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2004 Quebec municipal referendums

The 2004 Quebec municipal referendums were held by the Quebec Liberal Party government of Jean Charest that came to power in the 2003 Quebec election, in fulfillment of a campaign promise to allow voters to have a say regarding the municipal reorganization program that had been undertaken by the preceding Parti Québécois administration.

From late 2000 to 2003, the PQ government had amalgamated (merged) many Quebec cities with their suburbs or neighbouring municipalities. This was imposed through legislation by the Quebec government rather than by the initiative of the municipalities themselves. In Canada, municipal governments are creatures of the provincial governments. However, the amalgamation proved unpopular in some places, with residents wishing to de-merge from the newly expanded cities and reconstitute their former municipalities. The 2004 referendums were organized to provide an opportunity to vote on the matter.

As of 2024, this is the most recent referendum in Quebec.

Results

As a first step, a minimum threshold of 10% of the population of a former municipality was required to sign a register in order for a referendum to be held. The registers were open from 16 to 20 May 2004. When this criterion was met, referendums were scheduled on June 20, 2004. To be unmerged, they had to obtain a more than 50% of the vote for "yes", representing at least 35% of the electors.

New municipalityOld municipalityRegisterForAgainstTurnout
AdstockVillage of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac3.86%*No referendum*
Municipality of Adstock0.45%*No referendum*
AlmaCity of AlmaNobody*No referendum*
Municipality of Delisle0.12%*No referendum*
BeauharnoisCity of Maple Grove23.94%48.65%**51.35%**31.43%
Village of Melocheville10.50%47.04%**52.96%**26.01%
City of Beauharnois0.20%*No referendum*
Cookshire-EatonTownship of Newport, Quebec21.58%**72.03%**27.97%35.78%
City of Cookshire5.81%*No referendum*
Municipality of Eaton2.57%*No referendum*
GatineauCity of Aylmer17.22%**58.05%**41.95%26.48%
City of Buckingham13.87%41.77%**58.23%**20.27%
City of Hull10.09%39.64%**60.36%**15.71%
City of Masson-Angers20.14%**66.61%**33.39%34.80%
City of Gatineau5.40%*No referendum*
Grenville-sur-la-RougeVillage of Calumet6.98%*No referendum*
Township of Grenville1.57%*No referendum*
La TuqueMunicipality of La Croche10.42%35.71%**64.29%**11.01%
Municipality of La Bostonnais21.11%**74.31%**25.69%40.91%
Municipality of Lac-Édouard17.16%**92.89%**7.11%43.08%
Village of Parent14.39%42.86%**57.14%**25.44%
Municipality of La Tuque0.15%*No referendum*
Lac-EtcheminCity of Lac-EtcheminNobody*No referendum*
Parish of Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin1.26%*No referendum*
LacolleParish of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel14.50%38.44%**61.56%**26.97%
Village of Lacolle0.42%*No referendum*
Les Îles-de-la-MadeleineMunicipality of Grosse-Île35.02%**81.70%**18.30%60.09%
Village of Cap-aux-Meules16.64%**62.77%**37.23%39.81%
Municipality of Fatima4.11%*No referendum*
Municipality of L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert3.28%*No referendum*
Municipality of Havre-aux-Maisons1.23%*No referendum*
Municipality of Grande-Entrée0.74%*No referendum*
Municipality of L'Étang-du-Nord0.61%*No referendum*
LévisCity of Charny10.71%47.77%**52.23%**18.29%
City of Saint-Nicolas16.64%**54.27%**45.73%27.04%
City of Saint-Rédempteur14.52%37.62%**62.38%**19.68%
Municipality of Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon23.38%**55.99%**44.01%28.00%
City of Saint-Romuald8.13%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Jean-Chrysostome7.45%*No referendum*
Parish of Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville7.28%*No referendum*
Municipality of Pintendre4.48%*No referendum*
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy4.14%*No referendum*
City of Lévis3.71%*No referendum*
LongueuilCity of Greenfield Park16.71%**65.51%**34.49%27.34%
City of Boucherville34.73%**75.66%**24.34%47.95%
City of Brossard23.48%**80.94%**19.06%38.70%
City of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville36.20%**72.04%**27.96%47.61%
City of Saint-Lambert31.16%**69.71%**30.29%41.40%
City of LeMoyne2.23%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Hubert1.84%*No referendum*
City of Longueuil0.43%*No referendum*
MagogTownship of Magog17.99%**59.83%**40.17%25.57%
Village of Omerville0.96%*No referendum*
City of Magog, Quebec0.31%*No referendum*
MataneMunicipality of Petit-Matane16.62%24.52%**75.48%**10.96%
Municipality of Saint-Luc-de-Matane13.49%29.24%**70.76%**16.62%
Parish of Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane5.13%*No referendum*
City of Matane0.15%*No referendum*
Métis-sur-MerMétis-sur-Mer11.40%44.07%**55.93%**22.67%
Les Boules4.46%*No referendum*
Mont-JoliMunicipality of Saint-Jean-Baptiste12.79%47.23%**52.77%**22.86%
City of Mont-Joli0.04%*No referendum*
Mont-LaurierMunicipality of Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles34.62%**79.59%**20.41%52.38%
Municipality of Des Ruisseaux2.14%*No referendum*
City of Mont-Laurier0.03%*No referendum*
MontrealCity (Cité) of Côte Saint-Luc25.81%**87.04%**12.96%40.43%
City (Cité) of Dorval31.19%**76.80%**23.20%41.41%
City of Anjou16.88%**57.03%**42.97%26.47%
City of LaSalle11.21%**60.81%**39.19%20.55%
City of L'Île-Bizard21.21%**63.53%**36.47%33.68%
City of Pierrefonds15.87%**70.14%**29.86%24.87%
City of Roxboro25.08%**67.16%**32.84%33.36%
City of Sainte-Geneviève14.21%**65.65%**34.35%21.49%
City of Saint-Laurent18.53%**75.31%**24.69%28.58%
City of Baie-d'Urfé57.37%**92.94%**7.06%72.80%
City of Beaconsfield37.72%**80.44%**19.56%45.88%
City of Dollard-des-Ormeaux24.11%**85.23%**14.77%37.58%
City of Hampstead24.71%**90.41%**9.59%47.21%
City of Kirkland28.49%**87.63%**12.37%47.32%
City of L'Île-Dorval79.17%**75.51%**24.49%74.00%
City of Montreal West36.71%**82.62%**17.38%47.52%
City of Montreal-Est36.02%**84.51%**15.49%45.16%
City of Mount Royal24.36%**81.82%**18.18%41.69%
City of Pointe-Claire36.55%**90.02%**9.98%52.81%
City of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue26.83%**82.26%**17.74%47.68%
City of Westmount38.49%**92.13%**7.87%52.71%
Village of Senneville61.80%**93.42%**6.58%73.63%
City of Lachine6.78%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Léonard3.23%*No referendum*
City of Outremont2.60%*No referendum*
City of Verdun2.24%*No referendum*
City of Montreal-Nord1.62%*No referendum*
City of Montreal0.18%*No referendum*
Mont-TremblantMunicipality of Mont-Tremblant21.38%**71.10%**28.90%31.34%
Municipality of Lac-Tremblant-Nord42.77%**84.47%**15.53%50.29%
Parish of Saint-Jovite0.58%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Jovite0.26%*No referendum*
Port-CartierMunicipality of Rivière-Pentecôte1.35%*No referendum*
City of Port-Cartier0.13%*No referendum*
Quebec CityCity of Beauport12.85%46.16%**53.84%**19.42%
City of Cap-Rouge17.28%39.00%**61.00%**22.48%
City of Charlesbourg13.44%43.42%**56.58%**18.40%
City of Lac-Saint-Charles21.47%**66.44%**33.56%29.86%
City of Loretteville11.19%33.62%**66.38%**14.35%
City of Sainte-Foy20.20%**52.19%**47.81%27.35%
City of Saint-Émile15.01%49.99%**50.01%**21.16%
City of Sillery24.35%**51.48%**48.52%33.56%
City of Val-Bélair13.31%49.76%**50.24%**18.68%
City of Vanier17.34%**61.37%**38.63%23.19%
City of L'Ancienne-Lorette29.64%**67.07%**32.93%40.94%
Municipality of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures24.40%**62.48%**37.52%38.40%
City of Quebec2.65%*No referendum*
RimouskiMunicipality of Mont-LebelNobody*No referendum*
Parish of Sainte-Odile-sur-Rimouski2.50%*No referendum*
City of Pointe-au-Père1.09%*No referendum*
Parish of Sainte-Blandine0.54%*No referendum*
Village of Rimouski-Est0.47%*No referendum*
City of Rimouski0.06%*No referendum*
Rivière-RougeMunicipality of La Macaza31.34%**77.50%**22.50%42.19%
Village of Sainte-Véronique15.38%44.35%**55.65%**21.50%
Village of L'Annonciation0.44%*No referendum*
Municipality of Marchand0.32%*No referendum*
Rouyn-NorandaMunicipality of Mont-Brun24.14%28.92%**71.08%**20.35%
Municipality of DestorNobody*No referendum*
City of Cadillac7.04%*No referendum*
Municipality of D’Alembert6.94%*No referendum*
Municipality of Cloutier5.63%*No referendum*
Municipality of Rollet4.50%*No referendum*
Municipality of McWatters4.46%*No referendum*
Municipality of Évain4.09%*No referendum*
Municipality of Arntfield1.66%*No referendum*
Municipality of Cléricy1.28%*No referendum*
Municipality of Bellecombe1.13%*No referendum*
Municipality of Montbeillard1.02%*No referendum*
City of Rouyn-Noranda0.06%*No referendum*
SaguenayCity of La Baie9.67%*No referendum*
City of Laterrière6.66%*No referendum*
City of Chicoutimi5.53%*No referendum*
City of Jonquière1.67%*No referendum*
Municipality of Lac-Kénogami1.60%*No referendum*
Municipality of Shipshaw0.92%*No referendum*
Township of Tremblay0.66%*No referendum*
Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsMunicipality of Sainte-Agathe-Nord16.26%**51.19%**48.81%19.03%
Municipality of Ivry-sur-le-Lac24.79%**67.98%**32.02%40.47%
City of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts0.11%*No referendum*
Sainte-Marguerite-EstérelCity of Estérel35.44%**83.73%**16.27%52.11%
Parish of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson0.10%*No referendum*
Saint-GeorgesMunicipality of Aubert-Gaillon15.78%34.63%**65.37%**22.63%
Parish of Saint-Georges-Est9.16%*No referendum*
Parish of Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande3.83%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Georges0.16%*No referendum*
Saint-HyacintheParish of Sainte-Rosalie13.51%49.85%**50.15%**27.51%
Parish of Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur6.37%*No referendum*
Parish of Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin3.44%*No referendum*
Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Saint-Hyacinthe2.93%*No referendum*
City of Sainte-Rosalie1.06%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Hyacinthe0.11%*No referendum*
Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuParish of Saint-Athanase13.46%44.75%**55.25%**22.02%
Municipality of L'Acadie5.14%*No referendum*
City of Iberville3.36%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Luc1.17%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu0.37%*No referendum*
Saint-JérômeCity of Bellefeuille0.71%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Antoine0.28%*No referendum*
City of Lafontaine0.13%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Jérôme0.05%*No referendum*
Saint-PieParish of Saint-Pie3.48%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Pie0.16%*No referendum*
Saint-SauveurParish of Saint-Sauveur0.27%*No referendum*
Village of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts0.06%*No referendum*
Salaberry-de-ValleyfieldCity of Saint-Timothée19.51%**59.47%**40.53%30.02%
Municipality of Grande-Île18.60%**59.72%**40.28%30.40%
City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield0.20%*No referendum*
Sept-ÎlesMunicipality of Gallix11.79%22.91%**77.09%**10.50%
City of Moisie3.12%*No referendum*
City of Sept-Îles1.68%*No referendum*
ShawiniganCity of Grand-Mère17.93%**51.05%**48.95%25.38%
Municipality of Lac-à-la-Tortue11.52%**56.77%**43.23%31.47%
Parish of Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides19.27%**50.57%**49.43%27.71%
Parish of Saint-Jean-des-Piles12.03%31.32%**68.68%**18.32%
Village of Saint-Georges13.79%**50.87%**49.13%26.47%
City of Shawinigan-Sud7.94%*No referendum*
City of Shawinigan0.29%*No referendum*
SherbrookeCity of Bromptonville12.76%38.65%**61.35%**20.01%
City of Lennoxville14.97%**52.49%**47.51%18.56%
Municipality of Deauville17.69%**55.11%**44.89%26.11%
Municipality of Saint-Élie-d'Orford21.84%47.81%**52.19%**23.33%
City of Rock Forest4.59%*No referendum*
Municipality of Stoke2.86%*No referendum*
City of Fleurimont1.17%*No referendum*
Municipality of Ascot1.13%*No referendum*
City of Sherbrooke0.21%*No referendum*
SuttonTownship of Sutton12.64%49.25%**50.75%**20.64%
City of Sutton0.35%*No referendum*
TerrebonneCity of Lachenaie0.77%*No referendum*
City of La Plaine0.61%*No referendum*
City of Terrebonne0.09%*No referendum*
Thetford MinesCity of Black Lake17.41%37.86%**62.14%**26.24%
Village of Robertsonville18.39%43.62%**56.38%**32.82%
Municipality of Pontbriand8.74%*No referendum*
Township of Thetford-Partie-Sud0.97%*No referendum*
City of Thetford Mines0.48%*No referendum*
Trois-RivièresCity of Cap-de-la-Madeleine6.56%*No referendum*
City of Saint-Louis-de-France4.55%*No referendum*
City of Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap4.52%*No referendum*
Municipality of Pointe-du-Lac4.35%*No referendum*
City of Trois-Rivières-Ouest1.32%*No referendum*
City of Trois-Rivières0.30%*No referendum*
Val-d'OrMunicipality of Dubuisson7.39%*No referendum*
Municipality of Val-Senneville3.46%*No referendum*
Municipality of Sullivan1.23%*No referendum*
Municipality of Vassan0.39%*No referendum*
City of Val-d'Or0.04%*No referendum*

Notes

a. In 2005, Cap-aux-Meules held a second referendum in which voters chose to remain in the amalgamated Les-Îles-de-la-Madeleine municipality after all.

b. Only a very small part of the population of Stoke had merged with Sherbrooke

References

References

  1. "Quebec municipal referendums".
  2. Larose, Isabelle. (27 January 2022). "Regard sur 20 ans de fusion municipale aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine". [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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