Chapleau (provincial electoral district)

Chapleau

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Marc Carrière Liberal
District created	1980
First contested	1981
Last contested	2008
Demographics
Population (2006)	72,362
Electors (2008)	53,892
Area (km²)	42.19
Pop. density (per km²)	1,715.1
Census divisions	Gatineau
Census subdivisions	Gatineau

Chapleau is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Gatineau and includes portions east of and south of Autoroute 50, north of the Gatineau and Ottawa Rivers and west of the Rivière Blanche in the Templeton neighbourhood. The riding was created in 1980 from a part of Papineau.

The riding is named after former Quebec Premier Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau who was in power from 1879 to 1882. ^[1]

Members of the National Assembly

1. John Kehoe, Liberal (1981-1994)
2. Claire Vaive, Liberal (1994-1998)
3. Benoît Pelletier, Liberal (1998-2008)
4. Marc Carrière, Liberal (2008-present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marc Carrière	13,968	54.71	+9.68
	Parti québécois	Yves Morin	6,560	25.69	+3.65
	Action démocratique	Gilles Taillon	3,194	12.51	-12.41
	Green	Roger Fleury	1,032	4.04	-1.38
	Québec solidaire	Benoit Renaud	609	2.39	±0.00
	Independent	Michel Soucy	118	0.46	-
	Marxist-Leninist	Pierre Soublière	51	0.20	±0.00

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benoit Pelletier	14,581	45.03	-17.36
	Action démocratique	Jocelyn Dumais	8,071	24.92	+11.80
	Parti québécois	Edith Gendron	7,137	22.04	+0.40
	Green	Roger Fleury	1,755	5.42	-
	Québec solidaire	Jennifer Jean-Brice Vales	774	2.39	+1.29*
	Marxist-Leninist	Pierre Soublière	65	0.20	-0.21

* Increase is from UFP

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benoit Pelletier	18,774	62.39	+3.17
	Parti québécois	Sylvie Simard	6,512	21.64	-9.08
	Action démocratique	Berthe Miron	3,949	13.12	+4.30
	Bloc Pot	Daniel Leblanc-Poirier	402	1.34	-
	UFP	Jean Marois	331	1.10	-
	Marxist-Leninist	Gabriel Girard-Bernier	122	0.41	+0.27

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benoit Pelletier	24,228	59,22	-4.07
	Parti québécois	Claude Halle	12,600	30.72	-0.86
	Action démocratique	Serge Charette	3,617	8.82	-
	Socialist Democracy	Julie Lavoie	281	0.69	-1.78
	Natural Law	Jean-Claude Pommet	167	0.41	-0.15
	Marxist-Leninist	Kim Roberge	59	0.14	-

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	37,788	72.47
	Oui	14,354	27.53

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Claire Vaive	25,181	63.29	+8.05
	Parti québécois	Jocelyne Gadbois	12,563	31.58	-13.18
	New Democrat	Steve Fortin	984	2.47	-
	Lemon	Alain Lafortune	618	1.55	-
	Natural Law	Marie-Therese Nault	222	0.56	-
	Independent	Jean-Pierre Winter	219	0.55	-

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	23,968	58.29
	Non	17,153	41.71

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John J. Kehoe	15,569	55.24	-5.25
	Parti québécois	Jean Alfred	12,615	44.76	+8.81

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John J. Kehoe	16,154	60.49	+7.09
	Parti québécois	Jean-Claude Charette	9,813	35.95	-8.85
	New Democrat	Jean-Philippe Rheault	686	2.51	-
	Parti Indépendantiste	Marcel Vaive	686	2.51
	Christian Socialist	Stephane Plouffe	99	0.36	-

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John J. Kehoe	15,364	53.44
	Parti québécois	Jean Alfred	12,880	44.80
	Union Nationale	Andre Lortie	413	1.43
	Marxist-Leninist	Christine Dandenault	95	0.33

References

1. ^ [1]

• Election results
• Map of Chapleau
• Quebec electoral map
• Chapleau general information

Neighbouring electoral districts