Chapleau (provincial electoral district)

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Chapleau
National Assembly Member Benoit Pelletier
Liberal
Electors, 2007 52,839 [1]
Electoral district created 1980
Region Outaouais

Chapleau is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Gatineau and includes portions east of and south of Autoroute 50, north of the Gatineau and Ottawa Rivers and west of the Riviere Blanche in the Templeton neighbourhood. The riding was created in 1980 from a part of Papineau.

The riding is named after former Quebec Premier Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau who was in power from 1879 to 1882. [2]

Contents

[edit] Members of the National Assembly

  1. John Kehoe, Liberal (1981-1994)
  2. Claire Vaive, Liberal (1994-1998)
  3. Benoît Pelletier, Liberal (1998-present)

[edit] Election results

Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Benoit Pelletier 14,581 45.03 -17.36
     Action démocratique Jocelyn Dumais 8,071 24.92 +11.80
     Parti québécois Edith Gendron 7,137 22.04 +0.40
     Green Roger Fleury 1,755 5.42
     Québec solidaire Jennifer Jean-Brice Vales 774 2.39
     Marxist-leninist Pierre Soubliere 65 0.20 -0.21
Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Benoit Pelletier 18,774 62.39 +3.17
     Parti québécois Sylvie Simard 6,512 21.64 -9.08
     Action démocratique Berthe Miron 3,949 13.12 +4.30
     Bloc Pot Daniel Leblanc-Poirier 402 1.34
     UFP Jean Marois 331 1.10
     Marxist-leninist Gabriel Girard-Bernier 122 0.41 +0.27
Quebec general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Benoit Pelletier 24,228 59,22 -4.07
     Parti québécois Claude Halle 12,600 30.72 -0.86
     Action démocratique Serge Charette 3,617 8.82
     PDS Julie Lavoie 281 0.69
     Natural Law Jean-Claude Pommet 167 0.41 -0.15
     Marxist-leninist Kim Roberge 59 0.14
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 14,354 27.53
Oui 37,788 72.47
Quebec general election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Claire Vaive 25,181 63.29 +8.05
     Parti québécois Jocelyne Gadbois 12,563 31.58 -13.18
     New Democratic Party Steve Fortin 984 2.47
     Lemon Alain Lafortune 618 1.55
     Natural Law Marie-Therese Nault 222 0.56
     Independent Jean-Pierre Winter 219 0.55
Quebec general election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal John J. Kehoe 15,569 55.24 -5.25
     Parti québécois Jean Alfred 12,615 44.76 +8.81
Quebec general election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal John J. Kehoe 16,154 60.49
     Parti québécois Jean-Claude Charette 9,813 35.95
     New Democratic Party Jean-Philippe Rheault 686 2.51
     Parti Indépendantiste Marcel Vaive 686 2.51
     Parti du socialisme chrétien Stephane Plouffe 99 0.36
Quebec general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal John J. Kehoe 15,364 53.44
     Parti québécois Jean Alfred 12,880 44.80
     Union Nationale Andre Lortie 413 1.43
     Marxist-leninist Christine Dandenault 95 0.33

[edit] References

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts