Quebec general election, 2007

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Quebec general election, 2007
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  2003 March 26, 2007 2008  

125 seats in the 38th National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 71.23% (Increase2.svg0.81%)

 First partySecond partyThird party
  Jean Charest de face (Novembre 2010).png MarioDumont.JPG AndreBoisclair.png
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 election76 seats, 45.99%4 seats, 18.18%45 seats, 33.24%
Seats won484136
Seat changeDecrease2.svg28Increase2.svg37Decrease2.svg9
Popular vote1,313,6641,224,4121,125,546
Percentage33.08%30.84%28.35%
SwingDecrease2.svg12.91%Increase2.svg12.63%Decrease2.svg4.91%

Quebec Provincial Election 2007 - Results by Riding.svg
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-designate

Jean Charest
Liberal

Seating plan following the election. PLQ minoritaire.PNG
Seating plan following the election.

The Quebec general election of 2007 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 Quebec electoral history until the 2012 election. Voter turnout among those eligible was 71.23%, a marginal difference from the previous general election in 2003. [2] [3]

Provinces and territories of Canada Top-level subdivisions of Canada

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Quebec Province of Canada

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

Quebec Liberal Party provincial political party in Quebec, Canada

The Quebec Liberal Party is a federalist provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.

Contents

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.

Premier of Quebec head of the government of Quebec

The Premier of Quebec (French: Premier ministre du Québec or Première ministre du Québec is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec. The current Premier of Quebec is François Legault of the Coalition Avenir Québec, sworn in on October 18, 2018 following the 2018 election.

Jean Charest Canadian politician

Jean Charest, is a Quebec politician. He was the 29th premier of Quebec, from 2003 to 2012; the deputy prime minister of Canada from June 25, 1993, until November 4, 1993; the leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998; and the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1998 to 2012. He became Premier after winning the 2003 election; after he lost the 2012 election he announced that he would be resigning as Quebec Liberal Leader and leaving politics. Charest sits as an advisor to Canada's Ecofiscal Commission.

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, as of December 2006, this plan has been put off indefinitely due to strong resistance to the idea of proportional representation from within the Liberal Party. [5]

Benoît Pelletier is lawyer, academic, and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1998 to 2008 and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Jean Charest. He is best known for promoting the concept of "asymmetric federalism," wherein Quebec nationalism may be incorporated into a decentralized Canadian federal structure.

A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new law. In some countries, it is synonymous with a plebiscite or a vote on a ballot question.

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.

Conservative Party of Canada political party in Canada founded in 2003

The Conservative Party of Canada, colloquially known as the Tories, is a right-of-centre federal political party in Canada. It was formed in 2003 from the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance. It traces its history to the original Conservative Party of Canada that was formed after Confederation in 1867 and changed its name to Progressive Conservative Party in 1942.

Fiscal imbalance is the term used in Canada to describe a monetary imbalance between the Canadian federal government and the provincial governments.

Minister of Finance (Canada) minister in the Cabinet of Canada

The Minister of Finance is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget. It is one of the most important positions in the Cabinet.

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.

Prime Minister of Canada Head of government for Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and Canada's head of government. The current, and 23rd, Prime Minister of Canada is the Liberal Party's Justin Trudeau, following the 2015 Canadian federal election. Canadian prime ministers are styled as The Right Honourable, a privilege maintained for life.

Stephen Harper 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

Stephen Joseph Harper is a Canadian economist, entrepreneur, and retired politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada for nearly a decade, from February 6, 2006, to November 4, 2015. Harper has served as the leader of the International Democrat Union since February 2018.

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]

André Boisclair Canadian politician

André Boisclair is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and sovereigntist party in Quebec.

Parti Québécois Sovereignist political party in Quebec, Canada

The Parti Québécois is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishing a sovereign state. The PQ has also promoted the possibility of maintaining a loose political and economic sovereignty-association between Quebec and Canada. The party traditionally has support from the labour movement, but unlike most other social democratic parties, its ties with organized labour are informal. Members and supporters of the PQ are called "péquistes", a French word derived from the pronunciation of the party's initials.

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

Major parties

Results

The overall results were: [16]

e    d  Summary of the 26 March 2007 National Assembly of Quebec election results
PartyParty leaderCandi-
dates
SeatsPopular vote
2003 Dissol. 2007 Change%#%Change
Liberal Jean Charest 125767248-2838.40%1,313,66433.08%-12.91%
Action démocratique Mario Dumont 1254541+3732.80%1,224,41230.84%+12.63%
Parti Québécois André Boisclair 125454536-928.80%1,125,54628.35%-4.91%
Green Scott McKay 108-----152,8853.85%+3.41%
Québec solidaire Régent Séguin 123-----144,4183.64%+2.58%
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Chénier24-----2,0910.05%-0.02%
Bloc Pot Hugô St-Onge 9-----1,5640.04%-0.56%
Christian Democracy Gilles Noël 12-----1,5480.04%-0.05%
  Independents and no affiliation 28-1---4,4900.11%-0.11%
 Vacant2 
Total679125125125-100%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%

Results by region

Results by region and riding Quebec elections 2007.png
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:102152050001150160
 Popular Vote (%):32.6732.7028.0229.0334.0947.2045.4230.4121.6432.5241.6728.2539.3517.1323.4128.8626.67
  Action démocratique Seats:10741000000705583
 Popular Vote (%):36.8821.8541.5539.0328.0515.1621.4124.9525.0821.4814.9251.6928.4940.3336.2733.4140.42
  Parti Québécois Seats:25200803213001270
 Popular Vote (%):26.7941.0923.6328.7029.6324.0322.3639.2248.3541.4139.4216.3625.4036.1534.6530.9827.59
Parties below won no seats
Green Popular Vote (%):2.101.633.481.374.536.746.7802.4900.581.703.993.413.033.571.01
 QSPopular Vote (%):1.562.692.972.653.586.323.815.422.434.603.421.912.512.982.612.953.80
 M-LPQPopular Vote (%):000.02000.950.2200000.010.05000.010
Bloc Pot Popular Vote (%):000000.720000000000.090
 CDPQPopular Vote (%):000.180.0400.48000000.0500000
    IndependentPopular Vote (%):00.040.140.350.170.80000000.03000.040.130.50
Total seats:45115628532148568213

Results by place

Party SeatsSecondThirdFourthFifthSixthSeventhEighthNinthTotal
Liberal 483245000000125
Action démocratique 414632420000125
Parti Québécois 364244300000125
Green 03376260000108
  Québec solidaire 02142780000123
Marxist–Leninist 000001364124
Bloc Pot 0000081009
  Christian Democracy 00000930012
     Independents 000041842028

Opinion polls

Polling FirmLast Date of PollingLink Liberal Parti Québécois Action démocratique Québec solidaire Green (PVQ) Other
Angus Reid Strategies March 24, 2007

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Léger Marketing March 24, 2007

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CROP March 22, 2007

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342825580
Strategic Counsel March 21, 2007

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303128560
Strategic CounselMarch 16, 2007

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303226570
Léger MarketingMarch 15, 2007

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333030340
SES March 14–15, 2007

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26241545(26 Unsure)
CROPMarch 13, 2007

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303031441
CROPMarch 8, 2007

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332926660
Léger MarketingMarch 1, 2007

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362925550
Léger MarketingFebruary 24, 2007

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372823660
CROPFebruary 20, 2007 PDF 3532185100
CROPFebruary 15, 2007 HTML 353319580
Léger MarketingFebruary 10, 2007

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Léger MarketingJanuary 28, 2007 PDF 343224550
CROPJanuary 28, 2007 HTML 373412481
Léger MarketingDecember 5, 2006 PDF 363520760
Environics October, 2006 HTML 315012340
CROPSeptember 24, 2006 HTML 373712491
CROPAugust 28, 2006 HTML 323713792
Léger MarketingJune 25, 2006 PDF 373317670
CROPJune 25, 2006 HTML 323516791
Léger MarketingApril 30, 2006 PDF [ permanent dead link ]293415877
Léger MarketingMarch 12, 2006 PDF 324311680

Campaign slogans

Incumbent MNAs not running for re-election

Liberals

Péquistes

Independent

List of candidates

The results in each riding (electoral division) were: [17]

Cabinet members and party leaders are in bold type.

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

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Bonaventure Nathalie Normandeau 10,221Doris Chapados 5,710Karine Delarosbil 2,357Hélène Morin 1,039Nathalie Normandeau
Gaspé Georges Mamelonet 7,022 Guy Lelièvre 7,662Bruno Cloutier 3,162Annie Chouinard 858Guy Lelièvre
Îles-de-la-Madeleine Pierre Proulx 2,642 Maxime Arseneau 4,820Patrick Leblanc 380Nicolas Tremblay 139Maxime Arseneau
Kamouraska-Témiscouata Claude Béchard 9,826Nancy Gagnon 4,804Gérald Beaulieu 9,074Céline Tremblay 521Lise Lebel 515Claude Béchard
Matane Nancy Charest 7,617 Pascal Bérubé 7,830Donald Grenier 3,980Brigitte Michaud 358François Vincent 240Nancy Charest
Matapédia Normand Boulianne 5,137 Danielle Doyer 9,041Rémy Villeneuve 5,436Dominic Fortin 551Jean-François Guay 526Danielle Doyer
Rimouski Hélène Ménard 6,988 Irvin Pelletier 12,925Roger Picard 9,394Guylaine Bélanger 1,894Stéphanie Théorêt 651 Solange Charest
Rivière-du-Loup Jean D'Amour 7,390Hugues Belzile 2,821 Mario Dumont 15,276Martin Poirier 639Mario Dumont

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Chicoutimi André Harvey 12,919 Stéphane Bédard 13,965Luc Picard 6,155Colette Fournier 1,093Daniel Fortin 803Stéphane Bédard
Dubuc Johnny Simard 7,077 Jacques Côté 10,120Robert Émond 8,401Marie Francine Bienvenue 728Michel Marécat 602Jacques Côté
Duplessis Marc Proulx 6,332 Lorraine Richard 10,205Bernard Lefrançois 4,959Olivier Noël 689Jacques Gélineau 621Lorraine Richard
Jonquière Françoise Gauthier 11,576 Sylvain Gaudreault 12,851Marc Jomphe 6,634Sylvain Bergeron 839Dominic Rouette 703Pierre Laliberté (No designation) 71Françoise Gauthier
Lac-Saint-Jean Yves Bolduc 9,175 Alexandre Cloutier 14,750Éric Girard 6,837Denis Plamondon 536Vital Tremblay 474 Stéphan Tremblay
René-Lévesque François Désy 3,723 Marjolain Dufour 12,160André Desrosiers 6,642Mylène Lapierre 426Styves Griffith 533Marjolain Dufour
Roberval Karl Blackburn 11,141 Denis Trottier 13,506Mario-Michel Jomphe 6,638Nicole Schmitt 1,065Karl Blackburn

Capitale-Nationale

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Charlesbourg Éric R. Mercier 10,843 Richard Marceau 9,828 Catherine Morissette 17,207Réjean Dumais 837Rama Borne MacDonald 968Éric R. Mercier
Charlevoix Jean-Guy Bouchard 6,541 Rosaire Bertrand 9,099Conrad Harvey 7,436Lucie Charbonneau 527David Turcotte 553Rosaire Bertrand
Chauveau Sarah Perreault 8,849Robert Miller 6,680 Gilles Taillon 22,013Nathalie Brochu 800Mathilde Lavoie Morency 1,255Sarah Perreault
Jean-Lesage Michel Després 10,185 Christian Simard 7,990 Jean-François Gosselin 13,865Jean-Yves Desgagnés 1,236Lucien Rodrigue 1,159Jean Bédard (M-L) 100
José Breton (Ind) 131
Danielle Benny (DCQ) 116
Michel Després
Jean-Talon Philippe Couillard 13,732 Véronique Hivon 9,859Luc de la Sablonnière 6,056Monique Voisine 1,463Ali Dahan 1,518Francis Denis (DCQ) 95 Margaret F. Delisle
La Peltrie France Hamel 11,171Robert Beauregard 7,033 Éric Caire 21,055Guillame Boivin 772Priscilla Schafer 1,203France Hamel
Louis-Hébert Sam Hamad 14,410André Joli-Coeur 10,429Jean Nobert 13,594Catherine Lebossé 1,326André Larocque 1,734Claude Cloutier (DCQ) 225Sam Hamad
Montmorency Raymond Bernier 9,124Daniel Leblond 8,171 Hubert Benoit 20,796Jacques Legros 772Julien Rodrigue 1,172Denise Jetté-Cloutier (DCQ) 149
François Martin (Ind) 356
Raymond Bernier
Portneuf Jean-Pierre Soucy 10,861Martin Courval 5,667 Raymond Francoeur 15,496André Lavoie 580Simon Sauvageau 1,145Jean-Pierre Soucy
Taschereau Philippe Cannon 7,073 Agnès Maltais 12,340Caroline Pageau 9,162Serge Roy 2,741Yonnel Bonaventure 1,860Luc Schulz (Ind) 81Agnès Maltais
Vanier Jean-Claude L'Abbée 9,733Sylvain Lévesque 7,694 Sylvain Légaré 20,699Marie Dionne 859Lucien Gravelle 1,149Louis Casgrain (DCQ) 103Sylvain Légaré

Mauricie

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Champlain Christian Fortin 7,635 Noëlla Champagne 10,871 Pierre-Michel Auger 15,872Alex Noël 1,039Noëlla Champagne
Laviolette Julie Boulet 10,100Patrick Lahaie 6,687Stéphane Defoy 6,826Pierrette Doucet 468Pierre Audette 494Josée Lafontaine (DCQ) 66Julie Boulet
Maskinongé Francine Gaudet 10,767Rémy Désilets 10,008 Jean Damphousse 14,862Mario Landry 699Frédéric Demouy 781Francine Gaudet
Saint-Maurice France Beaulieu 6,487 Claude Pinard 8,494 Robert Deschamps 9,788Marianne Mathis 796Francis Mondou (Ind) 387Claude Pinard
Trois-Rivières André Gabias 7,862Jean-Pierre Adam 7,672 Sébastien Proulx 10,247André Lemay 907Louis Lacroix 739Stéphan Vincent (Ind) 121André Gabias

Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Arthabaska Claude Bachand 11,145Thérèse Domingue 7920 Jean-François Roux 15,323Bill Ninacs 1,135François Fillion 1,038Claude Bachand
Beauce-Nord Claude Drouin 8,056Denis Couture 2,392 Janvier Grondin 19,127Christian Dubois 361Jérémie Vachon 525Benoît Roy (Ind) 83Janvier Grondin
Beauce-Sud Diane Leblanc 10,301André Côté 3,582 Claude Morin 19,371Marie-Claude Bisson 835Diane Leblanc
Bellechasse Dominique Vien 9,005Sylvie Vallières 3,511 Jean Domingue 12,714Colin Perreault 460Ghislain Gaulin 512Dominique Vien
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière France Proulx 7,292 Yvan Loubier 7,618 Marc Picard 24,378Éveline Gueppe 854Jean-Luc Bugnon 1,183Marc Picard
Drummond Lyne Boisvert 9,476 Normand Jutras 12,960 Sébastien Schneeberger 15,343Luce Daneau 1,645Mario G. Bergeron (Ind) 380Normand Jutras
Frontenac Laurent Lessard 10,440Juliette Jalbert 5,264Alain Gariépy 8,831Dominique Bernier 391Pierre Richard 496Laurent Lessard
Johnson Nicole Brouillette 7,157 Claude Boucher 11,331 Éric Charbonneau 11,511Marcel Pinard 770Benoit Lapierre 1,188Claude Boucher
Lévis Carole Théberge 9,925 Linda Goupil 10,101 Christian Lévesque 17,388Valérie C.-Guilloteau 866Jean-Claude Lespérance 1,015Paul Biron (DCQ) 127
Serge Patenaude (M-L) 36
Carole Théberge
Lotbinière Laurent Boissonneault 5,741Annie Thériault 4,313 Sylvie Roy 15,491Catherine Drolet 632Sylvie Roy
Montmagny-L'Islet Norbert Morin 8,831Réjean Boulet 3,512 Claude Roy 10,028Yvon Léveillée 310Richard Piper 445Norbert Morin
Nicolet-Yamaska Yves Baril 6,770Donald Martel 7,455 Éric Dorion 10,839Jean Proulx 1,121Simonne Lizotte (Ind) 138 Michel Morin

Estrie (Eastern Townships)

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Mégantic-Compton Johanne Gonthier 8,071Gloriane Blais 7,094Jocelyn Brouillette 7,862Ludovick Nadeau 544Sébastien Lanctôt 904 Daniel Bouchard
Orford Pierre Reid 13,050Michel Breton 11,153Steve Bourassa 11,798Patricia Tremblay 1,404Louis Hamel 1,798Pierre Reid
Richmond Yvon Vallières 11,257Martyne Prévost 5,485Pierre Hébert 8,179Danielle Maire 746Frédérick Clerson-Guicherd 805Claude Bergeron (Ind) 129Yvon Vallières
Saint-François Monique Gagnon-Tremblay 12,523Mariette Fugère 9,798François Rioux 7,892Suzanne Thériault 1,111Anick Proulx 1,772Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
Sherbrooke Jean Charest 13,136Claude Forgues 11,804Michel Dumont 6,409Christian Bibeau 2,263Steve Dubois 2,203Hubert Richard (Ind) 115Jean Charest

Montérégie

Eastern Montérégie

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Borduas Jacques Charbonneau 6,978 Pierre Curzi 12,624Claude Gauthier 10,106Julie Raby 1,110Oliver Adam 1,453Super Cauchon (Ind) 281Vacant
Brome-Missisquoi Pierre Paradis 13,986Richard Leclerc 7,114Jean L'Écuyer 11,029Lorraine Lasnier 1,058Vanessa Thibodeau 1,946Pierre Paradis
Chambly Marc Tanguay 11,219Bertrand St-Arnaud 13,469 Richard Merlini 18,145Alain Dubois 1,517Marie-Mars Adam 2,266Vacant
Iberville Jean Rioux 8,431Marie Bouillé 9,236 André Riedl 14,395Danielle Desmarais 777Alexandre Labbé 1,218Jean Rioux
Richelieu Gilles Salvas 7,353 Sylvain Simard 11,461Philippe Rochat 9,436Éric Noël 781François Desmarais 1,024Normand Philibert (Ind) 146Sylvain Simard
Saint-Hyacinthe Claude Corbeil 9,563 Léandre Dion 11,879 Claude L'Écuyer 13,216Richard Gingras 1,029Catherine Desrochers 1,265Léandre Dion
Saint-Jean Jean-Pierre Paquin 10,131Dave Turcotte 11,916 Lucille Méthé 17,189Guillaume Tremblay 1,478Jean-Pierre Paquin
Shefford Bernard Brodeur 10,897Paul Sarrazin 9,280 François Bonnardel 16,648Ginette Moreau 1,310Jean-François Arsenault 1,178Dominic Thibeault (BP) 210Bernard Brodeur
Verchères Paul Verret 4,783 Stéphane Bergeron 13,811Luc Robitaille 12,495Michelle Hudon-David 1,022Geneviève Ménard 1,405Stéphane Bergeron

South Shore

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Beauharnois Jean-Guy Hudon 7,679 Serge Deslières 12,967Michael Betts 9,262Normand Perry 600Éric Desormeaux 1,061Serge Deslières
Châteauguay Jean-Marc Fournier 15,261Michel Pinard 11,126Chantal Marin 12,103Véronique Pronovost 960Khalil Saade 1,143Jean-Marc Fournier
Huntingdon André Chenail 9,883Éric Pigeon 7,070 Albert De Martin 13,480Marc Pronovost 693Jean Siouville (Ind) 295André Chenail
La Pinière Fatima Houda-Pepin 17,786Saloua Hassoun 6,281Marc-André Beauchemin 8,654Jean-Claude Bernheim 860Claude Breton 1,684Fatima Houda-Pepin
Laporte Nicole Ménard 13,219Robert Pellan 8,137Michel Beaudoin 7,689Michèle St-Denis 1,318Richard Morisset 1,998 Michel Audet
La Prairie Jean Dubuc 12,253François Rebello 13,113 Monique Roy Verville 14,458Antoine Pich 818Louis Corbeil 1,605Normand Chouinard (M-L) 60
Guy Latour (BP) 238
Martin McNeil (Ind) 179
Jean Dubuc
Marguerite-D'Youville Pierre Moreau 11,390Sébastien Gagnon 13,017 Simon-Pierre Diamond 15,572Daniel Michelin 2,014Pierre Moreau
Marie-Victorin Nic Leblanc 5,974 Bernard Drainville 11,055Roger Dagenais 7,928François Cyr 1,420Réal Langelier 1,327Richard Lemagnifique (BP) 211 Cécile Vermette
Soulanges Lucie Charlebois 10,689Marc Laviolette 7,821Sylvain Brazeau 9,212Marielle Rodrigue 442Alain Brazeau 1,389Gilles Paquette (Ind) 113Lucie Charlebois
Taillon Anne Pâquet 9,092 Marie Malavoy 13,991Karine Simard 12,588Manon Blanchard 1,878Jonathan Mortreux 1,971Marie Malavoy
Vachon Brigitte Mercier 8,184 Camil Bouchard 11,560Maro Akoury 11,333Richard St-Onge 755Denis Durand 1,309Camil Bouchard
Vaudreuil Yvon Marcoux 15,465Louisanne Chevrier 8,198Jean-Claude Lévesque 8,787Micheline Déry 686Jean-Yves Massenet 1940Yvon Marcoux

Montreal

East

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Anjou Lise Thériault 13,280Sébastien Richard 8,795Lorraine Laperrière 7,379Francine Gagné 1,151Alain Bissonnette 1,366Hélène Héroux (M-L) 107Lise Thériault
Bourassa-Sauvé Line Beauchamp 15,730Roland Carrier 7,140Guy Mailloux 6,430Marie-Noëlle Doucet-Paquin 1,083Marie-Ange Germain 895Charles-Antoine Gabriel (Ind) 161Line Beauchamp
Bourget Pierre Carrier 7,566 Diane Lemieux 13,359Clairmont De La Croizetière 7,467Lynda Gadoury 1,363 Scott McKay 2,680Claudette Deschamps (DCQ) 227Diane Lemieux
Crémazie Michèle Lamquin-Éthier 11,919 Lisette Lapointe 12,282Geneviève Tousignant 5,475André Frappier 2,184Nathalie Gingras 1,941Marsha Fine (M-L) 109Michèle Lamquin-Éthier
Gouin Nathalie Rivard 5,612 Nicolas Girard 11,318Jean-Philip Ruel 3,540 Françoise David 7,913Yohan Tremblay 1,744Hugô St-Onge (BP) 157
Jocelyne Leduc (Ind) 109
Nicolas Girard
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Vahid Vidah-Fortin 3,378 Louise Harel 13,043Marie-Chantal Pelletier 3,837Gabriel Chevrefils 2,384Geneviève Guérin 1,756Christine Dandenault (M-L) 64
Daniel Laforest (Ind) 96
Starbuck Leroidurock (BP) 195
Louise Harel
Jeanne-Mance–Viger Michel Bissonnet 20,715Kamal El Batal 3,648Carole Giroux 4,571Ramon Villaruel 635Hamadou Abdel Kader Nikiema 790Stéphane Chénier (M-L) 101Michel Bissonnet
LaFontaine Tony Tomassi 16,281Guido Renzi 3,715Marie-Êve Campéano 4,752Victorien Pilote 552Jean-Christophe Mortreux 765Tony Tomassi
Laurier-Dorion Gerry Sklavounos 12,054 Elsie Lefebvre 10,968Louise Levesque 2,874Ruba Ghazal 2,421Sébastien Chagnon-Jean 1,639Mostafa Ben Kirane (No designation) 115
Peter Macrisopoulos (M-L) 166
Gerakis Vassilios (Ind) 170
Elsie Lefebvre
Mercier Nathalie Rochefort 5,601 Daniel Turp 9,426Gabriel Tupula Yamba 2,381 Amir Khadir 8,303Sylvain Valiquette 2,398Nicky Tanguay (BP) 156Daniel Turp
Pointe-aux-Trembles Daniel Fournier 5,299 André Boisclair 13,792Martin-Karl Bourbonnais 7,691Dominique Ritchot 763Xavier Daxhelet 1,249Julien Ferron (DCQ) 123
Geneviève Royer (M-L) 40
Etienne Mallette (BP) 153
André Boisclair
Rosemont Yasmine Alloul 9,963 Rita Dionne-Marsolais 14,110L. Thierry Bernard 6,933François Saillant 3,420Marc-André Gadoury 1,938Garnet Colly (M-L) 82
Raphaël Turbide (BP) 330
Rita Dionne-Marsolais
Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Denise Dussault 6,021 Martin Lemay 10,501Jean-Stéphane Dupervil 2,733 Manon Massé 3,596Corinne Ardon 2,460Serge Lachapelle (M-L) 92Martin Lemay
Viau Emmanuel Dubourg 12,917Naïma Mimoune 5,406Sylvie Fontaine 4,157Valérie Lavoie 1,231Simon Bernier 1,169 William Cusano

West

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Acadie Christine St-Pierre 18,090Frédéric Lapointe 4,994Charles Ghorayeb 4,352 André Parizeau 1,137Nicolas Rémillard-Tessier 1,511 Yvan Bordeleau
D'Arcy-McGee Lawrence Bergman 18,411Pierre-Philippe Emond 710Marcelle Guay 934Abraham Weizfeld 338Robert Leibner 1,470Lawrence Bergman
Jacques-Cartier Geoffrey Kelley 22,381Sophia Caporicci 1,352Walter Rulli 3,973Jill Hanley 501Ryan Young 3,545Andy Srougi (Ind) 166Geoffrey Kelley
Marguerite-Bourgeoys Monique Jérôme-Forget 16,752Siou Fan Houang 4,687Martin Marquis 5,518Jocelyne Desautels 717Serge Bellemare 1,454Yves Le Seigle (M-L) 56
Marc Veilleux (DCQ) 122
Monique Jérôme-Forget
Marquette François Ouimet 14,985Daniel Hurteau 6,448Mark Yerbury 6,464Johanne Létourneau 944Réjean Malette 2,313Russell Wood (Ind) 220François Ouimet
Mont-Royal Pierre Arcand 16,066Zhao Xin Wu 2,197Alexandre Tremblay-Michaud 1,893Antonio Artuso 801Boris-Antoine Legault 1,710Diane Johnston (M-L) 108 Philippe Couillard
Nelligan Yolande James 21,458Dorothée Morin 2,977Jean Lecavalier 6,096Elahé Machouf 532Jonathan Théorêt 2,560Yolande James
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Russell Copeman 14,825Sophie Fréchette 2,460Julie Clouatre 1,745David Mandel 1,105Peter McQueen 3,839Linda Sullivan (M-L) 70Russell Copeman
Outremont Raymond Bachand 11,861Salim Laaroussi 5,928Pierre Harvey 2,236Sujata Dey 2,303Luc Côté 2,723Romain Angeles (Ind) 101
Yvon Breton (M-L) 68
Raymond Bachand
Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Marguerite Blais 11,915Robin Philpot 9,162Chantal Beauregard 5,422Arthur Sandborn 2,037Shawna O'Flaherty 2,179Andrzej Jastrzebski (DCQ) 141
Rachel Hoffman (M-L) 103
Nicole Loiselle
Robert-Baldwin Pierre Marsan 22,131Alexandre Pagé-Chassé 1,578Ginette Lemire 3,243Jocelyne Mesish 517Shawn Katz 2,136Pierre Marsan
Saint-Laurent Jacques Dupuis 19,970William Fayad 3,447Jose Fiorilo 3,373Wissam Saliba 856Stephen Marchant 1,718Fernand Deschamps (M-L) 141Jacques Dupuis
Verdun Henri-François Gautrin 12,204Richard Langlais 8,688Sylvie Tremblay 5,239 David Fennario 1,430Pierre-Yves McSween 1,868Normand Fournier (M-L) 74
Robert Lindblad (Ind) 80
Gilles Noël (DCQ) 118
Sala Samghour (BP) 106
Henri-François Gautrin
Westmount–Saint-Louis Jacques Chagnon 13,311Denise Laroche 1,679Caroline Morgan 1,538Nadia Alexan 800Patrick Daoust 2,517Nicholas Lin (M-L) 72Jacques Chagnon

Laval

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Chomedey Guy Ouellette 18,625Joëlle Quérin 5,186Phani Papachristou 7,915Francine Bellerose 691Jean Martin 1,241Noemia Onofre de Lima (No designation) 307
Polyvios Tsakanikas (M-L) 102
Thomas J. Mulcair
Fabre Michelle Courchesne 14,410Guy Lachapelle 11,074Patrick Pilotte 13,176Marie-France Phisel 881Julien Boisseau 1846Michelle Courchesne
Laval-des-Rapides Alain Paquet 11,532Marc Demers 10,048Robert Goulet 9,344Nicole Caron 1,145Michel Lefebvre 1,460Alain Paquet
Mille-Îles Maurice Clermont 15,978Maude Delangis 11,158Pierre Tremblay 11,330Nicole Bellerose 1,218Christian Lajoie 1,507Régent Millette (Ind) 96Maurice Clermont
Vimont Vincent Auclair 14,942Marie-France Charbonneau 11,255François Gaudreau 12,897Mickael Labrie 879Catherine Ouellet-Cummings 1,606Vincent Auclair

Lanaudière

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Berthier Carole Majeau 6,699 Alexandre Bourdeau 13,382 François Benjamin 16,219Jocelyne Dupuis 1,089André Chauvette 1,092Alexandre Bourdeau
Joliette Céline Beaulieu 7,555Claude Duceppe 13,056 Pascal Beaupré 13,803Flavie Trudel 1,703Johanne Edsell 1,169 Jonathan Valois
L'Assomption Benoit Verstraete 8,235 Jean-Claude St-André 14,287 Éric Laporte 16,510Olivier Huard 1,303Michel Ménard 1,777Jean-Claude St-André
Masson Denise Cloutier 6,064 Luc Thériault 15,318 Ginette Grandmont 18,772Marco Legrand 1,062Jean Bonneau 1,567Luc Thériault
Rousseau Yves Prud'Homme 5,405 François Legault 14,670Jean-Pierre Parrot 13,264Alex Boisdequin-Lefort 789Richard Chatagneau 992François Legault
Terrebonne Chantal Leblanc 6,720 Jocelyne Caron 15,160 Jean-François Therrien 17,223Jean Baril 1,136Pierre-Charles De Guise 1,508Jocelyne Caron

Laurentides

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Argenteuil David Whissell 9,919John Saywell 6,796Georges Lapointe 7,794Guy Dufresne 582Claude Sabourin 1,233David Whissell
Bertrand Daniel Desjardins 9,092 Claude Cousineau 13,672Sylvain Charron 11,188Jocelyne Lavoie 1,226Richard Savignac 1,762Claude Cousineau
Blainville Roberto Rego 8,081 Richard Legendre 13,974 Pierre Gingras 17,609Francis Gagnon-Bergmann 797Geoffroy Chartrand 1,561Richard Legendre
Deux-Montagnes Paule Fortier 8,182Daniel Goyer 11,283 Lucie Leblanc 12,415Julien Demers 737Guy Rainville 1,506Manon Bissonnette (Ind) 114 Hélène Robert
Groulx Pierre Descoteaux 9,853Rachel Gagnon 10,486 Linda Lapointe 13,605Adam Veilleux 849Robert Harenclak 1,504Pierre Descoteaux
Labelle Déborah Bélanger 6,958 Sylvain Pagé 13,926Claude Ouellette 7,689Luc Boisjoli 893François Beauchamp 1,188 Sylvain Pagé
Mirabel Ritha Cossette 5,520 Denise Beaudoin 11,691 François Desrochers 15,243Jocelyn Parent 630Sylvain Castonguay 1,233Denise Beaudoin
Prévost Richard Bélisle 7,929 Lucie Papineau 15,189 Martin Camirand 15,996Mylène Jaccoud 1,588Lucie Papineau

Outaouais

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Chapleau Benoît Pelletier 14,581Edith Gendron 7,137Jocelyn Dumais 8,071Jennifer Jean-Brice Vales 774Roger Fleury 1,755Pierre Soublière (M-L) 65Benoît Pelletier
Gatineau Stéphanie Vallée 13,575Thérèse Viel-Déry 7,204Martin Otis 6,440Carmen Boucher 892Gail Lemmon Walker 1,949Lisa Leblanc (M-L) 145 Réjean Lafrenière
Hull Roch Cholette 12,661Marcel Painchaud 7,130François Lizotte 5,067 Bill Clennett 2,370Mélanie Perreault 2,485Gabriel-Girard Bernier (M-L) 68Roch Cholette
Papineau Norman MacMillan 13,530Gilles Hébert 9,317Serge Charette 9,087Marie-Élaine Rouleau 1,033Patrick Mailloux 1,643Norman MacMillan
Pontiac Charlotte L'Écuyer 14,817Patrick Robert-Meunier 3,257Victor Bilodeau 3,943Jessica Squires 739Brian Gibb 2,498David Ethier-April (M-L) 66Charlotte L'Écuyer

Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec

Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent
 Liberal PQ ADQ QS GreenOther
Abitibi-Est Pierre Corbeil 7,545 Alexis Wawanoloath 8,262Gilles Gagnon 5,060France-Claude Goyette 1,042Pierre Corbeil
Abitibi-Ouest Jean-Louis Carignan 5,376 François Gendron 10,983Éric Mathieu 5,529Caroline Sigouin 814François Gendron
Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue Daniel Bernard 9,352 Johanne Morasse 9,481Mario Provencher 7,687France Caouette 2,117Daniel Bernard
Ungava Aline Sauvageau 3,577 Luc Ferland 4,555Jacques L. Cadieux 2,363Gilbert Hamel 506 Michel Létourneau

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