33.24%		PLQ		PQ	77.52%	8,849	6,680	22,013	800	1,255	–	–	39,597
Chicoutimi		PQ		PQ	13,965	39.97%	1,046	2.99%		PLQ		ADQ	76.45%	12,919	13,965	6,155	1,093	803	–	–	34,935
Chomedey		PLQ		PLQ	18,667	54.75%	10,738	31.49%		ADQ		PQ	62.90%	18,667	5,180	7,929	683	1,237	299	103	34,098
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière		ADQ		ADQ	24,378	58.92%	16,731	40.44%		PQ		PLQ	81.38%	7,292	7,647	24,378	854	1,203	–	–	41,374
Crémazie		PLQ		PQ	12,388	36.00%	170	0.49%		PLQ		ADQ	73.84%	12,218	12,388	5,540	2,218	1,934	–	112	34,410
D'Arcy-McGee		PLQ		PLQ	18,410	84.21%	16,940	77.49%		PVQ		ADQ	53.10%	18,410	710	934	338	1,470	–	–	21,862
Deux-Montagnes		PQ		ADQ	12,415	36.32%	1,132	3.31%		PQ		PLQ	76.37%	8,183	11,283	12,415	740	1,448	114	–	34,183
Drummond		PQ		ADQ	15,349	38.50%	2,389	5.99%		PQ		PLQ	71.79%	9,530	12,960	15,349	1,645	–	380	–	39,864
Dubuc		PQ		PQ	10,120	37.58%	1,719	6.38%		ADQ		PLQ	73.22%	7,077	10,120	8,401	728	602	–	–	26,928
Duplessis		PQ		PQ	10,205	44.75%	3,873	16.98%		PLQ		ADQ	62.94%	6,332	10,205	4,959	689	621	–	–	22,806
Fabre		PLQ		PLQ	14,615	34.86%	1,208	2.88%		ADQ		PQ	73.33%	14,615	11,224	13,407	882	1,795	–	–	41,923
Frontenac		PLQ		PLQ	10,440	41.07%	1,609	6.33%		ADQ		PQ	77.09%	10,440	5,264	8,831	391	496	–	–	25,422
Gaspé		PQ		PQ	7,662	40.96%	640	3.42%		PLQ		ADQ	68.04%	7,022	7,662	3,162	858	–	–	–	18,704
Gatineau		PLQ		PLQ	13,602	44.95%	6,392	21.12%		PQ		ADQ	63.41%	13,602	7,210	6,447	896	1,958	–	146	30,259
Gouin		PQ		PQ	11,318	37.25%	3,408	11.22%		QS		PLQ	70.09%	5,612	11,318	3,540	7,910	1,750	109	147	30,386
Groulx		PLQ		ADQ	13,630	37.45%	3,117	8.56%		PQ		PLQ	75.35%	9,898	10,513	13,630	850	1,503	–	–	36,394
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve		PQ		PQ	13,012	52.71%	9,176	37.17%		ADQ		PLQ	62.18%	3,347	13,012	3,836	2,388	1,749	97	256	24,685
Hull		PLQ		PLQ	12,643	42.53%	5,528	18.59%		PQ		ADQ	61.26%	12,643	7,115	5,071	2,358	2,476	–	67	29,730
Huntingdon		PLQ		ADQ	13,113	42.76%	3,439	11.22%		PLQ		PQ	70.90%	9,674	6,926	13,113	669	–	281	–	30,663
Iberville		PLQ		ADQ	14,365	42.23%	5,103	15.00%		PQ		PLQ	76.13%	8,390	9,262	14,365	776	1,224	–	–	34,017
Îles-de-la-Madeleine		PQ		PQ	4,820	60.39%	2,178	27.29%		PLQ		ADQ	76.10%	2,642	4,820	380	–	139	–	–	7,981
Jacques-Cartier		PLQ		PLQ	22,481	70.24%	18,508	57.82%		ADQ		PVQ	67.35%	22,481	1,352	3,973	491	3,545	166	–	32,008
Jean-Lesage		PLQ		ADQ	13,865	39.86%	3,680	10.58%		PLQ		PQ	72.65%	10,185	7,990	13,865	1,236	1,159	131	216	34,782
Jean-Talon		PLQ		PLQ	13,732	41.96%	3,873	11.84%		PQ		ADQ	79.98%	13,732	9,859	6,056	1,463	1,518	–	95	32,723
Jeanne-Mance-Viger		PLQ		PLQ	20,716	68.00%	16,151	53.01%		ADQ		PQ	63.26%	20,716	3,659	4,565	635	790	–	101	30,466
Johnson		PQ		ADQ	11,511	36.02%	180	0.56%		PQ		PLQ	75.01%	7,157	11,331	11,511	770	1,188	–	–	31,957
Joliette		PQ		ADQ	13,805	37.08%	750	2.01%		PQ		PLQ	74.76%	7,527	13,055	13,805	1,693	1,149	–	–	37,229
Jonquière		PLQ		PQ	12,851	39.33%	1,275	3.90%		PLQ		ADQ	74.87%	11,576	12,851	6,634	839	703	71	–	32,674
Kamouraska-Témiscouata		PLQ		PLQ	9,826	39.72%	752	3.04%		ADQ		PQ	72.39%	9,826	4,804	9,074	521	515	–	–	24,740
Labelle		PQ		PQ	13,961	45.42%	6,237	20.29%		ADQ		PLQ	68.98%	6,970	13,961	7,724	894	1,189	–	–	30,738
Lac-Saint-Jean		PQ		PQ	14,750	46.42%	5,575	17.55%		PLQ		ADQ	77.32%	9,175	14,750	6,837	536	474	–	–	31,772
LaFontaine		PLQ		PLQ	16,281	62.46%	11,526	44.22%		ADQ		PQ	67.38%	16,281	3,715	4,755	552	765	–	–	26,068
La Peltrie		PLQ		ADQ	21,055	51.06%	9,884	23.97%		PLQ		PQ	79.76%	11,171	7,033	21,055	772	1,203	–	–	41,234
La Pinière		PLQ		PLQ	17,786	50.44%	9,132	25.90%		ADQ		PQ	66.51%	17,786	6,281	8,654	860	1,684	–	–	35,265
Laporte		PLQ		PLQ	13,249	40.97%	5,112	15.81%		PQ		ADQ	70.92%	13,249	8,137	7,699	1,256	1,998	–	–	32,339
La Prairie		PLQ		ADQ	14,453	33.79%	1,285	3.00%		PQ		PLQ	77.50%	12,251	13,168	14,453	818	1,605	179	298	42,772
L'Assomption		PQ		ADQ	16,510	39.20%	2,223	5.28%		PQ		PLQ	76.16%	8,235	14,287	16,510	1,303	1,777	–	–	42,112
Laurier-Dorion		PLQ		PLQ	12,064	39.66%	1,096	3.60%		PQ		ADQ	65.38%	12,064	10,968	2,874	2,431	1,639	275	166	30,417
Laval-des-Rapides		PLQ		PLQ	11,532	34.41%	1,494	4.46%		PQ		ADQ	69.67%	11,532	10,038	9,344	1,145	1,450	–	–	33,509
Laviolette		PLQ		PLQ	10,100	40.99%	3,274	13.29%		ADQ		PQ	72.59%	10,100	6,687	6,826	468	494	–	66	24,641
Lévis		PLQ		ADQ	17,388	44.14%	7,287	18.50%		PQ		PLQ	79.33%	9,925	10,101	17,388	802	1,015	–	163	39,394
Lotbinière		ADQ		ADQ	15,472	59.22%	9,752	37.33%		PLQ		PQ	78.07%	5,720	4,305	15,472	630	–	–	–	26,127
Louis-Hébert		PLQ		PLQ	14,410	34.54%	816	1.96%		ADQ		PQ	81.33%	14,410	10,429	13,594	1,326	1,734	–	225	41,718
Marguerite-Bourgeoys		PLQ		PLQ	16,752	57.14%	11,205	38.22%		ADQ		PQ	63.13%	16,752	4,697	5,547	717	1,454	–	153	29,320
Marguerite-D'Youville		PLQ		ADQ	15,536	37.07%	2,521	6.02%		PQ		PLQ	82.63%	11,401	13,015	15,536	1,958	–	–	–	41,910
Marie-Victorin		PQ		PQ	11,055	39.61%	3,128	11.21%		ADQ		PLQ	68.54%	5,974	11,055	7,927	1,418	1,327	–	211	27,912
Marquette		PLQ		PLQ	14,985	47.77%	8,525	27.17%		ADQ		PQ	64.37%	14,985	6,448	6,460	946	2,313	220	–	31,372
Maskinongé		PLQ		ADQ	14,862	40.04%	4,095	11.03%		PLQ		PQ	76.33%	10,767	10,008	14,862	699	781	–	–	37,117
Masson		PQ		ADQ	18,808	43.83%	3,394	7.91%		PQ		PLQ	74.30%	6,058	15,414	18,808	1,059	1,569	–	–	42,908
Matane		PLQ		PQ	7,830	39.10%	213	1.06%		PLQ		ADQ	72.27%	7,617	7,830	3,980	358	240	–	–	20,025
Matapédia		PQ		PQ	9,041	43.70%	3,605	17.42%		ADQ		PLQ	70.39%	5,137	9,041	5,436	551	526	–	–	20,691
Mégantic-Compton		PLQ		PLQ	8,071	32.98%	210	0.86%		ADQ		PQ	73.70%	8,071	7,095	7,861	544	904	–	–	24,475
Mercier		PQ		PQ	9,426	33.35%	1,123	3.97%		QS		PLQ	69.32%	5,601	9,426	2,381	8,303	2,398	–	156	28,265
Mille-Îles		PLQ		PLQ	15,978	38.74%	4,648	11.27%		ADQ		PQ	75.93%	15,978	11,159	11,330	1,169	1,511	96	–	41,243
Mirabel		PQ		ADQ	15,241	44.43%	3,550	10.35%		PQ		PLQ	75.27%	5,520	11,691	15,241	620	1,233	–	–	34,305
Montmagny-L'Islet		PLQ		ADQ	10,022	43.35%	1,193	5.16%		PLQ		PQ	72.64%	8,829	3,512	10,022	310	445	–	–	23,118
Montmorency		PLQ		ADQ	20,796	51.55%	11,672	28.93%		PLQ		PQ	77.99%	9,124	8,171	20,796	772	1,172	157	149	40,341
Mont-Royal		PLQ		PLQ	16,056	70.50%	13,849	60.81%		PQ		ADQ	54.45%	16,056	2,207	1,893	801	1,710	–	108	22,775
Nelligan		PLQ		PLQ	21,458	63.82%	15,362	45.69%		ADQ		PQ	64.16%	21,458	2,977	6,096	532	2,560	–	–	33,623
Nicolet-Yamaska		PQ		ADQ	10,839	41.18%	3,384	12.86%		PQ		PLQ	77.73%	6,770	7,455	10,839	1,121	–	138	–	26,323
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce		PLQ		PLQ	14,077	61.43%	10,472	45.70%		PVQ		PQ	58.52%	14,077	2,425	1,649	1,091	3,605	–	69	22,916
Orford		PLQ		PLQ	13,050	33.28%	1,252	3.19%		ADQ		PQ	74.08%	13,050	11,158	11,798	1,404	1,798	–	–	39,208
Outremont		PLQ		PLQ	11,861	47.03%	5,933	23.52%		PQ		PVQ	62.69%	11,861	5,928	2,236	2,303	2,725	101	68	25,222
Papineau		PLQ		PLQ	13,559	39.05%	4,206	12.11%		PQ		ADQ	64.62%	13,559	9,353	9,115	1,039	1,654	–	–	34,720
Pointe-aux-Trembles		PQ		PQ	13,784	47.30%	6,076	20.85%		ADQ		PLQ	72.92%	5,316	13,784	7,708	763	1,257	–	311	29,139
Pontiac		PLQ		PLQ	14,817	58.54%	10,874	42.96%		ADQ		PQ	56.53%	14,817	3,257	3,943	729	2,498	–	66	25,310
Portneuf		PLQ		ADQ	15,496	45.92%	4,635	13.73%		PLQ		PQ	77.53%	10,861	5,667	15,496	580	1,145	–	–	33,749
Prévost		PQ		ADQ	15,999	39.31%	808	1.99%		PQ		PLQ	72.26%	7,929	15,191	15,999	1,578	–	–	–	40,697
René-Lévesque		PQ		PQ	12,160	51.78%	5,518	23.50%		ADQ		PLQ	68.61%	3,723	12,160	6,642	426	533	–	–	23,484
Richelieu		PQ		PQ	11,411	38.03%	1,998	6.66%		ADQ		PLQ	75.11%	7,275	11,411	9,413	778	986	145	–	30,008
Richmond		PLQ		PLQ	11,257	42.32%	3,078	11.57%		ADQ		PQ	74.52%	11,257	5,485	8,179	746	805	129	–	26,601
Rimouski		PQ		PQ	12,925	40.58%	3,531	11.09%		ADQ		PLQ	74.26%	6,988	12,925	9,394	1,894	651	–	–	31,852
Rivière-du-Loup		ADQ		ADQ	15,276	58.47%	7,886	30.18%		PLQ		PQ	78.27%	7,390	2,821	15,276	–	639	–	–	26,126
Robert-Baldwin		PLQ		PLQ	22,132	74.76%	18,890	63.81%		ADQ		PVQ	58.62%	22,132	1,581	3,242	514	2,136	–	–	29,605
Roberval		PLQ		PQ	13,506	41.75%	2,365	7.31%		PLQ		ADQ	72.70%	11,141	13,506	6,638	1,065	–	–	–	32,350
Rosemont		PQ		PQ	14,146	38.60%	4,175	11.39%		PLQ		ADQ	70.86%	9,971	14,146	6,936	3,433	1,931	–	231	36,648
Rousseau		PQ		PQ	14,670	41.78%	1,410	4.02%		ADQ		PLQ	69.03%	5,402	14,670	13,260	789	992	–	–	35,113
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue		PLQ		PQ	9,481	33.11%	129	0.45%		PLQ		ADQ	68.17%	9,352	9,481	7,687	2,117	–	–	–	28,637
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques		PQ		PQ	10,501	41.34%	4,480	17.64%		PLQ		QS	60.86%	6,021	10,501	2,733	3,596	2,460	–	92	25,403
Saint-François		PLQ		PLQ	12,528	37.86%	2,740	8.28%		PQ		ADQ	73.80%	12,528	9,788	7,892	1,111	1,772	–	–	33,091
Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne		PLQ		PLQ	11,915	38.49%	2,753	8.89%		PQ		ADQ	61.04%	11,915	9,162	5,422	2,037	2,179	–	244	30,959
Saint-Hyacinthe		PQ		ADQ	13,233	35.73%	1,318	3.56%		PQ		PLQ	76.36%	9,584	11,915	13,233	1,034	1,267	–	–	37,033
Saint-Jean		PLQ		ADQ	17,189	42.22%	5,273	12.95%		PQ		PLQ	75.03%	10,131	11,916	17,189	1,478	–	–	–	40,714
Saint-Laurent		PLQ		PLQ	19,970	67.81%	16,542	56.17%		PQ		ADQ	57.87%	19,970	3,428	3,373	856	1,681	–	141	29,449
Saint-Maurice		PQ		ADQ	9,788	37.72%	1,294	4.99%		PQ		PLQ	72.57%	6,487	8,494	9,788	796	–	387	–	25,952
Shefford		PLQ		ADQ	16,643	42.11%	5,746	14.54%		PLQ		PQ	73.06%	10,897	9,280	16,643	1,310	1,178	–	210	39,518
Sherbrooke		PLQ		PLQ	13,136	36.56%	1,332	3.71%		PQ		ADQ	74.23%	13,136	11,804	6,409	2,263	2,203	115	–	35,930
Soulanges		PLQ		PLQ	10,689	36.03%	1,477	4.98%		ADQ		PQ	73.95%	10,689	7,821	9,212	442	1,389	113	–	29,666
Taillon		PQ		PQ	14,040	35.47%	1,452	3.67%		ADQ		PLQ	71.83%	9,104	14,040	12,588	1,873	1,977	–	–	39,582
Taschereau		PQ		PQ	12,340	37.10%	3,178	9.56%		ADQ		PLQ	70.54%	7,073	12,340	9,162	2,741	1,860	81	–	33,257
Terrebonne		PQ		ADQ	17,224	41.26%	2,064	4.94%		PQ		PLQ	76.51%	6,720	15,160	17,224	1,136	1,508	–	–	41,748
Trois-Rivières		PLQ		ADQ	10,247	37.20%	2,385	8.66%		PLQ		PQ	73.49%	7,862	7,672	10,247	907	739	121	–	27,548
Ungava		PQ		PQ	4,555	41.41%	978	8.89%		PLQ		ADQ	46.47%	3,577	4,555	2,363	506	–	–	–	11,001
Vachon		PQ		PQ	11,560	34.88%	227	0.68%		ADQ		PLQ	75.20%	8,184	11,560	11,333	755	1,309	–	–	33,141
Vanier		PLQ		ADQ	20,699	51.44%	10,966	27.25%		PLQ		PQ	76.36%	9,733	7,694	20,699	859	1,149	–	103	40,237
Vaudreuil		PLQ		PLQ	15,465	44.20%	6,678	19.08%		ADQ		PQ	72.58%	15,465	8,217	8,787	686	1,837	–	–	34,992
Verchères		PQ		PQ	13,811	41.25%	1,316	3.93%		ADQ		PLQ	78.46%	4,751	13,811	12,495	1,020	1,407	–	–	33,484
Verdun		PLQ		PLQ	12,204	40.94%	3,516	11.80%		PQ		ADQ	64.45%	12,204	8,688	5,239	1,430	1,868	80	298	29,807
Viau		PLQ		PLQ	12,917	51.92%	7,511	30.19%		PQ		ADQ	59.33%	12,917	5,406	4,157	1,231	1,169	–	–	24,880
Vimont		PLQ		PLQ	14,936	35.97%	2,038	4.91%		ADQ		PQ	76.13%	14,936	11,215	12,898	871	1,606	–	–	41,526
Westmount-Saint-Louis		PLQ		PLQ	13,368	67.59%	11,037	55.80%		PVQ		PQ	49.23%	13,368	1,646	1,554	807	2,331	–	73	19,779

1. including spoilt ballots
2. All parties with more than 1% of the vote are shown individually. Independent candidates and other minor parties are aggregated separately. Parties are presented in the order shown on EQ data.

  = open seat

  = turnout is above provincial average

  = winning candidate was in previous Legislature

  = incumbent had switched allegiance

  = previously incumbent in another riding

  = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

  = incumbency arose from byelection gain

  = other incumbents renominated

  = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

  = multiple candidates

Seats that changed hands

Elections to the National Assembly – seats won/lost by party, 2003–2007

Party		2003	Gain from (loss to)						2007
			PLQ		PQ		ADQ
	Liberal	76				(6)		(22)	48
	Parti Québécois	45	6					(15)	36
	Action démocratique	4	22		15				41
Total		125	28	–	15	(6)	–	(37)	125

Summary analysis

Party candidates in 2nd place ^[19]

Party in 1st place		Party in 2nd place					Total
		Lib	PQ	ADQ	QS	PVQ
	Liberal		19	26		3	48
	Parti Québécois	14		20	2		36
	Action démocratique	18	23				41
Total		32	42	46	2	3	125

Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party ^[19]

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
█  Liberal	48	32	45
█  Action démocratique	41	46	32	4	2
█  Parti Québécois	36	42	44	3
█  Green		3	3	76	26
█  Québec solidaire		2	1	42	78
█  Independent				4

Resulting composition of the National Assembly (2007) ^[21]

Source		Party
		Lib	PQ	ADQ	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	37	25	4	66
	Open seats held	9	5		14
	Open seat held - taken by previous incumbent from another riding	1			1
	Byelection losses reversed	1			1
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated		6	32	38
	Open seats gained			4	4
	Byelection gains held			1	1
Total		48	36	41	125

Most marginal 2-way and 3-way contests

Top 10 marginal 2-way contests (2007)

Riding	1st		2nd		1st vs 2nd
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue		33.11%		32.66%	0.45%
Crémazie		36.00%		36.51%	0.49%
Johnson		36.02%		35.46%	0.56%
Vachon		34.88%		34.20%	0.68%
Mégantic-Compton		32.98%		32.12%	0.86%
Matane		35.42%		33.21%	1.06%
Louis-Hébert		39.10%		38.04%	1.96%
Prévost		39.31%		37.33%	1.99%
Joliette		37.08%		35.07%	2.01%
Fabre		34.86%		31.98%	2.88%

Top 10 marginal 3-way contests (2007)

Riding	1st		2nd		3rd		1st vs 3rd
Mégantic-Compton		32.98%		32.12%		28.99%	3.99%
Orford		33.28%		30.09%		28.46%	4.82%
La Prairie		33.79%		30.79%		28.64%	5.15%
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue		33.11%		32.66%		26.84%	6.27%
Laval-des-Rapides		34.41%		29.96%		27.89%	6.52%
Fabre		34.86%		31.98%		26.77%	8.09%
Vimont		35.97%		31.06%		27.01%	8.96%
Louis-Hébert		34.54%		32.59%		25.00%	9.54%
Soulanges		36.03%		31.05%		26.36%	9.67%
Marguerite-D'Youville		37.07%		31.05%		27.20%	9.87%

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Last Date of Polling	Link	Liberal	Parti Québécois	Action démocratique	Québec solidaire	Green (PVQ)	Other
Angus Reid Strategies	March 24, 2007	PDF	31	29	30	5	6	0
Léger Marketing	March 24, 2007	PDF	35	29	26	4	5	1
CROP	March 22, 2007	PDF	34	28	25	5	8	0
Strategic Counsel	March 21, 2007	HTML	30	31	28	5	6	0
Strategic Counsel	March 16, 2007	PDF	30	32	26	5	7	0
Léger Marketing	March 15, 2007	PDF	33	30	30	3	4	0
SES	March 14–15, 2007	HTML	26	24	15	4	5	(26 Unsure)
CROP	March 13, 2007	PDF	30	30	31	4	4	1
CROP	March 8, 2007	PDF	33	29	26	6	6	0
Léger Marketing	March 1, 2007	PDF	36	29	25	5	5	0
Léger Marketing	February 24, 2007	PDF	37	28	23	6	6	0
CROP	February 20, 2007	PDF	35	32	18	5	10	0
CROP	February 15, 2007	HTML	35	33	19	5	8	0
Léger Marketing	February 10, 2007	PDF	36	31	21	5	5	2
Léger Marketing	January 28, 2007	PDF	34	32	24	5	5	0
CROP	January 28, 2007	HTML	37	34	12	4	8	1
Léger Marketing	December 5, 2006	PDF	36	35	20	7	6	0
Environics	October, 2006	HTML	31	50	12	3	4	0
CROP	September 24, 2006	HTML	37	37	12	4	9	1
CROP	August 28, 2006	HTML	32	37	13	7	9	2
Léger Marketing	June 25, 2006	PDF	37	33	17	6	7	0
CROP	June 25, 2006	HTML	32	35	16	7	9	1
Léger Marketing	April 30, 2006	PDF [ permanent dead link ]	29	34	15	8	7	7
Léger Marketing	March 12, 2006	PDF	32	43	11	6	8	0

• *Swammer performs "live" trend analysis, meaning the results are updated daily.

See also

• 38th National Assembly of Quebec
• Politics of Quebec
• List of premiers of Quebec
• List of leaders of the Official Opposition (Quebec)
• National Assembly of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• Political parties in Quebec

References

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Further reading

• Mutimer, David, ed. (2014). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2007 . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN   9781442648555.

External links

• Results by party (total votes and seats won)
• Results for all ridings
• Official election site by Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec
• TrendLines Research Chart Tracking of 2008 Quebec & Federal Riding Projection models
• Quebec Votes 2007 from the CBC
• Quebec Votes ^{[ permanent dead link ]}from the Montreal Gazette
• Election Almanac - Quebec Provincial Election
• DemocraticSPACE Quebec 2007 Coverage
• Predictions HKDP - Electoral Scenario Creator (in French)
• Quebec Politique.com