Pointe-aux-Trembles (electoral district)

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Pointe-aux-Trembles
National Assembly Member Nicole Léger
Parti Québécois
Electors, 2007 40,495 [1]
Electoral district created 1988
Region Montreal

Pointe-aux-Trembles is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located at the north-east point of the Island of Montreal and includes the communities of Pointe-aux-Trembles and Montreal East. In the 1995 Quebec referendum it voted 63% for Quebec to separate (current boundaries). The riding was created in 1988 from Anjou, Bourget and LaFontaine.

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[edit] Members of the National Assembly

  1. Michel Bourdon, Parti Québécois (1989-1996)
  2. Nicole Léger, Parti Québécois (1996-2006)
  3. André Boisclair, Parti Québécois (2006-2007)
  4. Nicole Léger, Parti Québécois (2008-)

[edit] Election results

Pointe-aux-Trembles by-election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti québécois Nicole Léger 7657 55.99 +8.69
     Liberal Party Mélissa Dumais 2987 21.84 +3.60
     Action démocratique Diane Bellemare 1882 13.76 -12.69
     Green Party Xavier Daxhelet 661 4.83 +0.52
     Québec solidaire Marie Josèphe Pigeon 226 1.65 -0.97
     Parti indépendantiste Colette Provost 153 1.12
     Independent Gérald Briand 78 0.57
     Independent Régent Millette 31 0.23
Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois André Boisclair 13784 47.30 -23.65
     Action démocratique Martin-Karl Bourbonnais 7708 26.45
     Liberal Daniel Fournier 5316 18.24
     Green Xavier Daxhelet 1257 4.31 -7.52
     Québec solidaire Dominique Ritchot 763 2.62 -5.77
     Bloc pot Étienne Mallette 154 0.53 -0.35
     Christian Democratic Julien Ferron 116 0.40
     Marxist-leninist Geneviève Royer 41 0.14
By-election: August 14, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois André Boisclair 9077 70.95 +20.76
     Green Xavier Daxhelet 1514 11.83 +10.22
     Québec solidaire Dominique Ritchot 1073 8.39
     Independent Benoît Bergeron 609 4.76
     Independent Jocelyne Leduc 231 1.81
     Independent Jean-Marc Boyer 124 0.97
     Bloc pot Benjamin Kasapoglu 113 0.88
     Independent Régent Millette 52 0.41
Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Nicole Léger 14261 50.19 -3.64
     Liberal Daniel Fournier 9427 33.18 +2.43
     Action démocratique André Cordeau 4050 14.25 +0.06
     Green Xavier Daxhelet 457 1.61
     Christian Democratic Julien Ferron 137 0.48
     Marxist-Leninist Geneviève Royer 80 0.28
Quebec general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Nicole Léger 15946 53.83 +6.80
     Liberal Richard La Charité 9110 30.75 -3.49
     Action démocratique Daniel Croze 4205 14.19 -3.05
     Democratic Socialist Hughes Tremblay 205 0.69 -0.09
     Innovateur Claude Laporte 158 0.53 -0.18
By-election: December 9, 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Nicole Léger 7190 47.03 -6.74
     Liberal Bernard Lauzon 5234 34.24 +0.75
     Action démocratique Jacques Hébert 2635 17.24 +5.59
     Democratic Socialist Daniel Pharand 119 0.78
     Innovateur Claude Laporte 109 0.71
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 21425 60.88
Non 13768 39.12
Quebec general election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Michel Bourdon 15999 53.77 +3.28
     Liberal José G. Simon 9965 33.49 -10.46
     Action démocratique Martin Ouellet 3466 11.65
     Natural Law André Gaudet 324 1.09
Quebec general election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Michel Bourdon 13725 50.49
     Liberal Jean Tondreau 11968 43.95
     Workers Gérald Varichon 659 2.42
     Progressive Conservative André Ethier 549 2.02
     United Social Credit Mario Gosselin 327 1.20

[edit] References

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts

L'Assomption, Terrebonne
v • d • e
 
LaFontaine North Verchères, Marguerite-D'Youville
West   Pointe-aux-Trembles    East
South
Anjou, Bourget


v • d • e
Quebec provincial electoral districts
Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
and Côte-Nord
Capitale-Nationale
Mauricie
Chaudière-Appalaches
and Centre-du-Québec
Estrie (Eastern Townships)
Eastern Montérégie
South Shore
East Montreal
Anjou • Bourget • Hochelaga-Maisonneuve • LaFontaine • Pointe-aux-Trembles • Rosemont
                          Central Montreal
West Montreal
North Montreal
Laval
Lanaudière
Laurentians
Outaouais
Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec
See also: 2007 election • List of elections • Politics of Quebec
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