Results of the Canadian federal election, 2004: Quebec and Atlantic Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... has long been a Liberal heartland, with only the city of St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... electingProgressive Conservatives Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues.... on a relatively consistent basis. It remains to be seen if the new Conservative Party of Canada can match the old federal PC Party's level of support. Notes: 1 - Barnes won seat in 2002 byelection; originally held by Liberal George Baker George Baker (politician) George S. Baker, PC is a Canadian politician and member of the Senate of Canada.Baker was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1974 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Gander—Twillingate, in Newfoundland and Labrador...	•••••••	2004
	•••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	•••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	•••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	•••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
	•••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Avalon Avalon (electoral district) Avalon is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: Languages:² Unemployment: 25.9%...	John Efford John Efford Ruben John Efford, PC is a former Canadian politician.-Provincial politics:... 18,335	Rick Dalton 9,211	Michael Kehoe 3,450	Don Ferguson 430		John Efford
Bonavista—Exploits	Scott Simms Scott Simms Scott Simms is a Canadian politician. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor.-Early life:... 15,970	Rex Barnes Rex Barnes Rex Barnes is a Canadian politician.Born in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador, Barnes was a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Gander—Grand Falls... 13,786	Samuel McLean 2,667	Ed Sailor White 367	John Lannon John Lannon John Lannon was an independent candidate in the riding of Bonavista-Exploits in the Canadian federal election, 2004 and a song was written to highlight the event. He previously ran in a by-election in the riding of Gander—Grand Falls in a 2002 by-election for the New Democratic Party... (Ind.) 344	Rex Barnes¹
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 96.2% White, 3.4% Native Canadian...	Gerry Byrne 17,820	Wynanne Downer 6,538	Holly Pike 3,743	Steve Durant 384		Gerry Byrne
Labrador Labrador (electoral district) Labrador is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....	Lawrence O'Brien Lawrence O'Brien Lawrence David O'Brien was a Canadian politician.O’Brien represented Labrador in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal from 1996 until his death in 2004... 5,524	Merrill Strachan 1,400	Shawn Crann 856	Lori-Ann Martino 178	Ern Condon Ern Condon Ernest J. "Ern" Condon is a politician and retired guidance counsellor in Labrador, Canada.Condon ran unsuccessfully as a New Democratic Party candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1980 and 1984 elections in the riding of Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador.In the 1988 election, he placed... (Ind.) 919	Lawrence O'Brien
Random—Burin—St. George's Random—Burin—St. George's Random—Burin—St. George's is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 94.7% White, 4.8% Native Canadian...	Bill Matthews Bill Matthews William "Bill" Matthews is a Canadian politician.Matthews was a Progressive Conservative member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1982 to 1996... 12,383	Larry Peckford 4,820	Desmond McGrath Desmond McGrath Desmond McGrath was a Catholic priest, and trade union organizer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the 2004 federal election.... 8,797	Justin Dollimont 474		Bill Matthews
St. John's North	Walter Noel Walter Noel Walter Noel is a Canadian politician. He was first elected to Newfoundland and Labrador’s House of Assembly as the Member of the House of Assembly for Pleasantville District in 1989, and re-elected in 1993. He was elected to represent the new Virginia Waters district in 1996 and 1999... 13,343	Norman E. Doyle 15,073	Janine Piller 7,198	Scott Vokey 791		Norman E. Doyle
St. John's South	Siobhan Coady 11,879	Loyola Hearn Loyola Hearn Loyola Hearn, PC is the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland. He served as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2008, and as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from February 6, 2006 to October 30, 2008.... 13,330	Peg Norman Peg Norman Peg Norman is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, best known for her role in the film My Left Breast, which documented her partner Gerry Rogers' battle with breast cancer.-Background:... 7,989	Steve Willcott Steve Willcott The New Democratic Party ran a full slate of candidates in the 2004 federal election, and elected nineteen members to become the fourth largest party in the legislature. Many of the party's candidate have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.-Samuel McLean :McLean... 493		Loyola Hearn

Prince Edward Island

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population... has not elected a non-Liberal MP since 1984. The riding of Cardigan has been the closest, with Lawrence MacAulay Lawrence MacAulay Lawrence A. MacAulay, PC is a Canadian politician.MacAulay is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Cardigan, Prince Edward Island since 1988. MacAulay is a former farmer... winning by less than 300 votes in both 1997 and 2000. Once again in 2004, the Liberals swept P.E.I.	••••	2004
	••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
	••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
	••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Cardigan Cardigan (electoral district) Cardigan is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 98.5% White, 1.1% Native Canadian...	Lawrence MacAulay Lawrence MacAulay Lawrence A. MacAulay, PC is a Canadian politician.MacAulay is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Cardigan, Prince Edward Island since 1988. MacAulay is a former farmer... 11,064	Peter McQuaid 6,889	Dave MacKinnon 2,103	Jeremy Stiles 670		Lawrence MacAulay
Charlottetown Charlottetown (electoral district) Charlottetown is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...	Shawn Murphy Shawn Murphy Shawn Murphy, PC, MP, QC is a Canadian politician.Murphy attended the University of Prince Edward Island, and later the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law, graduating with a law degree in 1976. He returned to Prince Edward Island and joined a local law practice, working alongside future... 9,175	Darren Peters 5,121	Dody Crane 3,428	Will McFadden 760	Baird Judson (CHP) 105	Shawn Murphy
Egmont Egmont (electoral district) Egmont is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2001 was 35,208.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 98.0% White, 1.4% Native Canadian...	Joe McGuire Joe McGuire Joseph Blair "Joe" McGuire, PC, MP is a retired Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament representing the Liberals in the House of Commons for the riding of Egmont in Prince Edward Island. He was first elected in 1988, and re-elected in 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, and the recent 2006 election... 10,220	Reg Harper 5,363	Regena Kaye Russell 2,133	Irené Novaczek 717		Joe McGuire
Malpeque Malpeque (electoral district) Malpeque is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2006 was 33,796.-Demographics:* Ethnic groups: 98.8% White...	Wayne Easter Wayne Easter Arnold Wayne Easter, PC, MP is a Canadian politician.-Before politics:Born in North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island the son of A. Leith Easter and Hope MacLeod, he was educated at the Charlottetown Rural High School and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. In 1970, he married Helen Arleighn... 9,782	Mary Crane 6,126	Ken Bingham Ken Bingham Ken Bingham is a retired educator and politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada.Bingham was the New Democratic Party candidate in the Canadian federal election, 2004 in the riding of Malpeque. He also ran in the Canadian federal election, 2000 and finished fourth with 781 votes behind Wayne Easter... 1,902	Sharon Labchuk Sharon Labchuk Sharon Labchuk is an environmental activist and paid staffer for the Green Party of Canada. In the 2006 federal election she was the GPC candidate in Malpeque, placing 4th with 901 votes or 4.65%... 1,037		Wayne Easter

Nova Scotia

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
The Liberals swept Nova Scotia in 1993, but managed to lose every single seat in 1997. Under former leader Alexa McDonough Alexa McDonough Alexa Ann Shaw McDonough OC is a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Canada, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's leader in 1980... , the NDP made major gains in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... in 1997 and 2000; picking up seats in the Halifax and Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany.... areas. With Toronto's Jack Layton as leader, the NDP might not fare as well this time. The Liberals, wiped out in 1997, made a resurgence in 2000, and gained MP Scott Brison Scott Brison Scott A. Brison, PC, MP is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. Brison has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Kings-Hants since the 1997 federal election. Brison was originally elected as a Progressive Conservative but crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party in 2003... from the Conservatives in 2003. The Conservatives' strengths are concentrated in rural mainland Nova Scotia. Notes: 1 - Lill Wendy Lill Wendy Lill is an award-winning Canadian playwright, screenwriter and radio dramatist who served as an NDP Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2004. Her stage plays have been performed extensively in theatres across Canada as well as internationally in such countries as Scotland, Denmark and Germany... not seeking re-election 2 - Brison defected from PC Party in Dec. 2003	•••••••••••	2004
	•••••••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	•••••••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	•••••••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	•••••••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
	•••••••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Cape Breton—Canso Cape Breton—Canso Cape Breton—Canso is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 75,221...	Rodger Cuzner Rodger Cuzner Rodger T. Cuzner is a Canadian politician.Born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, he graduated from Morrison Glace Bay High School and then studied physical education at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish.... 20,139	Kenzie MacNeil Kenzie MacNeil Kenzie MacNeil is a Canadian songwriter, performer, producer and director in television, film, radio and stage, and a former Conservative Party of Canada candidate.... 7,654	Shirley Hartery 9,197	Seumas Gibson 820		Rodger Cuzner
Central Nova Central Nova Central Nova is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997 and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 73,722....	Susan Green 9,986	Peter MacKay Peter MacKay Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP is a lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for Central Nova and currently serves as Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada.... 16,376	Alexis MacDonald 10,470	Rebecca Steeves-Mosher 1,015		Peter MacKay
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Dartmouth—Cole Harbour is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...	Michael Savage Michael Savage (politician) Michael John Savage was the Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. On May 2, 2011, Savage lost his bid for re-election to Parliament to Robert Chisholm of the NDP. Savage received 15,162 votes to Chisholm's 15,661.-Biography:Savage is the son of... 17,425	Michael MacDonald Michael MacDonald Michael MacDonald may refer to:J. Michael MacDonald, Chief Justice of Nova ScotiaMichael James MacDonald , union leader, coal miner, volunteer firefighter and politician in Nova Scotia*Michael L... 8,739	Susan MacAlpine-Gillis 13,463	Michael Marshall Michael Marshall (politician) Sir Robert Michael Marshall, DL , usually known as Michael Marshall, was a businessman, politician, cricketer and author.... 1,311	Tracy Parsons Tracy Parsons Tracy Parsons was the second leader of the Progressive Canadian Party, from May 2005 to November 2007. She ran in the 2008 federal election as a Liberal Party candidate in riding of Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley... (PC) 415 Charles Spurr (M-L) 70	Wendy Lill¹
Halifax Halifax (electoral district) Halifax is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867.Since October 14, 2008, its Member of the Parliament has been Megan Leslie of the New Democratic Party....	Sheila Fougere Sheila Fougere Sheila Fougere is a Canadian politician. She was the first woman elected to Halifax Regional Council and has served as the Councillor for District 14, Connaught-Quinpool since 1998.-Background:... 17,267	Kevin Keefe 6,457	Alexa McDonough Alexa McDonough Alexa Ann Shaw McDonough OC is a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Canada, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's leader in 1980... 18,341	Michael Oddy 2,081		Alexa McDonough
Halifax West Halifax West Halifax West is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. Its population in 2006 was 88,756.-Demographics:From the 2006 census Ethnic groups:*White: 90.8%...	Geoff Regan Geoff Regan Geoffrey Paul Regan, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. He has the prenomial "the Honourable" and the postnomial "PC" for life by virtue of being made a privy councillor and a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. Regan grew up in a strong political family... 19,083	Ken MacPhee 8,413	Bill Carr 11,228	Martin Willison Martin Willison Martin Willison was the Green Party candidate in the riding of Halifax West, Nova Scotia, during the Canadian Federal elections on June 28, 2004. He lost to Liberal Geoff Regan, receiving 1,456 votes .... 1,452		Geoff Regan
Kings—Hants Kings—Hants Kings—Hants is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968...	Scott Brison Scott Brison Scott A. Brison, PC, MP is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. Brison has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Kings-Hants since the 1997 federal election. Brison was originally elected as a Progressive Conservative but crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party in 2003... 17,555	Bob Mullan 11,344	Skip Hambling 6,663	Kevin Stacey 1,364	James Hnatiuk (CHP) 493 Richard Hennigar (Ind.) 242	Scott Brison²
North Nova	Dianne Brushett Dianne Brushett Dianne Brushett is a Canadian politician.Brushett is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and a former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Cumberland—Colchester from 1993 to 1997. She served as the Atlantic Regional Assistant Whip while in Parliament... 10,591	Bill Casey Bill Casey William D. "Bill" Casey is a Canadian politician. He is a former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons.-Life and career:... 20,188	Margaret Sagar 7,560	Sheila G. Richardson 1,245	Jack Moors (PC) 399	Bill Casey
Sackville—Eastern Shore Sackville—Eastern Shore Sackville—Eastern Shore is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997...	Dale Stevens 11,222	Steve Streatch 8,363	Peter Stoffer Peter Stoffer Peter Arend Stoffer is a Canadian politician.Stoffer is currently a member of the New Democratic Party caucus in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Sackville—Eastern Shore. He represented Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore after the 2000 election, and after the... 17,925	David Fullerton David Fullerton David Fullerton was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.David Fullerton was born in the Cumberland Valley, near Greencastle, Pennsylvania. He served in the War of 1812 with the rank of Major... 1,007	Greg Moors (PC) 645	Peter Stoffer
South Shore—St. Margaret's South Shore—St. Margaret's South Shore–St. Margaret's is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. It covers the South Shore region of Nova Scotia....	John Chandler 12,658	Gerald Keddy Gerald Keddy Gerald Gordon Keddy is a Canadian politician. Keddy is a former Christmas tree grower, and offshore drill operator. He is currently serving as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade Canada. His wife, Judy Streatch, is a former Nova Scotia MLA and cabinet minister.-Life... 14,954	Gordon Earle Gordon Earle Gordon S. Earle is a Canadian politician. Earle is a member of the New Democratic Party and a former member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Halifax West from 1997 to 2000... 10,140	Katie Boudreau 1,700		Gerald Keddy
Sydney—Victoria Sydney—Victoria Sydney–Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 76,801...	Mark Eyking Mark Eyking Mark Eyking, PC, MP is a Canadian politician.Eyking was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia. A resident of Millville, Nova Scotia, Eyking is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Sydney—Victoria since 2000. Eyking is a former farmer... 19,372	Howie MacDonald 5,897	John Hugh Edwards 10,298	Chris Milburn 855	Cathy Thériault (Mar.) 474 Chris Gallant (Ind.) 264	Mark Eyking
West Nova West Nova West Nova is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968....	Robert Thibault Robert Thibault Robert G. Thibault, PC is a Canadian politician.Thibault is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and a former member in the Canadian House of Commons, serving three terms as the representative of West Nova from 2000 to 2008. He served as a municipal councillor in Clare, Nova Scotia from 1988 to... 18,343	Jon Carey 14,209	Arthur Bull 9,086	Matt Granger 1,385		Robert Thibault

New Brunswick

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... results in federal elections are divided among geographical and linguistic lines: The Liberals fare better in the predominantly francophone Francophone The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person.... eastern and northern sections of the province, while the anglophone English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... south and west has historically tended to favour the Conservatives. Although the Liberals hold three seats in the latter region (Fredericton, Fundy and Tobique-Mactaquac), each of them are generally believed to be more vulnerable; and the Conservatives are targeting all three in this election. In 1993, Saint John Saint John, New Brunswick City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043... was one of only two ridings in the country to go Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues.... , electing Elsie Wayne Elsie Wayne Elsie Eleanore Wayne is a Canadian politician, and a former Progressive Conservative MP for Saint John.-Political career:In 1977, she was elected to the Saint John municipal council... . One of them is held by John Herron John Herron (New Brunswick politician) John Herron is a former Canadian politician and Red Tory.Herron was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1997 federal election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada . He was reelected in the 2000 election... , who defected from the old PC party in 2003. The NDP holds one seat in northeastern New Brunswick. Notes: 1 - Herron is former PC Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues.... , will run as a Liberal 2 - Castonguay Jeannot Castonguay Jeannot Castonguay was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2004. He won the Madawaska—Restigouche electoral district in New Brunswick to become a member of the 37th Canadian Parliament. He is a career physician.Castonguay left political life in 2004 as he did not seek... not seeking re-election 3 - Wayne Elsie Wayne Elsie Eleanore Wayne is a Canadian politician, and a former Progressive Conservative MP for Saint John.-Political career:In 1977, she was elected to the Saint John municipal council... not seeking re-election	••••••••••	2004
	••••••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	••••••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	••••••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	••••••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
	••••••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
	••••••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	••••••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral District	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Acadie—Bathurst Acadie—Bathurst Acadie—Bathurst is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867. Its population in 2001 was 76,392....	Serge Rouselle 14,452	Joel Bernard Joel Bernard Joel Bernard is a Canadian politician.He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, representing Nepisiguit, in the general election of 1999 and became deputy speaker of the Legislature. He was defeated in his bid for a second term in the 2003 election by former Member of the... 4,841	Yvon Godin Yvon Godin Yvon Godin is a Canadian politician.Godin is currently a New Democratic Party Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Acadie—Bathurst since 1997. Previously, Godin was a labour representative for the United Steelworkers... 23,857	Mario Lanteigne 1,085		Yvon Godin
Beauséjour Beauséjour (electoral district) Beauséjour riding is a federal electoral district in eastern New Brunswick, Canada, which has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988...	Dominic LeBlanc Dominic LeBlanc Dominic A. LeBlanc, PC, MP , is a Canadian lawyer and politician from New Brunswick, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Beauséjour and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party's Foreign Affairs Critic. He was first elected in the 2000 federal election and has... 21,934	Angela Vautour Angela Vautour Angela Vautour is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Beauséjour—Petitcodiac in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2000.... 11,604	Omer Bourque 6,056	Anna Girouard 1,574		Dominic LeBlanc
Fredericton Fredericton (electoral district) Fredericton is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 82,782...	Andy Scott 19,819	Kent Fox 14,193	John Carty 7,360	Daron Letts 997		Andy Scott
Fundy	John Herron John Herron (New Brunswick politician) John Herron is a former Canadian politician and Red Tory.Herron was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1997 federal election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada . He was reelected in the 2000 election... 11,635	Rob Moore 14,997	Pat Hanratty 5,417	Karin Bach 1,051	David Amos (Ind.) 358	John Herron¹
Madawaska—Restigouche Madawaska—Restigouche Madawaska—Restigouche is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997...	Jean-Claude D'Amours Jean-Claude D'Amours Jean-Claude "J.C." D'Amours is a Canadian politician and former Member of Parliament for Madawaska—Restigouche.D'Amours served as a city councillor in Edmundston from 1998 to 2004... 14,144	Benoit Violette 7,605	Rodolphe Martin 8,737	Jovette Cyr 1,185		Jeannot Castonguay²
Miramichi Miramichi (electoral district) Northumberland was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988. It was replaced by Miramichi riding, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1988...	Charles Hubbard Charles Hubbard Charles Isaac Hubbard, PC, CD is a Canadian politician.Hubbard is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada He is a former member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Miramichi, New Brunswick from 1993 to 2008. Hubbard is a former school principal... 15,647	Michael Morrison 9,448	Hilaire Rousselle 5,980	Gary Sanipass 1,468		Charles Hubbard
Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968...	Claudette Bradshaw Claudette Bradshaw Claudette Bradshaw, PC, ONB is a former Canadian politician who served as Member of Parliament for the riding of Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, New Brunswick. She was first elected on June 2, 1997 and served until 2005... 25,266	Jean LeBlanc 10,003	Hélène Lapointe 5,344	Judith Hamel 1,998		Claudette Bradshaw
St. Croix—Belleisle	James Dunlap James Dunlap James Dunlap was the second president of Jefferson College from 1803 to 1811. Dunlap was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1744. He was graduate of the College of New Jersey and was reputed to have excelled as a teacher of languages... 9,702	Greg Thompson Greg Thompson Gregory Francis Thompson, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who served six terms as an MP.Thompson, a businessman and financial planner was first elected into the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 1988 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada... 16,339	Patrick Webber 3,600	Erik Millett 960	David Szemerda (CAP) 194	Greg Thompson
Saint John Saint John (electoral district) Saint John is a federal electoral district in southern New Brunswick, Canada. With its predecessor ridings, St. John—Albert and Saint John—Lancaster, the area has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917...	Paul Zed Paul Zed Paul Zed is a Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician.Paul Zed was born in Toronto on December 31, 1956 and received his early education from local Saint John, NB schools, graduating from St... 15,725	Bob McVicar 12,212	Terry Albright 6,926	Jonathan Cormier 807	Tom Oland (Ind.) 290 Jim Wood (Mar.) 369	Elsie Wayne³
Tobique—Mactaquac Tobique—Mactaquac Tobique—Mactaquac is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997...	Andy Savoy Andy Savoy -Early life:Savoy was raised in the Perth-Andover, New Brunswick area and educated at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton where he earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering as well as a Masters of Business Administration.-Entrance to politics:... 16,787	Mike Allen Mike Allen (Canadian politician) Michael Allen, better known as Mike Allen, is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the riding of Tobique—Mactaquac as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons in the January 2006 federal election.Allen comes from a very politically active family... 13,779	Jason Mapplebeck 2,957	Scott Jones Scott Jones Scott Jones is the name of:Scott Jones , American soccer midfielder for F.C. DallasScott Jones , American football offensive tackle... 1,282		Andy Savoy

Quebec

Throughout most of recent history, the Liberals

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

have dominated in federal politics in Quebec, even when Quebec voters were simultaneously electing the Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

at the provincial level.

There have been temporary Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

breakthroughs, under Diefenbaker

John Diefenbaker

John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...

in the 1958 election

Canadian federal election, 1958

The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...

and under native son Brian Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...

in the 1984 election

Canadian federal election, 1984

The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...

and the 1988 election

Canadian federal election, 1988

The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....

, but these did not last. The 1958 result was helped by an alliance with Maurice Duplessis

Maurice Duplessis

Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. A founder and leader of the highly conservative Union Nationale party, he rose to power after exposing the misconduct and patronage of Liberal Premier Louis-Alexandre...

's formidable provincial electoral machine, but by the 1962 election

Canadian federal election, 1962

The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18, 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 25th Parliament of Canada...

Duplessis had died and his Union Nationale party was out of office and in disarray, and Diefenbaker's support in Quebec had evaporated. And the Mulroney-era resurgence also collapsed entirely when he retired from politics.

The Bloc Québécois
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...

was formed for the 1993 election

Canadian federal election, 1993

The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...

(in the aftermath of the failure of the Meech Lake Accord

Meech Lake Accord

The Meech Lake Accord was a package of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada negotiated in 1987 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and ten provincial premiers. It was intended to persuade the government of the Province of Quebec to endorse the 1982 Canadian Constitution and increase...

and Charlottetown Accord

Charlottetown Accord

The Charlottetown Accord was a package of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. It was submitted to a public referendum on October 26 of that year, and was defeated.-Background:...

) and has won more seats in Quebec than the Liberals in every election it has run in. The number of seats won by the Bloc has declined in each successive election from 1993 to 1997 to 2000, but the party has now had a resurgence due to the sponsorship scandal and the unpopularity of Jean Charest

Jean Charest

John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998....

's provincial Liberal government (which influences support for the federal Liberals even though the two parties are entirely independent of one another).

Polls show the Bloc with a strong lead, and they may return to the number of seats they had in 1993. However, the Liberals are likely to dominate in many parts of Montreal. Ridings where anglophone voters are a significant factor are among the safest Liberal seats in all of Canada.

The other two major federal parties, the Conservatives

Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

and the New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

(NDP) are not expected to win any seats and are struggling to move out of single digits in the polls. The NDP in particular has historically never had any electoral success in Quebec.

Eastern Quebec

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
Until 1984, this region was Liberal territory. The Social Credit has also done well here, winning in Rimouski and in Bellechasse Bellechasse Bellechasse may refer to:In Quebec, Canada:* Bellechasse * Bellechasse * Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, Quebec... in 1979. Brian Mulroney Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S... was able to sweep this region for the Conservatives in 1984 and 1988, using the strong nationalist sentiment in the area. has been a Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... stronghold; the Liberals Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... only won Montmagny in 1997 and the Bonaventure region in 1993. When the BQ experienced a decline the Liberal were able to win in the Gaspé, and in a Lévis Lévis, Quebec Lévis is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre Laporte Bridge, connect western Lévis with Quebec City. The Société de transport de... by-election. However, the BQ have recently experienced a surge in popularity, and it is expected they will pick up seats they had lost here. Notes: 1- Tremblay Suzanne Tremblay Suzanne Tremblay is a politician from Quebec, Canada, and a member of the Bloc Québécois, a federal political party that promotes the independence of Quebec from Canada.... not seeking re-election 2- Normand Gilbert Normand Gilbert Normand, PC is a physician and former politician in Quebec, Canada.Normand has been a member of the Quebec College of Physicians since 1970, and was a practising physician for twenty-seven years, including two decades as a general practitioner doctor-physician in private practice.In the... not seeking re-election	•••••	2004
	••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	•••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	•••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
	•••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral District	BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine (electoral district) Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004....	Raynald Blais Raynald Blais Raynald Blais is a Canadian politician. He represented the district Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Bloc Québécois.... 21,446	Georges Farrah Georges Farrah Georges Farrah, PC is a Canadian politician.-Background:Born in Cap-aux-Meules, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, the son of Arthur Farrah and Hilda Boudreau, he was educated in administration at the University of Moncton.... 12,579	Guy de Coste 2,636	Phil Toone 805	Bob Eichenberger 1,060		Georges Farrah
Lévis—Bellechasse Lévis—Bellechasse Lévis—Bellechasse, is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It was created in 2003 from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet ridings....	Réal Lapierre Réal Lapierre Réal Lapierre is a Canadian politician and former École Pointe-Lévy geography teacher.Born in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec, Lapierre started out in politics as city councillor in Beaumont, Quebec in 1971. In 1974 he became mayor where he remained until 1985. After a nine year hiatus, he... 21,930	Christian Jobin Christian Jobin Christian Jobin is a Canadian politician and was the Member of Parliament for the district of Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière from 2003 to 2004. He has been a Liberal.... 13,664	Gilles Vézina 9,425	Louise Foisy 1,910	Sylvain Castonguay 2,372	Christophe Vaillancourt (Comm.) 163	Christian Jobin
Matapédia—Matane	Jean-Yves Roy Jean-Yves Roy Jean-Yves Roy is a Canadian politician. He was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from the 2000 election until his resignation in 2010.-Political career:... 17,878	Marc Bélanger Marc Belanger Marc Bélanger is a labour union educator specializing in information technology and distance education via computer communications. He worked for the Workers' Activities Programme of the training centre of the International Labour Organization in Turin, Italy, from 2000-2008. He was head of the... 9,653	Vahid Fortin-Vidah 1,972	Jean-Guy Côté 1,581	Nicolas Deville 585		Jean-Yves Roy
Rimouski—Témiscouata Rimouski—Témiscouata Rimouski—Témiscouata was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1984 to 1997, and from 2004 to 2006.For information on Rimouski—Témiscouata 1984-1997, see Rimouski ....	Louise Thibault Louise Thibault Louise Thibault is a Canadian politician. Briefly a city councillor in Bic in 2003, she was elected into the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 2004 for the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques... 22,215	Côme Roy 9,161	Denis Quimper 3,445	Guy Caron Guy Caron Guy Caron is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques as a member of the New Democratic Party... 2,717	Marjolaine Delaunière 1,008		Suzanne Tremblay¹
Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny	Paul Crête Paul Crête Paul Crête is a Canadian politician, who served as a Member of Parliament for the Bloc Québécois in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 until 2009, when he announced that he was moving to provincial politics.... 25,327	Isabelle Mignault 13,124	Marc-André Drolet 4,040	Frédérick Garon 876	André Clermont 962		Paul Crête
							merged district
							Gilbert Normand²

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
This region used to be traditionally Liberal, except for Roberval which has voted for the Social Credit Party. The Liberal dominance in this area ended in 1984 as Brian Mulroney Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S... , who is from this area was able to gather nationalist Quebec support, and sweep this region in 1984 and 1988. With the advent of the natioanlist Bloc Québécois in 1993, nationalist support left the tories, and this area became a traditional Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... stronghold. This is true except for the Chicoutimi area Chicoutimi, Quebec Chicoutimi is one of the three boroughs of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, and was a separate city in its own right until 2002. Chicoutimi had a population of 59,764 in the Canada 2001 Census, the last census in which Chicoutimi was counted as a separate city.... which has voted federalist with André Harvey André Harvey André Harvey, PC is a consultant, politician and former teacher in Quebec, Canada.Harvey was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 general election that brought Brian Mulroney to power... running as a Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues.... and winning in 1997, and running as a Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... and winning in 2000. This election is expected to have similar results, with the BQ winning nearly all the seats. The NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... is running star candidate Pierre Ducasse Pierre Ducasse Pierre Ducasse , a Canadian politician, is a prominent New Democratic Party activist.He grew up in Sept-Îles, Quebec, and studied at Université Laval... in Manicouagan Manicouagan Manicouagan may refer to:Manicouagan crater, an impact crater in QuebecManicouagan Reservoir, formed when the Manicouagan impact crater was converted to a reservoir.Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, QuebecManicouagan River... , but he is not expected to win. Notes: 1- Girard-Bujold Jocelyne Girard-Bujold Jocelyne Girard-Bujold was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. She is a businesswoman and political assistant by career.... lost nomination 2- Fournier Ghislain Fournier Ghislain Fournier was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. He is a businessman by career, including real estate work.... not seeking re-election	•••••	2004
	•••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	•••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	•••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	•••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
	•••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral District	BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Charlevoix—Montmorency	David Poirier 25,451	Lisette Lepage 8,598	Guy-Léonard Tremblay 5,259	Steeve Hudon 1,055	Yves Jourdain 1,422		Michel Guimond
Chicoutimi—Le Fjord Chicoutimi—Le Fjord Chicoutimi—Le Fjord is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925.It was created as "Chicoutimi" riding in 1924 from Chicoutimi—Saguenay...	Robert Bouchard Robert Bouchard Robert Bouchard is a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Bloc Québécois.... 20,650	André Harvey André Harvey André Harvey, PC is a consultant, politician and former teacher in Quebec, Canada.Harvey was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 general election that brought Brian Mulroney to power... 19,387	Alcide Boudreault 2,385	Éric Dubois 1,699	Paul Tremblay 1,038		André Harvey
Jonquière—Alma Jonquière—Alma Jonquière—Alma is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It was created in 2003 from parts of Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay ridings.It consists of:...	Sébastien Gagnon Sébastien Gagnon Sébastien Gagnon is a Canadian politician. After serving in the Canadian Army from 1991 to 1995, Gagnon was elected as a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons in a 2002 by-election... 25,193	Daniel Giguère Daniel Giguère Daniel Giguère was the unsuccessful Liberal Party of Canada candidate for the Canadian federal election, 2004 in the riding of Jonquière—Alma... 13,355	Gilles Lavoie 2,217	François Picard 1,561	Jean-Sébastien Busque 679	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold Jocelyne Girard-Bujold Jocelyne Girard-Bujold was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. She is a businesswoman and political assistant by career.... (Ind.) 2,737 Michel Perron (Comm.) 121	Sébastien Gagnon
							merged district
							Jocelyne Girard-Bujold¹
Manicouagan Manicouagan (electoral district) Manicouagan is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Charlevoix and Saguenay ridings....	Gérard Asselin Gérard Asselin Gérard Asselin is a Canadian politician.Asselin is a former Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Manicouagan from 2004 to 2011 and Charlevoix from 1993 to 2004. At the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament, Asselin was the Bloc's Forestry critic... 19,040	Anthony Detroio 8,097	Pierre Paradis 1,601	Pierre Ducasse Pierre Ducasse Pierre Ducasse , a Canadian politician, is a prominent New Democratic Party activist.He grew up in Sept-Îles, Quebec, and studied at Université Laval... 3,361	Les Parsons 444		Gérard Asselin
							merged district
							Ghislain Fournier²
Roberval	Michel Gauthier Michel Gauthier Michel Gauthier is a Québécois politician, who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 1996 to 1997. He was Leader of the Opposition during this time.- Biography :... 20,655	Michel Malette 8,064	Ghislain Lavoie 3,011	Isabelle Tremblay 1,777	Marc-André Gauthier 1,260		Michel Gauthier

Quebec City

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
Quebec City is a traditional Liberal region, but that ended in 1984. The Progressive Conservatives using nationalist support swept here in 1984 and 1988. This nationalist support went to the Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... in 1993, making Quebec City a Bloc stronghold. In the 2000 election, however the Liberals Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... were able to gain ground here, winning half the seats in the eastern part of the city, and in the west. However, with the BQ doing well in the polls, it is expected they will win most, if not all seats here, like they did in 1997 and 1993. Notes: 1- Carignan is former Liberal	•••••	2004
	••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral District	BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Beauport	Christian Simard Christian Simard Christian Simard is a Canadian politician.A director general, political adviser and project coordinator, Simard was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 2004... 22,989	Dennis Dawson Dennis Dawson Dennis Dawson is a Canadian Senator.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Dawson is a former Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Louis-Hébert, Quebec from 1977 to 1984. Dawson is listed as an administrator... 11,866	Stéphane Asselin 7,388	Xavier Trégan 1,896	Jeannine T. Desharnais 1,577	Nicolas Frichot (Mar.) 585	new district
Charlesbourg	Richard Marceau Richard Marceau Richard Marceau is a Canadian politician.A lawyer in both Québec and Ontario, Marceau was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 1997 for the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Charlesbourg at the age of 26... 23,886	Jean-Marie Laliberté 11,911	Bertrand Proulx 7,306	François Villeneuve 1,623	Marilou Moisan-Domm 1,188	Benjamin Kasapoglu (Mar.) 376	Richard Marceau
Louis-Hébert Louis-Hébert (electoral district) Louis-Hébert is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. Represented in the House of Commons since 2004, its population was certified, according to the detailed statistics of 2001, as 98,156.-Geography:...	Roger Clavet Roger Clavet Roger Clavet is a Québécois politician. A journalist, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 2004. He was a member of the Bloc Québécois for the riding of Louis-Hébert. He was the Bloc's critic of Asia-Pacific. He was defeated in the 2006 federal... 24,071	Hélène Scherrer Hélène Scherrer Hélène Chalifour-Scherrer, PC is a Canadian politician.From 2000 to 2004, she was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons representing riding of Louis-Hébert, Quebec, as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in social work... 18,999	Clermont Gauthier 7,512	Robert Turcotte 3,112	Jean-Pierre Guay 2,137		Hélène Scherrer
Louis-Saint-Laurent	Bernard Cleary Bernard Cleary Bernard Cleary is a Canadian politician.Cleary was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 2004. He was the Bloc Québécois member of parliament for the riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent. He was the Bloc's critic to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern... 17,248	Michel Fragasso 10,025	Josée Verner Josée Verner Josée Verner, PC, is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Louis-Saint-Laurent in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2011 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada... 13,967	Christopher Bojanowski 1,369	Yonnel Bonaventure 1,243	Jean-Guy Carignan Jean-Guy Carignan Jean-Guy Carignan BA, MBA was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2004. He was an administrator by career.... (Ind.) 563 Henri Gauvin (Ind.) 332 Dominique Théberge (Comm.) 119	Jean Guy Carignan¹
Québec	Christiane Gagnon Christiane Gagnon Christiane Gagnon is a Canadian politician.Gagnon was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. A real estate agent, she was first elected in the 1993 federal election. She was the Bloc Québécois candidate in the riding of Québec . She was re-elected in the Canadian federal election, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, and... 24,373	Jean-Phillipe Côté 12,982	Pierre Gaudreault 5,330	Jean-Marie Fiset 2,670	Antonine Yaccarini 2,046	Jean Bédard (M-L) 223 Pierre-Etienne Paradis (Mar.) 512	Christiane Gagnon

Central Quebec

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
This area is one that traditionally votes for the Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... . In fact, all the seats have gone BQ in the last two elections except for Saint-Maurice (in both) and Portneuf in 2000, which both went Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... ; and former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien Jean Chrétien Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien , known commonly as Jean Chrétien is a former Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003.... ran in Saint-Maurice. It is expected that the Bloc Québécois may be able to sweep this region. Before the rise of Mulroney in 1984, this area was traditionally Liberal, except for the Joliette area which is traditionally Conservative (only riding to vote Conservative, or anything other than Liberal in Quebec in 1980), and Lotbinière Lotbinière (electoral district) Lotbinière was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 2004.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867... which voted Social Credit in 1979. Mulroney's Conservatives swept the area in 1988, and 1984 (except for Chrétien's seat). Notes: 1- formerly held by Jean Chrétien Jean Chrétien Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien , known commonly as Jean Chrétien is a former Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003.... 2- Rocheleau Yves Rocheleau Yves Rocheleau was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2004. He is a consultant by career, including government work.... not seeking re-election	•••••••••	2004
	•••••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	•••••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	••••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	••••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
	••••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
	••••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	••••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral District	BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Berthier—Maskinongé Berthier—Maskinongé Berthier—Maskinongé is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1953, from 1968 to 1988, and since 2004...	Guy André Guy André Guy André was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from the riding of Berthier—Maskinongé.... 29,432	Laurier Thibault 11,198	Ann Julie Fortier 5,535	Denis McKinnon 1,653	Eric Labrecque 1,314		new district
Joliette Joliette (electoral district) Joliette is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935 and since 1968.-Geography:...	Pierre Paquette Pierre Paquette Pierre A. Paquette is a Canadian politician.An economist, professor and former union leader, Paquette was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Bloc Québécois in the Canadian federal election, 2000 in the riding of Joliette... 30,661	Jean-François Coderre 10,975	Daniel Bouchard Daniel Bouchard Daniel Bouchard is a Quebec politician and was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec.He was elected to the National Assembly for the constituency of Mégantic-Compton in the 2003 Quebec general election as a Liberal. He sat as an independent after March 16, 2004. He did not run for... 3,107	Jacques Trudeau 1,755	Wendy Gorchinsky 1,147	Marco Geoffroy (Mar.) 701	Pierre Paquette
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière is a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004....	Odina Desrochers Odina Desrochers Odina Desrochers is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Bloc Québécois in the Canadian House of Commons. He was first elected to the house in the Canadian federal election, 1997 from the riding of Lotbinière... 20,245	Anicet Gagné 9,445	Jean Landry Jean Landry (Canadian politician) Jean Landry was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. His career has included photography and food preparation.... 10,628	Jean Bernatchez 2,091	Rama Borne MacDonald 1,615		Odina Desrochers
Montcalm Montcalm (electoral district) Montcalm is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and since 2004....	Roger Gaudet Roger Gaudet Roger Gaudet is a Canadian politician.Gaudet served as a councillor in Saint-Liguori from 1985 to 1989. In 1989 he was elected mayor of Saint-Liguoiri, and then in 1993 he became reeve of the Montcalm MRC. In 2002 he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election for the Bloc... 34,383	Daniel Brazeau 7,915	Michel Paulette 2,831	François Rivest 1,531	Serge Bellemare 1,606		Roger Gaudet
Portneuf	Guy Côté Guy Côté Guy Côté is a Canadian politician. Côté has been involved in many non-profit organizations in Portneuf, among other things, serving as a School commissioner in Portneuf, Quebec before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2004 federal election for the Bloc Québécois, a left-wing... 18,471	Claude Duplain Claude Duplain Claude Duplain is a Canadian politician.He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Portneuf, as the candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada, during the 37th Parliament... 11,863	Howard Bruce 9,251	Jean-François Breton 1,540	Pierre Poulin 1,925		Claude Duplain
Repentigny Repentigny (electoral district) Repentigny is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.It consists solely and entirely of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption.-Demographics:...	Benoît Sauvageau Benoît Sauvageau Benoît Sauvageau was a Canadian politician, who served as a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 until his death in 2006.... 35,907	Lévis Brien 9,353	Allen Mackenzie 2,447	André Cardinal 1,526	Jean-François Léveque 1,482	François Boudreau (Mar.) 539	Benoît Sauvageau
Richelieu Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.-Geography:...	Louis Plamondon Louis Plamondon Louis Plamondon is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec and the current interim parliamentary leader of the Bloc Québécois .... 31,497	Ghislaine Provencher 11,045	Daniel Proulx 3,726	Charles Bussières 1,017	Jean-Pierre Bonenfant 839	Daniel Blackburn (Mar.) 580	Louis Plamondon
Saint-Maurice—Champlain Saint-Maurice—Champlain Saint-Maurice—Champlain is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It consists of:* the City of Shawinigan;...	Marcel Gagnon Marcel Gagnon Marcel Gagnon is a former Canadian politician. A businessman, he served as a legislator for both the National Assembly of Quebec and the House of Commons.-Provincial politics:... 25,918	Marie-Eve Bilodeau 14,320	Martial Toupin 4,129	Pierre J.C. Allard 1,104	Pierre Audette 855	Paul Giroux (Mar.) 547	(vacant)¹
							merged district
							Marcel Gagnon
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (electoral district) Trois-Rivières is an electoral district in Quebec, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1892 and from 1935 to the present....	Paule Brunelle Paule Brunelle Paule Brunelle is a Canadian politician. She was the Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from the riding of Trois-Rivières from 2004 to 2011. She was the Bloc critic on Intergovernmental Affairs and Industry. She is a businesswoman and an executive director.-External links:*... 26,240	Jean-Éric Guindon 12,703	Jean-Guy Mercier 4,381	Marc Tessier 1,635	Linda Lavoie 1,476		Yves Rocheleau²

Eastern Townships

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
The Eastern Townships are a somewhat federalist area of Quebec. In 1988 and 1984 this area was nearly swept by the Progressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S... , winning all but one seat in 1988 (Shefford) and two in 1984 (Shefford and Richmond-Wolfe). Previously, the tories only had one riding won in either 1979 or 1980, and that was in Missisquoi in 1979. The Social Credit party also won a seat here in 1979, in Beauce. By the following election in 1993, Mulroney had left office and support for the Tories all across Quebec moved to the Bloc Québécois. Locally, the Bloc won all but two seats; the exceptions were in Beauce, which was won by former Conservative Gilles Bernier Gilles Bernier (Quebec politician) Gilles Bernier, MP is a former Canadian politician and diplomat. He was the Member of Parliament representing the riding of Beauce from 1984 to 1997, initially as a Progressive Conservative and later as an Independent... who ran as an independent, and in Sherbrooke, where Jean Charest Jean Charest John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998.... was one of only two PC candidates to win in all of Canada. By 1997, he was PC leader and local candidates running on his coattails did well, resulting in a split between the Progressive Conservatives Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues.... (four seats) the Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... (three seats) and the Liberals Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... (two seats). However in 1998, Charest moved to provincial politics as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.... (which is independent of the federal Liberals, despite the similarity of names), and without him local support for the PCs declined. By the 2000 election, two of the PC members, David Price David Price (Canadian politician) David Price, PC was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004, serving in the 36th and 37th Canadian Parliaments.... and Diane St-Jacques Diane St-Jacques Diane St-Jacques is a Canadian politician.Formerly promotional coordinator for Agropur in Granby, and advertising consultant for a radio station in Sherbrooke, involved in the community in a variety of volunteer roles, and involved in politics since 1979, St-Jacques first stood for office in the... , had left the party and joined the federal Liberals. André Bachand André Bachand (Progressive Conservative MP) André Bachand is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Richmond—Arthabaska as member of the Progressive Conservatives from 1997 to 2003.... remained with the PCs in 2000 and was re-elected, but declined to join the newly merged Conservative Party of Canada Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... and is retiring from politics in 2004. Traditional Bloc support in this region is concentrated in the northwest part, and in the Frontenac-Megantic region. It is expected that the Liberals will likely edge out the Bloc here by one or two seats, and the Conservatives will not be a factor. Notes: 1 - Bachand André Bachand (Progressive Conservative MP) André Bachand is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Richmond—Arthabaska as member of the Progressive Conservatives from 1997 to 2003.... is former PC Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues.... , and is not seeking re-election	•••••••••	2004
	•••••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	•••••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	•••••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	•••••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
	•••••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral District	BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Beauce Beauce (electoral district) Beauce is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867. In 2006, it had a population of 103,617 people, of whom 82,123 were eligible voters.-Geography:...	Jean-François Barbe 17,168	Claude Drouin Claude Drouin Claude Drouin, PC is a former Canadian politician. He was the Member of Parliament representing the riding of Beauce from 1997 to 2006 and was also the Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Paul Martin with special emphasis on Rural Communities.He is a former foreman and political advisor... 19,592	Alain Guay 8,091	Philippe Giguère 1,443	Michel Binette 1,054		Claude Drouin
Brome—Missisquoi Brome—Missisquoi Brome—Missisquoi is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925...	Christian Ouellet Christian Ouellet Christian Ouellet, MP is a politician from the Canadian province of Quebec. He has represented Brome—Missisquoi in the Canadian House of Commons since 2006 as a member of the Bloc Québécois... 17,537	Denis Paradis Denis Paradis Denis Paradis, PC is a politician and lawyer from the Canadian province of Quebec. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1995 to 2006 and was a minister in the governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin... 18,609	Peter Stastny 4,888	Piper Huggins 1,177	Louise Martineau 2,011		Denis Paradis
Compton—Stanstead Compton—Stanstead Compton—Stanstead is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.It was created in 1996 from Richmond—Wolfe and Sherbrooke ridings.-Geography:...	France Bonsant France Bonsant France Bonsant is a Canadian politician.Bonsant is a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons. She represents the district of Compton—Stanstead, and has done so since 2004. From 1991 to 1999 she was a regional councillor in Compton County.-External links:*... 20,450	David Price David Price (Canadian politician) David Price, PC was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004, serving in the 36th and 37th Canadian Parliaments.... 15,752	Gary Caldwell Gary Caldwell Gary Robert Caldwell is a Scottish footballer who is currently the captain of Wigan Athletic and also plays for the Scotland national football team.... 4,589	Martin Baller 1,451	Laurier Busque 1,546		David Price
Drummond Drummond (electoral district) Drummond is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.It was created in 1966 from Drummond—Arthabaska, Nicolet—Yamaska and Richmond—Wolfe.-Geography:...	Pauline Picard Pauline Picard Pauline Picard was a Quebec politician. She was the Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the riding of Drummond from 1993 to 2008.... 23,670	Roger Gougeon 9,591	Lyne Boisvert 7,123	Blake Evans Blake Evans Blake Evans is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, who plays for Vålerenga in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.- Draft :... 745	Louis Lacroix 921		Pauline Picard
Mégantic—L'Érable Mégantic—L'Érable Mégantic—L'Érable is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.The current MP is Conservative Christian Paradis.-Geography:...	Marc Boulianne Marc Boulianne Marc Boulianne is a French Canadian politician, political assistant and former teacher.Born in Tadoussac, Quebec, he began his political career with the Parti Québécois, serving as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1998 to 2003 for the riding of Frontenac... 19,264	Gérard Binet Gérard Binet Gérard Binet is a politician from the Canadian province of Quebec. He was the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Frontenac—Mégantic.... 15,778	Yves Mailly 4,916	Alexandre Côté 1,608	Bruno Vézina 1,489		Gérard Binet
Richmond—Arthabaska Richmond—Arthabaska Richmond—Arthabaska is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:The riding, north of the city of Sherbrooke, straddles the Quebec regions of Centre-du-Québec and Estrie...	André Bellavance André Bellavance André Bellavance is a Canadian politician.Bellevance is currently a member of the Bloc Québécois in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Richmond—Arthabaska since 2004... 26,211	Christine St-Pierre Christine St-Pierre Christine St-Pierre, B.Sc.Soc. is a journalist and a Quebec politician. She is the current MNA for the Montreal provincial riding of Acadie as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.... 12,809	Pierre Poissant 4,925	Jason Noble 1,540	Lucie LaForest 1,699		André Bachand¹
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It is located in Quebec, Canada. Its population in 2006 was 95,983.-Geography:...	Yvan Loubier Yvan Loubier Yvan Loubier is a Canadian politician and one of the founders of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the district of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, from the since he was first elected in the 1993 election, until his resignation on February 21,... 29,789	Michel Gaudette 10,558	Andrée Champagne Andrée Champagne Andrée Champagne, PC is an actress, pianist and Canadian politician.Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Champagne was an accomplished performer and personality in her home province. In the 1960s, she became well known on television playing "Donalda" in Claude-Henri Grignon's series Les Belles... 5,240	Joëlle Chevrier 1,204	Bruno Godbout 948		Yvan Loubier
Shefford Shefford (electoral district) Shefford is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867. Its population in 2006 was 100,000.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 99.2% WhiteLanguages: 95.2% French, 3.2% English...	Robert Vincent Robert Vincent Robert Vincent is a Quebec politician, formerly a Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the riding of Shefford.Born in Granby, Quebec, he was a foreman and union advisor before he was first elected in 2004.... 21,968	Diane St-Jacques Diane St-Jacques Diane St-Jacques is a Canadian politician.Formerly promotional coordinator for Agropur in Granby, and advertising consultant for a radio station in Sherbrooke, involved in the community in a variety of volunteer roles, and involved in politics since 1979, St-Jacques first stood for office in the... 18,725	Jacques Parenteau 3,732	Sonia Bisson 1,146	Francine Brière 1,571		Diane St-Jacques
Sherbrooke Sherbrooke (electoral district) Sherbrooke is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925.-Geography:This riding in the south of the province is located in the Quebec region of Estrie...	Serge Cardin Serge Cardin Serge Cardin is a former Canadian Member of Parliament for the Bloc Québécois. He represented the riding of Sherbrooke from 1998 to 2011. He is an accountant... 29,323	Bruno-Marie Béchard 15,482	Réal Leblanc 2,142	Philippe Dion 1,463	Jeffrey Champagne 1,509		Serge Cardin

Montérégie

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
This area has been traditionally Liberal, until 1984 and 1988 when Mulroney swept every riding in both election. Since then, Montreal's South Shore South Shore (Montreal) The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie.... suburbs have been a battleground between the Liberals Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... and the Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... because of the collapse of the Progressive Conservative Party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues.... in 1993. The more rural ridings of Saint-Jean, Verchères—Les-Patriotes and Chambly—Borduas are BQ strongholds, although in the later the party is being challenged by a popular incumbent running as an independent candidate. Vaudreuil-Soulanges, west of Montreal, has a significant anglophone population and can be expected to vote Liberal. Notes: 1 - Lebel Ghislain Lebel Ghislain Lebel is a Quebec politician and notary.-Background:Ghislain Lebel has been an activist in the Quebec independence movement since his teenage years, having been part of the Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale, the Mouvement souveraineté-association and the Parti Québécois since... is former Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... 2 - Lanctôt defected from the Bloc Québécois in Dec. 2003 2 - Venne Pierrette Venne Pierrette Venne was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2003. By career, she worked in law.... is former Bloc Québécois, and is not seeking re-election	••••••••••	2004
	••••••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	••••••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	•••••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	•••••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
	••••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
	••••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	••••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral District	BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Beauharnois—Salaberry Beauharnois—Salaberry Beauharnois—Salaberry is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.-Geography:...	Alain Boire Alain Boire Alain Boire is a Quebec politician.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Boire was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the district of Beauharnois—Salaberry from 2004-2006. He was the Bloc critic of Youth. He is a former businessman, electrician and technician. He lost his... 26,775	Serge Marcil Serge Marcil Serge Marcil, PC was an educator, administrator and politician in Quebec, Canada.After studying to be a teacher in Montreal, Marcil obtained work at various secondary schools as an administrator... 18,293	Dominique Bellemare 4,864	Ligy Alakkattussery 1,018	Rémi Pelletier 1,415	Felix Malboeuf (Mar.) 480	Serge Marcil
Brossard—La Prairie Brossard—La Prairie Brossard—La Prairie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 113,985.-Geography:...	Marcel Lussier Marcel Lussier Marcel Lussier is a Canadian politician and the former Member of Parliament for the riding of Brossard—La Prairie. He ran for office as a member of the Bloc Québécois in the 2004 election, but was defeated by Jacques Saada. In the 2006 election he ran again, defeating Saada by approximately two... 21,596	Jacques Saada Jacques Saada Jacques Saada, PC is a Canadian politician and former cabinet minister.Saada is a teacher and linguist by profession and was Chief Executive Officer of a translation firm, a consultant and a lecturer in translation prior to entering politics.He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons... 24,155	Robert Nicolas Robert Nicolas Robert Nicholas was a judge and an English Member of Parliament who supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.Nicholas was elected Member of Parliament for Devizes for the Long Parliament in November 1640. He assisted in prosecuting Archbishop Laud in 1643. In 1648 he became... 3,107	Nadia Alexan 2,321	Cécile Bissonnette 1,340	Yves Le Seigle (M-L) 109	Jacques Saada
Chambly—Borduas Chambly—Borduas Chambly—Borduas is a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935, and since 1968. Created by the British North America Act of 1867, its name was changed in 1893 to "Chambly—Verchères"...	Yves Lessard Yves Lessard Yves Lessard is a Canadian politician. From 2001 to 2004, Lessard served as a city councillor in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec. In the Canadian federal election, 2004 he was elected into the Canadian House of Commons as the Bloc Québécois candidate in Chambly—Borduas... 33,945	Sophie Joncas 12,694	Lucien Richard 4,219	Daniel Blouin 2,681	Benoit Lapointe 2,248		Ghislain Lebel¹
Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Châteauguay—Saint-Constant is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...	Denise Poirier-Rivard Denise Poirier-Rivard Denise Poirier-Rivard is a Canadian politician. She was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the district of Châteauguay—Saint-Constant since the 2004 election. Before she was elected she was a cheese maker and farmer and was the Bloc's critic of the Agriculture... 29,337	Robert Lanctôt Robert Lanctôt Robert Lanctôt is a former Canadian politician.A lawyer by profession, Lanctôt was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Bloc Québécois in the 2000 federal election representing the riding of Châteauguay... 15,384	Rosaire Turcot 2,902	Mélanie Archambault 1,704	Marc-André Gadoury 1,889		Robert Lanctôt²
Longueuil	Caroline St-Hilaire Caroline St-Hilaire Caroline St-Hilaire is a Canadian politician, currently serving as Mayor of Longueuil under the banner of Action Longueuil as of 10 November 2009... 29,473	Robert Gladu 12,363	Richard Bélisle Richard Bélisle Richard Bélisle was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. His career has been in health and safety fields.... 2,354	Nicole Fournier-Sylvester 2,512	Michel Bédard 1,263	David Fiset (Mar.) 401	Caroline St-Hilaire
Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988...	Carole Lavallée Carole Lavallée Carole Lavallée is a Canadian politician.A businesswoman, communication consultant, communicator, and a journalist, Lavallée was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 2004... 28,050	Marc Savard Marc Savard Marc Savard is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently under contract to the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League , but who has not played since late in the season because of post-concussion syndrome... 15,457	Jean-François Mongeau 3,189	Marie Henretta 2,253	Janis Crawford 1,349	David Vachon (Mar.) 596	Pierrette Venne³
Saint-Jean Saint-Jean (electoral district) Saint-Jean is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.-Geography:The riding extends along the Richelieu River southeast of Montreal, in the Quebec region of Montérégie...	Claude Bachand Claude Bachand Claude Bachand is a Quebec politician, Bachand was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Saint-Jean from 1993 till 2011. Before that Bachand was an educator. Bachand was the National Defence critic for the Bloc.-External links:*... 29,485	Michel Fecteau 12,729	Joseph Khoury Joseph Khoury Joseph Khoury is the Catholic Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Montreal Maronites.He was ordained as a priest on December 19, 1964 after studying at the Jesuits of Saint Maron of Ghazier as well as the University of Rome and the Gregorian University... 3,856	Jonathan Trépanier 1,687	Claude Genest Claude Genest Claude William Genest is a former Canadian journalist, actor, and TV host. He ran as the Green Party of Canada candidate in the riding of Westmount-Ville-Marie during the 2008 federal election.-Biography:... 1,298		Claude Bachand
Saint-Lambert Saint-Lambert (electoral district) Saint-Lambert is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. It has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 94,541.-Geography:...	Maka Kotto Maka Kotto Maka Kotto , is a provincial level politician from Quebec, Canada and a former member of the Canadian House of Commons. He is the husband of Longueuil mayor Caroline St-Hilaire. He is also a published author and has appeared in film... 22,024	Yolande Thibeault Yolande Thibeault Yolande Thibeault is a journalist and politician in Quebec, Canada. She was elected a Member of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons for the Saint-Lambert Riding in the 1997 general election. She was re-elected in the 2000 election with considerable majority over other candidates.She is a... 16,654	Patrick Clune Patrick Clune His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Patrick Joseph Clune, C.Ss.R., D.D. was the first Catholic Lord Archbishop of Perth, a position he held from 1913 - 1935. He was also the Lord Bishop of Perth from 1910 to 1913.... 2,739	Monique Garcia 2,130	Diane Joubert 1,404	Normand Fournier (M-L) 145	Yolande Thibeault
Vaudreuil—Soulanges	Meili Faille Meili Faille Meili Faille is a Canadian politician. She was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, being first elected in the 2004 election in the district of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. Prior to being elected, Faille was a consultant and project coordinator... 24,675	Nick Discepola Nick Discepola Nunzio Discepola is an Italian-born Canadian politician.Discepola was a Member of Parliament representing the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, from the riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges between 1997 and 2004, and Vaudreuil from 1993 to 1997. Discepola is a former businessman... 21,613	Rob Ramage 4,558	Bert Markgraf 2,175	Julie Baribeau 2,103	Charles Soucy (Mar.) 585	Nick Discepola
Verchères—Les-Patriotes	Stéphane Bergeron Stéphane Bergeron Stéphane Bergeron is a Canadian politician. He is the current Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Verchères.... 33,333	Nathalie Tousignant 9,958	Francis-Pierre Rémillard 2,750	Simon Vallée 1,815	Phillipe Morlighem 975	Sébastien Drouin (Mar.) 463	Stéphane Bergeron

Eastern Montreal

The eastern end of the Island of Montreal is the city's only solidly sovereigntist area. With the exception of ethnic areas that protrude from Northern Montreal into the East Island's Honoré-Mercier

Honoré-Mercier (electoral district)

Honoré-Mercier is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 106,196.-Geography:...

riding, the area is relatively homogenously francophone and lower-income, a recipe for Bloc Québécois dominance since 1993. Prior to the rise of the Bloc, the area backed nationalists running under Mulroney's PC banner. Before 1984 the area was solidly Liberal.

Notes:

1 - Charbonneau

Yvon Charbonneau

Yvon Charbonneau, PC is a Canadian politician.Charbonneau was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the constituency of Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies from 1997 to 2004. He is a former administrator, consultant, professor, and unionist...

not seeking re-election
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Profile & Notes	Electoral History
•••••	2004
•••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
•••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
•••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
•••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral District	BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Hochelaga Hochelaga (electoral district) Hochelaga is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988 and since 2004...	Réal Ménard Réal Ménard Réal Ménard is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian Member of Parliament to come out as gay .Ménard is a political scientist with B.A. and M.A... 27,476	Benoit Bouvier 11,712	Mario Bernier 1,856	David Gagnon 2,510	Rolf Bramann 1,361	Christine Dandenault (M-L) 112 Pierre Bibeau (Comm.) 190 Antoine Théorêt-Poupart (Mar.) 482	Réal Ménard
Honoré-Mercier Honoré-Mercier (electoral district) Honoré-Mercier is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 106,196.-Geography:...	Éric St-Hilaire 19,461	Pablo Rodriguez 22,223	Gianni Chiazzese 2,902	François Pilon François Pilon François Pilon is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 federal election as the member for Laval-Les Îles. Pilon is a member of the New Democratic Party.... 1,973	Richard Lahaie 852	Hélène Héroux (M-L) 164 Steve Boudrias (Mar.) 626	Yvon Charbonneau¹
La Pointe-de-l'Île La Pointe-de-l'Île (electoral district) La Pointe-de-l'Île is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 98,878....	Francine Lalonde Francine Lalonde Francine Lalonde is a politician on the national and provincial levels. Prior to being elected she was a lecturer, teacher and unionist... 30,713	Jean-Claude Gobé 10,593	Christian Prévost 1,961	André Langevin 1,751	André Levert 1,186		Francine Lalonde
Laurier Laurier (electoral district) Laurier was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1988.It was created in 1933 from parts of Laurier—Outremont and Saint-Denis ridings....	Gilles Duceppe Gilles Duceppe Gilles Duceppe is a Canadian politician, and proponent of the Québec sovereignty movement. He was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons for over 20 years and was the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois for almost 15 years. He is the son of a well-known Quebec actor, Jean... 28,728	Jean-François Thibault 8,454	Pierre Albert 1,224	François Gregoire 5,779	Dylan Perceval-Maxwell 2,912	Ginette Boutet (M-L) 154 Nicky Tanguay (Mar.) 572	Gilles Duceppe
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie (electoral district) Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979...	Bernard Bigras Bernard Bigras Bernard Bigras is a Canadian politician.Bigras was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2011, representing the district of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie. He is the former caucus chair of the Bloc, and is a former critic of Children and Youth, Cultural Communities, and... 31,224	Christian Bolduc 11,572	Michel Sauvé 1,561	Benoît Beauchamp 3,876	François Chevalier 2,145	Kenneth Higham (Comm.) 145	Bernard Bigras

Western Montreal

Montreal boasts some of the most highly-polarized political geography in Canada: While the Bloc Québécois
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...

is strong in the mostly francophone East End, the Western portions of the city have been a Liberal fortress for the past half-century and contains some of the safest Liberal seats in the country. High anglophone populations and relative affluence in some ridings prompt ludicrously high Grit returns; it has been wryly noted that if a mailbox stood for election in seats like Mount Royal

Mount Royal (electoral district)

Mount Royal is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925. Its population in 2006 was 98,888....

it would win simply because it was red. Even in the surge of Brian Mulroney's Conservatives the Liberals won most of the seats. Today, despite the sponsorship scandal rocking Liberal support in Quebec, it would truly require a nightmarish meltdown scenario for the Liberals to lose even a handful of seats here. Incumbents in the area are almost entirely current and former cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Notes:

1 - Lincoln

Clifford Lincoln

Clifford Albert Lincoln is a retired Canadian politician who served as a Quebec cabinet minister prior to serving in the Canadian House of Commons....

not seeking re-election

2 - Cauchon

Martin Cauchon

Martin Cauchon, PC is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He is a former Liberal Cabinet Minister.Cauchon was born in La Malbaie, Quebec and studied law at the University of Ottawa and the University of Exeter...

not seeking re-election
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Profile & Notes	Electoral History
•••••••••	2004
•••••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
•••••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
•••••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
•••••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
•••••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
•••••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
•••••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral District	BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Jeanne-Le Ber	Thierry St-Cyr Thierry St-Cyr Thierry St-Cyr is an engineer and Bloc Québécois politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the Member of Parliament for Jeanne-Le Ber from 2006 to 2011.- Education and Career Background :... 18,694	Liza Frulla Liza Frulla Liza Frulla, PC , also formerly known as Liza Frulla-Hébert, is a former Canadian politician. She was a Quebec Liberal Party MNA in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1989 to 1998, and a Liberal Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2006.From 1974 to 1976, she worked for the public affairs service... 18,766	Pierre-Albert Sévigny 2,524	Anthony Philbin 3,160	Jean Claude Mercier 1,864	Normand Chouinard (M-L) 148 Cathy Duschene (Mar.) 520	Liza Frulla
Lac-Saint-Louis Lac-Saint-Louis (electoral district) Lac-Saint-Louis is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 101,919.-Geography:...	Maxime Côté 5,106	Francis Scarpaleggia Francis Scarpaleggia Francis Scarpaleggia, MP is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for the riding of Lac-Saint-Louis, which encompasses the western tip of the island of Montreal, Quebec... 32,122	Jeff Howard 6,082	Daniel Quinn 3,789	Peter Graham 2,584	Patrick Cardinal (Mar.) 578	Clifford Lincoln¹
LaSalle—Émard LaSalle—Émard LaSalle—Émard is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. It is represented by New Democrat Hélène LeBlanc...	Thierry Larrivée 14,001	Paul Martin Paul Martin Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.... 25,806	Nicole Roy-Arcelin Nicole Roy-Arcelin Nicole Roy-Arcelin is a Canadian politician, a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993 and a city councillor in Montreal.-Background:... 2,271	Rebecca Blaikie 1,995	Douglas Jack 1,000	Marc-Boris St-Maurice Marc-Boris St-Maurice Marc-Boris St-Maurice is an activist, political and Canadian musician, who has campaigned for many years for the legalization of cannabis, and to facilitate access to the drug for health reasons. He lives in Montreal.-Music career:... (Mar.) 349 Jean-Paul Bédard (M-L) 210	Paul Martin
Mount Royal Mount Royal (electoral district) Mount Royal is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925. Its population in 2006 was 98,888....	Vincent Gagnon 2,636	Irwin Cotler Irwin Cotler Irwin Cotler, PC, OC, MP was Canada's Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 2003 until the Liberal government of Paul Martin lost power following the 2006 federal election. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the constituency of Mount Royal in a by-election... 28,670	Matthew Fireman 3,271	Sebastien Beaudet 1,859	Adam Sommerfeld 1,046	Diane Johnston Diane Johnston Diane Johnston is a politician and political activist in Canada. She has campaigned for office at the federal and provincial levels in Ontario and Quebec, as a candidate of the Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist... (M-L) 94 Adam Greenblatt (Mar.) 308	Irwin Cotler
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997...	Jean-Philippe Chartré 9,736	Marlene Jennings Marlene Jennings Marlene Jennings, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, and represented the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine from 1997 to 2011.... 23,552	Bill McCullock 4,526	Maria Pia Chávez 3,513	Jessica Gal 2,214	Rachel Hoffman Rachel Hoffman Rachel Morningstar Hoffman was a 23-year-old Florida State University graduate. She was murdered while acting as a police informant during a botched drug sting that started on May 7, 2008... (M-L) 88 Jay Dell (Mar.) 479 Earl Wertheimer (Libert.) 165	Marlene Jennings
Outremont Outremont (electoral district) Outremont is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949, and since 1968...	François Rebello François Rebello François Rebello is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of La Prairie in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Parti Québécois.... 12,730	Jean Lapierre Jean Lapierre Jean-Charles Lapierre, PC is a Canadian television broadcaster and a former federal politician.He was Paul Martin's Quebec lieutenant during the period of the Martin government. He returned to the Canadian House of Commons after an eleven year absence when he won a seat in the 2004 federal... 15,675	Marc Rousseau 2,284	Omar Aktouf 5,382	Shaun Perceval-Maxwell 1,643	Linda Sullivan (M-L) 120 Yan Lacombe (Mar.) 452	Martin Cauchon²
Pierrefonds—Dollard Pierrefonds—Dollard Pierrefonds—Dollard is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 102,542....	Marie-Hélène Brunet 7,426	Bernard Patry Bernard Patry Bernard Patry is a Canadian politician, and was a Member of Parliament for the riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard from 1993 to 2011.... 29,601	Andrea Paine 5,010	Danielle Lustgarten 2,545	Ted Kouretas 1,401	Garnet Colly (M-L) 71 Jean-François Labrecque (Mar.) 511	Bernard Patry
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Saint-Laurent—Cartierville is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 109,015.-Geography:...	William Fayad 7,261	Stéphane Dion Stéphane Dion Stéphane Maurice Dion, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent–Cartierville in Montreal since 1996. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008... 28,107	Marc Rahmé 2,606	Zaid Mahayni 2,630	Almaz Aladass 875	Fernand Deschamps (M-L) 125 Alex Neron (Mar.) 298 Nilda Vargas (Comm.) 78 Ken Fernandez (CAP) 84	Stéphane Dion
Westmount—Ville-Marie Westmount—Ville-Marie Westmount—Ville-Marie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 97,226.-Geography:...	Louis La Rochelle 5,922	Lucienne Robillard Lucienne Robillard Lucienne Robillard, PC is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She sat in the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie in Montreal.... 22,337	Robert Gervais 4,027	Eric Steedman 4,795	Brian Sarwer-Foner 2,419	Serge Lachapelle (M-L) 103 David John Proctor (Mar.) 396	Lucienne Robillard

Northern Montreal and Laval

The City of Laval

Laval, Quebec

Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...

has been a battleground between the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...

, and either party could win there in this election. The North End of Montreal has significant immigrant populations and generally supports the Liberals, although the BQ captured Ahuntsic and Bourassa in their 1993 near-sweep of the province. This area was traditionally Liberal until Mulroney's rise to power in 1984, when the Liberals lost two seats, and even more so in 1988 when they were reduced to just three seats.

Notes:

1 - Dalphond-Guiral

Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral

Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral is a former Canadian politician.A registered nurse by training and later a professor of nursing, Dalphond-Gurial was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Bloc Québécois MP for the riding of Laval Centre in the 1993 federal election...

lost nomination
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Profile & Notes	Electoral History
••••••••	2004
•••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
•••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
••••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
••••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
••••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
••••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
••••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral District	BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Ahuntsic Ahuntsic (electoral district) Ahuntsic is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979 and since 1988...	Maria Mourani Maria Mourani Maria Mourani , of Lebanese origin, is the Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament in the federal riding of Ahuntsic in Canada. She was elected in the 2006 Canadian federal election and reelected in 2008 and 2011... 20,020	Eleni Bakopanos Eleni Bakopanos Eleni Bakopanos, PC is a Canadian politician.Bakopanos was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Ahuntsic from 1997 to 2006, and Saint-Denis from 1993 to 1997 and is the first Greek-born woman to be elected to Parliament. Bakopanos has... 21,234	Jean E. Fortier 2,544	Annick Bergeron 3,013	Lynette Tremblay 1,301	Marsha Fine (M-L) 102 F.X. De Longchamp (Mar.) 314	Eleni Bakopanos
Alfred-Pellan Alfred-Pellan (electoral district) Alfred-Pellan is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2006 was 104,765.-Geography:...	Robert Carrier Robert Carrier (politician) Robert Carrier is a Canadian politician, a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was first elected in the Canadian federal election, 2004 in the riding of Alfred-Pellan in Laval, Quebec. However, he was defeated in the 2011 election by NDP's Rosane Doré Lefebvre... 26,239	Carole-Marie Allard Carole-Marie Allard Carole-Marie Allard was a Liberal member of Canada's House of Commons. She was in the House of Commons from 2000 to 2004 and represented the riding of Laval East... 21,116	Rosane Raymond 2,703	Benjamin Le Bel 1,849	Louis-Philippe Verenka 1,132	Yves Desbois (Ind.) 204 Régent Millette (Ind.) 89	Carole-Marie Allard
Bourassa Bourassa (electoral district) Bourassa is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968...	Doris Provencher 15,794	Denis Coderre Denis Coderre Denis Coderre, PC, MP is a Canadian politician from Quebec, Canada. Coderre is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Montreal riding of Bourassa.-Background:... 20,927	Frédéric Grenier 2,226	Stefano Saykaly 1,661	Noémi Lopinto 660	Geneviève Royer (M-L) 154 Philippe Gauvin (Mar.) 403	Denis Coderre
Laval Laval (electoral district) Laval is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917, 1949 to 1979, and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 98,831.-Geography:...	Nicole Demers Nicole Demers Nicole Demers is a Canadian politician.Demers was born in Montreal, Quebec. An administrator of health services and a restaurant owner, Demers was first elected into the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 2004. She was the Bloc Québécois candidate in the riding of Laval... 24,425	Pierre Lafleur 17,639	Stéphane d'Amours 3,115	Alain Giguère Alain Giguère Alain Giguère is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin as a member of the New Democratic Party.Prior to being elected, Giguère was a tax lawyer... 1,998	Damien Pichereau 1,091	Pierre Losier-Côté (Mar.) 492	new district
Laval—Les Îles Laval—Les Îles Laval—Les Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.Its population in 2001 was 100,137...	Micaël Poirier 18,597	Raymonde Folco Raymonde Folco Raymonde Folco is a Canadian politician.Born in a Jewish family in Paris, she hid with Christian families during World War II. She emigrated to Toronto with her family in 1950s... 23,985	Jean-Paul Pratte 3,498	Paul Michaud 2,202	Pierre Véronneau 1,178	Polyvios Tsakanikas (M-L) 154 Michel Allard (Mar.) 498	Raymonde Folco
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Marc-Aurèle-Fortin (electoral district) Marc-Aurèle-Fortin is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 99,044.-Geography:...	Serge Ménard Serge Ménard Lt. Serge Ménard is a Quebec politician from Canada. He was a Parti Québécois Member of the National Assembly of Quebec) from 1993 to 2003 in the riding of Laval-des-Rapides, and in that time served under a number of Cabinet portfolios: Minister of Public Safety , Minister of State for the Greater... 30,779	Nancy Girard 14,491	Marc Bissonnette 3,125	Lyse Généreux 1,867	Lise Bissonnette 2,012		Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral¹
Papineau Papineau (electoral district) Papineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1948 to 1988 and since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 101,019....	Martine Carrière 16,424	Pierre Pettigrew Pierre Pettigrew Pierre Stewart Pettigrew, PC is a Canadian politician.Born in Quebec City, Pettigrew has a BA in Philosophy from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and an M.Phil in International Relations from Oxford University... 16,892	Mustaque Sarker 1,961	André Frappier 3,603	Adam Jastrzebski 1,058	Peter Macrisopolous (M-L) 169 André Parizeau André Parizeau André Parizeau is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who is currently the leader of the Parti communiste du Québec.A split followed a lengthy dispute between Parizeau and the Central Executive Committee of the CPC. In November 2004, Parizeau introduced a series of amendments to the... (Comm.) 252 Christelle Dusablon-Pelletier (Mar.) 490 Jimmy Garoufalis (Ind.) 250	Pierre Pettigrew
Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Saint-Léonard—Saint Michel is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988...	Paul-Alexis François 8,852	Massimo Pacetti Massimo Pacetti Massimo Pacetti is a Canadian politician from Quebec, Canada. Pacetti has served in the Canadian House of Commons since winning a 2002 by-election in the riding of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel... 25,884	Payam Eslami 2,138	Laura Colella 2,422	Ricardo Fellicetti 944	Stéphane Chénier (M-L) 267	Massimo Pacetti

Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec

Profile & Notes	Electoral History
The Ouatouais is one of the most federalist areas of Quebec outside of Montreal because of the large population of civil servants, however once one gets into Northern Quebec and the Laurentides you are in Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... Territory. Only in a recent by-election were the Liberals Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... able to get the traditionally Bloquiste riding of Temiscamingue, having previously gained the northern riding of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik in 1997. Abitibi voted Social Credit in 1979. Hull has been the only riding that survived Mulroney's winnings in Quebec, as it went Liberal in 1988 and 1984. Gatineau was the only other Liberal riding in 1988. The Liberals will likely sweep the Outaouais again in 2004, with the Bloc winning in the Laurentides region. The true battleground will be in the north, with the Liberals hoping to hang on to their two seats there. Notes: 1 - Assad not seeking re-election 2 - Bertrand Robert Bertrand Robert "Bob" Bertrand is a Canadian politician.He was a federal member of Parliament for the riding of Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle. He ran and won in the 1993, 1997 and 2000 Canadian federal elections with significant majorities under the banner of the Liberal Party of Canada... lost nomination	••••••••••	2004
	•••••••••	2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....
	•••••••••	1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...
	•••••••••	1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
	•••••••••	1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
	•••••••••	1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••••	1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
	•••••••••	1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral District	BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...	Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	Other	Incumbent
Abitibi—Témiscamingue Abitibi—Témiscamingue Abitibi—Témiscamingue is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. The area was also represented by the electoral district of Témiscamingue from 1968 until 2004.-Geography:...	Marc Lemay Marc Lemay Marc Lemay is a Canadian politician.A lawyer, Lemay was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 2004 as the Bloc Québécois candidate in the riding of Abitibi—Témiscamingue. He defeated the Liberal candidate, Gilbert Barrette by nearly 12,000 votes... 25,041	Gilbert Barrette Gilbert Barrette Gilbert Barrette is a Canadian politician.He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Témiscamingue since 2003, where he won in a by-election. He lost the seat in the 2004 election to Bloc Québécois candidate Marc Lemay.Barrette is a... 13,457	Bernard Hughes Beauchesne 2,425	Dennis Shushack 1,472	Patrick Rancourt 1,037		Gilbert Barrette
Argenteuil—Mirabel	Mario Laframboise Mario Laframboise Mario Laframboise is a Canadian politician. Laframboise served as mayor of Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix and Reeve of the Papineau MRC before getting into federal politics... 28,228	Yves Sabourin 13,214	David McArthur 3,460	Elisabeth Clark 1,493	Claude Sabourin Claude Sabourin Claude Sabourin is a politician, educator, and author in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was elected as leader of the Green Party of Quebec in November 2010.... 2,510	Michael O'Grady Michael O'Grady Michael "Mike" O'Grady is an English former professional footballer born in Leeds, who played two games for the England national team, scoring three goals.... (M-L) 69 Laurent Filion (CHP) 202	Mario Laframboise
Gatineau Gatineau (electoral district) Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1988 and since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 108,742....	Richard Nadeau Richard Nadeau Richard Nadeau is a teacher and Bloc Québécois politician in Quebec, Canada.He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Gatineau. Nadeau attended the University of Ottawa where he received degrees in history, political science and education... 18,368	Françoise Boivin Françoise Boivin Françoise Boivin is a Canadian politician, who represents the electoral district of Gatineau in the Canadian House of Commons.... 19,198	Gérard Nicolas 3,461	Dominique Vaillancourt 2,610	Brian Gibb 1,402	Gabriel Girard-Bernier (M-L) 125 Stephane Salko (Mar.) 453	Mark Assad¹
Hull—Aylmer Hull—Aylmer Hull—Aylmer is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917....	Alain Charette 15,626	Marcel Proulx Marcel Proulx Marcel Proulx is a Canadian politician.Proulx is a former member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, having represented the riding of Hull—Aylmer from 1999 to 2011. Proulx is a former administrator, businessman, claim adjuster, and executive assistant... 20,135	Pierrette Bellefeuille 3,963	Pierre Laliberté 5,709	Gail Walker 2,561	Christian Legeais (M-L) 98	Marcel Proulx
Laurentides—Labelle Laurentides—Labelle Laurentides—Labelle is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 96,133.-Geography:...	Johanne Deschamps Johanne Deschamps Johanne Deschamps is a Canadian politician. She served as a councillor in Val-Barrette, Quebec from 1994 to 2004 and was Commissioner of the school board in Pierre-Neveu, Quebec from 1998 to 2004. After that, she was elected as a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons in the... 28,675	Dominique Boyer 14,459	Guillaume Desjardins 2,887	Brendan Naef 1,320	Jacques Léger 1,781		new district
Nunavik—Eeyou	Yvon Lévesque Yvon Lévesque Yvon Lévesque is a Quebec politician. He is the former Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the riding of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou.... 12,578	Guy St-Julien Guy St-Julien Guy St-Julien is a Canadian politician. He is a former director of human resources and a senior clerk.... 12,006	François Dionne 1,265	Pierre Corbeil Pierre Corbeil Pierre Corbeil, D.M.D. is a Quebec politician and dentist. He is a Member of National Assembly of Quebec for Abitibi-Est as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party and the current Minister Responsible for Indian Affairs.Corbeil went to the Université de Montréal and obtained a doctor's degree in... 1,097	Martin Fournier 862		Guy St-Julien
Pontiac Pontiac (electoral district) Pontiac is a federal electoral district in south-western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968....	Hubert Leduc 11,685	David Smith David Smith (Quebec politician) David Smith is a Canadian politician.A former member of the Canadian House of Commons, Smith served as a city councillor in Maniwaki, Quebec until 2004. At this point, he ran in the Canadian federal election, 2004 for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Pontiac where he won... 15,358	Judith Grant 8,869	Gretchen Schwarz 2,317	Thierry Vicente 1,673	Benoit Legros (M-L) 132	Robert Bertrand²
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district) Rivière-des-Mille-Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...	Gilles-A. Perron 27,993	Yolaine Savignac 11,025	Érick Gauthier 3,064	Nicolas Du Cap 1,559	Marie-Martine Bédard 1,961		Gilles-A. Perron
Rivière-du-Nord Rivière-du-Nord (electoral district) Rivière-du-Nord is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 90,419.-Geography:The district consists of the La Rivière-du-Nord Regional County Municipality...	Monique Guay Monique Guay Monique Guay is a Quebec politician. She was the Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the riding of Rivière-du-Nord.... 29,204	Lorraine Auclair 9,509	Catherine Brousseau 2,435	François Côté 1,290	Marcel Poirier 1,129	Christian Marcoux (Mar.) 459	Monique Guay
Terrebonne—Blainville Terrebonne—Blainville Terrebonne—Blainville is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867....	Diane Bourgeois Diane Bourgeois Diane Bourgeois is a Canadian politician. She was a Bloc Québécois Member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding Terrebonne—Blainville from 2000 until 2011... 31,288	Pierre Gingras Pierre Gingras Pierre Gingras is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Blainville from 2007 to 2008.-Background:... 9,048	Patrick Légaré 2,582	Normand Beaudet 1,451	Martin Drapeau 1,554		Diane Bourgeois

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