Taillon

Taillon
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 		 

Diane Lamarre
Parti Québécois

District created 1965
First contested 1966
Last contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2006) 74,995
Electors (2012)[1] 50,864
Area (km²)[2] 34.7
Pop. density (per km²) 2,161.2
Census divisions Longueuil (part)
Census subdivisions Longueuil (part)

Taillon is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It comprises part of the borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil of the city of Longueuil.

It was created for the 1966 election from Verchères and Chambly electoral districts.

It was named after former Quebec Premier Louis-Olivier Taillon who was in power for four days in 1886 and from 1892 to 1896.

In the 1995 Quebec referendum it voted 61% for Quebec to separate.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the National Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
28th 1966–1970     Guy Leduc Liberal
29th 1970–1973
30th 1973–1975
1975–1976     Independent
31st 1976–1981     René Lévesque Parti Québécois
32nd 1981–1985
33rd 1985–1989     Claude Filion Parti Québécois
34th 1989–1994     Pauline Marois Parti Québécois
35th 1994–1998
36th 1998–2003
37th 2003–2006
2006–2007     Marie Malavoy Parti Québécois
38th 2007–2008
39th 2008–2012
40th 2012–2014
41st 2014–present     Diane Lamarre Parti Québécois

Election results

Quebec general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Marie Malavoy 15,508 40.21 -6.14
Coalition Avenir QuébecPierre Cimoné 10,772 27.93 +15.94
     Liberal Marie-Ève Pelletier 7,470 19.37 -13.6
     Québec solidaire Manon Blanchard 2,874 7.25 +3.21
Option nationaleJulien-Alexandre Bilodeau 932 2.42 –
GreenCarole Mainville Bériault 590 1.53 -1.84
IndependentRobert Morin 183 0.47 –
Coalition pour la ConstituanteMarie-Noelle Mondoux-Lemoine 175 0.45 –
Marxist–LeninistNormand Fournier 65 0.17 –
Quebec general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Marie Malavoy 15,031 46.35 +10.88
     Liberal Richard Bélisle 10,691 32.97 +9.97
     Action démocratique Karine Simard 3,889 11.99 -19.81
     Québec solidaire Manon Blanchard 1,374 4.24 -0.49
GreenSimon Bernier 1,094 3.37 -1.62
Parti indépendantisteÉric Tremblay 349 1.08 –
Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Marie Malavoy 14,040 35.47 -8.11
     Action démocratique Karine Simard 12,588 31.80 +18.33
     Liberal Anne Pâquet 9,104 23.00 -8.29
GreenJonathan Mortreux 1,977 4.99 +1.97
     Québec solidaire Manon Blanchard 1,873 4.73 -2.47
Taillon by-election, August 14, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Marie Malavoy 8,309 43.58 -2.19
     Liberal Véronique Mercier 5,966 31.29 -2.88
     Action démocratique Karine Simard 2,569 13.47 -3.13
     Québec solidaire Manon Blanchard 1,373 7.20 +5.77*
GreenYvon Rudolphe 575 3.02 -
     Independent Tristan Dénommée Pigeon 143 0.75 -
     Bloc pot Francis Beuzart 133 0.70 -0.78

* Increase is from UFP

Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
     Parti Québécois Pauline Marois 17,603 45.85
LiberalAnnie Evrard 13,120 34.17
     Action démocratique Karine Simard 6,353 16.55
Bloc PotDavid Fiset 556 1.45
UFPGabriel Landry 545 1.42 –
     Independent Xavier Rochon 216 0.56
Total valid votes 38,393 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 580
Turnout 38,973 71.02
Electors on the lists 54,874
Quebec general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Pauline Marois 21,154 53.02 -7.97
     Liberal Nicole Bourget Laramée 12,372 31.01 -3.84
     Action démocratique Manon Bezeau 5,877 14.73 -
     Socialist Democracy Pascal Durand 345 0.86 -
     Innovator Monique Murray 147 0.37 -
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 28,604 60.91
Non 18,360 39.09
Quebec general election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Pauline Marois 23,315 60.99 +5.07
     Liberal Philippe Angers 13,321 34.85 -2.15
     Natural Law René-William Roy 844 2.21 -
     Sovereignty Réal Pineault 746 1.95 -
Quebec general election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Pauline Marois 18,983 55.92 +5.44
     Liberal Rodrigue Dubé 12,562 37.00 -6.94
GreenRichard Briggs 1,362 4.01 -
     New Democrat Marc Vachon 508 1.50 -1.14
     Workers Marie-Claire Ferland 302 0.89 -
     Parti indépendantiste Erich Laforest 232 0.68 -0.71
Quebec general election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Claude Filion 15,154 50.48 -17.11
     Liberal Ginette Desjardins Olivier 13,191 43.94 +14.12
     New Democrat Jean-Serge Baribeau 791 2.64 -
     Parti indépendantiste Michel Milette 418 1.39 -
Union NationaleJean-Paul Paré 285 0.95 -0.99
     Christian Socialist François Séguin 91 0.30 -
     United Social Credit Michel Bilodeau 91 0.30 +0.19
Quebec general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois René Lévesque 21,535 67.59 +4.94
     Liberal Lawrence R. Wilson 9,500 29.82 +8.22
Union NationaleLuc Gadoury 619 1.94 -9.43
     Independent Pierre Arnault 69 0.22 -
     Workers Communist Suzanne Ouellet 68 0.21 -
     United Social Credit Gaétan Bernard 36 0.11 -3.80
     Marxist–Leninist Yves Boyer 36 0.11 -
1980 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 31,997 50.99
Non 30,752 49.01
Quebec general election, 1976
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois René Lévesque 34,098 62.65 +17.45
     Liberal Fernand Blanchard 11,753 21.60 -25.06
Union NationaleJohn E. de Souza 6,189 11.37 +9.97
     Ralliement créditiste Henri Bourassa 2,129 3.91 -2.57
     New Democrat Jacques Beaudoin 256 0.47 -
Quebec general election, 1973
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Guy Leduc 18,346 46.66 +4.03
     Parti Québécois Guy Bisaillon 17,769 45.20 +16.42
     Parti créditiste Bernard-E. Laplante 2,546 6.48 -0.82
Union NationaleMarcel Marcoux 550 1.40 -11.51
     Independent Jean-Paul Paré 103 0.26 -
Quebec general election, 1970
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Guy Leduc 16,501 42.63 +4.02
     Parti Québécois Jacques-Yvon Lefebvre 11,138 28.78 -
Union NationaleJacques Johnson 4,997 12.91 -24.76
     Independent Serge Mongeau 2,998 7.75 -
     Ralliement créditiste Jean-P. Bernier 2,826 7.30 -
     Independent Gaston Gobeil 134 0.35 -
     Independent Robert Meunier 113 0.29 -
Quebec general election, 1966
Party Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Guy Leduc 8,627 38.61
Union NationalePaul-Émile Labrosse 8,417 37.67
     RIN Jacques Ferron 4,097 18.34
     Ralliement national Robert Tremblay 685 3.07
     Independent Gaston Prévost 517 2.31

References

  1. ↑ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=223&section=population
  2. ↑ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=223&section=superficie

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Neighbouring electoral districts

 Montarville
Bourget, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Vachon
   Taillon  
Marie-Victorin, Laporte

Coordinates: 45°33′18″N 73°27′25″W / 45.555°N 73.457°W