2007 Quebec general election

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2007 Quebec general election
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125 seats in the 38th National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.23% (Increase0.81%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Jean Charest Mario Dumont André Boisclair
Party Liberal Action démocratique Parti Québécois
Leader since April 30, 1998 May 11, 1994 November 15, 2005
Leader's seat Sherbrooke Rivière-du-Loup Pointe-aux-Trembles
Last election 76 seats, 45.99% 4 seats, 18.18% 45 seats, 33.24%
Seats won 48 41 36
Seat change Decrease28 Increase37 Decrease9
Popular vote 1,313,664 1,224,412 1,125,546
Percentage 33.08% 30.84% 28.35%
Swing Decrease12.91% Increase12.63% Decrease4.91%
Popular 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.
Premier before election

Jean Charest
Liberal

Premier after election

Jean Charest
Liberal

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 managed to win 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).[1] 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.[2][3]

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

Overview[edit]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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[edit]

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.[6]

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.[7]

Timeline[edit]

  • 2005
  • 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.[8]
    • 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.[9] 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.[10]
    • 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.[11]
    • 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.[12]
    • February 21 - Premier Jean Charest calls a general election for March 26.[13][14]
    • 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.[15]
    • March 26 - Election date.

Political parties[edit]

Major parties[edit]

Other parties[edit]

Additionally, several other parties were registered as well: Parti conscience universelle,[16][17] Marxist–Leninist Party of Quebec,[16] Equality Party,[16] Bloc pot,[16] and Union des forces progressistes.[16]

Campaign slogans[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Liberals[edit]

Péquistes[edit]

Independent[edit]

Results[edit]

The overall results were:[18]

Summary of the 26 March 2007 National Assembly of Quebec election results
Party Party leader Candi-
dates 		Seats Popular vote
2003 Dissol. 2007 Change % # % Change
Liberal Jean Charest 125 76 72 48 -28 38.40% 1,313,664 33.08% -12.91%
Action démocratique Mario Dumont 125 4 5 41 +37 32.80% 1,224,412 30.84% +12.63%
Parti Québécois André Boisclair 125 45 45 36 -9 28.80% 1,125,546 28.35% -4.91%
Green Scott McKay 108 - - - - - 152,885 3.85% +3.41%
Québec solidaire Régent Séguin† 123 - - - - - 144,418 3.64% +2.58%‡
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Chénier 24 - - - - - 2,091 0.05% -0.02%
Bloc Pot Hugô St-Onge 9 - - - - - 1,564 0.04% -0.56%
Christian Democracy Gilles Noël 12 - - - - - 1,548 0.04% -0.05%
  Independents and no affiliation 28 - 1 - - - 4,490 0.11% -0.11%
  Vacant 2  
Total 679 125 125 125 - 100% 3,970,618 100%  
Source: (official)

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.
Vote share
PLQ
 
 33.08%
ADQ
 
 30.84%
PQ
 
 28.35%
Green
 
 3.85%
QS
 
 3.64%
Others
 
 0.24%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 38.40%
ADQ
 
 32.80%
PQ
 
 28.80%

Results by region[edit]

Results by region and riding
Party Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
  Liberal Seats: 1 0 2 1 5 20 5 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 1 6 0
  Popular Vote (%): 32.67 32.70 28.02 29.03 34.09 47.20 45.42 30.41 21.64 32.52 41.67 28.25 39.35 17.13 23.41 28.86 26.67
  Action démocratique Seats: 1 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 5 5 8 3
  Popular Vote (%): 36.88 21.85 41.55 39.03 28.05 15.16 21.41 24.95 25.08 21.48 14.92 51.69 28.49 40.33 36.27 33.41 40.42
  Parti Québécois Seats: 2 5 2 0 0 8 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 7 0
  Popular Vote (%): 26.79 41.09 23.63 28.70 29.63 24.03 22.36 39.22 48.35 41.41 39.42 16.36 25.40 36.15 34.65 30.98 27.59
Parties below won no seats
Green Popular Vote (%): 2.10 1.63 3.48 1.37 4.53 6.74 6.78 0 2.49 0 0.58 1.70 3.99 3.41 3.03 3.57 1.01
  QS Popular Vote (%): 1.56 2.69 2.97 2.65 3.58 6.32 3.81 5.42 2.43 4.60 3.42 1.91 2.51 2.98 2.61 2.95 3.80
  M-LPQ Popular Vote (%): 0 0 0.02 0 0 0.95 0.22 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.05 0 0 0.01 0
Bloc Pot Popular Vote (%): 0 0 0 0 0 0.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.09 0
  CDPQ Popular Vote (%): 0 0 0.18 0.04 0 0.48 0 0 0 0 0 0.05 0 0 0 0 0
  Independent Popular Vote (%): 0 0.04 0.14 0.35 0.17 0.80 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0.04 0.13 0.50
Total seats: 4 5 11 5 6 28 5 3 2 1 4 8 5 6 8 21 3

Results by place[edit]

Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Total
Liberal 48 32 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 125
Action démocratique 41 46 32 4 2 0 0 0 0 125
Parti Québécois 36 42 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 125
Green 0 3 3 76 26 0 0 0 0 108
  Québec solidaire 0 2 1 42 78 0 0 0 0 123
Marxist–Leninist 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 4 1 24
Bloc Pot 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 9
  Christian Democracy 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 0 12
  Independents 0 0 0 0 4 18 4 2 0 28

Synopsis of results[edit]

See also: Candidates of the 2007 Quebec general election
Results by riding - 2007 Quebec general election[19][20][21]
Riding Winning party Turnout
[a 1] 		Votes[a 2]
Name 2003 1st place Votes Share Margin
# 		Margin
% 		2nd place 3rd place PLQ PQ ADQ QS PVQ Ind Other Total
 
Abitibi-Est PLQ PQ 8,262 37.71% 717 3.27% PLQ ADQ 67.78% 7,545 8,262 5,060 1,042 – – – 21,909
Abitibi-Ouest PQ PQ 10,983 48.38% 5,454 24.02% ADQ PLQ 70.75% 5,376 10,983 5,529 814 – – – 22,702
Acadie PLQ PLQ 17,962 60.09% 12,992 43.46% PQ ADQ 62.03% 17,962 4,970 4,327 1,135 1,500 – – 29,894
Anjou PLQ PLQ 13,280 41.36% 4,485 13.97% PQ ADQ 72.04% 13,280 8,795 7,409 1,151 1,376 – 99 32,110
Argenteuil PLQ PLQ 10,025 37.59% 2,119 7.95% ADQ PQ 68.52% 10,025 6,891 7,906 600 1,244 – – 26,666
Arthabaska PLQ ADQ 15,231 41.87% 4,133 11.36% PLQ PQ 76.00% 11,098 7,892 15,231 1,125 1,030 – – 36,376
Beauce-Nord ADQ ADQ 19,127 62.62% 11,071 36.25% PLQ PQ 77.92% 8,056 2,392 19,127 361 525 83 – 30,544
Beauce-Sud PLQ ADQ 19,361 56.85% 9,078 26.66% PLQ PQ 74.09% 10,283 3,578 19,361 834 – – – 34,056
Beauharnois PQ PQ 12,967 41.08% 3,705 11.74% ADQ PLQ 74.09% 7,679 12,967 9,262 600 1,061 – – 31,569
Bellechasse PLQ ADQ 12,715 48.51% 3,711 14.16% PLQ PQ 76.77% 9,004 3,521 12,715 460 512 – – 26,212
Berthier PQ ADQ 16,242 42.24% 2,888 7.51% PQ PLQ 72.73% 6,687 13,354 16,242 1,087 1,084 – – 38,454
Bertrand PQ PQ 13,672 37.02% 2,484 6.73% ADQ PLQ 71.10% 9,082 13,672 11,188 1,228 1,766 – – 36,936
Blainville PQ ADQ 17,731 41.84% 3,547 8.37% PQ PLQ 77.99% 8,109 14,184 17,731 810 1,549 – – 42,383
Bonaventure PLQ PLQ 10,221 52.88% 4,511 23.34% PQ ADQ 67.80% 10,221 5,710 2,357 1,039 – – – 19,327
Borduas PQ PQ 12,529 38.76% 2,406 7.44% ADQ PLQ 79.58% 7,010 12,529 10,123 944 1,459 262 – 32,327
Bourassa-Sauvé PLQ PLQ 15,631 50.08% 8,526 27.32% PQ ADQ 63.11% 15,631 7,105 6,379 1,043 891 160 – 31,209
Bourget PQ PQ 13,422 41.26% 5,935 18.24% ADQ PLQ 69.89% 7,433 13,422 7,487 1,363 2,632 – 195 32,532
Brome-Missisquoi PLQ PLQ 14,182 39.85% 2,961 8.32% ADQ PQ 71.88% 14,182 7,238 11,221 1,032 1,917 – – 35,590
Chambly PLQ ADQ 18,154 38.93% 4,704 10.09% PQ PLQ 79.58% 11,240 13,450 18,154 1,527 2,265 – – 46,636
Champlain PQ ADQ 15,872 44.81% 5,001 14.12% PQ PLQ 76.54% 7,635 10,871 15,872 1,039 – – – 35,417
Chapleau PLQ PLQ 14,581 45.03% 6,510 20.10% ADQ PQ 61.97% 14,581 7,137 8,071 774 1,755 – 65 32,383
Charlesbourg PLQ ADQ 17,207 43.36% 6,364 16.04% PLQ PQ 78.87% 10,843 9,828 17,207 837 968 – – 39,683
Charlevoix PQ PQ 9,099 37.67% 1,663 6.88% ADQ PLQ 73.99% 6,541 9,099 7,436 527 553 – – 24,156
Châteauguay PLQ PLQ 15,279 37.42% 3,051 7.47% ADQ PQ 73.85% 15,279 11,208 12,228 967 1,154 – – 40,836
Chauveau PLQ ADQ 22,013 55.59% 13,164 33.24% PLQ PQ 77.52% 8,849 6,680 22,013 800 1,255 – – 39,597
Chicoutimi PQ PQ 13,965 39.97% 1,046 2.99% PLQ ADQ 76.45% 12,919 13,965 6,155 1,093 803 – – 34,935
Chomedey PLQ PLQ 18,667 54.75% 10,738 31.49% ADQ PQ 62.90% 18,667 5,180 7,929 683 1,237 299 103 34,098
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière ADQ ADQ 24,378 58.92% 16,731 40.44% PQ PLQ 81.38% 7,292 7,647 24,378 854 1,203 – – 41,374
Crémazie PLQ PQ 12,388 36.00% 170 0.49% PLQ ADQ 73.84% 12,218 12,388 5,540 2,218 1,934 – 112 34,410
D'Arcy-McGee PLQ PLQ 18,410 84.21% 16,940 77.49% PVQ ADQ 53.10% 18,410 710 934 338 1,470 – – 21,862
Deux-Montagnes PQ ADQ 12,415 36.32% 1,132 3.31% PQ PLQ 76.37% 8,183 11,283 12,415 740 1,448 114 – 34,183
Drummond PQ ADQ 15,349 38.50% 2,389 5.99% PQ PLQ 71.79% 9,530 12,960 15,349 1,645 – 380 – 39,864
Dubuc PQ PQ 10,120 37.58% 1,719 6.38% ADQ PLQ 73.22% 7,077 10,120 8,401 728 602 – – 26,928
Duplessis PQ PQ 10,205 44.75% 3,873 16.98% PLQ ADQ 62.94% 6,332 10,205 4,959 689 621 – – 22,806
Fabre PLQ PLQ 14,615 34.86% 1,208 2.88% ADQ PQ 73.33% 14,615 11,224 13,407 882 1,795 – – 41,923
Frontenac PLQ PLQ 10,440 41.07% 1,609 6.33% ADQ PQ 77.09% 10,440 5,264 8,831 391 496 – – 25,422
Gaspé PQ PQ 7,662 40.96% 640 3.42% PLQ ADQ 68.04% 7,022 7,662 3,162 858 – – – 18,704
Gatineau PLQ PLQ 13,602 44.95% 6,392 21.12% PQ ADQ 63.41% 13,602 7,210 6,447 896 1,958 – 146 30,259
Gouin PQ PQ 11,318 37.25% 3,408 11.22% QS PLQ 70.09% 5,612 11,318 3,540 7,910 1,750 109 147 30,386
Groulx PLQ ADQ 13,630 37.45% 3,117 8.56% PQ PLQ 75.35% 9,898 10,513 13,630 850 1,503 – – 36,394
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve PQ PQ 13,012 52.71% 9,176 37.17% ADQ PLQ 62.18% 3,347 13,012 3,836 2,388 1,749 97 256 24,685
Hull PLQ PLQ 12,643 42.53% 5,528 18.59% PQ ADQ 61.26% 12,643 7,115 5,071 2,358 2,476 – 67 29,730
Huntingdon PLQ ADQ 13,113 42.76% 3,439 11.22% PLQ PQ 70.90% 9,674 6,926 13,113 669 – 281 – 30,663
Iberville PLQ ADQ 14,365 42.23% 5,103 15.00% PQ PLQ 76.13% 8,390 9,262 14,365 776 1,224 – – 34,017
Îles-de-la-Madeleine PQ PQ 4,820 60.39% 2,178 27.29% PLQ ADQ 76.10% 2,642 4,820 380 – 139 – – 7,981
Jacques-Cartier PLQ PLQ 22,481 70.24% 18,508 57.82% ADQ PVQ 67.35% 22,481 1,352 3,973 491 3,545 166 – 32,008
Jean-Lesage PLQ ADQ 13,865 39.86% 3,680 10.58% PLQ PQ 72.65% 10,185 7,990 13,865 1,236 1,159 131 216 34,782
Jean-Talon PLQ PLQ 13,732 41.96% 3,873 11.84% PQ ADQ 79.98% 13,732 9,859 6,056 1,463 1,518 – 95 32,723
Jeanne-Mance-Viger PLQ PLQ 20,716 68.00% 16,151 53.01% ADQ PQ 63.26% 20,716 3,659 4,565 635 790 – 101 30,466
Johnson PQ ADQ 11,511 36.02% 180 0.56% PQ PLQ 75.01% 7,157 11,331 11,511 770 1,188 – – 31,957
Joliette PQ ADQ 13,805 37.08% 750 2.01% PQ PLQ 74.76% 7,527 13,055 13,805 1,693 1,149 – – 37,229
Jonquière PLQ PQ 12,851 39.33% 1,275 3.90% PLQ ADQ 74.87% 11,576 12,851 6,634 839 703 71 – 32,674
Kamouraska-Témiscouata PLQ PLQ 9,826 39.72% 752 3.04% ADQ PQ 72.39% 9,826 4,804 9,074 521 515 – – 24,740
Labelle PQ PQ 13,961 45.42% 6,237 20.29% ADQ PLQ 68.98% 6,970 13,961 7,724 894 1,189 – – 30,738
Lac-Saint-Jean PQ PQ 14,750 46.42% 5,575 17.55% PLQ ADQ 77.32% 9,175 14,750 6,837 536 474 – – 31,772
LaFontaine PLQ PLQ 16,281 62.46% 11,526 44.22% ADQ PQ 67.38% 16,281 3,715 4,755 552 765 – – 26,068
La Peltrie PLQ ADQ 21,055 51.06% 9,884 23.97% PLQ PQ 79.76% 11,171 7,033 21,055 772 1,203 – – 41,234
La Pinière PLQ PLQ 17,786 50.44% 9,132 25.90% ADQ PQ 66.51% 17,786 6,281 8,654 860 1,684 – – 35,265
Laporte PLQ PLQ 13,249 40.97% 5,112 15.81% PQ ADQ 70.92% 13,249 8,137 7,699 1,256 1,998 – – 32,339
La Prairie PLQ ADQ 14,453 33.79% 1,285 3.00% PQ PLQ 77.50% 12,251 13,168 14,453 818 1,605 179 298 42,772
L'Assomption PQ ADQ 16,510 39.20% 2,223 5.28% PQ PLQ 76.16% 8,235 14,287 16,510 1,303 1,777 – – 42,112
Laurier-Dorion PLQ PLQ 12,064 39.66% 1,096 3.60% PQ ADQ 65.38% 12,064 10,968 2,874 2,431 1,639 275 166 30,417
Laval-des-Rapides PLQ PLQ 11,532 34.41% 1,494 4.46% PQ ADQ 69.67% 11,532 10,038 9,344 1,145 1,450 – – 33,509
Laviolette PLQ PLQ 10,100 40.99% 3,274 13.29% ADQ PQ 72.59% 10,100 6,687 6,826 468 494 – 66 24,641
Lévis PLQ ADQ 17,388 44.14% 7,287 18.50% PQ PLQ 79.33% 9,925 10,101 17,388 802 1,015 – 163 39,394
Lotbinière ADQ ADQ 15,472 59.22% 9,752 37.33% PLQ PQ 78.07% 5,720 4,305 15,472 630 – – – 26,127
Louis-Hébert PLQ PLQ 14,410 34.54% 816 1.96% ADQ PQ 81.33% 14,410 10,429 13,594 1,326 1,734 – 225 41,718
Marguerite-Bourgeoys PLQ PLQ 16,752 57.14% 11,205 38.22% ADQ PQ 63.13% 16,752 4,697 5,547 717 1,454 – 153 29,320
Marguerite-D'Youville PLQ ADQ 15,536 37.07% 2,521 6.02% PQ PLQ 82.63% 11,401 13,015 15,536 1,958 – – – 41,910
Marie-Victorin PQ PQ 11,055 39.61% 3,128 11.21% ADQ PLQ 68.54% 5,974 11,055 7,927 1,418 1,327 – 211 27,912
Marquette PLQ PLQ 14,985 47.77% 8,525 27.17% ADQ PQ 64.37% 14,985 6,448 6,460 946 2,313 220 – 31,372
Maskinongé PLQ ADQ 14,862 40.04% 4,095 11.03% PLQ PQ 76.33% 10,767 10,008 14,862 699 781 – – 37,117
Masson PQ ADQ 18,808 43.83% 3,394 7.91% PQ PLQ 74.30% 6,058 15,414 18,808 1,059 1,569 – – 42,908
Matane PLQ PQ 7,830 39.10% 213 1.06% PLQ ADQ 72.27% 7,617 7,830 3,980 358 240 – – 20,025
Matapédia PQ PQ 9,041 43.70% 3,605 17.42% ADQ PLQ 70.39% 5,137 9,041 5,436 551 526 – – 20,691
Mégantic-Compton PLQ PLQ 8,071 32.98% 210 0.86% ADQ PQ 73.70% 8,071 7,095 7,861 544 904 – – 24,475
Mercier PQ PQ 9,426 33.35% 1,123 3.97% QS PLQ 69.32% 5,601 9,426 2,381 8,303 2,398 – 156 28,265
Mille-Îles PLQ PLQ 15,978 38.74% 4,648 11.27% ADQ PQ 75.93% 15,978 11,159 11,330 1,169 1,511 96 – 41,243
Mirabel PQ ADQ 15,241 44.43% 3,550 10.35% PQ PLQ 75.27% 5,520 11,691 15,241 620 1,233 – – 34,305
Montmagny-L'Islet PLQ ADQ 10,022 43.35% 1,193 5.16% PLQ PQ 72.64% 8,829 3,512 10,022 310 445 – – 23,118
Montmorency PLQ ADQ 20,796 51.55% 11,672 28.93% PLQ PQ 77.99% 9,124 8,171 20,796 772 1,172 157 149 40,341
Mont-Royal PLQ PLQ 16,056 70.50% 13,849 60.81% PQ ADQ 54.45% 16,056 2,207 1,893 801 1,710 – 108 22,775
Nelligan PLQ PLQ 21,458 63.82% 15,362 45.69% ADQ PQ 64.16% 21,458 2,977 6,096 532 2,560 – – 33,623
Nicolet-Yamaska PQ ADQ 10,839 41.18% 3,384 12.86% PQ PLQ 77.73% 6,770 7,455 10,839 1,121 – 138 – 26,323
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce PLQ PLQ 14,077 61.43% 10,472 45.70% PVQ PQ 58.52% 14,077 2,425 1,649 1,091 3,605 – 69 22,916
Orford PLQ PLQ 13,050 33.28% 1,252 3.19% ADQ PQ 74.08% 13,050 11,158 11,798 1,404 1,798 – – 39,208
Outremont PLQ PLQ 11,861 47.03% 5,933 23.52% PQ PVQ 62.69% 11,861 5,928 2,236 2,303 2,725 101 68 25,222
Papineau PLQ PLQ 13,559 39.05% 4,206 12.11% PQ ADQ 64.62% 13,559 9,353 9,115 1,039 1,654 – – 34,720
Pointe-aux-Trembles PQ PQ 13,784 47.30% 6,076 20.85% ADQ PLQ 72.92% 5,316 13,784 7,708 763 1,257 – 311 29,139
Pontiac PLQ PLQ 14,817 58.54% 10,874 42.96% ADQ PQ 56.53% 14,817 3,257 3,943 729 2,498 – 66 25,310
Portneuf PLQ ADQ 15,496 45.92% 4,635 13.73% PLQ PQ 77.53% 10,861 5,667 15,496 580 1,145 – – 33,749
Prévost PQ ADQ 15,999 39.31% 808 1.99% PQ PLQ 72.26% 7,929 15,191 15,999 1,578 – – – 40,697
René-Lévesque PQ PQ 12,160 51.78% 5,518 23.50% ADQ PLQ 68.61% 3,723 12,160 6,642 426 533 – – 23,484
Richelieu PQ PQ 11,411 38.03% 1,998 6.66% ADQ PLQ 75.11% 7,275 11,411 9,413 778 986 145 – 30,008
Richmond PLQ PLQ 11,257 42.32% 3,078 11.57% ADQ PQ 74.52% 11,257 5,485 8,179 746 805 129 – 26,601
Rimouski PQ PQ 12,925 40.58% 3,531 11.09% ADQ PLQ 74.26% 6,988 12,925 9,394 1,894 651 – – 31,852
Rivière-du-Loup ADQ ADQ 15,276 58.47% 7,886 30.18% PLQ PQ 78.27% 7,390 2,821 15,276 – 639 – – 26,126
Robert-Baldwin PLQ PLQ 22,132 74.76% 18,890 63.81% ADQ PVQ 58.62% 22,132 1,581 3,242 514 2,136 – – 29,605
Roberval PLQ PQ 13,506 41.75% 2,365 7.31% PLQ ADQ 72.70% 11,141 13,506 6,638 1,065 – – – 32,350
Rosemont PQ PQ 14,146 38.60% 4,175 11.39% PLQ ADQ 70.86% 9,971 14,146 6,936 3,433 1,931 – 231 36,648
Rousseau PQ PQ 14,670 41.78% 1,410 4.02% ADQ PLQ 69.03% 5,402 14,670 13,260 789 992 – – 35,113
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue PLQ PQ 9,481 33.11% 129 0.45% PLQ ADQ 68.17% 9,352 9,481 7,687 2,117 – – – 28,637
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques PQ PQ 10,501 41.34% 4,480 17.64% PLQ QS 60.86% 6,021 10,501 2,733 3,596 2,460 – 92 25,403
Saint-François PLQ PLQ 12,528 37.86% 2,740 8.28% PQ ADQ 73.80% 12,528 9,788 7,892 1,111 1,772 – – 33,091
Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne PLQ PLQ 11,915 38.49% 2,753 8.89% PQ ADQ 61.04% 11,915 9,162 5,422 2,037 2,179 – 244 30,959
Saint-Hyacinthe PQ ADQ 13,233 35.73% 1,318 3.56% PQ PLQ 76.36% 9,584 11,915 13,233 1,034 1,267 – – 37,033
Saint-Jean PLQ ADQ 17,189 42.22% 5,273 12.95% PQ PLQ 75.03% 10,131 11,916 17,189 1,478 – – – 40,714
Saint-Laurent PLQ PLQ 19,970 67.81% 16,542 56.17% PQ ADQ 57.87% 19,970 3,428 3,373 856 1,681 – 141 29,449
Saint-Maurice PQ ADQ 9,788 37.72% 1,294 4.99% PQ PLQ 72.57% 6,487 8,494 9,788 796 – 387 – 25,952
Shefford PLQ ADQ 16,643 42.11% 5,746 14.54% PLQ PQ 73.06% 10,897 9,280 16,643 1,310 1,178 – 210 39,518
Sherbrooke PLQ PLQ 13,136 36.56% 1,332 3.71% PQ ADQ 74.23% 13,136 11,804 6,409 2,263 2,203 115 – 35,930
Soulanges PLQ PLQ 10,689 36.03% 1,477 4.98% ADQ PQ 73.95% 10,689 7,821 9,212 442 1,389 113 – 29,666
Taillon PQ PQ 14,040 35.47% 1,452 3.67% ADQ PLQ 71.83% 9,104 14,040 12,588 1,873 1,977 – – 39,582
Taschereau PQ PQ 12,340 37.10% 3,178 9.56% ADQ PLQ 70.54% 7,073 12,340 9,162 2,741 1,860 81 – 33,257
Terrebonne PQ ADQ 17,224 41.26% 2,064 4.94% PQ PLQ 76.51% 6,720 15,160 17,224 1,136 1,508 – – 41,748
Trois-Rivières PLQ ADQ 10,247 37.20% 2,385 8.66% PLQ PQ 73.49% 7,862 7,672 10,247 907 739 121 – 27,548
Ungava PQ PQ 4,555 41.41% 978 8.89% PLQ ADQ 46.47% 3,577 4,555 2,363 506 – – – 11,001
Vachon PQ PQ 11,560 34.88% 227 0.68% ADQ PLQ 75.20% 8,184 11,560 11,333 755 1,309 – – 33,141
Vanier PLQ ADQ 20,699 51.44% 10,966 27.25% PLQ PQ 76.36% 9,733 7,694 20,699 859 1,149 – 103 40,237
Vaudreuil PLQ PLQ 15,465 44.20% 6,678 19.08% ADQ PQ 72.58% 15,465 8,217 8,787 686 1,837 – – 34,992
Verchères PQ PQ 13,811 41.25% 1,316 3.93% ADQ PLQ 78.46% 4,751 13,811 12,495 1,020 1,407 – – 33,484
Verdun PLQ PLQ 12,204 40.94% 3,516 11.80% PQ ADQ 64.45% 12,204 8,688 5,239 1,430 1,868 80 298 29,807
Viau PLQ PLQ 12,917 51.92% 7,511 30.19% PQ ADQ 59.33% 12,917 5,406 4,157 1,231 1,169 – – 24,880
Vimont PLQ PLQ 14,936 35.97% 2,038 4.91% ADQ PQ 76.13% 14,936 11,215 12,898 871 1,606 – – 41,526
Westmount-Saint-Louis PLQ PLQ 13,368 67.59% 11,037 55.80% PVQ PQ 49.23% 13,368 1,646 1,554 807 2,331 – 73 19,779
  1. ^ including spoilt ballots
  2. ^ All 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.
  = 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

Seats that changed hands[edit]

Elections to the National Assembly – seats won/lost by party, 2003–2007
Party 2003 Gain from (loss to) 2007
PLQ PQ ADQ
Liberal 76 (6) (22) 48
Parti Québécois 45 6 (15) 36
Action démocratique 4 22 15 41
Total 125 28 – 15 (6) – (37) 125

Summary analysis[edit]

Party candidates in 2nd place[19]
Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place Total
Lib PQ ADQ QS PVQ
Liberal 19 26 3 48
Parti Québécois 14 20 2 36
Action démocratique 18 23 41
Total 32 42 46 2 3 125
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[19]
Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
█ Liberal 48 32 45
█ Action démocratique 41 46 32 4 2
█ Parti Québécois 36 42 44 3
█ Green 3 3 76 26
█ Québec solidaire 2 1 42 78
█ Independent 4


Resulting composition of the National Assembly (2007)[21]
Source Party
Lib PQ ADQ Total
Seats retained Incumbents returned 37 25 4 66
Open seats held 9 5 14
Open seat held - taken by previous incumbent from another riding 1 1
Byelection losses reversed 1 1
Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 6 32 38
Open seats gained 4 4
Byelection gains held 1 1
Total 48 36 41 125

Most marginal 2-way and 3-way contests[edit]

Top 10 marginal 2-way contests (2007)
Riding 1st 2nd 1st vs 2nd
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue 33.11% 32.66% 0.45%
Crémazie 36.00% 36.51% 0.49%
Johnson 36.02% 35.46% 0.56%
Vachon 34.88% 34.20% 0.68%
Mégantic-Compton 32.98% 32.12% 0.86%
Matane 35.42% 33.21% 1.06%
Louis-Hébert 39.10% 38.04% 1.96%
Prévost 39.31% 37.33% 1.99%
Joliette 37.08% 35.07% 2.01%
Fabre 34.86% 31.98% 2.88%
Top 10 marginal 3-way contests (2007)
Riding 1st 2nd 3rd 1st vs 3rd
Mégantic-Compton 32.98% 32.12% 28.99% 3.99%
Orford 33.28% 30.09% 28.46% 4.82%
La Prairie 33.79% 30.79% 28.64% 5.15%
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue 33.11% 32.66% 26.84% 6.27%
Laval-des-Rapides 34.41% 29.96% 27.89% 6.52%
Fabre 34.86% 31.98% 26.77% 8.09%
Vimont 35.97% 31.06% 27.01% 8.96%
Louis-Hébert 34.54% 32.59% 25.00% 9.54%
Soulanges 36.03% 31.05% 26.36% 9.67%
Marguerite-D'Youville 37.07% 31.05% 27.20% 9.87%

Opinion polls[edit]

Polling Firm Last Date of Polling Link Liberal Parti Québécois Action démocratique Québec solidaire Green (PVQ) Other
Angus Reid Strategies March 24, 2007

PDF

31 29 30 5 6 0
Léger Marketing March 24, 2007

PDF

35 29 26 4 5 1
CROP March 22, 2007

PDF

34 28 25 5 8 0
Strategic Counsel March 21, 2007

HTML

30 31 28 5 6 0
Strategic Counsel March 16, 2007

PDF

30 32 26 5 7 0
Léger Marketing March 15, 2007

PDF

33 30 30 3 4 0
SES March 14–15, 2007

HTML

26 24 15 4 5 (26 Unsure)
CROP March 13, 2007

PDF

30 30 31 4 4 1
CROP March 8, 2007

PDF

33 29 26 6 6 0
Léger Marketing March 1, 2007

PDF

36 29 25 5 5 0
Léger Marketing February 24, 2007

PDF

37 28 23 6 6 0
CROP February 20, 2007 PDF 35 32 18 5 10 0
CROP February 15, 2007 HTML 35 33 19 5 8 0
Léger Marketing February 10, 2007

PDF

36 31 21 5 5 2
Léger Marketing January 28, 2007 PDF 34 32 24 5 5 0
CROP January 28, 2007 HTML 37 34 12 4 8 1
Léger Marketing December 5, 2006 PDF 36 35 20 7 6 0
Environics October, 2006 HTML 31 50 12 3 4 0
CROP September 24, 2006 HTML 37 37 12 4 9 1
CROP August 28, 2006 HTML 32 37 13 7 9 2
Léger Marketing June 25, 2006 PDF 37 33 17 6 7 0
CROP June 25, 2006 HTML 32 35 16 7 9 1
Léger Marketing April 30, 2006 PDF[permanent dead link] 29 34 15 8 7 7
Léger Marketing March 12, 2006 PDF 32 43 11 6 8 0
  • *Swammer performs "live" trend analysis, meaning the results are updated daily.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ La répartition des voix aux élections générales Archived February 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ LCN (March 27, 2007). "Un taux de participation de 71%". Archived from the original on March 31, 2007.
  3. ^ CTV News (March 27, 2007). "Que. Liberals win minority, ADQ forms opposition". CTV. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007.
  4. ^ "Mode de scrutin : Un référendum envisagé au Québec | Politique". Radio-Canada.ca. September 29, 2006. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  5. ^ Le gouvernement Charest repousse la réforme du mode de scrutin | Actualités | Cyberpresse
  6. ^ Jocelyne Richer : Boisclair veut un référendum le plus tôt possible | Actualités | Cyberpresse
  7. ^ "Accommodements raisonnables : Dumont veut une constitution | Politique". Radio-Canada.ca. January 17, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  8. ^ "Parti libéral du Québec : La tentation souverainiste | Politique". Radio-Canada.ca. January 19, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  9. ^ "Parti québécois : Royal appuie la souveraineté du Québec | Politique". Radio-Canada.ca. January 22, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  10. ^ "French politician defends Quebec comments". CBC News. January 23, 2007.
  11. ^ "Pierre Arcand refuse de se "mettre à genoux" devant Mario Dumont". Ledevoir.com. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  12. ^ "Tax cuts, health spending in Quebec pre-election budget". CBC News. February 20, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  13. ^ "Quebec election set for March 26". CBC News. February 21, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  14. ^ "National". globeandmail.com. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  15. ^ "Muslim women will have to lift veils to vote in Quebec election". CBC News. March 23, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  16. ^ a b c d e Venne, Michel (2006). L'annuaire du Québec 2006 (in French). Les Editions Fides. p. 483. ISBN 978-2-7621-2646-4. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  17. ^ "Un nouveau venu sur la scène politique québécoise". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). May 21, 2005. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  18. ^ "Résultats officiels par parti politique pour l'ensemble des circonscriptions". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  19. ^ a b c Drouilly, Pierre (December 4, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 2007" [2007 Quebec elections]. donneesquebec.ca (in French). Atlas des élections au Québec.
  20. ^ "Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription" [National Assembly members by riding] (in French). National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Les résultats électoraux depuis 1867" [Electoral results since 1867] (in French). National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved May 12, 2024.

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External links[edit]

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