Quebec general election, 2008

December 8, 2008 (2008-12-08)

125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec 63 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	57.43%
	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Jean Charest	Pauline Marois
Party	Liberal	Parti Québécois
Leader since	April 30, 1998	June 26, 2007
Leader's seat	Sherbrooke	Charlevoix
Last election	48 seats, 33.08%	36 seats, 28.35%
Seats won	66	51
Seat change	+18	+15
Popular vote	1,366,046	1,139,185
Percentage	42.08%	35.17%
Swing	+9.00%	+6.82%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Mario Dumont	Françoise David and Amir Khadir (as spokespeople)
Party	Action démocratique	Québec solidaire
Leader since	1994	February 4, 2006
Leader's seat	Rivière-du-Loup	David: Ran in Gouin (lost) Khadir: Mercier
Last election	41 seats, 30.84%	0 seats, 3.64%
Seats won	7	1
Seat change	-34	+1
Popular vote	529,925	123,061
Percentage	16.37%	3.78%
Swing	-14.47%	+0.14%

Premier before election

Jean Charest
Quebec Liberal Party

Premier-designate

Jean Charest
Quebec Liberal Party

Seating plan following the election.

The Quebec general election of 2008 was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on December 8, 2008. Jean Charest was elected for his third mandate and formed a majority government. This was 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%

Opinion polls

polling graph

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	45	15	29	6	5	0
Léger Marketing	November 23, 2008	PDF	46	12	34	4	4	0
CROP	November 23, 2008	PDF	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	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	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	38	17	29	9	5	1
Léger Marketing	April 2008	PDF	37	18	33	6	4	2
CROP	March 26, 2008	DOC	34	22	30	7	6	1
CROP	February 24, 2008	DOC	35	21	32	7	5	0
CROP	January 27, 2008	DOC	31	24	35	5	4	0
Léger Marketing	January 17, 2008	PDF	33	27	30	5	4	1
CROP	December 2, 2007	DOC	30	26	34	6	3	1
Léger Marketing	November 4, 2007	PDF	31	27	31	5	5	1
CROP	October 28, 2007	DOC	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	27	29	33	6	4	1
CROP	June 25, 2007	PDF	27	28	29	9	6	1
Léger Marketing	June 24, 2007	PDF	28	31	32	5	4	0
CROP	June 3, 2007	PDF	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							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							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							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							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							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							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							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							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							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							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							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							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							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							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							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 (2008-12-09). "Dumont to step down after ADQ defeat". CBC News. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
↑ "Quebec politicians unimpressed by Harper speech to Canadians". Canadian Press. 2008-12-03. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
↑ Charest warns against Quebec-bashing in Parliament crisis, CBC News.
↑ "This has been a great year for Jean Charest", The Gazette, December 17, 2008.
↑ "Résultats officiels par parti politique pour l'ensemble des circonscriptions". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
↑ "Résultats officiels par circonscription (Afficher toutes les circonscriptions)". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 2012-02-03.

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