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2007 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election

2007 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election

FieldValue
election_name2007 Quebec general election
countryQuebec
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election2003 Quebec general election
previous_year2003
previous_mps37th National Assembly of Quebec
next_election2008 Quebec general election
next_year2008
elected_mps38th National Assembly of Quebec
seats_for_election125 seats in the [38th National Assembly of Quebec](38th-national-assembly-of-quebec)
majority_seats63
turnout71.23% (0.81%)
election_dateMarch 26, 2007
image1
colour1
leader1Jean Charest
leader_since1April 30, 1998
party1
leaders_seat1Sherbrooke
last_election176 seats, 45.99%
seats1**48**
seat_change128
popular_vote1**1,313,664**
percentage1**33.08%**
swing112.91%
image2
colour2
leader2Mario Dumont
leader_since2May 11, 1994
party2
leaders_seat2Rivière-du-Loup
last_election24 seats, 18.18%
seats241
seat_change237
popular_vote21,224,412
percentage230.84%
swing212.63%
image3
colour3
leader3André Boisclair
leader_since3[November 15, 2005](2005-parti-quebecois-leadership-election)
party3
leaders_seat3Pointe-aux-Trembles
last_election345 seats, 33.24%
seats336
seat_change39
popular_vote31,125,546
percentage328.35%
swing34.91%
map_imageFile:Quebec_Provincial_Election_2007_-_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_electionJean Charest
before_party
after_electionJean Charest
posttitlePremier after election
after_party
Seating plan following the election.

The 2007 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Premier Jean Charest won a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in 129 years, since the 1878 general election. The Action démocratique du Québec, in a major breakthrough, became the official opposition. The Parti Québécois was relegated to third-party status for the first time since the 1973 election. The Liberals won their lowest share of the popular vote since Confederation, and the PQ with their 28.35% of the votes cast won their lowest share since 1973 and their second lowest ever (ahead of only the 23.06% attained in their initial election campaign in 1970). Each of the three major parties won nearly one-third of the popular vote, the closest three-way split (in terms of popular vote) in Quebec electoral history until the 2012 election. This was however, the closest three-way race in terms of seat count. Voter turnout among those eligible was 71.23%, a marginal difference from the previous general election in 2003.

This was the first time since the 1970s that a government was not returned for its second term with a majority.

Overview

With just over a year left in the government's five year mandate, the Liberals called an election for March 26, 2007.

In August 2006, there were widespread rumours of an election to be held in the fall with speculation that Premier Jean Charest wanted to hold elections before a federal election would be held.

Benoît Pelletier, the minister responsible for electoral reform, had announced his plan to table two bills about election reform during the fall, possibly leading to a referendum on voting system reform to be held concurrently with the election. However, by December 2006, the plan was put off indefinitely due to strong resistance to the idea of proportional representation from within the Liberal Party.

Speculation grew that a provincial election would be held following the federal budget. It was thought that the federal Conservative government would present a budget that would address the perceived fiscal imbalance. This measure would help Charest argue that his government was more effective in getting concessions from the federal government than a PQ government would be. With polls showing Charest's Liberals ahead of the opposition for the first time in several years, speculation intensified that Charest would not wait until the federal budget to call a provincial election but call one in the winter to take advantage of both of these developments. Charest recalled the legislature early in order to table a provincial budget on February 20, 2007. On the same day, federal Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty announced that the federal budget would be tabled on March 19, clearing the way for Charest to set a provincial election for a week later in hopes of benefiting from Flaherty's budget. On February 21, Charest called the election for March 26.

Issues

Charest wants to negotiate a solution to the problem of the fiscal imbalance between the federal and provincial governments with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

André Boisclair, leader of the Parti Québécois, had said he would hold a referendum (or "popular consultation", as in the party platform) on the issue of Quebec independence as soon as possible after an election win.

Multiculturalism, secularism and the place of cultural and religious minorities in Quebec were issues in this election. There was a large scale debate over "reasonable accommodation" towards cultural minorities, and a few political leaders expressed their views on the question. Mario Dumont, leader of the Action démocratique, took a clearer position on the question than the others, calling on the majority to protect some elements of national identity and values such as gender equality, and suggesting that a Quebec Constitution be written, in which the privileges cultural minorities are to be given would be clarified.

Timeline

  • 2005
    • November 15 - André Boisclair is elected as leader of the Parti Québécois with 53.7% of the vote from party members.
    • December 12 - Two by-elections are held. The election of Raymond Bachand allows the Liberals to keep the riding of Outremont, while former Bloc Québécois MP Stéphane Bergeron wins Verchères, Bernard Landry's former riding, for the Parti Québécois.
  • 2006
    • February 4 - Québec solidaire, a new left-wing party, is formed from the merger of the Union des forces progressistes party and the Option citoyenne political movement.
    • February 28 - Raymond Bachand enters cabinet as Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade. In this same cabinet shuffle, Thomas Mulcair loses the job of Environment minister to Claude Béchard. Some pundits speculate that Mulcair was punished for his opposition to the Mont Orford condo development project.
    • April 10 - The Parti Québécois keeps the riding of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques in a by-election. Martin Lemay is elected with 41.2% of the vote. Notably, Manon Massé, the candidate from Québec solidaire, finishes third with 22.2% of the vote in this working-class district, while the Action démocratique only gets 1.9% of the vote, down from 8.3% in the 2003 general election.
    • August 14 - By-elections are held in Pointe-aux-Trembles and Taillon. André Boisclair is unsurprisingly and easily elected in Pointe-aux-Trembles, the Liberals and Action démocratique having declined to field candidates against him. The Greens place second with 12% and Québec solidaire, third with 8%. Marie Malavoy of the Parti Québécois is elected in Taillon.
    • August 22 - Boisclair and Malavoy are sworn in as members of the National Assembly. Boisclair becomes opposition leader.
    • October 17 - The fall session of the National Assembly starts, with the current crisis in Quebec's forestry industry as the most important issue.
    • November 27 - In a vote of 266 to 16, The House of Commons of Canada voted to recognise Québécois as a nation within a unified Canada, once again putting the issue of independence in the spotlight.
  • 2007
    • January 19 - Radio-Canada reveals that Pierre Descoteaux, Liberal member from Groulx, almost crossed the floor to the Parti Québécois during the fall 2006.
    • January 22 - During a visit to France, André Boisclair meets Ségolène Royal, Socialist candidate for the 2007 presidential election. At this occasion, Royal expresses her support for the "liberty and sovereignty" of Quebec. After being criticized by several French media and French and Canadian politicians, such as prime minister Stephen Harper and opposition leader Stéphane Dion, Royal clarifies her thought by saying that she was not interfering in Canadian internal affairs or trying to dictate Quebec's policy, but that the future of Quebec will have to be decided by Quebecers.
    • February 14 - Pierre Arcand, former president of Corus and presumed Liberal candidate in Mont-Royal, expresses his displeasure with Action démocratique leader Mario Dumont by comparing him with Jean-Marie Le Pen. In response, Dumont threatens legal action but Arcand refuses to apologize. Premier Jean Charest stands by his candidate, and is called a "little partisan premier" by Dumont.
    • February 20 - Finance minister Michel Audet tables a budget. Among other measures, this budget promises income tax reductions of 250 million dollars and allocates new sums of money to the health and education systems, as well as to the maintenance of roads and bridges. Spending is also increased for the protection of the environment and for the regions' economic development.
    • February 21 - Premier Jean Charest calls a general election for March 26.
    • March 1 - Radio DJ Louis Champagne of Saguenay creates a controversy by attacking André Boisclair and the Parti Québécois candidate in Saguenay, Sylvain Gaudreault, over their homosexuality, saying that the factory workers of Jonquière would never vote for gays. He also says the Parti Québécois is like a "club of fags". (Gaudreault went on to win the riding.) Boisclair responds that Champagne's remarks are insulting towards the people of Saguenay. Premier Charest and Action démocratique leader Dumont also condemn the attacks. Champagne is later suspended from his job and has to apologize.
    • March 4 - Jean-François Plante, the Action démocratique candidate in Deux-Montagnes, makes controversial comments about women on his blog. Among other things, he questions the provincial government's policies of affirmative action for women and of wage equity between traditionally masculine and feminine occupations, claiming that they lead to discrimination against men. He retracts his comments on the next day, but also accuses André Boisclair of "playing" his homosexuality when it helps him. As a result, he is forced to withdraw his candidacy on March 8. He is replaced as ADQ candidate in Deux-Montagnes by Lucie Leblanc.
    • March 6 - Premier Jean Charest brings the issue of Quebec independence at the forefront of the campaign by saying, while speaking with an English-language journalist, that he does not believe that in the case of separation, Quebec would necessarily keep its territorial integrity. Charest later claims that what he had actually wanted to say was that Quebec was indivisible, but his opponents recall comments he had made in 1996, while he was the leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives, to the effect that in the case of a "yes" result in the 1995 referendum, the Cree and Inuit would have had a good legal basis on which to declare independence from Quebec.
    • March 8 - Newspaper La Presse publishes an article claiming that in a 2003 book, Robin Philpot, Parti Québécois candidate in Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne, had denied that a genocide had taken place in Rwanda in 1994. Philpot later says that he had not denied that massacres had taken place, but that he wanted people to remember that they had been committed by all parties to the conflict. André Boisclair says that he is "hurt" by his candidate's comments and reminds that the existence of the Rwandan genocide is not in question.
    • March 13 - The leaders debate took place in Quebec City. The Liberals, the Parti Québécois and the Action démocratique du Québec took part but Québec solidaire and the Green party were not invited to participate.
    • March 19 - The federal government releases a budget which gives Quebec 2.3 billion dollars.
    • March 23 - There is widespread outcry when poll clerks are instructed on how to let women wearing the niqāb, an Islamic face veil, vote. After the longstanding policy was criticized by all three main parties, the chief electoral officer reversed his decision and stated that all voters would have to show their face, but not before being inundated by complaints from people opposed to this form of reasonable accommodation for the immigrant population. Meanwhile, women who actually wear the niqāb say they were never opposed to showing their face when voting.
    • March 26 - Election date.

Political parties

Major parties

  • Action démocratique du Québec
  • Quebec Liberal Party
  • Parti Québécois
  • Green Party of Quebec
  • Québec solidaire

Other parties

Additionally, several other parties were registered as well: Parti conscience universelle, Marxist–Leninist Party of Quebec, Equality Party, Bloc pot, and Union des forces progressistes.

Campaign slogans

  • Action démocratique du Québec: Au Québec, on passe à l'action - In Quebec, We're Taking Action
  • Parti libéral du Québec: Unis pour réussir - Moving Forward Together
  • Parti Québécois: Reconstruisons notre Québec - Rebuild Our Quebec
  • Parti vert du Québec: Je vote - I vote
  • Québec solidaire: Soyons lucides, votons solidaire - Let's Be Clear-Eyed, Let's Vote for Solidarity

Incumbent MNAs not running for re-election

Independent

  • Daniel Bouchard, Mégantic-Compton

Results

The overall results were: |- style="background-color:#CCCCCC" !rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party !rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party leader !rowspan="2"|Candi- dates !colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Popular vote |- 2003 !Dissol. !2007 !Change !% !# !% !Change

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Notes:
:"Change" refers to change from previous election
:† Séguin is officially leader of Québec solidaire, but the main spokespersons for the party are Françoise David and Amir Khadir.
:‡ Results for Québec solidaire are compared to the 2003 results for the Union des forces progressistes.
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Vote and seat summaries

|File:Ternary QC2003.svg |2003 |File:Ternary QC2007.svg |2007

Results by region

Results by region and riding
Party Name0102030405060708091011121314151617*Parties below won no seats*Total seats:45115628532148568213
LiberalSeats:102152050001150160Popular Vote (%):32.6732.7028.0229.0334.0947.2045.4230.4121.6432.5241.6728.2539.3517.1323.4128.8626.67
Popular Vote (%):2.101.633.481.374.536.746.7802.4900.581.703.993.413.033.571.01QSPopular Vote (%):1.562.692.972.653.586.323.815.422.434.603.421.912.512.982.612.953.80

Results by place

PartySeatsSecondThirdFourthFifthSixthSeventhEighthNinthTotal
48324500000012541

Synopsis of results

RidingWinning partyTurnout
including spoilt ballotsVotesAll parties with more than 1% of the vote are shown individually. Independent candidates and other minor parties are aggregated separately. Parties are presented in the order shown on EQ data.Name**[2003](2003-quebec-general-election)**1st placeVotesShareMargin
#Margin
%2nd place3rd placePLQPQADQQSPVQIndOtherTotal
Abitibi-EstPLQPQ8,26237.71%7173.27%PLQADQ67.78%7,5458,2625,0601,042–––21,909
Abitibi-OuestPQPQ10,98348.38%5,45424.02%ADQPLQ70.75%5,37610,9835,529814–––22,702
AcadiePLQPLQ17,96260.09%12,99243.46%PQADQ62.03%17,9624,9704,3271,1351,500––29,894
AnjouPLQPLQ13,28041.36%4,48513.97%PQADQ72.04%13,2808,7957,4091,1511,376–9932,110
ArgenteuilPLQPLQ10,02537.59%2,1197.95%ADQPQ68.52%10,0256,8917,9066001,244––26,666
ArthabaskaPLQADQ15,23141.87%4,13311.36%PLQPQ76.00%11,0987,89215,2311,1251,030––36,376
Beauce-NordADQADQ19,12762.62%11,07136.25%PLQPQ77.92%8,0562,39219,12736152583–30,544
Beauce-SudPLQADQ19,36156.85%9,07826.66%PLQPQ74.09%10,2833,57819,361834–––34,056
BeauharnoisPQPQ12,96741.08%3,70511.74%ADQPLQ74.09%7,67912,9679,2626001,061––31,569
BellechassePLQADQ12,71548.51%3,71114.16%PLQPQ76.77%9,0043,52112,715460512––26,212
BerthierPQADQ16,24242.24%2,8887.51%PQPLQ72.73%6,68713,35416,2421,0871,084––38,454
BertrandPQPQ13,67237.02%2,4846.73%ADQPLQ71.10%9,08213,67211,1881,2281,766––36,936
BlainvillePQADQ17,73141.84%3,5478.37%PQPLQ77.99%8,10914,18417,7318101,549––42,383
BonaventurePLQPLQ10,22152.88%4,51123.34%PQADQ67.80%10,2215,7102,3571,039–––19,327
BorduasPQPQ12,52938.76%2,4067.44%ADQPLQ79.58%7,01012,52910,1239441,459262–32,327
Bourassa-SauvéPLQPLQ15,63150.08%8,52627.32%PQADQ63.11%15,6317,1056,3791,043891160–31,209
BourgetPQPQ13,42241.26%5,93518.24%ADQPLQ69.89%7,43313,4227,4871,3632,632–19532,532
Brome-MissisquoiPLQPLQ14,18239.85%2,9618.32%ADQPQ71.88%14,1827,23811,2211,0321,917––35,590
ChamblyPLQADQ18,15438.93%4,70410.09%PQPLQ79.58%11,24013,45018,1541,5272,265––46,636
ChamplainPQADQ15,87244.81%5,00114.12%PQPLQ76.54%7,63510,87115,8721,039–––35,417
ChapleauPLQPLQ14,58145.03%6,51020.10%ADQPQ61.97%14,5817,1378,0717741,755–6532,383
CharlesbourgPLQADQ17,20743.36%6,36416.04%PLQPQ78.87%10,8439,82817,207837968––39,683
CharlevoixPQPQ9,09937.67%1,6636.88%ADQPLQ73.99%6,5419,0997,436527553––24,156
ChâteauguayPLQPLQ15,27937.42%3,0517.47%ADQPQ73.85%15,27911,20812,2289671,154––40,836
ChauveauPLQADQ22,01355.59%13,16433.24%PLQPQ77.52%8,8496,68022,0138001,255––39,597
ChicoutimiPQPQ13,96539.97%1,0462.99%PLQADQ76.45%12,91913,9656,1551,093803––34,935
ChomedeyPLQPLQ18,66754.75%10,73831.49%ADQPQ62.90%18,6675,1807,9296831,23729910334,098
Chutes-de-la-ChaudièreADQADQ24,37858.92%16,73140.44%PQPLQ81.38%7,2927,64724,3788541,203––41,374
CrémaziePLQPQ12,38836.00%1700.49%PLQADQ73.84%12,21812,3885,5402,2181,934–11234,410
D'Arcy-McGeePLQPLQ18,41084.21%16,94077.49%PVQADQ53.10%18,4107109343381,470––21,862
Deux-MontagnesPQADQ12,41536.32%1,1323.31%PQPLQ76.37%8,18311,28312,4157401,448114–34,183
DrummondPQADQ15,34938.50%2,3895.99%PQPLQ71.79%9,53012,96015,3491,645–380–39,864
DubucPQPQ10,12037.58%1,7196.38%ADQPLQ73.22%7,07710,1208,401728602––26,928
DuplessisPQPQ10,20544.75%3,87316.98%PLQADQ62.94%6,33210,2054,959689621––22,806
FabrePLQPLQ14,61534.86%1,2082.88%ADQPQ73.33%14,61511,22413,4078821,795––41,923
FrontenacPLQPLQ10,44041.07%1,6096.33%ADQPQ77.09%10,4405,2648,831391496––25,422
GaspéPQPQ7,66240.96%6403.42%PLQADQ68.04%7,0227,6623,162858–––18,704
GatineauPLQPLQ13,60244.95%6,39221.12%PQADQ63.41%13,6027,2106,4478961,958–14630,259
GouinPQPQ11,31837.25%3,40811.22%QSPLQ70.09%5,61211,3183,5407,9101,75010914730,386
GroulxPLQADQ13,63037.45%3,1178.56%PQPLQ75.35%9,89810,51313,6308501,503––36,394
Hochelaga-MaisonneuvePQPQ13,01252.71%9,17637.17%ADQPLQ62.18%3,34713,0123,8362,3881,7499725624,685
HullPLQPLQ12,64342.53%5,52818.59%PQADQ61.26%12,6437,1155,0712,3582,476–6729,730
HuntingdonPLQADQ13,11342.76%3,43911.22%PLQPQ70.90%9,6746,92613,113669–281–30,663
IbervillePLQADQ14,36542.23%5,10315.00%PQPLQ76.13%8,3909,26214,3657761,224––34,017
Îles-de-la-MadeleinePQPQ4,82060.39%2,17827.29%PLQADQ76.10%2,6424,820380–139––7,981
Jacques-CartierPLQPLQ22,48170.24%18,50857.82%ADQPVQ67.35%22,4811,3523,9734913,545166–32,008
Jean-LesagePLQADQ13,86539.86%3,68010.58%PLQPQ72.65%10,1857,99013,8651,2361,15913121634,782
Jean-TalonPLQPLQ13,73241.96%3,87311.84%PQADQ79.98%13,7329,8596,0561,4631,518–9532,723
Jeanne-Mance-VigerPLQPLQ20,71668.00%16,15153.01%ADQPQ63.26%20,7163,6594,565635790–10130,466
JohnsonPQADQ11,51136.02%1800.56%PQPLQ75.01%7,15711,33111,5117701,188––31,957
JoliettePQADQ13,80537.08%7502.01%PQPLQ74.76%7,52713,05513,8051,6931,149––37,229
JonquièrePLQPQ12,85139.33%1,2753.90%PLQADQ74.87%11,57612,8516,63483970371–32,674
Kamouraska-TémiscouataPLQPLQ9,82639.72%7523.04%ADQPQ72.39%9,8264,8049,074521515––24,740
LabellePQPQ13,96145.42%6,23720.29%ADQPLQ68.98%6,97013,9617,7248941,189––30,738
Lac-Saint-JeanPQPQ14,75046.42%5,57517.55%PLQADQ77.32%9,17514,7506,837536474––31,772
LaFontainePLQPLQ16,28162.46%11,52644.22%ADQPQ67.38%16,2813,7154,755552765––26,068
La PeltriePLQADQ21,05551.06%9,88423.97%PLQPQ79.76%11,1717,03321,0557721,203––41,234
La PinièrePLQPLQ17,78650.44%9,13225.90%ADQPQ66.51%17,7866,2818,6548601,684––35,265
LaportePLQPLQ13,24940.97%5,11215.81%PQADQ70.92%13,2498,1377,6991,2561,998––32,339
La PrairiePLQADQ14,45333.79%1,2853.00%PQPLQ77.50%12,25113,16814,4538181,60517929842,772
L'AssomptionPQADQ16,51039.20%2,2235.28%PQPLQ76.16%8,23514,28716,5101,3031,777––42,112
Laurier-DorionPLQPLQ12,06439.66%1,0963.60%PQADQ65.38%12,06410,9682,8742,4311,63927516630,417
Laval-des-RapidesPLQPLQ11,53234.41%1,4944.46%PQADQ69.67%11,53210,0389,3441,1451,450––33,509
LaviolettePLQPLQ10,10040.99%3,27413.29%ADQPQ72.59%10,1006,6876,826468494–6624,641
LévisPLQADQ17,38844.14%7,28718.50%PQPLQ79.33%9,92510,10117,3888021,015–16339,394
LotbinièreADQADQ15,47259.22%9,75237.33%PLQPQ78.07%5,7204,30515,472630–––26,127
Louis-HébertPLQPLQ14,41034.54%8161.96%ADQPQ81.33%14,41010,42913,5941,3261,734–22541,718
Marguerite-BourgeoysPLQPLQ16,75257.14%11,20538.22%ADQPQ63.13%16,7524,6975,5477171,454–15329,320
Marguerite-D'YouvillePLQADQ15,53637.07%2,5216.02%PQPLQ82.63%11,40113,01515,5361,958–––41,910
Marie-VictorinPQPQ11,05539.61%3,12811.21%ADQPLQ68.54%5,97411,0557,9271,4181,327–21127,912
MarquettePLQPLQ14,98547.77%8,52527.17%ADQPQ64.37%14,9856,4486,4609462,313220–31,372
MaskinongéPLQADQ14,86240.04%4,09511.03%PLQPQ76.33%10,76710,00814,862699781––37,117
MassonPQADQ18,80843.83%3,3947.91%PQPLQ74.30%6,05815,41418,8081,0591,569––42,908
MatanePLQPQ7,83039.10%2131.06%PLQADQ72.27%7,6177,8303,980358240––20,025
MatapédiaPQPQ9,04143.70%3,60517.42%ADQPLQ70.39%5,1379,0415,436551526––20,691
Mégantic-ComptonPLQPLQ8,07132.98%2100.86%ADQPQ73.70%8,0717,0957,861544904––24,475
MercierPQPQ9,42633.35%1,1233.97%QSPLQ69.32%5,6019,4262,3818,3032,398–15628,265
Mille-ÎlesPLQPLQ15,97838.74%4,64811.27%ADQPQ75.93%15,97811,15911,3301,1691,51196–41,243
MirabelPQADQ15,24144.43%3,55010.35%PQPLQ75.27%5,52011,69115,2416201,233––34,305
Montmagny-L'IsletPLQADQ10,02243.35%1,1935.16%PLQPQ72.64%8,8293,51210,022310445––23,118
MontmorencyPLQADQ20,79651.55%11,67228.93%PLQPQ77.99%9,1248,17120,7967721,17215714940,341
Mont-RoyalPLQPLQ16,05670.50%13,84960.81%PQADQ54.45%16,0562,2071,8938011,710–10822,775
NelliganPLQPLQ21,45863.82%15,36245.69%ADQPQ64.16%21,4582,9776,0965322,560––33,623
Nicolet-YamaskaPQADQ10,83941.18%3,38412.86%PQPLQ77.73%6,7707,45510,8391,121–138–26,323
Notre-Dame-de-GrâcePLQPLQ14,07761.43%10,47245.70%PVQPQ58.52%14,0772,4251,6491,0913,605–6922,916
OrfordPLQPLQ13,05033.28%1,2523.19%ADQPQ74.08%13,05011,15811,7981,4041,798––39,208
OutremontPLQPLQ11,86147.03%5,93323.52%PQPVQ62.69%11,8615,9282,2362,3032,7251016825,222
PapineauPLQPLQ13,55939.05%4,20612.11%PQADQ64.62%13,5599,3539,1151,0391,654––34,720
Pointe-aux-TremblesPQPQ13,78447.30%6,07620.85%ADQPLQ72.92%5,31613,7847,7087631,257–31129,139
PontiacPLQPLQ14,81758.54%10,87442.96%ADQPQ56.53%14,8173,2573,9437292,498–6625,310
PortneufPLQADQ15,49645.92%4,63513.73%PLQPQ77.53%10,8615,66715,4965801,145––33,749
PrévostPQADQ15,99939.31%8081.99%PQPLQ72.26%7,92915,19115,9991,578–––40,697
René-LévesquePQPQ12,16051.78%5,51823.50%ADQPLQ68.61%3,72312,1606,642426533––23,484
RichelieuPQPQ11,41138.03%1,9986.66%ADQPLQ75.11%7,27511,4119,413778986145–30,008
RichmondPLQPLQ11,25742.32%3,07811.57%ADQPQ74.52%11,2575,4858,179746805129–26,601
RimouskiPQPQ12,92540.58%3,53111.09%ADQPLQ74.26%6,98812,9259,3941,894651––31,852
Rivière-du-LoupADQADQ15,27658.47%7,88630.18%PLQPQ78.27%7,3902,82115,276–639––26,126
Robert-BaldwinPLQPLQ22,13274.76%18,89063.81%ADQPVQ58.62%22,1321,5813,2425142,136––29,605
RobervalPLQPQ13,50641.75%2,3657.31%PLQADQ72.70%11,14113,5066,6381,065–––32,350
RosemontPQPQ14,14638.60%4,17511.39%PLQADQ70.86%9,97114,1466,9363,4331,931–23136,648
RousseauPQPQ14,67041.78%1,4104.02%ADQPLQ69.03%5,40214,67013,260789992––35,113
Rouyn-Noranda-TémiscaminguePLQPQ9,48133.11%1290.45%PLQADQ68.17%9,3529,4817,6872,117–––28,637
Sainte-Marie-Saint-JacquesPQPQ10,50141.34%4,48017.64%PLQQS60.86%6,02110,5012,7333,5962,460–9225,403
Saint-FrançoisPLQPLQ12,52837.86%2,7408.28%PQADQ73.80%12,5289,7887,8921,1111,772––33,091
Saint-Henri-Sainte-AnnePLQPLQ11,91538.49%2,7538.89%PQADQ61.04%11,9159,1625,4222,0372,179–24430,959
Saint-HyacinthePQADQ13,23335.73%1,3183.56%PQPLQ76.36%9,58411,91513,2331,0341,267––37,033
Saint-JeanPLQADQ17,18942.22%5,27312.95%PQPLQ75.03%10,13111,91617,1891,478–––40,714
Saint-LaurentPLQPLQ19,97067.81%16,54256.17%PQADQ57.87%19,9703,4283,3738561,681–14129,449
Saint-MauricePQADQ9,78837.72%1,2944.99%PQPLQ72.57%6,4878,4949,788796–387–25,952
SheffordPLQADQ16,64342.11%5,74614.54%PLQPQ73.06%10,8979,28016,6431,3101,178–21039,518
SherbrookePLQPLQ13,13636.56%1,3323.71%PQADQ74.23%13,13611,8046,4092,2632,203115–35,930
SoulangesPLQPLQ10,68936.03%1,4774.98%ADQPQ73.95%10,6897,8219,2124421,389113–29,666
TaillonPQPQ14,04035.47%1,4523.67%ADQPLQ71.83%9,10414,04012,5881,8731,977––39,582
TaschereauPQPQ12,34037.10%3,1789.56%ADQPLQ70.54%7,07312,3409,1622,7411,86081–33,257
TerrebonnePQADQ17,22441.26%2,0644.94%PQPLQ76.51%6,72015,16017,2241,1361,508––41,748
Trois-RivièresPLQADQ10,24737.20%2,3858.66%PLQPQ73.49%7,8627,67210,247907739121–27,548
UngavaPQPQ4,55541.41%9788.89%PLQADQ46.47%3,5774,5552,363506–––11,001
VachonPQPQ11,56034.88%2270.68%ADQPLQ75.20%8,18411,56011,3337551,309––33,141
VanierPLQADQ20,69951.44%10,96627.25%PLQPQ76.36%9,7337,69420,6998591,149–10340,237
VaudreuilPLQPLQ15,46544.20%6,67819.08%ADQPQ72.58%15,4658,2178,7876861,837––34,992
VerchèresPQPQ13,81141.25%1,3163.93%ADQPLQ78.46%4,75113,81112,4951,0201,407––33,484
VerdunPLQPLQ12,20440.94%3,51611.80%PQADQ64.45%12,2048,6885,2391,4301,8688029829,807
ViauPLQPLQ12,91751.92%7,51130.19%PQADQ59.33%12,9175,4064,1571,2311,169––24,880
VimontPLQPLQ14,93635.97%2,0384.91%ADQPQ76.13%14,93611,21512,8988711,606––41,526
Westmount-Saint-LouisPLQPLQ13,36867.59%11,03755.80%PVQPQ49.23%13,3681,6461,5548072,331–7319,779

: = 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 (2007 vs 2003)

Riding and winning partyTurnoutVote share%Change (pp)%Change (pp)
Abitibi-EstPQGain67.78{{bartable1.37-21embackground:#708090}}37.71
Abitibi-OuestPQHold70.75{{bartable3.98-21embackground:#708090}}48.38
AcadiePLQHold62.03{{bartable-3.63-21embackground:#708090}}60.09
AnjouPLQHold72.04{{bartable-1.26-21embackground:#708090}}41.36
ArgenteuilPLQHold68.52{{bartable2.07-21embackground:#708090}}37.59
ArthabaskaADQGain76.00{{bartable2.38-21embackground:#708090}}41.87
Beauce-NordADQHold77.92{{bartable1.95-21embackground:#708090}}62.62
Beauce-SudADQGain74.09{{bartable1.64-21embackground:#708090}}56.85
BeauharnoisPQHold74.09{{bartable-0.23-21embackground:#708090}}41.08
BellechasseADQGain76.77{{bartable0.68-21embackground:#708090}}48.51
BerthierADQGain72.73{{bartable3.37-21embackground:#708090}}42.24
BertrandPQHold71.10{{bartable0.74-21embackground:#708090}}37.02
BlainvilleADQGain77.99{{bartable3.27-21embackground:#708090}}41.84
BonaventurePLQHold67.80{{bartable-2.60-21embackground:#708090}}52.88
BorduasPQHold79.58{{bartable1.75-21embackground:#708090}}38.76
Bourassa-SauvéPLQHold63.11{{bartable-1.11-21embackground:#708090}}50.08
BourgetPQHold69.89{{bartable-1.45-21embackground:#708090}}41.26
Brome-MissisquoiPLQHold71.88{{bartable1.44-21embackground:#708090}}39.85
ChamblyADQGain79.58{{bartable1.13-21embackground:#708090}}38.93
ChamplainADQGain76.54{{bartable18.84-21embackground:#708090}}44.81
ChapleauPLQHold61.97{{bartable3.28-21embackground:#708090}}45.03
CharlesbourgADQGain78.87{{bartable-0.19-21embackground:#708090}}43.36
CharlevoixPQHold73.99{{bartable2.29-21embackground:#708090}}37.67
ChâteauguayPLQHold73.85{{bartable-0.48-21embackground:#708090}}37.42
ChauveauADQGain77.52{{bartable0.64-21embackground:#708090}}55.59
ChicoutimiPQHold76.45{{bartable4.56-21embackground:#708090}}39.97
ChomedeyPLQHold62.90{{bartable-3.96-21embackground:#708090}}54.75
Chutes-de-la-ChaudièreADQHold81.38{{bartable0.99-21embackground:#708090}}58.92
CrémaziePQGain73.84{{bartable0.40-21embackground:#708090}}36.00
D'Arcy-McGeePLQHold53.10{{bartable-8.54-21embackground:#708090}}84.21
Deux-MontagnesADQGain76.37{{bartable2.00-21embackground:#708090}}36.32
DrummondADQGain71.79{{bartable1.30-21embackground:#708090}}38.50
DubucPQHold73.22{{bartable5.16-21embackground:#708090}}37.58
DuplessisPQHold62.94{{bartable-0.53-21embackground:#708090}}44.75
FabrePLQHold73.33{{bartable-2.16-21embackground:#708090}}34.86
FrontenacPLQHold77.09{{bartable-0.67-21embackground:#708090}}41.07
GaspéPQHold68.04{{bartable-0.68-21embackground:#708090}}40.96
GatineauPLQHold63.41{{bartable2.83-21embackground:#708090}}44.95
GouinPQHold70.09{{bartable2.07-21embackground:#708090}}37.25
GroulxADQGain75.35{{bartable1.83-21embackground:#708090}}37.45
Hochelaga-MaisonneuvePQHold62.18{{bartable2.09-21embackground:#708090}}52.71
HullPLQHold61.26{{bartable2.80-21embackground:#708090}}42.53
HuntingdonADQGain70.90{{bartable-1.45-21embackground:#708090}}42.76
IbervilleADQGain76.13{{bartable2.37-21embackground:#708090}}42.23
Îles-de-la-MadeleinePQHold76.10{{bartable-1.33-21embackground:#708090}}60.39
Jacques-CartierPLQHold67.35{{bartable-2.90-21embackground:#708090}}70.24
Jean-LesageADQGain72.65{{bartable0.41-21embackground:#708090}}39.86
Jeanne-Mance-VigerPLQHold63.26{{bartable-4.44-21embackground:#708090}}68.00
Jean-TalonPLQHold79.98{{bartable-0.47-21embackground:#708090}}41.96
JohnsonADQGain75.01{{bartable2.27-21embackground:#708090}}36.02
JolietteADQGain74.76{{bartable3.33-21embackground:#708090}}37.08
JonquièrePQGain74.87{{bartable4.19-21embackground:#708090}}39.33
Kamouraska-TémiscouataPLQHold72.39{{bartable1.49-21embackground:#708090}}39.72
La PrairieADQGain77.50{{bartable1.59-21embackground:#708090}}33.79
LabellePQHold68.98{{bartable0.30-21embackground:#708090}}45.42
Lac-Saint-JeanPQHold77.32{{bartable7.74-21embackground:#708090}}46.42
LafontainePLQHold67.38{{bartable-3.44-21embackground:#708090}}62.46
LapeltrieADQGain79.76{{bartable0.74-21embackground:#708090}}51.06
LapinièrePLQHold66.51{{bartable-3.45-21embackground:#708090}}50.44
LaportePLQHold70.92{{bartable-0.87-21embackground:#708090}}40.97
L'AssomptionADQGain76.16{{bartable1.00-21embackground:#708090}}39.20
Laurier-DorionPLQHold65.38{{bartable1.02-21embackground:#708090}}39.66
Laval-des-RapidesPLQHold69.67{{bartable-0.15-21embackground:#708090}}34.41
LaviolettePLQHold72.59{{bartable0.42-21embackground:#708090}}40.99
LévisADQGain79.33{{bartable1.78-21embackground:#708090}}44.14
LotbinièreADQHold78.07{{bartable0.49-21embackground:#708090}}59.22
Louis-HébertPLQHold81.33{{bartable0.20-21embackground:#708090}}34.54
Marguerite-BourgeoysPLQHold63.13{{bartable-5.01-21embackground:#708090}}57.14
Marguerite-D'YouvilleADQGain82.63{{bartable0.70-21embackground:#708090}}37.07
Marie-VictorinPQHold68.54{{bartable1.50-21embackground:#708090}}39.61
MarquettePLQHold64.37{{bartable-1.74-21embackground:#708090}}47.77
MaskinongéADQGain76.33{{bartable1.72-21embackground:#708090}}40.04
MassonADQGain74.30{{bartable3.45-21embackground:#708090}}43.83
MatanePQGain72.27{{bartable4.71-21embackground:#708090}}39.10
MatapédiaPQHold70.39{{bartable1.42-21embackground:#708090}}43.70
Mégantic-ComptonPLQHold73.70{{bartable1.32-21embackground:#708090}}32.98
MercierPQHold69.32{{bartable-0.24-21embackground:#708090}}33.35
Mille-ÎlesPLQHold75.93{{bartable-0.21-21embackground:#708090}}38.74
MirabelADQGain75.27{{bartable3.25-21embackground:#708090}}44.43
Montmagny-L'IsletADQGain72.64{{bartable0.31-21embackground:#708090}}43.35
MontmorencyADQGain77.99{{bartable0.90-21embackground:#708090}}51.55
Mont-RoyalPLQHold54.45{{bartable-5.15-21embackground:#708090}}70.50
NelliganPLQHold64.16{{bartable-5.49-21embackground:#708090}}63.82
Nicolet-YamaskaADQGain77.73{{bartable-0.09-21embackground:#708090}}41.18
Notre-Dame-de-GrâcePLQHold58.52{{bartable-3.27-21embackground:#708090}}61.43
OrfordPLQHold74.08{{bartable2.66-21embackground:#708090}}33.28
OutremontPLQHold62.69{{bartable-0.12-21embackground:#708090}}47.03
PapineauPLQHold64.62{{bartable3.59-21embackground:#708090}}39.05
Pointe-aux-TremblesPQHold72.92{{bartable0.62-21embackground:#708090}}47.30
PontiacPLQHold56.53{{bartable1.09-21embackground:#708090}}58.54
PortneufADQGain77.53{{bartable0.47-21embackground:#708090}}45.92
PrévostADQGain72.26{{bartable2.97-21embackground:#708090}}39.31
René-LévesquePQHold68.61{{bartable5.54-21embackground:#708090}}51.78
RichelieuPQHold75.11{{bartable2.19-21embackground:#708090}}38.03
RichmondPLQHold74.52{{bartable0.72-21embackground:#708090}}42.32
RimouskiPQHold74.26{{bartable3.20-21embackground:#708090}}40.58
Rivière-du-LoupADQHold78.27{{bartable5.61-21embackground:#708090}}58.47
Robert-BaldwinPLQHold58.62{{bartable-6.64-21embackground:#708090}}74.76
RobervalPQGain72.70{{bartable4.25-21embackground:#708090}}41.75
RosemontPQHold70.86{{bartable-0.46-21embackground:#708090}}38.60
RousseauPQHold4.0769.03{{bartable4.07-21embackground:#708090}}41.78
Rouyn-Noranda-TémiscaminguePQGain68.17{{bartable0.75-21embackground:#708090}}33.11
Saint-FrançoisPLQHold73.80{{bartable2.13-21embackground:#708090}}37.86
Saint-Henri-Sainte-AnnePLQHold61.04{{bartable0.00-21embackground:#708090}}38.49
Saint-HyacintheADQGain76.36{{bartable1.64-21embackground:#708090}}35.73
Saint-JeanADQGain75.03{{bartable2.69-21embackground:#708090}}42.22
Saint-LaurentPLQHold57.87{{bartable-5.74-21embackground:#708090}}67.81
Saint-MauriceADQGain72.57{{bartable-0.10-21embackground:#708090}}37.72
Sainte-Marie-Saint-JacquesPQHold60.86{{bartable-0.64-21embackground:#708090}}41.34
SheffordADQGain73.06{{bartable3.15-21embackground:#708090}}42.11
SherbrookePLQHold74.23{{bartable0.74-21embackground:#708090}}36.56
SoulangesPLQHold73.95{{bartable-0.24-21embackground:#708090}}36.03
TaillonPQHold71.83{{bartable0.81-21embackground:#708090}}35.47
TaschereauPQHold70.54{{bartable1.17-21embackground:#708090}}37.10
TerrebonneADQGain76.51{{bartable3.21-21embackground:#708090}}41.26
Trois-RivièresADQGain73.49{{bartable0.98-21embackground:#708090}}37.20
UngavaPQHold46.47{{bartable-4.06-21embackground:#708090}}41.41
VachonPQHold75.20{{bartable1.29-21embackground:#708090}}34.88
VanierADQGain76.36{{bartable-0.39-21embackground:#708090}}51.44
VaudreuilPLQHold72.58{{bartable-1.45-21embackground:#708090}}44.20
VerchèresPQHold78.46{{bartable0.77-21embackground:#708090}}41.25
VerdunPLQHold64.45{{bartable1.44-21embackground:#708090}}40.94
ViauPLQHold59.33{{bartable-3.47-21embackground:#708090}}51.92
VimontPLQHold76.13{{bartable0.09-21embackground:#708090}}35.97
Westmount-Saint-LouisPLQHold49.23{{bartable-3.63-21embackground:#708090}}67.59

Seats that changed hands

Party2003Gain from (loss to)2007PLQPQADQ
76(6)(22)
456(15)
42215
**Total**12528–15(6)–

Summary analysis

Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotalLibPQADQQSPVQ
1926348
1420236
182341
Total32424623125
Parties1st2nd3rd4th5th
483245
41463242
3642443
337626
214278
4
SourcePartyTotal
align="center"**Lib**align="center"**PQ**align="center"**ADQ**
Seats retainedIncumbents returned37
Open seats held95
Open seat held - taken by previous incumbent from another riding1
Byelection losses reversed1
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated
Open seats gained
Byelection gains held
**Total**4836

Most marginal 2-way and 3-way contests

Riding1st2nd1st vs 2nd
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue33.11%
Crémazie36.00%
Johnson36.02%
Vachon34.88%
Mégantic-Compton32.98%
Matane35.42%
Louis-Hébert39.10%
Prévost39.31%
Joliette37.08%
Fabre34.86%
Riding1st2nd3rd1st vs 3rd
Mégantic-Compton32.98%32.12%
Orford33.28%30.09%
La Prairie33.79%30.79%
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue33.11%32.66%
Laval-des-Rapides34.41%29.96%
Fabre34.86%31.98%
Vimont35.97%31.06%
Louis-Hébert34.54%32.59%
Soulanges36.03%31.05%
Marguerite-D'Youville37.07%31.05%

Opinion polls

During the election campaign
Before the election
Polling FirmLast Date of PollingLink
align="center"**Liberal**align="center"**Parti Québécois**align="center"**Action démocratique**
Angus Reid StrategiesMarch 24, 2007
Léger MarketingMarch 24, 2007
CROPMarch 22, 2007
Strategic CounselMarch 21, 2007
Strategic CounselMarch 16, 2007
Léger MarketingMarch 15, 2007
SESMarch 14–15, 2007
CROPMarch 13, 2007
CROPMarch 8, 2007
Léger MarketingMarch 1, 2007
Léger MarketingFebruary 24, 2007
CROPFebruary 20, 2007[PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20070614043146/http://democraticspace.com/canada/quebec2007/polls/20070220-crop-la-presse-2.pdf)
CROPFebruary 15, 2007[HTML](http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070222/CPACTUALITES0203/70221296/6461/CPACTUALITES02)
Léger MarketingFebruary 10, 2007
Léger MarketingJanuary 28, 2007[PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20070614043154/http://www.legermarketing.com/documents/pol/070130fr.pdf)
CROPJanuary 28, 2007[HTML](http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070130/CPACTUALITES/70130007/6404/CPACTUALITES)
Léger MarketingDecember 5, 2006[PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20070614043150/http://legermarketing.com/documents/pol/061206fr.pdf)
EnvironicsOctober, 2006[HTML](https://web.archive.org/web/20070221050522/http://www.nodice.ca/elections/quebec/polls.php)
CROPSeptember 24, 2006[HTML](http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20060927/CPACTUALITES/609270689/5032/CPACTUALITES/)
CROPAugust 28, 2006[HTML](http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20060831/CPACTUALITES/608310769/)
Léger MarketingJune 25, 2006[PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20061020121207/http://www.legermarketing.com/documents/POL/060627FR.pdf)
CROPJune 25, 2006[HTML](http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20060628/CPACTUALITES/606280751/)
Léger MarketingApril 30, 2006[PDF](http://legermarketing.com/documents/pol/060605fr.pdf)
Léger MarketingMarch 12, 2006[PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20060902153004/http://www.legermarketing.com/documents/SPCLM/060315FR.pdf)
  • *Swammer performs "live" trend analysis, meaning the results are updated daily.
Voting intentions among French speakers

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