René-Lévesque_(provincial_electoral_district)
René-Lévesque
Provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada
For other uses, see René Lévesque (disambiguation).
René-Lévesque is a provincial electoral district in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Baie-Comeau, Forestville and Pointe-Lebel as well as the reserve of Pessamit.
Quick Facts Quebec electoral district, Provincial electoral district ...
 Quebec electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec | ||
| MNA |
Coalition Avenir Québec | ||
| District created | 1945 | ||
| First contested | 1948 | ||
| Last contested | 2022 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 45,355 | ||
| Electors (2014)[1] | 34,459 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 57,755.3 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 0.79 | ||
| Census division(s) | La Haute-Côte-Nord, Manicouagan | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Baie-Comeau, Baie-Trinité, Chute-aux-Outardes, Colombier, Forestville, Franquelin, Godbout, Les Bergeronnes, Les Escoumins, Longue-Rive, Pointe-aux-Outardes, Pointe-Lebel, Portneuf-sur-Mer, Ragueneau, Sacré-Coeur, Tadoussac; Essipit, Pessamit; Lac-au-Brochet, Rivière-aux-Outardes | ||
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It was created for the 1948 election under the name Saguenay from part of the former Charlevoix–Saguenay electoral district. The predecessor to Charlevoix-Saguenay (before 1912) was Chicoutimi-Saguenay. Despite its former name, the district has not included the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region since at least the 1994 election.
It was renamed René-Lévesque for the 2003 election, after former Quebec Premier René Lévesque, although its territory was unchanged. It remained unchanged after the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map.
More information Legislature, Years ...
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Saguenay Riding created from Charlevoix—Saguenay |
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| 23rd | 1948–1952 | Pierre Ouellet | Union Nationale | |
| 24th | 1952–1956 | |||
| 25th | 1956–1960 | |||
| 26th | 1960–1962 | Lucien Belanger | Liberal | |
| 27th | 1962–1963 | Rodrigue Thibault | ||
| 1964–1966 | Pierre-Willie Maltais | |||
| 28th | 1966–1970 | |||
| 29th | 1970–1973 | Lucien Lessard | Parti Québécois | |
| 30th | 1973–1976 | |||
| 31st | 1976–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1982 | |||
| 1983–1985 | Ghislain Maltais | Liberal | ||
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | |||
| 34th | 1989–1994 | |||
| 35th | 1994–1998 | Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon | Parti Québécois | |
| 36th | 1998–2001 | |||
| 2002–2003 | François Corriveau | Action démocratique | ||
| René-Lévesque | ||||
| 37th | 2003–2007 | Marjolain Dufour | Parti Québécois | |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | |||
| 39th | 2008–2012 | |||
| 40th | 2012–2014 | |||
| 41st | 2014–2015 | |||
| 2015–2018 | Martin Ouellet | |||
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | |||
| 43rd | 2022–Present | Yves Montigny | Coalition Avenir Québec | |
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René-Lévesque, 2001 - present
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2022 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Yves Montigny | 11,377 | 58.92 | +25.21 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Jeff Dufour Tremblay | 4,087 | 21.17 | –21.05 | ||||
| Conservative | Marie-Renée Raymond | 1,955 | 10.12 | +9.06 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Audrey Givern-Héroux | 1,459 | 7.56 | –2.65 | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Duperron | 307 | 1.59 | –11.20 | ||||
| Climat Québec | Richard Delisle | 82 | 0.42 | New | ||||
| Independent | (Philippe) Gilles Babin | 42 | 0.22 | New | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,309 | 99.02 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 192 | 0.98 | –0.45 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,501 | 59.93 | +1.18 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 32,540 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | +23.13 | ||||||
| Source: Élections Québec[3] | ||||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2018 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Martin Ouellet | 8,055 | 42.22 | -6.77 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | André Desrosiers | 6,432 | 33.71 | +28.14 | ||||
| Liberal | Jonathan Lapointe | 2,440 | 12.79 | -26.22 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Sandrine Bourque | 1,948 | 10.21 | +5.33 | ||||
| Conservative | Eric Barnabé | 204 | 1.07 | +0.19 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,079 | 98.57 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 277 | 1.43 | ||||||
| Turnout | 19,356 | 58.75 | +19.16 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 32,944 | |||||||
| Parti Québécois hold | Swing | -17.45 | ||||||
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More information Quebec provincial by-election, 9 November 2015, Party ...
| Quebec provincial by-election, 9 November 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Martin Ouellet | 6,546 | 48.99 | -6.01 | ||||
| Liberal | Karine Otis | 5,213 | 39.01 | +17.24 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Dave Savard | 744 | 5.57 | -10.15 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Claire Du Sablon | 652 | 4.88 | -1.59 | ||||
| Conservative | Eric Sirois | 118 | 0.88 | – | ||||
| Option nationale | Yan Rivard | 90 | 0.67 | -0.36 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,363 | 99.24 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 102 | 0.76 | -1.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,465 | 39.59 | -19.77 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 34,008 | |||||||
| Parti Québécois hold | Swing | -11.63 | ||||||
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By-election required due to the resignation of Marjolain Dufour, for health reasons.[4]
More information 2014 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Marjolain Dufour | 11,029 | 55.00 | |||||
| Liberal | Michel Levesque | 4,366 | 21.77 | |||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Marie-Christine Fortin-Morand | 3,152 | 15.72 | |||||
| Québec solidaire | Marie-Pierre Clavette | 1,297 | 6.47 | |||||
| Option nationale | Nicolas Boivin Ringuette | 207 | 1.03 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 20,051 | 98.02 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 404 | 1.98 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,455 | 59.36 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 34,459 | – | ||||||
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More information 2012 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Marjolain Dufour | 13,634 | 59.68 | +1.25 | ||||
| Liberal | Pascal Chouinard | 4,160 | 18.21 | -8.33 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Dereck Blouin-Perry | 3,643 | 15.95 | +3.72* | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Julie Gonthier-Brazeau | 892 | 3.90 | +1.10 | ||||
| Option nationale | Maxime Cantin | 517 | 2.26 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,846 | 99.11 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 204 | 0.89 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 23,050 | 66.67 | +12.24 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 34,575 | – | – | |||||
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* Result compared to Action démocratique
More information 2008 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 2008 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Marjolain Dufour | 10,748 | 58.43 | +6.65 | ||||
| Liberal | Patrick Sullivan | 4,882 | 26.54 | +10.69 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Louis-Olivier Minville | 2,250 | 12.23 | -16.05 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Stéphane Lessard | 516 | 2.80 | +0.99 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,396 | 98.79 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 225 | 1.21 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 18,621 | 54.43 | -14.18 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 34,213 | – | – | |||||
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More information 2007 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 2007 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Marjolain Dufour | 12,160 | 51.78 | +10.92 | ||||
| Action démocratique | André Desrosiers | 6,642 | 28.28 | -5.13 | ||||
| Liberal | François Désy | 3,723 | 15.85 | -7.84 | ||||
| Green | Styves Griffith | 533 | 2.27 | – | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Mylène Lapierre | 426 | 1.81 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,484 | 99.27 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 173 | 0.73 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 23,657 | 68.61 | +5.54 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 34,480 | – | – | |||||
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More information 2003 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 2003 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Marjolain Dufour | 8,997 | 40.86 | +16.91 | ||||
| Action démocratique | François Corriveau | 7,356 | 33.41 | -14.43 | ||||
| Liberal | François Désy | 5,215 | 23.69 | -4.52 | ||||
| Independent | Jean-Pierre Brisson | 449 | 2.04 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,017 | 99.15 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 189 | 0.85 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 22,206 | 63.07 | +2.66 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 35,210 | – | – | |||||
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Saguenay, 1945 - 2001
More information Quebec provincial by-election, April 15, 2002, Party ...
| Quebec provincial by-election, April 15, 2002 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Action démocratique | François Corriveau | 10,129 | 47.84 | +31.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Isabelle Melançon | 5,973 | 28.21 | +7.89 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Louise Levasseur | 5,070 | 23.95 | -38.69 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,172 | 99.07 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 199 | 0.93 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 21,371 | 60.41 | -8.06 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 35,378 | – | – | |||||
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More information 1998 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1998 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon | 15,419 | 62.64 | |||||
| Liberal | Paul Fournier | 5,001 | 20.32 | |||||
| Action démocratique | Armand Maltais | 4,036 | 16.40 | |||||
| Socialist Democracy | Hélène Lévesque | 159 | 0.65 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 24,615 | 99.17 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 206 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 24,821 | 69.47 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 35,727 | – | ||||||
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More information 1995 Quebec referendum, Side ...
| 1995 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Oui | 23,067 | 73.33 | |
| Non | 8,389 | 26.67 | |
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More information 1994 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1994 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon | 14,439 | 57.44 | |||||
| Liberal | Georges-Henri Gagné | 7,435 | 29.58 | |||||
| Action démocratique | Armand Maltais | 3,264 | 12.98 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 25,138 | 98.14 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 476 | 1.86 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,614 | 72.47 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 35,344 | – | ||||||
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More information 1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum, Side ...
| 1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Non | 18,861 | 71.60 | |
| Oui | 7,482 | 28.40 | |
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More information 1989 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1989 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Ghislain Maltais | 9,273 | 43.45 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Carol Guay | 8,771 | 41.10 | |||||
| Green | Denis Hubert | 3,296 | 15.45 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,340 | 97.51 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 545 | 2.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,885 | 64.83 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 33,756 | – | ||||||
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More information 1985 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1985 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Ghislain Maltais | 11,270 | 48.36 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Pierre Michaud | 11,109 | 47.67 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jocelyn Toulouse | 516 | 2.21 | |||||
| Parti indépendantiste | Carol Fiset | 277 | 1.19 | |||||
| Christian Socialist | Patricia Dufour | 134 | 0.57 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,306 | 98.76 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 293 | 1.24 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,599 | 66.48 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 35,500 | – | ||||||
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More information Quebec provincial by-election, 1983, Party ...
| Quebec provincial by-election, 1983 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Ghislain Maltais | 9,375 | 43.33 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Johanne Isabel | 6,130 | 28.33 | |||||
| Independent | Pierre-Willie Maltais | 5,844 | 27.01 | |||||
| United Social Credit | J. Émilien Martel | 287 | 1.33 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,636 | 98.59 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 309 | 1.41 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,945 | 62.05 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 35,366 | – | ||||||
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More information 1981 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1981 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Lucien Lessard | 17,069 | 66.56 | |||||
| Liberal | Ghislain Maltais | 8,139 | 31.74 | |||||
| Union Nationale | Albert N. Martin | 436 | 1.70 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 25,644 | 99.18 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 212 | 0.82 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,856 | 75.43 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 34,277 | – | ||||||
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More information 1980 Quebec referendum, Side ...
| 1980 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Oui | 14,032 | 61.91 | |
| Non | 8,634 | 38.09 | |
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More information 1976 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1976 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Lucien Lessard | 15,491 | 69.16 | |||||
| Liberal | Jean-Guy Tremblay | 4,279 | 19.10 | |||||
| Union Nationale | Réal St-Laurent | 2,074 | 9.17 | |||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Camille Hélie | 575 | 2.57 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 22,399 | 97.49 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 576 | 2.51 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,975 | 78.48 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 29,276 | – | ||||||
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More information 1973 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1973 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Lucien Lessard | 10,226 | 51.14 | |||||
| Liberal | Claude Perrault | 7,933 | 39.67 | |||||
| Ralliement créditiste | André Fortier | 1,404 | 7.02 | |||||
| Union Nationale | Gérard Vallée | 327 | 1.64 | |||||
| Independent | Gaston Michaud | 105 | 0.52 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 19,995 | 98.76 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 252 | 1.24 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,247 | 72.20 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 28,044 | – | ||||||
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More information 1970 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1970 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Lucien Lessard | 12,392 | 44.77 | |||||
| Liberal | Pierre-Willie Maltais | 10,144 | 36.65 | |||||
| Union Nationale | Paul-André Tremblay | 4,007 | 14.48 | |||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Jean-Nil Jean | 1,138 | 4.11 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 27,681 | 98.61 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 391 | 1.39 | ||||||
| Turnout | 28,072 | 82.19 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 28,044 | – | ||||||
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More information 1966 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1966 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Pierre-Willie Maltais | 10,737 | 46.43 | |||||
| Union Nationale | J.-Ernest Bruyére | 9,505 | 41.11 | |||||
| Ralliement national | Lucien Lessard | 2,444 | 10.57 | |||||
| Independent | Odias Mimeault | 437 | 1.89 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,123 | 98.20 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 423 | 1.80 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,546 | 64.33 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 36,600 | – | ||||||
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More information Quebec provincial by-election, 1964, Party ...
| Quebec provincial by-election, 1964 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Pierre-Willie Maltais | 11,919 | 59.45 | |||||
| Union Nationale | J.-Ernest Bruyére | 8,130 | 40.55 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 20,049 | 97.59 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 495 | 2.41 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,544 | 60.00 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 34,240 | – | ||||||
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More information 1962 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1962 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Rodrigue Thibault | 12,116 | 57.35 | |||||
| Union Nationale | Roland Verreault | 9,010 | 42.65 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,126 | 98.42 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 340 | 1.58 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,466 | 78.97 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 27,181 | – | ||||||
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More information 1960 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1960 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Lucien Bélanger | 10,475 | 59.14 | |||||
| Union Nationale | Léopold-Jean Cormier | 7,238 | 40.86 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 17,713 | 97.55 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 444 | 2.45 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,457 | 75.91 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 22,672 | – | ||||||
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More information 1956 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1956 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Union Nationale | Pierre Ouellet | 10,899 | 58.60 | |||||
| Liberal | Gérard Lefrançois | 7,701 | 41.40 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 18,600 | 98.76 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 233 | 1.24 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,833 | 75.91 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 24,811 | – | ||||||
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More information 1952 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1952 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Union Nationale | Pierre Ouellet | 8,977 | 62.55 | |||||
| Liberal | Rodrigue Thibault | 4,923 | 34.30 | |||||
| Independent | Ange Paradis | 452 | 3.15 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 14,352 | 98.63 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 199 | 1.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 14,551 | 75.34 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 19,315 | – | ||||||
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More information 1948 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1948 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Union Nationale | Pierre Ouellet | 4,726 | 41.11 | |||||
| Independent UN | Laurent Brisson | 2,713 | 23.60 | |||||
| Liberal | Joseph Gauthier | 2,519 | 21.91 | |||||
| Union des électeurs | Ovide Gagnon | 1,274 | 11.08 | |||||
| Independent | Paul-Émile Therrien | 264 | 2.30 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 11,496 | 98.63 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 160 | 1.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 11,656 | 75.15 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 15,511 | – | ||||||
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- "Résultats des élections générales du 3 octobre 2022". Élections Québec. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- "PQ MNA Marjolain Dufour quits for health reasons". Montreal Gazette, September 3, 2015.
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