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2008 Quebec general election: Richelieu
Sylvain Simard
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Richelieu
In office
September 12, 1994 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Parti Québécois Sylvain Simard 11,59146.99+8.96
Liberal Christian Cournoyer 8,55234.67+10.43
Action démocratique Patrick Fournier 3,12612.67−18.70
Québec solidaire Paul Martin 7052.86+0.27
Green Patrick Lamothe 6932.81−0.48
Total valid votes24,667100.00
Rejected and declined votes554
Turnout25,22161.75−13.36
Electors on the lists40,842
Parti Québécois hold Swing −0.73
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2007 Quebec general election : Richelieu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Parti Québécois Sylvain Simard 11,41138.03−8.33
Action démocratique Philippe Rochat9,41331.37+18.26
Liberal Gilles Salvas7,27524.24−13.89
Green François Desmarais 9863.29
Québec solidaire Éric Noël 7782.59
Independent Normand Philibert 1450.48
Total valid votes30,008100.00
Rejected and declined votes389
Turnout30,39775.11+2.18
Electors on the lists40,468
Parti Québécois hold Swing −13.30
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2003 Quebec general election : Richelieu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Parti Québécois Sylvain Simard 13,28646.36−9.95
Liberal Benoît Lefebvre 10,92738.13+10.46
Action démocratique Micheline Ulrich 3,75613.11−1.31
Bloc Pot Marie-Hélène Charbonneau 4071.42
Independent Nidal Joad 1090.38
Independent Steve Ritter 1000.35
Christian Democracy Florette Villemure Larochelle 740.26
Total valid votes28,659100.00
Rejected and declined votes484
Turnout29,14372.93
Electors on the lists39,961
Parti Québécois hold Swing −10.21
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1998 Quebec general election : Richelieu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Parti Québécois Sylvain Simard 17,74556.31+1.22
Liberal Gilles Ferlatte 8,71827.66−12.22
Action démocratique Patrick Gauthier 4,54314.42
Independent Michel Groleau 2610.83
  Socialist Democracy Isabelle Latour 2460.78
Total valid votes31,513100.00
Rejected and declined votes689
Turnout32,20280.99−2.24
Electors on the lists39,762
Parti Québécois hold Swing +6.72
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1994 Quebec general election : Richelieu
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Parti Québécois Sylvain Simard 17,18655.09+12.84
Liberal Albert Khelfa 12,44139.88−13.49
Independent Marcel Cloutier 1,5705.03
Total valid votes31,197100.00
Rejected and declined votes1,003
Turnout32,20083.23+3.42
Electors on the lists38,688
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1989 Quebec general election : Rosemont
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Guy Rivard (incumbent)13,12146.97
Parti Québécois Sylvain Simard 12,98846.50
New Democratic Pierre Dion6202.22
Progressive Conservative Lyse T. Giguère2981.07
Parti indépendantiste Richard Belleau2781.00
Workers Régis Beaulieu2560.92
Commonwealth of Canada Normand Bélanger1340.48
United Social Credit Jean-Paul Poulin 920.33
Marxist–Leninist France Tremblay790.28
Socialist Movement Jean-Yves Desgagnés 670.24
Total valid votes27,933
Rejected and declined votes862
Turnout28,795 75.65
Electors on the lists38,064
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

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