2008 Quebec general election

2008 Quebec general election
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125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec; 63 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.43% (13.8%)
	Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election; Jean Charest; Liberal	Premier after election ; Jean Charest; Liberal

The 2008 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on December 8, 2008. The Quebec Liberal Party, under incumbent Premier Jean Charest, was re-elected with a majority government, marking the first time since the 1950s (when the Union Nationale of Maurice Duplessis won four consecutive elections) that a party or leader was elected to a third consecutive mandate, and the first time for the Liberals since the 1930s, when Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was Premier.

The 2008 election also marked the first time that Québec solidaire won a seat.

Issues

Charest called the election on November 5, saying he needed a "clear mandate" and a majority to handle the economic storm. He was criticized, however, by the Parti Québécois and the Action démocratique du Québec for calling a snap election to get a majority when they were willing to work with him to fix the economy.^[1]

Most notably, the election was marked by a significant collapse in support for the ADQ. Formerly a relatively minor party, the ADQ had attracted significant protest support in the 2007 election, beating the Parti Québécois to Official Opposition status. In 2008, however, the party's support dropped back to approximately 15 per cent of the popular vote, roughly the same range of support the party attracted before 2007. As a result of this loss of support, Mario Dumont announced in his concession speech that he would step down as party leader.^[2]

In the final days of the election campaign, the concurrent parliamentary confidence dispute became an issue, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper attacking the credibility of a potential Liberal-New Democratic Party coalition government because the Bloc Québécois had pledged to support the coalition on motions of confidence. Both Marois and Dumont called upon Charest, a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives, to clarify where he stood on the coalition and on Harper's use of anti-sovereigntist rhetoric in the dispute.^[3] Charest emphasized that the Bloc MPs had been legitimately elected by Quebecers, and stated that "I live in a society in which people can be sovereigntists or federalists, but they respect each other. The same thing should prevail in the federal parliament."^[4]

Media analysts noted that while Charest's Liberals won a majority, the final result was much narrower in both the popular vote and the seat total than polls even just a few days before the election had predicted, because the Liberals only won an eight-seat majority, a result which was widely credited to a late voter swing toward the PQ as a result of Harper's comments.^[5]

Timeline

2007

March 26 - 38th Quebec general election
April 4 - Mario Dumont becomes the leader of the Official Opposition.
April 5 - Swearing in of the liberals members of the National Assembly
April 12 - Swearing in of the ADQs members of the National Assembly
April 18 - Swearing in of the Cabinet members
April 25 - Swearing in of the PQs members of the National Assembly
May 8 - Resignation of André Boisclair as leader of the Parti Québécois
May 9 - The opening speech of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec is pronounced by Premier Jean Charest.
May 10 - François Gendron becomes the interim leader of the Parti Québécois, so the leader of the Second Opposition group.
May 24 - The budget speech is pronounced by Monique Jérôme-Forget. Both opposition parties announce that they will vote against the budget, causing a crisis in the National Assembly.
June 1 - Monique Jérôme-Forget adds 111 million dollars to the budget to avoid the holding of a general election. The budgetary policy is approved by 46 votes against 44.
June 7 - Pierre Duchesne becomes the twenty-eighth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
June 26 - Pauline Marois is elected as leader of the Parti Québécois without opposition.
August 13 - Resignation of Rosaire Bertrand as MNA of Charlevoix
September 24 - In a by-election, Pauline Marois is elected MNA of Charlevoix with 59.2% of the vote.
October 17 - Resignation of Diane Lemieux as MNA of Bourget
November 15 - Resignation of André Boisclair as MNA of Pointe-aux-Trembles

2008

March 8 - 97.2% of the liberals delegates support their leader, Jean Charest.
March 13 - Monique Jérôme-Forget pronounces her second budget speech. Mario Dumont announces that the ADQ will vote for the budget, whereas Pauline Marois announces that the PQ will vote against. Thus, the government is safe.
March 16 - 94.8% of the ADQ's delegates support their leader, Mario Dumont.
March 29 - Guy Rainville is elected as leader of the Green Party against Scott McKay.
April 9 - Resignation of Roch Cholette as MNA of Hull
May 12 - In by-elections, Maka Kotto, Maryse Gaudreault and Nicole Léger are respectively elected MNAs of Bourget, Hull and Pointe-aux-Trembles. The voter turnout is around 34% in the three electoral districts.
June 25 - Resignation of Philippe Couillard as MNA of Jean-Talon and swearing in of Yves Bolduc as minister of Health and Social Services
July 14 - Resignation of Michel Bissonnet as president of the National Assembly
September 24 - Resignation of Michel Bissonnet as MNA of Jeanne-Mance–Viger
September 29 - In a by-election, Yves Bolduc is elected MNA of Jean-Talon with 58.5% of the vote.
October 21 - Election of François Gendron as president of the National Assembly
October 22 - Resignation of Russell Copeman as MNA of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
October 23 - ADQ members of the National Assembly André Riedl and Pierre-Michel Auger cross the floor to sit as members of the Liberal caucus.
November 5 - Premier Jean Charest calls a general election for December 8.
November 25 - Leaders debate

Party standings

The overall results were:^[6]

Summary of the December 8, 2008 National Assembly of Quebec election results
Party		Party leader	Candi- dates	Seats					Popular vote
Party		Party leader	Candi- dates	2007	Dissol.	2008	Change	%	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Jean Charest	125	48	48	66	+18	52.80%	1,366,046	42.08%	+9.00%
	Parti Québécois	Pauline Marois	125	36	36	51	+15	40.80%	1,141,751	35.17%	+6.82%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	125	41	39	7	-34	5.60%	531,358	16.37%	-14.47%
	Québec solidaire	Françoise David Amir Khadir^†	122	-	-	1	+1	0.80%	122,618	3.78%	+0.14%
	Green	Guy Rainville	80	-	-	-	-	-	70,393	2.17%	-1.68%
	Parti indépendantiste	Éric Tremblay	19	*	-	-	*	-	4,227	0.13%	*
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	23	-	-	-	-	-	2,727	0.08%	+0.03%
	Durable	Sébastien Girard	1	*	-	-	*	-	567	0.02%	*
	Republic of Quebec	Gilles Paquette	1	*	-	-	*	-	140	<0.01%	*
	Independents		30	-	-	-	-	-	6,506	0.20%	+0.09%
	Vacant				2
Total			651	125	125	125	-	100%	3,246,333	100%
Notes: "Change" refers to change from previous election. ^† The party designated David and Khadir as co-spokespeople; the de jure leader recognized by the Directeur général des éléctions was Benoît Renaud. * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Vote share

PLQ			42.08%
PQ			35.17%
ADQ			16.37%
QS			3.78%
Green			2.17%
Others			0.44%

Seats

PLQ			52.80%
PQ			40.80%
ADQ			5.60%
QS			0.80%

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	QLP	ADQ	PQ	GPQ	QS	Other
Angus Reid Strategies	December 5, 2008	PDF	42	13	36	3	5	1
Léger Marketing	December 4, 2008	PDF	45	15	32	3	4	1
CROP	December 3, 2008	PDF^{[permanent dead link‍]}	45	15	29	6	5	0
Léger Marketing	November 23, 2008	PDF	46	12	34	4	4	0
CROP	November 23, 2008	PDF^{[permanent dead link‍]}	45	12	32	5	5	0
Nanos Research	November 22, 2008	PDF	44	12	36	4	4	1
Léger Marketing	November 19, 2008	PDF	44	15	33	4	4	0
CROP	November 13, 2008	DOC^{[permanent dead link‍]}	42	15	31	7	4	1
Environics	November 12, 2008	HTML	45	14	39	1	1	0
Léger Marketing	November 10, 2008	PDF	41	14	35	4	4	2
Léger Marketing	October 27, 2008	PDF	42	14	34	4	4	2
CROP	October 27, 2008	DOC	38	17	32	7	5	1
CROP	September 28, 2008	DOC	41	16	32	6	4	0
CROP	August 24, 2008	DOC	42	17	32	6	3	0
CROP	June 23, 2008	DOC^{[permanent dead link‍]}	36	17	31	7	8	0
Léger Marketing	June 15, 2008	PDF	42	14	32	7	4	1
CROP	May 26, 2008	PDF	41	14	32	6	6	1
CROP	April 27, 2008	DOC^{[permanent dead link‍]}	38	17	29	9	5	1
Léger Marketing	April 20, 2008	PDF	37	18	33	6	4	2
CROP	March 26, 2008	DOC^{[permanent dead link‍]}	34	22	30	7	6	1
CROP	February 24, 2008	DOC^{[permanent dead link‍]}	35	21	32	7	5	0
CROP	January 27, 2008	DOC^{[permanent dead link‍]}	31	24	35	5	4	0
Léger Marketing	January 17, 2008	PDF	33	27	30	5	4	1
CROP	December 2, 2007	DOC^{[permanent dead link‍]}	30	26	34	6	3	1
Léger Marketing	November 4, 2007	PDF	31	27	31	5	5	1
CROP	October 28, 2007	DOC^{[permanent dead link‍]}	31	28	31	6	4	0
CROP	September 23, 2007	HTML	24	34	30	7	5	0
Léger Marketing	September 8, 2007	PDF	28	30	34	4	2	2
CROP	August 26, 2007	DOC^{[permanent dead link‍]}	27	29	33	6	4	1
CROP	June 25, 2007	PDF^{[permanent dead link‍]}	27	28	29	9	6	1
Léger Marketing	June 24, 2007	PDF	28	31	32	5	4	0
CROP	June 3, 2007	PDF^{[permanent dead link‍]}	28	29	29	8	5	0
CROP	May 28, 2007	HTML	28	32	27	7	5	0
Léger Marketing	May 26, 2007	PDF	28	33	30	4	4	1
CROP	April 29, 2007	PDF	27	32	23	9	7	1
Léger Marketing	March 29, 2007	PDF	31	38	22	5	3	0
Last election	March 26, 2007	HTML	33.1%	30.8%	28.4%	3.9%	3.6%	0.2%

Campaign slogans

Action démocratique du Québec: Donnez-vous le pouvoir ("Give yourselves the power")
Parti libéral du Québec: L'économie d'abord OUI ("The economy first YES")
Parti québécois: Québec gagnant avec Pauline ("Quebec is a winner with Pauline")
Parti vert du Québec : Votons pour l'avenir ("Let's vote for the future")
Québec solidaire : Pour un système de santé public / Pour des salaires décents / Pour une souveraineté solidaire / Pour une économie verte et locale / Pour Éole Québec ("For a public health system" / "For decent incomes" / "For an independence in solidarity" / "For a green and local economy" / "For Wind Québec" [Éole Québec is a play on the state-run Hydro-Québec power utility, and refers to the nationalization of the wind energy industry])

Incumbent MNAs not running for re-election

Liberals

Péquistes

List of candidates and results per riding

The results in each riding (electoral division) were:^[7]

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

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Bonaventure		Nathalie Normandeau 10,707 64.29%		Denise Porlier 586 3.52%		Marcel Landry 4,829 28.99%				Patricia Chartier 533 3.20%				Nathalie Normandeau
Gaspé		Georges Mamelonet 8,886 56.08%		Marcelle Guay 499 3.15%		Annie Chouinard 6,285 39.67%				Simon Tremblay-Pepin 175 1.10%				Guy Lelièvre
Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Germain Chevarie 3,510 49.85%		Patrick Leblanc 121 1.72%		Jeannine Richard 3,194 45.36%		Nicolas Tremblay 129 1.83%		Jacques Bourdeau 87 1.24%				Maxime Arseneau
Kamouraska-Témiscouata		Claude Béchard 11,048 53.70%		Ian Sénéchal 4,436 21.56%		Michel Forget 4,351 21.15%				Manon Côté 604 2.94%		Alexie Plourde (Ind.) 134 0.65%		Claude Béchard
Matane		Éric Plourde 5,503 33.27%		Denis Paquette 1,127 6.81%		Pascal Bérubé 9,589 57.98%				Gilles Arteau 320 1.93%				Pascal Bérubé
Matapédia		Jean-Yves Roy 5,828 33.94%		Cindy Rousseau 1,982 11.54%		Danielle Doyer 8,815 51.34%				Eve-Lyne Couturier 544 3.17%				Danielle Doyer
Rimouski		Raymond Guiguère 9,424 35.33%		Frédéric Audet 3,410 12.78%		Irvin Pelletier 12,873 48.26%				Alain Thibault 967 3.63%				Irvin Pelletier
Rivière-du-Loup		Jean-Pierre Rioux 5,795 26.98%		Mario Dumont 11,115 51.75%		Stephan Shields 3,049 14.20%		Alain Gagnon 513 2.39%		Stacy Larouche 400 1.86%		Victor-Lévy Beaulieu (Ind.) 607 2.83%		Mario Dumont

Côte-Nord and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Chicoutimi		Joan Simard 12,128 41.61%		Jean-Philippe Marin 2,455 8.42%		Stéphane Bédard 13,402 45.98%				Réjean Godin 1,164 3.99%				Stéphane Bédard
Dubuc		Serge Simard 9,723 42.85%		Robert Émond 2,789 12.29%		André Michaud 9,272 40.86%				Marie-France Bienvenue 708 3.12%		Fernand Bouchard (Ind.) 199 0.88%		Jacques Côté
Duplessis		Pierre Cormier 6,300 34.28%		Bernard Lefrançois 1,532 8.34%		Lorraine Richard 9,619 52.34%		Jacques Gélineau 459 2.50%		Olivier Noël 469 2.55%				Lorraine Richard
Jonquière		Martine Girard 10,367 37.80%		Marc Jomphe 2,913 10.62%		Sylvain Gaudreault 13,077 47.68%				Gabrielle Desbiens 1,068 3.89%				Sylvain Gaudreault
Lac-Saint-Jean		Pierre Simard 7,825 29.94%		Sylvain Carbonneau 2,764 10.57%		Alexandre Cloutier 14,539 55.62%		France Bergeron 483 1.85%		Samuel Thivierge 527 2.02%				Alexandre Cloutier
René-Lévesque		Patrick Sullivan 4,725 26.29%		Louis-Olivier Minville 2,198 12.23%		Marjolain Dufour 10,554 58.71%				Marie-Claude Ouellette 498 2.77%				Marjolain Dufour
Roberval		Georges Simard 10,905 40.07%		Jacques Cadieux 2,641 9.70%		Denis Trottier 12,528 46.03%				Nicole Schmitt 571 2.10%		Sébastien Girard (PDQ) 571 2.10%		Denis Trottier

Capitale-Nationale

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Charlesbourg		Michel Pigeon 14,196 42.35%		Catherine Morissette 9,814 29.28%		Renaud Lapierre 8,449 25.20%				Martine Sanfaçon 1,063 3.17%				Catherine Morissette
Charlevoix		Jean-Luc Simard 6,252 31.00%		Marc Cardwell 2,568 12.73%		Pauline Marois 10,532 52.21%		David Turcotte 326 1.62%		André Jacob 340 1.69%		Jean-Michel Harvey (Ind.) 152 0.75%		Pauline Marois
Chauveau		Sarah Perreault 10,359 33.76%		Gérard Deltell 13,281 43.28%		François Aumond 6,267 20.42%				Catherine Flynn 778 2.54%				Gilles Taillon
Jean-Lesage		André Drolet 11,682 41.68%		Jean-François Gosselin 7,302 26.05%		Hélène Guillemette 7,497 26.75%				Jean-Yves Desgagnés 1,236 4.41%		José Breton (Ind.) 314 1.12%		Jean-François Gosselin
Jean-Talon		Yves Bolduc 13,885 49.79%		Martin Briand 2,588 9.28%		Patrick Neko Likongo 8,937 32.05%		Nathalie Gingras 1,066 3.82%		Marc-André Gauthier 1,410 5.06%				Yves Bolduc
La Peltrie		France Hamel 13,133 38.09%		Éric Caire 13,393 38.84%		France Gagné 7,014 20.34%				Guillaume Boivin 943 2.73%				Éric Caire
Louis-Hébert		Sam Hamad 17,627 48.82%		Jean Nobert 5,863 16.24%		Françoise Mercure 10,508 29.10%		Carl Lavoie 1,069 2.96%		Dominique Gautron 1,037 2.87%				Sam Hamad
Montmorency		Raymond Bernier 12,536 36.52%		Hubert Benoit 11,375 33.14%		Jacques Nadeau 8,784 25.59%		Jacques Legros 726 2.12%		Lucie Charbonneau 751 2.19%		Luc Duranleau (PI) 153 0.45%		Hubert Benoit
Portneuf		Michel Matte 11,055 39.58%		Raymond Francoeur 9,388 33.61%		René Perreault 6,553 23.46%				André Lavoie 934 3.34%				Raymond Francoeur
Taschereau		Hébert Dufour 7,845 29.48%		Renée-Claude Lizotte 3,563 13.39%		Agnès Maltais 11,768 44.22%		Antonine Yaccarini 1,048 3.94%		Serge Roy 2,241 8.42%		Mélanie Thériault (PI) 149 0.56%		Agnès Maltais
Vanier		Patrick Huot 13,077 38.33%		Sylvain Légaré 12,599 36.93%		Éric Boucher 7,512 22.02%				Monique Voisine 931 2.73%				Sylvain Légaré

Mauricie

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Champlain		Pierre-Michel Auger 10,286 34.15%		Luc Arvisais 6,582 21.86%		Noëlla Champagne 12,317 40.91%				Myriam Fauteux 714 2.37%		Jean-Pierre Grenier (Ind.) 211 0.70%		Pierre-Michel Auger
Laviolette		Julie Boulet 11,645 59.13%		Éric Tapps 2,121 10.77%		Claude Lessard 5,413 27.48%				Rémy Francoeur 516 2.62%				Julie Boulet
Maskinongé		Jean-Paul Diamond 13,277 42.18%		Jean Damphousse 6,252 19.86%		Rémy Désilets 10,841 34.44%				Mariannick Mercure 709 2.25%		Michel Thibeault (Ind.) 395 1.26%		Jean Damphousse
Saint-Maurice		Céline Trépanier 8,138 38.43%		Robert Deschamps 3,119 14.73%		Claude Pinard 8,769 41.41%		Stéphane Normandin 447 2.11%		Allison Molesworth 429 2.03%		Yves Demers (Ind.) 276 1.30%		Robert Deschamps
Trois-Rivières		Danielle St-Amand 9,129 40.10%		Sébastien Proulx 4,241 18.63%		Yves St-Pierre 8,169 35.88%		Louis Lacroix 515 2.26%		Alex Noël 714 3.14%				Sébastien Proulx

Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Arthabaska		Claude Bachand 13,227 42.49%		Jean-François Roux 7,735 24.85%		Catherine Coutel 8,791 28.24%		François Fillion 690 2.22%		Bill Ninacs 685 2.20%				Jean-François Roux
Beauce-Nord		Richard Lehoux 9,612 37.99%		Janvier Grondin 12,633 49.93%		Mireille Mercier-Roy 2,297 9.08%		Francis Paré 381 1.51%		Émilie Guimond-Bélanger 264 1.04%		Benoît Roy (Ind.) 116 0.46%		Janvier Grondin
Beauce-Sud		Robert Dutil 12,138 43.37%		Claude Morin 11,499 41.09%		André Côté 2,959 10.57%		Francis Cossette 749 2.68%		Anne-Marie Provost 307 1.10%		Léo Doyon (Ind.) 332 1.19%		Claude Morin
Bellechasse		Dominique Vien 10,530 47.79%		Jean Domingue 7,553 34.28%		Jerry Beaudoin 3,435 15.59%				Jean-Nicolas Denis 518 2.35%				Jean Domingue
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière		Réal St-Laurent 10,657 30.87%		Marc Picard 15,366 44.51%		Marie Raiche 7,428 21.52%				Marie-Hélène Côté-Brochu 1,069 3.10%				Marc Picard
Drummond		Jacques Sigouin 10,860 32.54%		Sébastien Schneeberger 9,757 29.23%		Yves-François Blanchet 11,480 34.40%				Luce Daneau 1,279 3.83%				Sébastien Schneeberger
Frontenac		Laurent Lessard 11,785 56.71%		Paul-André Proulx 3,539 17.03%		Juliette Jalbert 4,852 23.35%				Claudette Lambert 423 2.04%		Martin Duranleau (PI) 183 0.88%		Laurent Lessard
Johnson		Denis F. Morin 8,478 30.99%		Éric Charbonneau 6,318 23.09%		Étienne-Alexis Boucher 11,012 40.25%		Pierre-Olivier Jetté 919 3.36%		Colombe Landry 634 2.32%				Éric Charbonneau
Lévis		Gilles Lehouillier 12,645 38.76%		Christian Lévesque 11,196 34.32%		Jimmy Grenier 7,326 22.46%				Valérie Guilloteau 1,457 4.47%				Christian Lévesque
Lotbinière		Julie Champagne 7,540 34.31%		Sylvie Roy 9,615 43.75%		Guy St-Pierre 4,238 19.28%				Guillaume Dorval 586 2.67%				Sylvie Roy
Montmagny-L'Islet		Norbert Morin 10,027 51.90%		Claude Roy 5,596 28.96%		Guy Bélanger 3,048 15.78%		Richard Piper 356 1.84%		Bernard Beaulieu 294 1.52%				Claude Roy
Nicolet-Yamaska		Mario Landry 7,991 34.56%		Éric Dorion 6,052 26.17%		Jean-Martin Aussant 8,132 35.17%				Marianne Mathis 950 4.11%				Éric Dorion

Estrie (Eastern Townships)

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Mégantic-Compton		Johanne Gonthier 9,204 45.32%		Samuel Therrien 3,268 16.09%		Gloriane Blais 7,079 34.85%				Julie Dionne 760 3.74%				Johanne Gonthier
Orford		Pierre Reid 14,728 43.46%		Pierre Harvey 4,525 13.35%		Michel Breton 12,470 36.80%		Louis Hamel 1,030 3.04%		Patricia Tremblay 1,135 3.35%				Pierre Reid
Richmond		Yvon Vallières 11,657 51.50%		Jean-Philippe Hamel 3,682 16.27%		Martyne Prévost 6,535 28.87%				Michel Reesor 760 3.36%				Yvon Vallières
Saint-François		Monique Gagnon-Tremblay 13,327 46.96%		Vincent Marmion 2,230 7.86%		Réjean Hébert 11,845 41.74%				Sandy Tremblay 769 2.71%		François Mailly (Ind.) 210 0.74%		Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
Sherbrooke		Jean Charest 13,694 45.21%		Jacques Joly 2,065 6.82%		Laurent-Paul Maheux 11,380 37.57%		Steve Dubois 1,016 3.35%		Christian Bibeau 1,956 6.46%		Hubert Richard (Ind.) 178 0.59%		Jean Charest

Montérégie

Eastern Montérégie

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Borduas		Jacques Charbonneau 9,125 32.61%		Jean Dion 3,430 12.26%		Pierre Curzi 13,329 47.63%		Marco Caron 914 3.27%		Eric Noël 966 3.45%		Michel Lepage (PI) 219 0.78%		Pierre Curzi
Brome-Missisquoi		Pierre Paradis 14,926 49.11%		Mario Charpentier 5,127 16.87%		Richard Leclerc 8,280 27.24%		Louise Martineau 1,006 3.31%		Diane Cormier 884 2.91%		Jacques-Antoine Normandin (Ind.) 171 0.56%		Pierre Paradis
Chambly		Stéphanie Doyon 14,485 36.11%		Richard Merlini 6,455 16.09%		Bertrand St-Arnaud 16,049 40.01%		Nicholas Lescarbeau 1,200 2.99%		Jocelyn Roy 1,167 2.91%		Ghislain Lebel (PI) 758 1.89%		Richard Merlini
Iberville		André Riedl 9,075 32.01%		Lyne Denechaud 6,087 21.47%		Marie Bouillé 11,698 41.26%		Guy Berger 882 3.11%		André Dupuis 612 2.16%				André Riedl
Richelieu		Christian Cournoyer 8,546 34.63%		Patrick Fournier 3,127 12.67%		Sylvain Simard 11,607 47.04%		Patrick Lamothe 691 2.80%		Paul Martin 704 2.85%				Sylvain Simard
Saint-Hyacinthe		Claude Corbeil 11,609 37.38%		Claude L'Écuyer 5,690 18.32%		Émilien Pelletier 11,822 38.07%		Louis-Pierre Beaudry 975 3.14%		Richard Gingras 957 3.08%				Claude L'Écuyer
Saint-Jean		Jean-Pierre Paquin 12,568 36.52%		Lucille Méthé 6,266 18.21%		Dave Turcotte 13,474 39.15%		Éric Beaudry 1,034 3.00%		Danielle Desmarais 768 2.23%		Martin Rioux (PI) 189 0.55% Guillaume Tremblay (Ind.) 118 0.34%		Lucille Méthé
Shefford		Jean-Claude Tremblay 11,201 34.42%		François Bonnardel 11,271 34.63%		Jean-François Arseneault 8,019 24.64%		Martin Giard 789 2.42%		Ginette Moreau 1,085 3.33%		Lucie Piédalue (Ind.) 181 0.56%		François Bonnardel
Verchères		Vincent Sabourin 6,389 22.87%		Daniel Castonguay 4,333 15.52%		Stéphane Bergeron 15,457 55.37%		Christine Hayes 842 3.02%		Lynda Gadoury 737 2.64%		Yvon Sylva Aubé (PI) 158 0.57%		Stéphane Bergeron

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Beauharnois		Louis-Charles Roy 8,811 33.64%		Michael Betts 3,311 12.64%		Guy Leclair 12,349 47.15%		Stéphanie Théorêt 570 2.18%		Maxime Larue-Bourdages 681 2.60%		Christian Grenon (Ind.) 467 1.78%		Serge Deslières
Châteauguay		Pierre Moreau 13,583 41.41%		Geneviève Tousignant 4,115 12.54%		Michel Pinard 13,132 40.03%		Johanne Côté 967 2.95%		Véronique Pronovost 677 2.06%		Nicole Caron (PI) 215 0.66% Hélène Héroux (M-L) 115 0.35%		Jean-Marc Fournier
Huntingdon		Stéphane Billette 11,178 44.01%		Albert De Martin 6,372 25.09%		Joan Gosselin 6,988 27.51%				Stéphane Thellen 863 3.40%				Albert De Martin
La Pinière		Fatima Houda-Pepin 17,480 61.44%		Marc-André Beauchemin 2,822 9.92%		Jocelyne Duguay-Varfalvy 7,046 24.77%				Nadine Beaudoin 971 3.41%		Serge Patenaude (M-L) 131 0.46%		Fatima Houda-Pepin
Laporte		Nicole Ménard 12,823 49.01%		Alain Dépatie 2,462 9.41%		Robert Pellan 8,765 33.50%		Richard Morisset 1,162 4.44%		Michèle St-Denis 954 3.65%				Nicole Ménard
La Prairie		Marc Savard 13,621 37.41%		Monique Roy Verville 5,162 14.18%		François Rebello 16,322 44.83%				Danielle Maire 759 2.08%		Martin McNeil (Ind.) 392 1.08% Normand Chouinard (M-L) 150 0.41%		Monique Roy Verville
Marguerite-D'Youville		Jean-Robert Grenier 13,096 35.85%		Simon-Pierre Diamond 6,731 18.43%		Monique Richard 14,545 39.82%		Thomas Goyette-Levac 1,097 3.00%		Hugo Bergeron 1,059 2.90%				Simon-Pierre Diamond
Marie-Victorin		Isabelle Mercille 6,185 28.92%		Roger Dagenais 2,369 11.08%		Bernard Drainville 11,026 51.56%		Réal Langelier 665 3.11%		Sébastien Robert 957 4.48%		Yves Ménard (PI) 182 0.85%		Bernard Drainville
Soulanges		Lucie Charlebois 11,564 46.29%		Daniel Lavigne 2,992 11.98%		Louisanne Chevrier 9,229 36.95%		Denis Eperjusy 736 2.95%		Jonathan Vallée-Payette 459 1.84%				Lucie Charlebois
Taillon		Richard Bélisle 10,688 32.98%		Karine Simard 3,889 12.00%		Marie Malavoy 15,021 46.34%		Simon Bernier 1,094 3.37%		Manon Blanchard 1,374 4.24%		Éric Tremblay (PI) 349 1.08%		Marie Malavoy
Vachon		Georges Painchaud 8,802 32.26%		Jean-François Denis 3,776 13.84%		Camil Bouchard 13,203 48.39%		Denis Durand 886 3.25%		François Cyr 615 2.25%				Camil Bouchard
Vaudreuil		Yvon Marcoux 15,827 54.08%		Lucie Boudreault 2,578 8.81%		Claude Turcotte 8,789 30.03%		Julien Leclerc 1,083 3.70%		Maria-Pia Chavez 543 1.86%		Kevin Côté (Ind.) 305 1.04% Gilles Paquette (PRQ) 140 0.48%		Yvon Marcoux

Montréal

East Montreal

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Anjou		Lise Thériault 13,082		Jacques Lachapelle 2,242		Sébastien Richard 8,927		Sylvie Morneau 727		Francine Gagné 944				Lise Thériault
Bourassa-Sauvé		Line Beauchamp 13,736		Guy Mailloux 1,933		Roland Carrier 6,059				Enrico Gambardella 732				Line Beauchamp
Bourget		Pierre MacNicoll 7,984		Guy Boutin 2,677		Maka Kotto 13,046		Gilbert Caron 939		Gaétan Legault 1,177		Antonis Labbé (PI) 127		Maka Kotto
Crémazie		Martin Cossette 11,757		Diane Charbonneau 1,847		Lisette Lapointe 12,947		Daniel Hémond 778		André Frappier 1,639				Lisette Lapointe
Gouin		Édith Keays 4,974		Caroline Giroux 895		Nicolas Girard 10,276		Stephen Marchant 753		Françoise David 7,987		Jonathan Godin (PI) 110		Nicolas Girard
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve		Julie Tremblay 4,115		Jean-Lévy Champagne 1,303		Carole Poirier 10,529		Sylvie Woods 816		Serge Mongeau 2,502		Christine Dandenault (M-L) 117		Louise Harel
Jeanne-Mance–Viger		Filomena Rotiroti 16,303		Luigi Verrelli 1,736		Christine Normandin 3,379				Céline Gingras 554		Katia Proulx (Ind.) 284 Garnet Colly (M-L) 125		Vacant
LaFontaine		Tony Tomassi 14,031		Gaetano Giumento 1,306		Luigi De Benedictis 3,838		Gaétan Bérard 549		Natacha Larocque 389				Tony Tomassi
Laurier-Dorion		Gerry Sklavounos 9,769		Olivier Manceau 943		Badiona Bazin 7,701		Michel Lemay 1,090		Ruba Ghazal 2,963		Peter Macrisopoulos (M-L) 219 Michel Prairie (Ind.) 86		Gerry Sklavounos
Mercier		Catherine Émond 4,940		Elysa Toutant 575		Daniel Turp 7,989		Olivier Adam 833		Amir Khadir 8,861		Jean-Marc Labrèche (PI) 83		Daniel Turp
Pointe-aux-Trembles		Gilbert Thibodeau 5,581		Pierre Trudelle 2,525		Nicole Léger 12,845		Xavier Daxhelet 733		Marie-Josèphe Pigeon 664		Gérald Briand (Ind.) 159 Geneviève Royer (M-L) 81		Nicole Léger
Rosemont		Nathalie Rivard 9,557		Audrey Serec 1,901		Louise Beaudoin 15,149		Sylvain Valiquette 816		François Saillant 2,470		Stephane Chénier (M-L) 88		Rita Dionne-Marsolais
Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques		Éric Prud'homme 5,536		Dominic Boisvert 793		Martin Lemay 9,135		Annie Morel 1,089		Manon Massé 3,009		Serge Lachapelle (M-L) 207		Martin Lemay
Viau		Emmanuel Dubourg 10,705		Martin Fournier 1,186		Martine Banolok 4,783		Michel Cummings 678		Rosa Dutra 916				Emmanuel Dubourg

West Montreal

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Acadie		Christine St-Pierre 15,240		Ahamed Badawy 980		Marc-André Nolet 4,717		Nicolas Rémillard-Tessier 755		André Parizeau 956				Christine St-Pierre
D'Arcy-McGee		Lawrence Bergman 14,087		Mathieu Lacombe 292		Marie-Aude Ardizzon 564		Jean-Christophe Mortreux 666		Abraham Weizfeld 264				Lawrence Bergman
Jacques-Cartier		Geoffrey Kelley 20,428		Marie-Hélène Trudel 980		Olivier Gendreau 1,555		Ryan Young 1,895		Marianne Breton-Fontaine 364		Marsha Fine (M-L) 87		Geoffrey Kelley
Marguerite-Bourgeoys		Monique Jérôme-Forget 14,490		Michel Beaudoin 1,900		Félix Sylvestre-Kentzinger 4,750				Elena Tapia 752				Monique Jérôme-Forget
Marquette		François Ouimet 13,471		Marc-Antoine Desjardins 2,062		Catherine Major 6,451		Réjean Malette 1,308		Manuel Teigeiro 588		Yves Le Seigle (M-L) 86		François Ouimet
Mont-Royal		Pierre Arcand 12,205		Caroline Morgan 555		Simon Robert-Chartrand 1,854		Mario Bonenfant 736		Robbie Mahoud 577		Diane Johnston (M-L) 69		Pierre Arcand
Nelligan		Yolande James 18,039		François Savard 1,418		Anais Valiquette-L'Heureux 3,634		Jonathan Théorêt 1,556		Elahé Machouf 378				Yolande James
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce		Kathleen Weil 11,485		Matthew Conway 481		Fabrice Martel 2,307		Peter McQueen 2,430				Linda Sullivan (M-L) 124 David Sommer Rovins (Ind.) 64		Vacant
Outremont		Raymond Bachand 10,571		Christian Collard 577		Sophie Fréchette 4,919		Maxime Simard 1,204		May Chiu 2,228				Raymond Bachand
Robert-Baldwin		Pierre Marsan 17,078		Alexandra Lauzon 877		Alexandre Pagé-Chassé 1,602		Maryse Goulet 1,059		Sarah Landry 375		Nicholas Lin (M-L) 74		Pierre Marsan
Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne		Marguerite Blais 10,552		Claude-Ludovic Mbany 1,326		Frédéric Isaya 8,535		Tim Landry 985		Marie-Ève Rancourt 1,471		Jean-Paul Bédard (M-L) 146		Marguerite Blais
Saint-Laurent		Jacques P. Dupuis 15,663		José Fiorilo 1,009		Gabrielle Dufour-Turcotte 3,505				William Sloan 731		Fernand Deschamps (M-L) 147		Jacques P. Dupuis
Verdun		Henri-François Gautrin 11,223		Moscou Côté 1,411		Richard Langlais 8,314		Sébastien Beausoleil 1,087		Chantale Michaud 1,215		Sylvie Tremblay (Ind.) 216 Robert Lindblad (Ind.) 61		Henri-François Gautrin
Westmount–Saint-Louis		Jacques Chagnon 11,041		Léonidas Priftakis 438		Daniella Johnson-Meneghini 1,525		Patrick Daoust 1,090		Nadia Alexan 641				Jacques Chagnon

Laval

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Chomedey		Guy Ouellette 16,482		Josée Granger 1,932		Jonathan Cyr 5,218		Christian Picard 618		Francine Bellerose 547		Polyvios Tsakanikas (M-L) 234		Guy Ouellette
Fabre		Michelle Courchesne 15,349		Tom Pentefountas 4,024		François-Ghyslain Rocque 12,425		Erika Alvarez 1,021		Pierre Brien 918				Michelle Courchesne
Laval-des-Rapides		Alain Paquet 11,551		Robert Goulet 2,727		Marc Demers 10,264		Nicholas Sarrazin 779		Sylvie DesRochers 758		Mathieu Desbiens (PI) 151 Jacques Frigon (Ind.) 125 Yvon Breton (M-L) 114		Alain Paquet
Mille-Îles		Francine Charbonneau 15,334		Pierre Tremblay 3,588		Donato Santomo 12,124		Maude Delangis 903		Nicole Bellerose 905		Isabelle Gérin-Lajoie (Ind.) 191 Régent Millette (Ind.) 44		Maurice Clermont
Vimont		Vincent Auclair 16,217		Pierre Brien 3,932		Rachel Demers 12,257				Audrey Boisvert 1,537				Vincent Auclair

Lanaudière

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Berthier		Norman Blackburn 8,393		François Benjamin 8,239		André Villeneuve 13,650		Yan Beaudry 903		Jocelyne Dupuis 931				François Benjamin
Joliette		Christian Trudel 9,168		Pascal Beaupré 6,171		Véronique Hivon 14,647				Flavie Trudel 1,544		Pablo Lugo-Herrera (Ind.) 244		Pascal Beaupré
L'Assomption		Christian Gauthier 11,384		Éric Laporte 6,977		Scott McKay 15,494		Chantal Latour 946		Olivier Huart 1,099		Fanny Bérubé (PI) 341		Éric Laporte
Masson		David Grégoire 8,174		Ginette Grandmont 7,436		Guillaume Tremblay 17,997		Michel Paulette 954		Gabriel Poirier 716		Bertrand Lefebvre (PI) 257		Ginette Grandmont
Rousseau		Michel Fafard 6,689		Jean-Pierre Parrot 4,778		François Legault 16,783		Michel Popik 607		François Lépine 730				François Legault
Terrebonne		Chantal Leblanc 9,439		Jean-François Therrien 7,377		Mathieu Traversy 15,455		Yoland Gilbert 1,103		Sabrina Perreault 894				Jean-François Therrien

Laurentides

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Argenteuil		David Whissell 10,843		Michael Perzow 2,455		John Saywell 7,353		Claude Sabourin 790		Loïc Kauffeisen 456				David Whissell
Bertrand		Isabelle Lord 10,424		Diane Bellemare 3,463		Claude Cousineau 14,970		Michelle L. Déry 839		Mylène Jaccoud 843				Claude Cousineau
Blainville		Johanne Berthiaume 11,301		Pierre Gingras 7,677		Daniel Ratthé 14,118		Michel Sigouin 962		Francis Gagnon-Bergmann 798				Pierre Gingras
Deux-Montagnes		Marie-France D'Aoust 8,979		Lucie Leblanc 4,983		Benoit Charette 11,932		Guy Rainville 1,168		Julien Demers 632				Lucie Leblanc
Groulx		Monique Laurin 10,823		Linda Lapointe 6,036		René Gauvreau 11,226		Carmen Brisebois 955		Adam Veilleux 701		Sébastien Hotte (PI) 102		Linda Lapointe
Labelle		Déborah Bélanger 7,140		Claude Ouellette 2,807		Sylvain Pagé 13,195		François Beauchamp 754		Luc Boisjoli 751				Sylvain Pagé
Mirabel		Ritha Cossette 7,207		François Desrochers 6,522		Denise Beaudoin 13,700		Simon Cadieux 847		Kim Joly 621				François Desrochers
Prévost		Jacques Gariépy 10,001		Martin Camirand 7,193		Gilles Robert 15,229		Bernard Anton 913		Lise Boivin 1,107				Martin Camirand

Outaouais

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green		QS		Other		Incumbent
Chapleau		Marc Carrière 13,968		Gilles Taillon 3,182		Yves Morin 6,560		Roger Fleury 1,032		Benoît Renaud 609		Jean-Pierre Grenier (Ind.) 118 Pierre Soublière (M-L) 51		Benoît Pelletier
Gatineau		Stéphanie Vallée 14,506		Serge Charrette 2,395		Thérèse Viel-Déry 7,176						Benoit Legros (M-L) 304		Stéphanie Vallée
Hull		Maryse Gaudreault 11,924		Renée Gagné 1,319		Gilles Aubé 7,602				Bill Clennett 2,006		Jean-Roch Villemaire (PI) 139 Gabriel Girard-Bernier (M-L) 101		Maryse Gaudreault
Papineau		Norman MacMillan 13,786		Bruno Lemieux 2,825		Gilles Hébert 8,674		Patrick Mailloux 790		Françoise Breault 805		Christian-Simon Ferlatte (M-L) 92		Norman MacMillan
Pontiac		Charlotte L'Écuyer 12,960		Christian Toussaint 1,215		Nathalie Lepage 3,553		Gail Lemmon Walker 950		Charmain Lévy 804		Lisa Leblanc (M-L) 122		Charlotte L'Écuyer

Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec

Electoral district	Candidates											Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		ADQ		PQ		Green	QS		Other		Incumbent
Abitibi-Est		Pierre Corbeil 8,942		Samuel Dupras 1,742		Alexis Wawanoloath 8,427			Lizon Boucher 438				Alexis Wawanoloath
Abitibi-Ouest		Claude Nelson Morin 5,309		Sébastien D'Astous 2,182		François Gendron 10,570					Grégory Vézeau (PI) 370		François Gendron
Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue		Daniel Bernard 10,358		Paul-Émile Barbeau 4,111		Johanne Morasse 8,604			Guy Leclerc 1,413				Johanne Morasse
Ungava		Pierre Gaudreault 3,015		Pascal Dion 917		Luc Ferland 4,118			Mélanie Dufour 439		Gilbert Hamel (Ind.) 218		Luc Ferland

References

^ CBC News (November 5, 2008). "Quebec premier seeks 'clear mandate' in calling Dec. 8 election". CBC.
^ Lianne Elliott (December 9, 2008). "Dumont to step down after ADQ defeat". CBC News. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
^ "Quebec politicians unimpressed by Harper speech to Canadians". Canadian Press. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2008.
^ Charest warns against Quebec-bashing in Parliament crisis, CBC News.
^ "This has been a great year for Jean Charest" Archived November 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Gazette, December 17, 2008.
^ "Résultats officiels par parti politique pour l'ensemble des circonscriptions". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
^ "Résultats officiels par circonscription (Afficher toutes les circonscriptions)". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2012.

External links

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DemocraticSPACE 39e élection générale du Québec
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Election Almanac - Quebec Provincial Election

[1] CBC News (November 5, 2008). "Quebec premier seeks 'clear mandate' in calling Dec. 8 election". CBC.

[CBC_Dumont_resigns-2] Lianne Elliott (December 9, 2008). "Dumont to step down after ADQ defeat". CBC News. Retrieved December 9, 2008.

[Quebec_reaction-3] "Quebec politicians unimpressed by Harper speech to Canadians". Canadian Press. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2008.

[4] Charest warns against Quebec-bashing in Parliament crisis, CBC News.

[5] "This has been a great year for Jean Charest" Archived November 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Gazette, December 17, 2008.

[6] "Résultats officiels par parti politique pour l'ensemble des circonscriptions". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2012.

[7] "Résultats officiels par circonscription (Afficher toutes les circonscriptions)". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2012.

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