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2003 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election

2003 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election

FieldValue
election_name2003 Quebec general election
countryQuebec
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1998 Quebec general election
previous_year1998
outgoing_members36th Quebec Legislature
next_election2007 Quebec general election
next_year2007
elected_mps37th National Assembly of Quebec
seats_for_election125 seats in the [37th Quebec Legislature](37th-quebec-legislature)
majority_seats63
turnout70.42% (7.9%)
election_dateApril 14, 2003
image1
colour1
leader1Jean Charest
leader_since1April 30, 1998
party1
leaders_seat1Sherbrooke
last_election148 seats, 43.55%
seats1**76**
seat_change128
popular_vote1**1,755,863**
percentage1**45.99%**
swing12.44%
image2
colour2
leader2Bernard Landry
leader_since2March 2, 2001
party2
leaders_seat2Verchères
last_election276 seats, 42.87%
seats245
seat_change231
popular_vote21,269,183
percentage233.24%
swing29.63%
image3
colour3
leader3Mario Dumont
leader_since3May 11, 1994
party3
leaders_seat3Rivière-du-Loup
last_election31 seat, 11.81%
seats34
seat_change33
popular_vote3694,122
percentage318.18%
swing36.37%
map_imageQuebec general election, 2003 results by riding.svg
map_size410px
map_captionPopular 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.
titlePremier
before_electionBernard Landry
before_party
after_electionJean Charest
posttitlePremier after election
after_party

The 2003 Quebec general election was held on April 14, 2003, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec (Canada). The Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ), led by Jean Charest, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier Bernard Landry, in a landslide.

In Champlain there was a tie between PQ candidate Noëlla Champagne and Liberal candidate Pierre-A. Brouillette; although the initial tally was 11,867 to 11,859, a judicial recount produced a tally of 11,852 each. A new election was held on May 20 and was won by Champagne by a margin of 642 votes.

Unfolding

In January 2001, Lucien Bouchard announced that he would resign from public life, citing that the results of his work were not very convincing. In March 2001, the Parti Québécois selected Bernard Landry as leader by acclamation, thus becoming premier of Quebec. In 2002, the Parti Québécois (PQ) government had been in power for two mandates. It was seen as worn-out by some, and its poll numbers fell sharply. It placed third at its lowest point. An important part of its support was going to the Action Démocratique du Québec (ADQ) and its young leader, Mario Dumont. Some PQ supporters had left for the Liberal party.

Landry, leader of the PQ, undertook a revitalization of the party and its image. As the ideas of the conservative nature of ADQ's platform became more apparent, that party's popularity declined. Social democratic measures taken by the PQ government, like the passing of the "Law against poverty" helped improve the PQ's standing in the public opinion polls. PLQ leader Jean Charest initially continued to be unpopular with voters.

The 2003 election happened against the backdrop of the war in Iraq. The battles of that war took place during the first half of the campaign, diverting the attention of the media and the population. Landry became known for his custom of wearing the white ribbon (which in 2003 was worn by people in favour of peace). This custom was shortly followed by the two other main party leaders, Charest and Dumont. Landry was the most outspoken critic of the war. The other two were more discreet on the matter. Charest once stated that it was an opportunity to reaffirm his "belief in peace". Dumont acted in a similar way, while also addressing criticism to Landry, saying that Quebecers should refrain from criticizing Americans too harshly since Americans were historical friends of Quebecers.

The desire for change was considered an important factor of the campaign . However, while reminding voters that the fundamental change was at the core of its primary ideal, sovereignty, the PQ focused its message and publicity not on change, but on stability. Its campaign slogan emphasized this . Landry also tried to portray the vote as being a choice between the left wing PQ and two parties of the right. The PLQ portrayed itself as centrist. The PLQ produced dynamic ads and material, and released a new, younger logo. The ADQ put forward its young, underdog leader, and denied being too much to the right. It first broadcast a negative advertisement (a bleak television spot speaking of deaths in the hospitals) that backfired substantially, with criticism from opponents and citizens. It shortly released a brighter, more positive advertising.

Despite the PQ's recovery of support, Charest appeared as a viable alternative for people in desire of change, especially during the Leaders' Debate. Also, the Parizeau Affair sparked by Charest is said to have harmed Landry's campaign up to election day. The PQ lead in the public opinion polls vanished by mid-campaign.

The Parti Libéral won the election, while Parti Québécois won a respectable number of seats. The ADQ won four seats, which was a considerable improvement from previous general elections. It was nonetheless a disappointment for the party since it had five sitting members as a result of by-election victories in the previous year. It had also had a high standing in the polls of that same year. This was the first general election for the new left-wing Union des forces progressistes.

A documentary about Bernard Landry's point of view of the campaign was released in 2003 called À Hauteur d'homme. It was directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque.

Issues

Health care

Jean Charest and the PLQ focused their campaign upon the issue of health care and reducing waiting lists. The other major parties criticized Charest for planning to invest only in health care and education, while freezing other budgets. Landry argued that money for health care would be available when the fiscal imbalance was solved by sovereignty. He vowed to fight for money from Ottawa until then, as he had done earlier that year (see the "Fiscal Imbalance", below). Charest portrayed Landry as putting sovereignty ahead of health care, and presented his party as the one that would make health care its first priority. He also accused Landry's government of using waiting lists as an administration procedure for hospitals.

Change

The desire for change was considered by the media to be a major deciding factor of the vote. The media were criticized by the PQ and some citizens as "wanting change for the sake of change", since the government had ended its term with an economy doing well and high satisfaction polls for an outgoing administration. Landry reminded voters that, while voting for his party did not change the government right away, the first ideal of the PQ, sovereignty, was "the greatest of changes". At the Leaders' Debate, Charest told viewers that those wanting change should vote for the PLQ since "A vote for the ADQ is a vote for the PQ". At the time, the ADQ was considered to be too low in the polls to be a potential victor. Charest's reminder of the spoiler effect is said to have been partly responsible for his victory on election day. The results on election day appear to have demonstrated the voters' desire for change.

Income tax

Charest presented a plan of major reduction of income tax, which Landry opposed. Quebec's income taxes are the highest in North America, but its social programs are also relatively generous, and the gap between rich and poor is the lowest of the North American continent. The ADQ presented a flat tax plan in 2002. This proved to be highly unpopular, and contributed to the image of the party as being too conservative. This plan, in its pure form, was dropped in the beginning of 2003. The ADQ claimed that, after further examination, the Quebec government did not have the resources to implement it. This, again, hurt the party further by giving it the image of flip flopping.

State size and intervention

The PQ government was criticized by the two other major parties for being too interventionist, maintaining an overly large government, and for practising statism. Dumont spoke of Landry and the PQ's "Social bureaucracy", a pun on the Social democracy the PQ defends. Landry responded to Charest and Dumont that "Quebecers do not want less state, they want better state". Dumont had previously proposed a drastic reduction in the size of the civil service, but this was also softened before the campaign.

Family-work conciliation

The conciliation famille-travail became an important issue of the campaign as a result of Landry's "Four day work-week" plan. This proposal would have required Quebec employers to offer the option of a four-day work week to parents. This was presented by the PQ as a way to enhance family life, lower the stress on parents, and of counteracting the fall in Quebec's birthrate since the Quiet Revolution. The plan was attacked by the PLQ and ADQ as being "improvised" since it was only presented near the beginning of the election. It attracted some interest and support from voters, enough for Charest to declare, days before voting day, that he could consider implementing a four-day week, although the PLQ has not mentioned this since the election.

Fiscal imbalance

The theory of a fiscal imbalance between Ottawa and Quebec City was maintained and denounced by all major parties. Charest argued that the co-operative approach of a federalist party like the PLQ would be more effective solving the problem. As proof that the PQ would be able to solve the fiscal imbalance, Landry pointed to his success of early 2003, when he, along with the English Canadian Premiers, managed to come to an agreement with Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien for more money to finance health care. He promised to continue the "battle" to solve the imbalance until independence is achieved.

City mergers

The PQ government, during the premiership of Landry's predecessor Lucien Bouchard, had merged the major cities of Quebec. The government argued that the mergers would allow a better division of the wealth and responsibilities between richer suburban communities and poorer parts of the main cities. The mergers occurred despite widespread opposition in some municipalities. Many Quebecers were still disgruntled, especially in wealthier and anglophone communities. The PLQ proposed to allow referendums on de-amalgamation in communities where there was sufficient support. The PQ and the ADQ strongly opposed the idea.

Sovereignty and autonomy

While the PQ continued to promote sovereignty for Quebec with its usual arguments (dignity, culture, globalization, etc.), it was also presented by the PQ as a way to solve the fiscal imbalance problem. The ADQ made great efforts to avoid taking a position on the subject of independence in order to attract both sides of the National Question spectrum. The ADQ positioned itself as a "third way" to Quebecers between what Dumont called "radical separation" and "knelt down federalism". The ADQ had worked in favour of sovereignty during the 1995 Quebec referendum, but had been equivocal on the subject since then.

The PLQ criticized the PQ for using the politics of confrontation because of its sovereignty position, and argued that a PLQ government would restore Quebec's "leadership role" in the federation. Landry promised a third referendum on independence "in 1000 days", confirming the plan he had set out in the Declaration of Gatineau, with support for independence running very low and support for a referendum running even lower in opinion polls; this did not prove to be a popular position. An argument of Landry for this timetable was that he wanted Quebec to be present at the Summit of the Americas in Buenos Aires in 2005. Representation for Quebec had been denied by Ottawa at the previous summit held in Quebec City, an act that angered many Quebecers. At the same time, Landry kept the door opened to federalist support for the PQ and stated that he would only hold a referendum if he had the "moral assurance" of winning it. This lead Charest to accuse him of having a "hidden agenda", during the Leaders' Debate.

Parizeau Affair

On the day of the leaders' debate, Charest's advisors gave him an article from the website of the Trois-Rivières newspaper Le Nouvelliste that spoke of past PQ leader Jacques Parizeau restating his controversial remarks about "money and the ethnic vote" which he had made in his 1995 referendum concession speech. The truth of the article was later disputed, yet despite the uncertainty surrounding this article, Charest surprised Landry with it during the leaders' debate on live television. This created a new controversy that ran for some days following the debate, and was said to have hurt Landry's campaign. The PQ denounced Charest for launching an "immoral attack" on Parizeau's reputation and dignity, saying that the article was incorrect in concluding that he had repeated his comments, but this method of response was not enough to defuse the controversy. The aftermath of the leaders' debate is thoroughly treated in the À Hauteur d'homme documentary, and became known as the Parizeau Affair.

Day care

The "five dollar-a-day child care" program implemented by the PQ government of Lucien Bouchard was one of the most appreciated achievements of the recent PQ administration. Some parents still did not have access to it, however, because of a lack of sufficient places. Landry, who had been Minister of Finance when the plan was implemented, vowed to continue creating more spaces. Charest presented his team as the most capable for this task. He also vowed to keep the price at $5 a day. He broke this promise later that year. See Opposition to the Charest government.

Public debt

The Action Démocratique insisted that the Government of Quebec should pay down the public debt. The other major leaders did not see it as a priority.

Contenders

Major parties

Action démocratique du Québec

:

Quebec Liberal Party

Parti Québécois

Minor parties

Bloc Pot

:

Union des forces progressistes

:[[Image:UFP logo.svg|120px|Union des forces démocratiques official logo]]

Campaign slogans

  • Action démocratique du Québec: L'avenir autrement (The future differently)
  • Quebec Liberal Party: Nous sommes prêts (We are ready)
  • Parti Québécois: Restons forts (Let us stay strong)

Incumbent MNAs not running for re-election

Redistribution of ridings

The Commission de la représentation électorale performed a redistribution in 2001, which maintained the number of seats in the National Assembly at 125 for the next general election, making the following alterations:

Abolished ridingsNew ridings*Renaming of districts**Drawn from other districts**Merger of districts**Reorganization of districts*

Candidates

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

|- || |Nathalie Normandeau 11,975 | |Marc Tétreault 6,313 | |Maurice Anglehart 1,101 | |Michel Goudreau (Green) 542 ||

Nathalie Normandeau

| |Johnny Gérard 8,052 || |Guy Lelièvre 9,033 | |Denis Paradis 1,743 | |Luc-Reno Fournier (Green) 227 ||

Guy Lelièvre

| |Simone LeBlanc 3,150 || |Maxime Arseneau 4,606 | |Évé Longuépée 92 | | ||

Maxime Arseneau
Claude Béchard 11,266

| |Harold LeBel 6,326 | |Pierre Lévesque 6,504 | |Guy Duguay (Green) 293 Robert Raymond (Ind.) 238 ||

Claude Béchard
Nancy Charest 7,602

| |Pascal Bérubé 7,569 | |Raynald Bernier 3,005 | |Nelson Gauthier (Ind.) 178 Nestor Turcotte (Ind.) 135 David Lejeune (Green) 124 | |- | |Gaston Pelletier 6,339 || |Danielle Doyer 9,197 | |Claude Fortin 4,686 | | ||

Danielle Doyer

| |Éric Forest 10,817 || |Solange Charest 14,177 | |Stéphane Laforest 4,719 | | ||

Solange Charest

| |Jacques Morin 5,585 | |Carol Gilbert 4,155 || |Mario Dumont 13,452 | |Julie Morin (Green) 312 ||

Mario Dumont
}

[[Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean]], [[Côte-Nord]] and [[Nord-du-Québec]]

|- | |Jean-Guy Maltais 11,814 || |Stéphane Bédard 14,471 | |Carl Savard 5,841 | |Pierre Dostie (UFP) 670 Dominic Tremblay (BP) 314 ||

Stéphane Bédard

| |Johnny Simard 9,723 || |Jacques Côté 9,767 | |Claude Gauthier 5,162 | |Marie Francine Bienvenue (UFP) 457 ||

Jacques Côté

| |Marc Proulx 8,018 || |Lorraine Richard 10,926 | |Steeve Trudel 2,530 | |André Forbes (Ind.) 1,334 ||

Normand Duguay
Françoise Gauthier 13,826

| |Myrtha Laflamme 11,386 | |Réjean Laforest 5,216 | |Batiste Foisy (BP) 368 Michel Perron (UFP) 330 ||

Françoise Gauthier

| |Benoît Harvey 7,405 || |Stéphan Tremblay 15,200 | |Roger Filion 5,694 | | ||

Stéphan Tremblay

| |François Désy 5,215 || |Marjolain Dufour 8,997 | |François Corriveau 7,356 | |Jean-Pierre Brison (Ind.) 449 || |François Corriveau Saguenay |- || |Karl Blackburn 11,930 | |Réjean Lalancette 11,686 | |Bernard Généreaux 6,388 | |Francis Breton (UFP) 453 ||

Benoît Laprise

| |Don Bubar 4,258 || |Michel Létourneau 5,744 | |Gloria Trudeau 1,460 | | || |Michel Létourneau |}

[[Capitale-Nationale]]

|- || |Éric Mercier 17,169 | |Sylvie Tremblay 9,741 | |Jonatan Julien 10,936 | |Yonnel Bonaventure (Green) 438 Simon Carreau (UFP) 329 ||

Jean Rochon
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| |Denis Lavoie 8,758 || |Rosaire Bertrand 10,131 | |Daniel Bouchard 3,998 | |Éric Tremblay (UFP) 168 Gabriel Tremblay (Ind.) 105 Phillippe Thivierge (DCQ) 62 ||

Rosaire Bertrand
Sarah Perreault 14,774

| |Nathalie Samson 8,506 | |Hélène Napert 12,555 | |Christian Légaré (Ind.) 624 Marie-Noëlle Béland (UFP) 387 ||

Raymond Brouillet
Michel Després 15,547

| |Robert Caron 9,408 | |Aurel Bélanger 8,912 | |Jean-Yves Desgagnés (Ind.) 714 Nicolas Frichot (BP) 390 Jean Bédard (M-L) 185 || |Michel Després Limoilou |- || |Margaret Delisle 15,475 | |Daniel-Mercier Gouin 11,999 | |Simon Lauzon 5,149 | |Sacha Calixte (UFP) 515 Antonine Yaccarini (Green) 477 Sabrina Falardeau (BP) 197 Robert Bonenfant (Ind.) 126 ||

Margaret Delisle
France Hamel 16,462

| |Claude Gendreau 8,711 | |Éric Caire 13,421 | |Dany Hamel (Ind.) 586 Guillaume Boivin (UFP) 515 ||

Michel Côté
Sam Hamad 17,938

| |Line-Sylvie Perron 11,688 | |Guy Laforest 9,505 | |Jean-Pierre Guay (Green) 493 Jean-Phillipe Lessard-Beaupré (UFP) 402 Pierre Laliberté (BP) 281 ||

Paul Bégin
Raymond Bernier 13,708

| |Jean-François Simard 11,226 | |Jean-François Paquet 11,821 | |Magali Paquin (UFP) 517 ||

Jean-François Simard
Jean-Pierre Soucy 12,729

| |Roger Bertrand 8,352 | |Deny Lépine 10,781 | |François Paradis-Caron (UFP) 413 ||

Roger Bertrand

| |Michel Beaudoin 11,240 || |Agnès Maltais 12,930 | |Jean-Guy Lemieux 6,537 | |Alain Marcoux (UFP) 1,136 Dominic Lapointe (Green) 731 Benjamin Kasapoglu (BP) 389 Patrice Fortin (Ind.) 102 Alain Cyr (Ind.) 95 ||

Agnès Maltais
Marc Bellemare 16,182

| |Nicole Madore 9,385 | |Normand Morin 11,646 | |Sébastien Bouchard (UFP) 573 || |Diane Barbeau |}

[[Mauricie]]

|- (May 20, 2003) | |Pierre Brouillette 9,431 || |Noëlla Champagne 10,073 | |Rock Laviolette 6,459 | |Lucie Favreau (UFP) 103 Gilles Noel (DCQ) 73 ||

Yves Beaumier
Julie Boulet 12,806

| |Patrick Lahaie 7,730 | |Sébastien Proulx 3,453 | |Yves Demers (UFP) 182 Josée Lafontaine (DCQ) 144 ||

Julie Boulet
Francine Gaudet 13,240

| |Rémy Désilets 12,334 | |Louise-Andrée Garant 9,118 | | ||

Rémy Désilets
-

| |Bob Vallières 8,232 || |Claude Pinard 8,860 | |Luc Arvisais 8,201 | |Kevin Trudel (UFP) 225 ||

Claude Pinard
André Gabias 11,034

| |Guy Julien 10,154 | |Jean-Claude Ayotte 5,181 | |Rachel Sauvageau (BP) 274 David Lanneville (UFP) 214 Marcel Fugère (Ind.) 110 Stéphane Robert (DCQ) 76 || |Guy Julien |}

[[Chaudière-Appalaches]] and [[Centre-du-Québec]]

|- || |Claude Bachand 12,663 | |Danièle Caron 9,657 | |Alain Rayes 11,389 | |François Houle (Green) 379 Katrine Cyr (BP) 353 ||

Jacques Baril

| |Normand Poulin 11,104 | |Aline Carrier 4,160 || |Janvier Grondin 13,275 | |Julie Roy (BP) 223 Richard Fecteau (UFP) 175 ||

Normand Poulin
Diane Leblanc 14,170

| |Stéphane Pouliot 5,115 | |Claude Lemieux 12,852 | |Ginette Lewis (UFP) 216 ||

Diane Leblanc
Dominique Vien 9,658

| |Claude Lachance 7,084 | |Serge Carbonneau 8,507 | |Sylvain Castonguay (Green) 314 Mario Ouellette (UFP) 134 ||

Claude Lachance

| |Pauline Houde-Landry 12,601 | |Antoine Dubé 10,007 || |Marc Picard 14,759 | |Jean Bernatchez (UFP) 649 ||

Denise Carrier-Perreault

| |Jean Courchesne 13,479 || |Normand Jutras 15,200 | |Patrick Leblanc 7,577 | |Pascal Allard (Ind.) 393 Gilles Martineau (UFP) 301 Robert Dufour (DCQ) 199 ||

Normand Jutras
Laurent Lessard 11,251

| |Marc Boulianne 7,281 | |Daniel Lamouth 6,888 | |Bruno Vézina (Green) 231 Marie-Josée Vachon (UFP) 145 ||

Marc Bouliane

| |Nicole Brouillette 10,700 || |Claude Boucher 12,232 | |Isabelle Marquis 6,612 | |Martin Marois (UFP) 343 Michel Bélanger (DCQ) 224 ||

Claude Boucher
Carole Théberge 12,891

| |Linda Goupil 12,485 | |Joël Bernier 10,670 | |Madeleine Provencher (UFP) 442 Richard Larivée (Ind.) 220 ||

Linda Goupil

| |Monique Drolet-Glazier 8,773 | |Jean-Guy Paré 6,502 || |Sylvie Roy 9,522 | |Marc Allard (Green) 306 Étienne Hallé (UFP) 175 Paul Biron (DCQ) 150 ||

Jean-Guy Paré
Norbert Morin 9,518

| |Louise Soucy 4,683 | |Mario Dolan 8,513 | |Fernand Dorval (UFP) 225 ||

Réal Gauvin

| |Jean Rousseau 8,927 || |Michel Morin 10,783 | |Lise Blanchette 5,899 | |Blak D. Blackburn (BP) 417 Simonne Lizotte (Ind.) 141 ||

Michel Morin
}

[[Estrie]] (Eastern Townships)

|- || |Daniel Bouchard 11,135 | |Suzanne Durivage 7,347 | |Alain Boisvert 4,901 | |Christian Poulin (UFP) 193 Frank Moller (Equ.) 71 ||

Madeleine Bélanger
Pierre Reid 17,314

| |Yvon Bélair 11,037 | |Steve Bourassa 6,145 | |Véronique Grenier (UFP) 498 ||

Robert Benoît
Yvon Vallières 14,767

| |André Blais 6,149 | |Pierre Hébert 4,899 | | ||

Yvon Vallières
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay 16,562

| |Guillaume Breault-Duncan 9,926 | |Michel-André Samson 4,541 | |Suzanne Thériault (UFP) 314 François Boudreau (BP) 310 ||

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
Jean Charest 16,403

| |Marie Malavoy 13,806 | |Peter Downey 4,169 | |Normand Gilbert (UFP) 496 Serge Lachapelle (M-L) 64 || |Jean Charest |}

[[Montérégie]]

|- | |Mario Faubert 13,265 || |Serge Deslières 13,904 | |Michael Betts 3,338 | |Rémi Pelletier (Green) 506 || |Serge Deslières Salaberry-Soulanges |- | |Daniel Doucet 9,981 || |Jean-Pierre Charbonneau 13,840 | |Patricia St-Jacques 5,282 | |Raynald St-Onge (BP) 459 ||

Jean-Pierre Charbonneau
Pierre Paradis 18,546

| |Lina Le Blanc 8,093 | |Pierre Plante 6,018 | |Simon Gnocchini (UFP) 509 Lionel Albert (Equ.) 167 ||

Pierre Paradis
Diane Legault 17,656

| |Louise Beaudoin 16,857 | |Denis Lavoie 6,935 | |Sébastien Duclos (BP) 744 ||

Louise Beaudoin
Jean-Marc Fournier 20,434

| |Éric Cardinal 13,751 | |Daniel Lapointe 4,399 | |Gilles Lalumière (BP) 547 Guylaine Sirard (UFP) 222 Robert Jason Morgan (Equ.) 93 ||

Jean-Marc Fournier
André Chenail 15,512

| |François Boileau 8,302 | |Michel Lavoie 5,261 | |Kenneth Rimmer (BP) 452 || |André Chenail Beauharnois-Huntingdon |- || |Jean Rioux 12,106 | |Jean-Paul Bergeron 11,185 | |Lucille Méthé 6,731 | |Michel Thiffeault (BP) 376 Benoit Lapointe (Green) 298 Guillaume Tremblay (UFP) 229 ||

Jean-Paul Bergeron
Fatima Houda-Pepin 22,474

| |Marcel Lussier 7,934 | |Gérard Lachance 4,026 | |Inti Ortega (BP) 487 ||

Fatima Houda-Pepin
Michel Audet 18,673

| |Clément Arcand 10,178 | |Judy Fay 3,885 | |Christian Montmarquette (UFP) 489 Patrick Fiset (BP) 487 Mary Bevan-Ouellette (Equ.) 106 ||

André Bourbeau
Jean Dubuc 15,805

| |Serge Geoffrion 14,868 | |Yves-André Ferland 6,478 | |Marc Bissonnette (BP) 547 Danielle Maire (UFP) 229 Sylvain Lesage (DCQ) 84 ||

Serge Geoffrion
Pierre Moreau 16,368

| |François Beaulne 15,501 | |Luc Pommainville 6,596 | |Yan Lacombe (BP) 550 Maxime Babeu (UFP) 536 ||

François Beaulne

| |Jean-Marc Pelletier 9,799 || |Cécile Vermette 12,736 | |Michel Lalonde 4,374 | |Pierre Losier-Côté (BP) 462 Marc Lambert (UFP) 452 Daniel Tavéra (Ind.) 134 ||

Cécile Vermette

| |Benoît Lefebvre 10,927 || |Sylvain Simard 13,286 | |Micheline Ulrich 3,756 | |Marie-Hélène Charbonneau (BP) 407 Nidal Joad (Ind.) 109 Steve Ritter (Ind.) 100 Florette Villemure-Larochelle (DCQ) 74 ||

Sylvain Simard
Jean-Pierre Paquin 14,758

| |Roger Paquin 13,423 | |Marc-André Legault 6,856 | |Alexandre Boulerice (UFP) 535 Eric Bédard (BP) 462 Jean Robert (Ind.) 112 Raymond Martin (Ind.) 73 ||

Roger Paquin

| |Pierre Solis 13,137 || |Léandre Dion 13,870 | |Bernard Barré 7,855 | |François Choquette (UFP) 401 ||

Léandre Dion
Bernard Brodeur 16,391

| |Jean-François de la Chevrotière 10,073 | |Sylvain Barré 8,114 | |Dominic Thibeault (BP) 502 Gilles Dumoulin (UFP) 334 ||

Bernard Brodeur
Lucie Charlebois 13,473

| |Gaëtane Legault 8,753 | |Pierre Éloi Talbot 3,549 | |Gloria Sawyer (BP) 327 Sandra Stephenson (Green) 320 |- | |Annie Evrard 13,120 || |Pauline Marois 17,603 | |Katrine Simard 6,353 | |David Fiset (BP) 556 Gabriel Landry (UFP) 545 Xavier Rochon (Ind.) 216 ||

Pauline Marois

| |Brigitte Mercier 12,741 || |Camil Bouchard 12,960 | |Joëlle Lescop 5,540 | |Denis Durand (BP) 519 Richard St-Onge (UFP) 279 ||

David Payne
Yvon Marcoux 18,490

| |Carole Cardinal 9,474 | |Luc Tison 3,487 | |Kathleen Mary Mangin (BP) 488 Ernest Semple (Equ.) 120 ||

Yvon Marcoux

| |Mario Lebrun 8,720 || |Bernard Landry 16,963 | |François Pratte 4,585 | |Sébastien Drouin (BP) 505 Marc-André Morvan (UFP) 195 || |Bernard Landry |}

[[Montreal]]

East

|- || |Lise Thériault 17,572 | |France Bachand 10,573 | |Martin Janson 4,319 | |Hélène Héroux (M-L) 266 ||

Lise Thériault
Sylvain Archambault (Ind.) 261
Denis Gagné (DCQ) 119
Claude Brunelle (M-L) 94
Boris Mospan (Equ.) 44
Michèle Lamquin-Éthier
Bourassa
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Sauvé
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| |Claude Paquette 11,290 || |Diane Lemieux 15,074 | |Pierre Bourque 5,747 | |Steve Boudrias (BP) 469 Rosanne Labelle (UFP) 418 Claudette Deschamps (DCQ) 193 ||

Diane Lemieux
Michèle Lamquin-Éthier 15,498

| |Hugues Cormier 13,979 | |Manon St-Louis 4,057 | |Jocelyne Desautels (UFP) 686 Claude Trudel (Green) 399 Phillippe Beauvais (BP) 306 Marsha Fine (M-L) 90 ||

Manon Blanchet

| |William Aguilar 8,996 || |André Boisclair 15,890 | |Stéphane Deschênes 2,456 | |Colette Provost (UFP) 1,397 Pierrette Chevalier (Green) 584 Hugô St-Onge (BP) 465 ||

André Boisclair

| |Richer Dompierre 6,210 || |Louise Harel 13,138 | |Louise Blackburn 2,449 | |Lise Alarie (UFP) 788 Alex Néron (BP) 476 Daniel Breton (Green) 367 Christine Dandenault (M-L) 79 Mario Richard (DCQ) 52 ||

Louise Harel
Michel Bissonnet
Jeanne-Mance
-
-
Anna Mancuso
Viger
-
Tony Tomassi 18,164

| |Line Pelletier 4,939 | |Josée Anello 2,697 | |Patrick Forcier (BP) 323 ||

Jean-Claude Gobé
Christos Sirros 16,052

| |Tomas Arbieto 9,775 | |Mario Spina 1,996 | |William Sloan (UFP) 922 Phillippe Morlighem (Green) 595 Sylvain Mainville (BP) 375 Peter Macrisopoulos (M-L) 165 Charles Robidoux (Ind.) 131 Sylvie Charbin (Ind.) 117 Yang Zhang (Equ.) 78 ||

Christos Sirros

| |Nathalie Rochefort 8,414 || |Daniel Turp 13,334 | |Vivian Goulder 1,855 | |Amir Khadir (UFP) 5,278 Lyne Rivard (BP) 579 ||

Nathalie Rochefort

| |Daniel Fournier 9,427 || |Nicole Léger 14,261 | |André Cordeau 4,050 | |Xavier Daxhelet (Green) 457 Julien Ferron (DCQ) 137 Geneviève Royer (M-L) 80 ||

Nicole Léger

| |Marylin Thomas 14,721 || |Rita Dionne-Marsolais 16,143 | |Denise Larouche 4,248 | |Omar Aktouf (UFP) 1,132 Huguette Plourde (BP) 493 Suzelle Gill (DCQ) 147 ||

Rita Dionne-Marsolais

| |Richard Brosseau 7,989 || |André Boulerice 13,066 | |Annick Brousseau 2,183 | |Gaétan Breton (UFP) 1,699 Robert Ruffo (Green) 690 Antoine Théorêt-Poupart (BP) 444 Ginette Boutet (M-L) 87 Maria da Luz dos Santos Inacio (DCQ) 59 ||

André Boulerice
William Cusano 17,703

| |Maka Kotto 6,142 | |Paolo Tamburello 2,406 | |Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin (BP) 426 Jocelyne Dupuis (UFP) 324 Yannick Duguay (Ind.) 121 || |William Cusano |}

West

|- || |Yvan Bordeleau 23,211 | |Maria Mourani 6,702 | |Jean-Pierre Chamoun 2,253 | |Johnathan Bérubé (BP) 440 André Parizeau (Ind.) 161 Linda Sullivan (M-L) 111 Marina Paümann (Equ.) 95 ||

Yvan Bordeleau
Lawrence Bergman 23,968

| |Mathieu Breault 1,087 | |Sylvain James Bowes 520 | |William Shaw (Equ.) 406 Blair Longley (BP) 274 ||

Lawrence Bergman
Geoffrey Kelley 30,035

| |Guy Amyot 1,894 | |Jeffrey Penney 1,253 | |Ryan Young (Green) 727 Keith Henderson (Equ.) 650 Daniel Cormier-Roach (Ind.) 49 ||

Geoffrey Kelley
Monique Jérôme-Forget 22,807

| |Suzanne Groulx 6,327 | |Brigitte De Laroche 2,524 | |Adam Jastrzebski (Green) 415 Paul Domagala (Equ.) 142 Marc Veilleux (DCQ) 94 Yves le Seigle (M-L) 68 ||

Monique Jérôme-Forget
François Ouimet 21,232

| |Yves Beauregard 7,672 | |Denise Décoste 3,260 | |Bruce Hulley (Equ.) 289 Garnet Colly (M-L) 179 ||

François Ouimet
Philippe Couillard 21,021

| |Vincent Gagnon 3,465 | |Nour-Eddine Hajibi 1,240 | |Frank Kiss (Equ.) 256 ||

André Tranchemontagne
Russell Williams 27,934

| |Micaël Poirier 4,611 | |Sabrina Duguay 2,680 | |Peter Graham (Green) 541 Giuliana Pendenza (Equ.) 233 ||

Russell Williams
Russell Copeman 18,911

| |Laurent Malépart 3,460 | |Allan Patrick 1,225 | |Jessica Gal (Green) 1,084 Helene Jutras (BP) 261 Peter Sauvé (Equ.) 246 Thomas Kernan (DCQ) 96 Rachel Hoffman (M-L) 71 ||

Russell Copeman
Yves Séguin 14,278

| |Marilyse Lapierre 8,218 | |Christian de Serres 1,712 | |Jill Hanley (UFP) 1,818 Maryève Daigle (BP) 345 Louise Charron (M-L) 119 ||

Pierre-Étienne Laporte
Pierre Marsan 28,892

| |Alphonse Boisrond 2,637 | |Alladin Abou Sharbin 1,705 | |Jimmy Kalafatidis (Equ.) 411 ||

Pierre Marsan
Nicole Loiselle 16,004

| |Raymond Munger 9,830 | |Claudette Marullo 2,645 | |Marc-André Payette (UFP) 595 Suzanne Moussette (Green) 439 Nicky Tanguay (BP) 424 Andrzej Jastrzebski (DCQ) 142 Jean-Paul Bédard (M-L) 116 Larry Vitas (Equ.) 52 ||

Nicole Loiselle
Jacques Dupuis 24,745

| |William Fayad 4,556 | |Sophie Theoharopoulos 1,834 | |Alain Pérusse (UFP) 325 Fernand Deschamps (M-L) 206 Louis Ottoni (Equ.) 199 ||

Jacques Dupuis
Henri-François Gautrin 15,185

| |Denis Martel 8,782 | |Sébastien Guérin 3,269 | |Claude Genest (Green) 658 Pascal Durand (UFP) 368 Vincent Aubry (BP) 357 Gilles Noël (DCQ) 104 Normand Chouinard (M-L) 71 Bernard King (Equ.) 63 Robert Lindblad (Ind.) 54 ||

Henri-François Gautrin
Jacques Chagnon 18,330

| |Denise Laroche 2,372 | |Nathalie Beaupré 959 | |David Fennario (UFP) 718 David John Proctor (BP) 223 Don Donderi (Equ.) 182 Diane Johnston (M-L) 64 || |Jacques Chagnon |}

[[Laval, Quebec|Laval]]

|- || |Thomas Mulcair 25,363 | |Coline Chhay 6,568 | |Vicken Darakdijian 3,384 | |Polyvios Tsakanikas (M-L) 210 Robert Tamilia (Equ.) 148 ||

Thomas Mulcair
Michelle Courchesne 18,689

| |Nathalie Saint-Pierre 14,428 | |Claude Dugas 6,370 | |Pierre Bibeau (Ind.) 402 ||

Joseph Facal
Alain Paquet 15,190

| |Serge Ménard 13,209 | |Philippe Laurin 4,693 | |Louis-Philippe Verenka (Green) 366 Vincent Pelletier (BP) 339 Michelle Marleau (DCQ) 162 ||

Serge Ménard
Maurice Clermont 19,924

| |Maude Delangis 14,333 | |Gerry La Rocca 5,093 | |Christian Lajoie (Ind.) 244 Régent Millette (DCQ) 113 ||

Lyse Leduc
Vincent Auclair 17,908

| |Normand Dupont 12,865 | |François Gaudreau 7,227 | |Serge Légaré (Green) 403 André Pigeon (UFP) 269 ||

François Gaudreau
}

[[Laurentides]]

|- || |David Whissell 12,645 | |Georges Lapointe 5,906 | |Sylvain Demers 4,372 | |Claude Sabourin (Green) 496 Yannick Charpentier (BP) 292 ||

David Whissell

| |Michelle Montpetit 13,502 || |Claude Cousineau 14,704 | |Danielle Tremblay 4,834 | |Richard Savignac (Green) 664 Serge Haroun (DCQ) 490 David Rovins (Ind.) 41 ||

Claude Cousineau

| |Jocelyne Roch 12,689 || |Richard Legendre 15,288 | |Diane Bellemare 7,407 | |Thérèse Hamel (UFP) 394 ||

Richard Legendre

| |Marc Lauzon 12,099 || |Hélène Robert 12,432 | |Éric Duhaime 6,907 | |Julien Demers (UFP) 408 ||

Hélène Robert
Pierre Descoteaux 13,763

| |Robert Kieffer 13,460 | |Sophie Cardinal 6,746 | |Denis Letourneux (UFP) 436 Julien Boisvert (BP) 402 ||

Robert Kieffer

| |Jean-Pierre Miljours 10,501 || |Sylvain Pagé 13,530 | |Pascal De Bellefeuille 4,283 | |Anne Léger (Green) 468 André Haché (BP) 274 ||

Sylvain Pagé

| |Réal Proulx 7,529 || |Denise Beaudoin 10,577 | |Hubert Meilleur 9,486 | | |- | |Marie-Josée Gouin 11,855 || |Lucie Papineau 16,159 | |Martin Camirand 7,087 | |Alexandre Émond (BP) 499 Reine Dubeau (DCQ) 179 ||

Lucie Papineau
}

[[Lanaudière]]

|- | |Carole Majeau 10,828 || |Alexandre Bourdeau 12,101 | |Marie Grégoire 11,014 | |Pierre Gravel (UFP) 632 ||

Marie Grégoire

| |Robert Groulx 11,161 || |Jonathan Valois 13,103 | |Sylvie Lespérance 7,114 | |Mathieu Lessard (UFP) 1,149 Marco Geoffroy (BP) 667 ||

Sylvie Lespérance

| |Sylvie Thouin 14,111 || |Jean-Claude St-André 16,965 | |Daniel Labrecque 7,053 | |Bob Aubin (Green) 602 Gilbert Morin (UFP) 356 ||

Jean-Claude St-André

| |Richard Marcotte 11,371 || |Luc Thériault 15,445 | |Nathalie Filion 7,637 | | ||

Gilles Labbé

| |Michel F. Brunet 9,127 || |François Legault 14,079 | |François Girouard 5,645 | |Alex Boisdequin-Lefort (UFP) 324 Gérard Gauthier (DCQ) 249 ||

François Legault

| |Marcel Théorêt 11,353 || |Jocelyne Caron 17,327 | |Jean-Pierre Parrot 6,463 | |Marco Legrand (UFP) 440 ||

Jocelyne Caron
}

[[Outaouais]] and [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]]

|- || |Pierre Corbeil 9,056 | |Lorraine Morissette 7,110 | |Serge Allard 4,477 | |Guy Cloutier (BP) 286 Samuel Dupras-Doroftei (Ind.) 202 ||

André Pelletier

| |Jean-Louis Carignan 7,960 || |François Gendron 9,677 | |Claude Morin 3,661 | | ||

François Gendron
Daniel Bernard 10,347

| |Rémy Trudel 9,673 | |Pierre Brien 7,849 | |Patrick Rancourt (UFP) 507 ||

Rémy Trudel
Benoît Pelletier 18,774

| |Sylvie Simard 6,512 | |Berthe Miron 3,949 | |Daniel Leblanc-Poirier (BP) 402 Jean Marois (UFP) 331 Gabriel Girard-Bernier (M-L) 122 ||

Benoît Pelletier
Réjean Lafrenière 16,481

| |Dominique Bedwell 6,663 | |Brian Gibb 3,494 | |Julie Mercier (UFP) 423 Françoise Roy (M-L) 95 ||

Réjean Lafrenière
Roch Cholette 16,262

| |Raphaël Déry 7,234 | |Jean-François LaRue 3,663 | |Denise Veilleux (UFP) 677 Stéphane Salko (BP) 305 Maxime Gauld (Ind.) 155 Benoit Legros (M-L) 72 Gheorghe Irimia (Ind.) 37 ||

Roch Cholette
Norman MacMillan 17,933

| |Gilles Hébert 8,279 | |Serge Charette 3,833 | |Nathalie Gratton (Green) 576 Dominique Marceau (UFP) 286 ||

Norman MacMillan
Charlotte L'Écuyer 17,885

| |Luc Côté 3,133 | |Victor Bilodeau 1,830 | |Serge Tanguay (UFP) 392 Louis Lang (M-L) 132 ||

Robert Middlemiss
}

Results

PartyLeaderCandidatesVotesSeats#±%Change (pp)[1998](1998-quebec-general-election)2003±3,817,764100.00%
Jean Charest1251,755,86315,99545.99{{bartable2.44-21embackground:green}}4828Bernard Landry1251,269,183475,057
**Total**646
Rejected ballots48,4841,493
Turnout3,866,248248,91570.42%7.90
Registered voters5,490,551236,069

Vote and seat summaries

|File:Ternary QC1998.svg |1998 |File:Ternary QC2003.svg |2003

Synopsis of results

RidingWinning partyTurnout
including spoilt ballotsVotesAll parties with more than 1% of the vote, or which had a candidate that polled at least 1,000 votes, are shown individually. Independent candidates and other minor parties are aggregated separately.Name**[1998](1998-quebec-general-election)**1st placeVotesShareMargin
#Margin
%2nd place3rd placeLibPQADQUFPGrnIndOthTotal
Abitibi-EstPQLib9,05642.86%1,9469.21%PQADQ66.41%9,0567,1104,477––20228621,131
Abitibi-OuestPQPQ9,67745.44%1,7178.06%LibADQ66.77%7,9609,6773,661––––21,298
AcadieLibLib23,21170.39%16,50950.07%PQADQ65.66%23,2116,7022,253––16164632,973
AnjouLibLib17,57253.69%6,99921.38%PQADQ73.30%17,57210,5734,319–––26632,730
ArgenteuilLibLib12,64553.33%6,73928.42%PQADQ66.46%12,6455,9064,372–496–29223,711
ArthabaskaPQLib12,66336.77%1,2743.70%ADQPQ73.62%12,6639,65711,389–379–35334,441
Beauce-NordLibADQ13,27545.88%2,1717.50%LibPQ75.96%11,1044,16013,275175––22328,937
Beauce-SudLibLib14,17043.80%1,3184.07%ADQPQ72.45%14,1705,11512,852216–––32,353
Beauharnois*New*PQ13,90444.83%6392.06%LibADQ74.32%13,26513,9043,338–506––31,013
BellechassePQLib9,65837.58%1,1514.48%ADQPQ76.10%9,6587,0848,507134314––25,697
BerthierPQPQ12,10135.00%1,0873.14%ADQLib69.37%10,82812,10111,014632–––34,575
BertrandPQPQ14,70443.33%1,2023.54%LibADQ70.37%13,50214,7044,834–6644119033,935
BlainvillePQPQ15,28842.73%2,5997.26%LibADQ74.72%12,68915,2887,407394–––35,778
BonaventureLibLib11,97560.08%5,66228.41%PQADQ70.40%11,9756,3131,101–542––19,931
BorduasPQPQ13,84046.82%3,85913.05%LibADQ77.84%9,98113,8405,282–––45929,562
Bourassa-Sauvé*New*Lib20,17561.07%11,93236.12%PQADQ64.22%20,1758,2433,771–32726125733,034
BourgetPQPQ15,07445.42%3,78411.40%LibADQ71.33%11,29015,0745,747418––66233,191
Brome-MissisquoiLibLib18,54655.64%10,45331.36%PQADQ70.44%18,5468,0936,018509––16733,333
ChamblyPQLib17,65641.85%7991.89%PQADQ78.45%17,65616,8576,935–––74442,192
ChamplainPQPQ10,07338.35%6422.44%LibADQ57.70%9,43110,0736,459103126–7326,265
ChapleauLibLib18,77462.39%12,26240.75%PQADQ58.70%18,7746,5123,949331––52430,090
CharlesbourgPQLib17,16944.46%6,23316.14%ADQPQ79.06%17,1699,74110,936329438––38,613
CharlevoixPQPQ10,13143.63%1,3735.91%LibADQ71.69%8,75810,1313,998168–1056223,222
ChâteauguayLibLib20,43451.80%6,68316.94%PQADQ74.33%20,43413,7514,399222––64039,446
ChauveauPQLib14,77440.10%2,2196.02%ADQPQ76.87%14,7748,50612,555387–624–36,846
ChicoutimiPQPQ14,47143.71%2,6578.02%LibADQ71.89%11,81414,4715,841670––31433,110
ChomedeyLibLib25,36371.10%18,79552.69%PQADQ66.86%25,3636,5683,384–––35835,673
Chutes-de-la-ChaudièrePQADQ14,75938.82%2,1585.68%LibPQ80.39%12,60110,00714,759649–––38,016
CrémaziePQLib15,49844.26%1,5194.34%PQADQ73.43%15,49813,9794,057686399–39635,015
D'Arcy-McGeeLibLib23,96891.29%22,88187.15%PQADQ61.64%23,9681,087520–––680William Shaw was previously elected as a *Union Nationale* MPP in 1976. He campaigned in this election for the Equality Party and received 406 votes.26,255
Deux-MontagnesPQPQ12,43239.04%3331.05%LibADQ74.37%12,09912,4326,907408–––31,846
DrummondPQPQ15,20040.92%1,7214.63%LibADQ70.49%13,47915,2007,577301–39319937,149
DubucPQPQ9,76738.90%440.18%LibADQ68.07%9,7239,7675,162457–––25,109
DuplessisPQPQ10,92647.90%2,90812.75%LibADQ63.46%8,01810,9262,530––1,334–22,808
FabrePQLib18,68946.85%4,26110.68%PQADQ75.49%18,68914,4286,370––402–39,889
FrontenacPQLib11,25143.65%3,97015.40%PQADQ77.77%11,2517,2816,888125231––25,776
GaspéPQPQ9,03347.40%9815.15%LibADQ68.72%8,0529,0331,743–227––19,055
GatineauLibLib16,48160.69%9,81836.15%PQADQ60.58%16,4816,6633,494423––9527,156
GouinPQPQ15,89053.34%6,89423.14%LibADQ68.02%8,99615,8902,4561,397584–46529,788
GroulxPQLib13,76339.54%3030.87%PQADQ73.52%13,76313,4606,746436––40234,807
Hochelaga-MaisonneuvePQPQ13,13855.77%6,92829.41%LibADQ60.09%6,21013,1382,449788367–60723,559
HullLibLib16,26257.25%9,02831.78%PQADQ58.46%16,2627,2343,663677–19237728,405
Huntingdon*New*Lib15,51252.53%7,21024.42%PQADQ72.35%15,5128,3025,261–––45229,527
IbervillePQLib12,10639.15%9212.98%PQADQ73.75%12,10611,1856,731229298–37630,925
Îles-de-la-MadeleinePQPQ4,60658.69%1,45618.55%LibADQ77.43%3,1504,60692––––7,848
Jacques-CartierLibLib30,03586.79%28,14181.31%PQADQ70.24%30,0351,8941,253–7274965034,608
Jean-LesageLibLib15,54744.22%6,13917.46%PQADQ72.24%15,5479,4088,912––71457535,156
Jeanne-Mance–Viger*New*Lib26,80179.89%22,49867.06%PQADQ67.70%26,8014,3032,080–––36533,549
Jean-TalonLibLib15,47545.60%3,47610.24%PQADQ80.45%15,47511,9995,14951547712619733,938
JohnsonPQPQ12,23240.62%1,5325.09%LibADQ72.74%10,70012,2326,612343––22430,111
JoliettePQPQ13,10439.48%1,9435.85%LibADQ71.43%11,16113,1047,1141,149––66733,195
JonquièrePQLib13,82644.42%2,4407.84%PQADQ70.68%13,82611,3865,216330––36831,126
Kamouraska-TémiscouataLibLib11,26645.75%4,76219.34%ADQPQ70.90%11,2666,3266,504–293238–24,627
LabellePQPQ13,53046.57%3,02910.42%LibADQ68.68%10,50113,5304,283–468–27429,056
Lac-Saint-JeanPQPQ15,20053.71%7,79527.55%LibADQ69.58%7,40515,2005,694––––28,299
LaFontaineLibLib18,16469.53%13,22550.63%PQADQ70.82%18,1644,9392,697–––32326,123
La PeltriePQLib16,46241.47%3,0417.66%ADQPQ79.01%16,4628,71113,421515–586–39,695
La PinièreLibLib22,47464.36%14,54041.64%PQADQ69.96%22,4747,9344,026–––48734,921
LaporteLibLib18,67355.22%8,49525.12%PQADQ71.80%18,67310,1783,885489––59333,818
La PrairiePQLib15,80541.58%9372.47%PQADQ75.91%15,80514,8686,478229––63138,011
L'AssomptionPQPQ16,96543.40%2,8547.30%LibADQ75.16%14,11116,9657,053356602––39,087
Laurier-DorionLibLib16,05253.14%6,27720.78%PQADQ64.36%16,0529,7751,99692259524862130,209
Laval-des-RapidesPQLib15,19044.73%1,9815.83%PQADQ69.82%15,19013,2094,693–366–50133,959
LaviolettePQLib12,80652.67%5,07620.88%PQADQ72.18%12,8067,7303,453182––14424,315
LévisPQLib12,89135.12%4061.11%PQADQ77.56%12,89112,48510,670442–220–36,708
LotbinièrePQADQ9,52237.45%7492.95%LibPQ77.57%8,7736,5029,522175306–15025,428
Louis-HébertPQLib17,93844.53%6,27015.56%PQADQ81.12%17,93811,6689,505402493–28140,287
Marguerite-BourgeoysLibLib22,80770.44%16,48050.90%PQADQ68.14%22,8076,3272,524–415–30432,377
Marguerite-D'YouvillePQLib16,36841.38%8672.19%PQADQ81.93%16,36815,5016,596536––55039,551
Marie-VictorinPQPQ12,73645.39%2,93710.47%LibADQ67.05%9,79912,7364,374452–13456628,061
MarquetteLibLib21,23265.06%13,56041.55%PQADQ66.11%21,2327,6723,260–––46832,632
MaskinongéPQLib13,24038.16%9062.61%PQADQ74.62%13,24012,3349,118––––34,692
MassonPQPQ15,44544.83%4,07411.82%LibADQ70.86%11,37115,4457,637––––34,453
MatanePQLib7,60240.84%330.18%PQADQ67.56%7,6027,5693,005–124313–18,613
MatapédiaPQPQ9,19745.48%2,85814.13%LibADQ68.97%6,3399,1974,686––––20,222
Mégantic-ComptonLibLib11,13547.09%3,78816.02%PQADQ72.38%11,1357,3474,901193––7123,647
MercierPQPQ13,33445.26%4,92016.70%LibUFP69.56%8,41413,3341,8555,278––57929,460
Mille-ÎlesPQLib19,92450.18%5,59114.08%PQADQ76.14%19,92414,3335,093––24411339,707
Mirabel*New*PQ10,57738.33%1,0913.95%ADQLib72.02%7,52910,5779,486––––27,592
Montmagny-L'IsletLibLib9,51841.17%1,0054.35%ADQPQ72.34%9,5184,8638,513225–––23,119
MontmorencyPQLib13,70836.78%1,8875.06%ADQPQ77.09%13,70811,22611,821517–––37,272
Mont-RoyalLibLib21,02180.91%17,55667.57%PQADQ59.60%21,0213,4651,240–––25625,982
NelliganLibLib27,93477.60%23,32364.79%PQADQ69.65%27,9344,6112,680–541–23335,999
Nicolet-YamaskaPQPQ10,78341.21%1,8567.09%LibADQ77.82%8,92710,7835,899––14141726,167
Notre-Dame-de-GrâceLibLib18,91174.59%15,45160.94%PQADQ61.80%18,9113,4601,225–1,084–67425,354
OrfordLibLib17,31449.48%6,27717.94%PQADQ71.42%17,31411,0376,145498–––34,994
OutremontLibLib14,27853.90%6,06022.88%PQUFP62.81%14,2788,2181,7121,818––46426,490
PapineauLibLib17,93358.02%9,65431.24%PQADQ61.03%17,9338,2793,833286576––30,907
Pointe-aux-TremblesPQPQ14,26150.19%4,83417.01%LibADQ72.30%9,42714,2614,050–457–21728,412
PontiacLibLib17,88576.52%14,75263.12%PQADQ55.44%17,8853,1331,830392––13223,372
PortneufPQLib12,72939.44%1,9486.04%ADQPQ77.07%12,7298,35210,781413–––32,275
PrévostPQPQ16,15945.16%4,30412.03%LibADQ69.30%11,85516,1597,087–––67835,779
Réne-LévesquePQPQ8,99740.86%1,6417.45%ADQLib63.07%5,2158,9977,356––449–22,017
RichelieuPQPQ13,28646.36%2,3598.23%LibADQ72.93%10,92713,2863,756––20948128,659
RichmondLibLib14,76757.20%8,61833.38%PQADQ73.80%14,7676,1494,899––––25,815
RimouskiPQPQ14,17747.71%3,36011.31%LibADQ71.07%10,81714,1774,719––––29,713
Rivière-du-LoupADQADQ13,45257.23%7,86733.47%LibPQ72.66%5,5854,15513,452–312––23,504
Robert-BaldwinLibLib28,89285.87%26,25578.04%PQADQ65.26%28,8922,6371,705–––41133,645
RobervalPQLib11,93039.17%2440.80%PQADQ68.45%11,93011,6866,388453–––30,457
RosemontPQPQ16,14343.77%1,4223.86%LibADQ71.32%14,72116,1434,2481,132––64036,884
RousseauPQPQ14,07947.85%4,95216.83%LibADQ64.97%9,12714,0795,645324––24929,424
Rouyn-Noranda–TémiscaminguePQLib10,34736.46%6742.38%PQADQ67.42%10,3479,6737,849507–––28,376
Sainte-Marie–Saint-JacquesPQPQ13,06649.84%5,07719.37%LibADQ61.51%7,98913,0662,1831,699690–59026,217
Saint-FrançoisLibLib16,56252.32%6,63620.96%PQADQ71.67%16,5629,9264,541314––31031,653
Saint-Henri-Sainte-AnneLibLib16,00452.91%6,17420.41%PQADQ61.04%16,0049,8302,645595439–73430,247
Saint-HyacinthePQPQ13,87039.33%7332.08%LibADQ74.72%13,13713,8707,855401–––35,263
Saint-JeanPQLib14,75840.75%1,3353.69%PQADQ72.34%14,75813,4236,856535–18546236,219
Saint-LaurentLibLib24,74577.66%20,18963.36%PQADQ63.61%24,7454,5561,834325––40531,865
Saint-MauricePQPQ8,86034.72%6282.46%LibADQ72.67%8,2328,8608,201225–––25,518
SheffordLibLib16,39146.28%6,31817.84%PQADQ69.91%16,39110,0738,114334––50235,414
SherbrookeLibLib16,40346.95%2,5977.43%PQADQ73.49%16,40313,8064,169496––6434,938
Soulanges*New*Lib13,47350.99%4,72017.86%PQADQ74.19%13,4738,7533,549–320–32726,422
TaillonPQPQ17,60345.85%4,48311.68%LibADQ71.02%13,12017,6036,353545–21655638,393
TaschereauPQPQ12,93038.95%1,6905.09%LibADQ69.37%11,24012,9306,5371,17673119738933,200
TerrebonnePQPQ17,32748.69%5,97416.79%LibADQ73.31%11,35317,3276,463440–––35,583
Trois-RivièresPQLib11,03440.80%8803.25%PQADQ72.51%11,03410,1545,181214–11035027,043
UngavaPQPQ5,74450.11%1,48612.96%LibADQ50.52%4,2585,7441,460––––11,462
VachonPQPQ12,96040.45%2190.68%LibADQ73.91%12,74112,9605,540279––51932,039
VanierPQLib16,18242.83%4,53612.00%ADQPQ76.75%16,1829,38511,646573–––37,786
VaudreuilLibLib18,49057.67%9,01628.12%PQADQ74.03%18,4909,4743,487–––60832,059
VerchèresPQPQ16,96354.78%8,24326.62%LibADQ77.70%8,72016,9634,585195––50530,968
VerdunLibLib15,18552.52%6,40322.15%PQADQ63.01%15,1858,7823,2693686585459528,911
ViauLibLib17,70365.13%11,56142.53%PQADQ62.81%17,7036,1422,406384–12142627,182
VimontPQLib17,90846.31%5,04313.04%PQADQ76.04%17,90812,8657,227269403––38,672
Westmount-Saint-LouisLibLib18,33080.23%15,95869.84%PQADQ52.86%18,3302,372959718––46922,848

: = open seat : = turnout is above provincial average : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = incumbent had switched allegiance : = previously incumbent in another riding : = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature : = incumbency arose from byelection gain : = other incumbents renominated : = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada : = multiple candidates

Comparative analysis for ridings (2003 vs 1998)

Riding and winning partyTurnoutVote share%Change (pp)%Change (pp)
Abitibi-EstPLQGain66.41{{bartable-7.86-21embackground:#708090}}42.86
Abitibi-OuestPQHold66.77{{bartable-7.62-21embackground:#708090}}45.44
AcadiePLQHold65.66{{bartable-12.39-21embackground:#708090}}70.39
AnjouPLQHold73.30{{bartable-9.01-21embackground:#708090}}53.69
ArgenteuilPLQHold66.46{{bartable-11.84-21embackground:#708090}}53.33
ArthabaskaPLQGain73.62{{bartable-7.44-21embackground:#708090}}36.77
Beauce-NordADQGain75.96{{bartable-4.01-21embackground:#708090}}45.88
Beauce-SudPLQHold72.45{{bartable-3.63-21embackground:#708090}}43.80
BeauharnoisPQ*New*74.32*New*44.83*New*
BellechassePLQGain76.10{{bartable-3.08-21embackground:#708090}}37.58
BerthierPQHold69.37{{bartable-10.14-21embackground:#708090}}35.00
BertrandPQHold70.37{{bartable-7.02-21embackground:#708090}}43.33
BlainvillePQHold74.72{{bartable-8.10-21embackground:#708090}}42.73
BonaventurePLQHold70.40{{bartable-5.23-21embackground:#708090}}60.08
BorduasPQHold77.84{{bartable-5.67-21embackground:#708090}}46.82
Bourassa-SauvéPLQ*New*64.22*New*61.07*New*
BourgetPQHold71.33{{bartable-8.21-21embackground:#708090}}45.42
Brome-MissisquoiPLQHold70.44{{bartable-10.12-21embackground:#708090}}55.64
ChamblyPLQGain78.45{{bartable-6.18-21embackground:#708090}}41.85
ChamplainPQHold57.70{{bartable-24.73-21embackground:#708090}}38.35
ChapleauPLQHold58.70{{bartable-12.56-21embackground:#708090}}62.39
CharlesbourgPLQGain79.06{{bartable-3.13-21embackground:#708090}}44.46
CharlevoixPQHold71.69{{bartable-4.80-21embackground:#708090}}43.63
ChâteauguayPLQHold74.33{{bartable-9.84-21embackground:#708090}}51.80
ChauveauPLQGain76.87{{bartable-1.72-21embackground:#708090}}40.10
ChicoutimiPQHold71.89{{bartable-2.93-21embackground:#708090}}43.71
ChomedeyPLQHold66.86{{bartable-12.38-21embackground:#708090}}71.10
Chutes-de-la-ChaudièreADQGain80.39{{bartable-1.57-21embackground:#708090}}38.82
CrémaziePLQGain73.43{{bartable-7.90-21embackground:#708090}}44.26
D'Arcy-McGeePLQHold61.64{{bartable-14.53-21embackground:#708090}}91.29
Deux-MontagnesPQHold74.37{{bartable-6.71-21embackground:#708090}}39.04
DrummondPQHold70.49{{bartable-9.23-21embackground:#708090}}40.92
DubucPQHold68.07{{bartable-6.62-21embackground:#708090}}38.90
DuplessisPQHold63.46{{bartable-5.98-21embackground:#708090}}47.90
FabrePLQGain75.49{{bartable-8.69-21embackground:#708090}}46.85
FrontenacPLQGain77.77{{bartable-4.35-21embackground:#708090}}43.65
GaspéPQHold68.72{{bartable-5.89-21embackground:#708090}}47.40
GatineauPLQHold60.58{{bartable-12.84-21embackground:#708090}}60.69
GouinPQHold68.02{{bartable-6.38-21embackground:#708090}}53.34
GroulxPLQGain73.52{{bartable-6.98-21embackground:#708090}}39.54
Hochelaga-MaisonneuvePQHold60.09{{bartable-7.92-21embackground:#708090}}55.77
HullPLQHold58.46{{bartable-12.41-21embackground:#708090}}57.25
HuntingdonPLQ*New*72.35*New*52.53*New*
IbervillePLQGain73.75{{bartable-7.53-21embackground:#708090}}39.15
Îles-de-la-MadeleinePQHold77.43{{bartable-10.14-21embackground:#708090}}58.69
Jacques-CartierPLQHold70.24{{bartable-9.38-21embackground:#708090}}86.79
Jean-LesagePLQHold72.24{{bartable-2.97-21embackground:#708090}}44.22
Jeanne-Mance–VigerPLQ*New*67.70*New*79.89*New*
Jean-TalonPLQHold80.45{{bartable-4.60-21embackground:#708090}}45.60
JohnsonPQHold72.74{{bartable-8.22-21embackground:#708090}}40.62
JoliettePQHold71.43{{bartable-9.26-21embackground:#708090}}39.48
JonquièrePLQGain70.68{{bartable-6.23-21embackground:#708090}}44.42
Kamouraska-TémiscouataPLQHold70.90{{bartable-3.82-21embackground:#708090}}45.75
La PrairiePLQGain75.91{{bartable-6.87-21embackground:#708090}}41.58
LabellePQHold68.68{{bartable-7.33-21embackground:#708090}}46.57
Lac-Saint-JeanPQHold69.58{{bartable-7.20-21embackground:#708090}}53.71
LaFontainePLQHold70.82{{bartable-9.24-21embackground:#708090}}69.53
La PeltriePLQGain79.01{{bartable-5.36-21embackground:#708090}}41.47
La PinièrePLQHold69.96{{bartable-10.74-21embackground:#708090}}64.36
LaportePLQHold71.80{{bartable-8.48-21embackground:#708090}}55.22
L'AssomptionPQHold75.16{{bartable-6.63-21embackground:#708090}}43.40
Laurier-DorionPLQHold64.36{{bartable-11.85-21embackground:#708090}}53.14
Laval-des-RapidesPLQGain69.82{{bartable-9.03-21embackground:#708090}}44.73
LaviolettePLQGain72.18{{bartable-6.90-21embackground:#708090}}52.67
LévisPLQGain77.56{{bartable-2.36-21embackground:#708090}}35.12
LotbinièreADQGain77.57{{bartable-3.89-21embackground:#708090}}37.45
Louis-HébertPLQGain81.12{{bartable0.25-21embackground:#708090}}44.53
Marguerite-BourgeoysPLQHold68.14{{bartable-11.78-21embackground:#708090}}70.44
Marguerite-D'YouvillePLQGain81.93{{bartable-4.74-21embackground:#708090}}41.38
Marie-VictorinPQHold67.05{{bartable-8.19-21embackground:#708090}}45.39
MarquettePLQHold66.11{{bartable-11.71-21embackground:#708090}}65.06
MaskinongéPLQGain74.62{{bartable-6.00-21embackground:#708090}}38.16
MassonPQHold70.86{{bartable10.71-21embackground:#708090}}44.83
MatanePLQGain67.56{{bartable-5.41-21embackground:#708090}}40.84
MatapédiaPQHold68.97{{bartable-5.43-21embackground:#708090}}45.48
Mégantic-ComptonPLQHold72.38{{bartable-7.51-21embackground:#708090}}47.09
MercierPQHold69.56{{bartable-5.71-21embackground:#708090}}45.26
Mille-ÎlesPLQGain76.14{{bartable-8.25-21embackground:#708090}}50.18
MirabelPQ*New*72.02*New*38.33*New*
Montmagny-L'IsletPLQHold72.34{{bartable-2.98-21embackground:#708090}}41.17
MontmorencyPLQGain77.09{{bartable-3.64-21embackground:#708090}}36.78
Mont-RoyalPLQHold59.60{{bartable-13.16-21embackground:#708090}}80.91
NelliganPLQHold69.65{{bartable-10.26-21embackground:#708090}}77.60
Nicolet-YamaskaPQHold77.82{{bartable-6.77-21embackground:#708090}}41.21
Notre-Dame-de-GrâcePLQHold61.80{{bartable-12.12-21embackground:#708090}}74.59
OrfordPLQHold71.42{{bartable-9.90-21embackground:#708090}}49.48
OutremontPLQHold62.81{{bartable-10.98-21embackground:#708090}}53.90
PapineauPLQHold61.03{{bartable-13.90-21embackground:#708090}}58.02
Pointe-aux-TremblesPQHold72.30{{bartable-6.49-21embackground:#708090}}50.19
PontiacPLQHold55.44{{bartable-19.15-21embackground:#708090}}76.52
PortneufPLQGain77.07{{bartable-3.63-21embackground:#708090}}39.44
PrévostPQHold69.30{{bartable-8.59-21embackground:#708090}}45.16
Réne-LévesquePQHold63.07{{bartable-6.41-21embackground:#708090}}40.86
RichelieuPQHold72.93{{bartable-8.06-21embackground:#708090}}46.36
RichmondPLQHold73.80{{bartable-8.10-21embackground:#708090}}57.20
RimouskiPQHold71.07{{bartable-4.37-21embackground:#708090}}47.71
Rivière-du-LoupADQHold72.66{{bartable-4.14-21embackground:#708090}}57.23
Robert-BaldwinPLQHold65.26{{bartable-12.80-21embackground:#708090}}85.87
RobervalPLQGain68.45{{bartable-4.67-21embackground:#708090}}39.17
RosemontPQHold71.32{{bartable-6.03-21embackground:#708090}}43.77
RousseauPQHold64.97{{bartable-10.98-21embackground:#708090}}47.85
Rouyn-Noranda–TémiscaminguePLQGain67.42{{bartable-8.83-21embackground:#708090}}36.46
Saint-FrançoisPLQHold71.67{{bartable-7.93-21embackground:#708090}}52.32
Saint-Henri-Sainte-AnnePLQHold61.04{{bartable-12.72-21embackground:#708090}}52.91
Saint-HyacinthePQHold74.72{{bartable-7.02-21embackground:#708090}}39.33
Saint-JeanPLQGain72.34{{bartable-8.89-21embackground:#708090}}40.75
Saint-LaurentPLQHold63.61{{bartable-13.17-21embackground:#708090}}77.66
Saint-MauricePQHold72.67{{bartable-8.01-21embackground:#708090}}34.72
Sainte-Marie–Saint-JacquesPQHold61.51{{bartable-6.00-21embackground:#708090}}49.84
SheffordPLQHold69.91{{bartable-10.71-21embackground:#708090}}46.28
SherbrookePLQHold73.49{{bartable-6.25-21embackground:#708090}}46.95
SoulangesPLQ*New*74.19*New*50.99*New*
TaillonPQHold71.02{{bartable-6.93-21embackground:#708090}}45.85
TaschereauPQHold69.37{{bartable-4.47-21embackground:#708090}}38.95
TerrebonnePQHold73.31{{bartable-7.72-21embackground:#708090}}48.69
Trois-RivièresPLQGain72.51{{bartable-6.40-21embackground:#708090}}40.80
UngavaPQHold50.52{{bartable-11.40-21embackground:#708090}}50.11
VachonPQHold73.91{{bartable-7.94-21embackground:#708090}}40.45
VanierPLQGain76.75{{bartable-1.05-21embackground:#708090}}42.83
VaudreuilPLQHold74.03{{bartable-7.75-21embackground:#708090}}57.67
VerchèresPQHold77.70{{bartable-5.52-21embackground:#708090}}54.78
VerdunPLQHold63.01{{bartable-12.69-21embackground:#708090}}52.52
ViauPLQHold62.81{{bartable-10.74-21embackground:#708090}}65.13
VimontPLQGain76.04{{bartable-8.66-21embackground:#708090}}46.31
Westmount-Saint-LouisPLQHold52.86{{bartable-13.39-21embackground:#708090}}80.23

Summary analysis

Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotalLibPQADQ
651176
42345
44
Total466514125
Parties1st2nd3rd4th5th
76463
456515
4141052
24427
2819
269
99
47
25
7
SourcePartyTotal
align="center"**Lib**align="center"**PQ**align="center"**ADQ**
Seats retainedIncumbents returned33
Open seats held84
Byelection losses reversed4
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated15
Open seats gained11
Open - taken by previous incumbent from another riding1
Byelection gains held2
New seatsPreviously incumbent in another riding3
New MNAs11
**Total**7645

Notes

References

References

  1. "Riding Profiles: Champlain". [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. (May 20, 2003). "Les électeurs de Champlain retournent aux urnes". [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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  4. "Champlain (New election – May 20, 2003)". Elections Quebec.
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  6. Drouilly, Pierre. (December 4, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 2003". Atlas des élections au Québec.
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