2007 Quebec general 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]

2007 Quebec general election

March 26, 2007

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.

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.[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

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

  • 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

Major parties

Other parties

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

  • 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

Liberals

Péquistes

Independent

Results

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

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

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

For greater analysis on results within the province, see Candidates of the 2007 Quebec general election.

Results by riding - 2007 Quebec general election summarized from Élections Québec[19]
Riding 2003 Winning party Turnout
[a 1][a 2]
Votes[a 3]
Party Votes Share Margin
#
Margin
%
PLQ ADQ PQ PVQ QS Ind Other Total
 
Abitibi-Est PLQPQ 8,26237.71%7173.27%67.77%7,5455,0608,2621,04221,909
Abitibi-Ouest PQPQ 10,98348.38%5,45424.02%70.75%5,3765,52910,98381422,702
Acadie PLQPLQ 17,96260.09%12,99243.46%62.03%17,9624,3274,9701,5001,13529,894
Anjou PLQPLQ 13,28041.36%4,48513.97%72.04%13,2807,4098,7951,3761,1519932,110
Argenteuil PLQPLQ 10,02537.59%2,1197.95%68.52%10,0257,9066,8911,24460026,666
Arthabaska PLQADQ 15,23141.87%4,13311.36%76.00%11,09815,2317,8921,0301,12536,376
Beauce-Nord ADQADQ 19,12762.62%11,07136.25%71.92%8,05619,1272,3925253618330,544
Beauce-Sud PLQADQ 19,36156.85%9,07826.66%74.09%10,28319,3613,57883434,056
Beauharnois PQPQ 12,96741.08%3,70511.74%74.09%7,2799,26212,9671,06160031,569
Bellechasse PLQADQ 12,71548.51%3,71114.16%76.77%9,00412,7153,52151246026,212
Berthier PQADQ 16,24242.24%2,8887.51%72.73%6,68716,24213,3541,0841,08738,454
Bertrand PQPQ 13,67237.02%2,4846.73%71.10%9,08211,18813,6721,7661,22836,936
Blainville PQ ADQ 17,73141.84%3,5478.37%77.99%8,10917,73114,1841,54981042,383
Bonaventure PLQPLQ 10,22152.88%4,51123.34%67.80%10,2212,3575,7101,03919,327
Borduas PQPQ 12,52938.76%2,4067.44%79.58%7,01010,12312,5291,45994426232,327
Bourassa-Sauvé PLQ PLQ 15,63150.08%8,52627.32%63.11%15,6316,3797,1058911,04316031,209
Bourget PQ PQ 13,42241.26%5,93518.24%69.89%7,4337,48713,4222,6321,36319532,532
Brome-Missisquoi PLQPLQ 14,18239.85%2,9618.32%71.88%14,18211,1217,2381,9371,03235,590
Chambly PLQADQ 18,15438.93%4,70410.09%79.58%11,24018,15413,4502,2651,52746,636
Champlain PQADQ 15,87244.81%5,00114.12%76.54%7,63515,87210,8711,03935,417
Chapleau PLQPLQ 14,58145.03%6,51020.10%61.97%14,5818,0717,1371,7557746532,383
Charlesbourg PLQADQ 17,20743.36%6,36416.04%78.87%10,84317,2079,82896883739,683
Charlevoix PQPQ 9,09937.67%1,6636.88%73.99%6,5417,4369,09955352724,156
Châteauguay PLQPLQ 15,27937.42%3,0517.47%73.85%15,27912,22811,2081,15496740,836
Chauveau PLQADQ 22,01355.59%13,16433.24%77.51%8,84922,0136,6801,25580039,597
Chicoutimi PQPQ 13,96539.97%1,0462.99%76.45%12,9196,15513,9658031,09334,935
Chomedey PLQPLQ 18,66754.75%10,73831.49%62.90%18,6677,9295,1801,23768340234,098
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière ADQADQ 24,37858.92%16,73140.44%81.38%7,29224,3787,6471,20385441,374
Crémazie PLQPQ 12,38836.00%1700.49%73.84%12,2185,54012,3881,9342,21811234,410
D'Arcy-McGee PLQPLQ 18,41084.21%16,94077.49%53.10%18,4109347101,47033821,862
Deux-Montagnes PQADQ 12,41536.32%1,1323.31%76.37%8,18312,41511,2831,44874011434,183
Drummond PQADQ 15,34938.50%2,3895.99%71.79%9,53015,34912,9601,64538039,864
Dubuc PQPQ 10,12037.58%1,7196.38%73.22%7,0778,40110,12060272826,928
Duplessis PQPQ 10,20544.75%3,87316.98%62.94%6,3324,95910,20562168922,806
Fabre PLQPLQ 14,61534.86%1,2082.88%73.33%14,61513,40711,2241,79588241,923
Frontenac PLQPLQ 10,44041.07%1,6096.33%77.09%10,4408,8315,26449639125,422
Gaspé PQPQ 7,66240.96%6403.42%68.04%7,0223,1627,66285818,704
Gatineau PLQPLQ 13,60244.95%6,39221.12%63.41%13,6026,4477,2101,95889614630,259
Gouin PQPQ 11,31837.25%3,40811.22%70.09%5,6123,54011,3181,7507,91010914730,386
Groulx PLQADQ 13,63037.45%3,1178.56%75.35%9,89813,63010,5131,50385036,394
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve PQPQ 13,01252.71%9,17637.17%62.18%3,3473,83613,0121,7492,3889719324,685
Hull PLQPLQ 12,64342.53%5,52818.59%61.26%12,6435,0717,1152,4762,3586729,730
Huntingdon PLQADQ 13,11342.76%3,43911.22%70.90%9,67413,1136,92666928130,663
Iberville PLQADQ 14,36542.23%5,10315.00%76.13%8,39014,3659,2621,22477634,017
Îles-de-la-Madeleine PQPQ 4,82060.39%2,17827.29%76.10%2,6423804,8201397,981
Jacques-Cartier PLQPLQ 22,48170.24%18,50857.82%67.35%22,4813,9731,3523,54549116632,008
Jean-Lesage PLQADQ 13,86539.86%3,68010.58%72.65%10,18513,8657,9901,1591,23613121634,782
Jean-Talon PLQPLQ 13,73241.96%3,87311.84%79.98%13,7326,0569,8591,5181,4639532,723
Jeanne-Mance-Viger PLQPLQ 20,71668.00%16,15153.01%63.26%20,7164,5653,65979063510130,466
Johnson PQADQ 11,51136.02%1800.56%75.01%7,15711,51111,3311,18877031,957
Joliette PQADQ 13,80537.08%7502.01%74.76%7,52713,80513,0551,1491,69337,229
Jonquière PLQPQ 12,85139.33%1,2753.90%74.87%11,5766,63412,8517038397132,674
Kamouraska-Témiscouata PLQPLQ 9,82639.72%7523.04%72.39%9,8269,0744,80451552124,740
L'Assomption PQADQ 16,51039.20%2,2235.28%76.16%8,23516,51014,2871,7771,30342,112
La Peltrie PLQADQ 21,05551.06%9,88423.97%79.76%11,17121,0557,0331,20377241,234
La Pinière PLQPLQ 17,78650.44%9,13220.89%66.51%17,7868,6546,2811,68486035,265
La Prairie PLQ ADQ 14,45333.79%1,2853.00%77.50%12,25114,45313,1681,60581817929842,772
Labelle PQPQ 13,96145.42%6,23720.29%68.98%6,9707,72413,9611,18989430,738
Lac-Saint-Jean PQPQ 14,75046.42%5,57517.55%77.32%9,1756,83714,75047453631,772
LaFontaine PLQPLQ 16,28162.46%11,52644.22%67.38%16,2814,7553,71576555226,068
Laporte PLQPLQ 13,24940.97%5,11215.81%70.92%13,2497,6998,1371,9981,25632,339
Laurier-Dorion PQPLQ 12,06439.66%1,0963.60%65.38%12.0642,87410,9681,6392,43116028130,417
Laval-des-Rapides PLQPLQ 11,53234.41%1,4944.46%69.67%11,5329,34410,0381,4501,14533,509
Laviolette PLQPLQ 10,10040.99%3,27413.29%72.59%10,1006,8266,6874944686624,641
Lévis PLQADQ 17,38844.14%7,28718.50%79.33%9,92517,38810,1011,01580216339,394
Lotbinière ADQADQ 15,47259.22%9,75237.33%78.07%5,72015,4724,30563026,127
Louis-Hébert PLQPLQ 14,41034.54%8161.96%81.33%14,41013,59410,4291,7341,32622541,718
Marguerite-Bourgeoys PLQPLQ 16,75257.14%11,20538.22%63.13%16,7525,5474,6971,45471715329,320
Marguerite-D'Youville PLQADQ 15,53637.07%2,5216.02%82.63%11,40115,53613,0151,95841,910
Marie-Victorin PQPQ 11,05539.61%3,12811.21%68.54%5,9747,92711,0551,3271,41821127,912
Marquette PLQPLQ 14,98547.77%8,52527.17%64.37%14,9856,4606,4482,31394622031,372
Maskinongé PLQADQ 14,86240.04%4,09511.03%76.33%10,76714,86210,00878169937,117
Masson PQADQ 18,80843.83%3,3947.91%74.30%6,06418,80815,4141,5691,05942,908
Matane PLQPQ 7,83039.10%2131.06%72.27%7,6173,9807,83024035820,025
Matapédia PQPQ 9,04143.70%3,60517.42%70.39%5,1375,4369,04152655120,691
Mégantic-Compton PLQPLQ 8,07132.98%2100.86%73.70%8,0717,8617,09590454424,475
Mercier PQPQ 9,42633.35%1,1233.97%69.32%5,6012,3819,4262,3988,30315628,265
Mille-Îles PLQPLQ 15,97838.74%4,64811.27%75.93%15,97811,33011,1591,5111,1699641,243
Mirabel PQADQ 15,24144.43%3,55010.35%75.27%5,52015,24111,6911,23362034,305
Mont-Royal PLQPLQ 16,05670.50%13,84960.81%54.45%16,0561,8932,2071,71080110822,775
Montmagny-L'Islet PLQADQ 10,02243.35%1,1935.16%72.64%8,82910,0223,51244531023,118
Montmorency PLQADQ 20,79651.55%11,67228.93%77.99%9,12420,7968,1711,17277215714940,341
Nelligan PLQPLQ 21,45863.82%15,36245.69%64.16%21,4586,0962,9772,56053233,623
Nicolet-Yamaska PQADQ 10,83941.18%3,38412.86%77.73%6,77010,8397,4551,12113826,323
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce PLQPLQ 14,07761.43%10,47245.70%58.52%14,0771,6492,4253,6051,0916922,916
Orford PLQPLQ 13,05033.28%1,2523.19%74.08%13,05011,79811,1581,7981,40439,208
Outremont PLQPLQ 11,86147.03%5,93323.52%62.69%11,8619,1702,2362,7252,3031016825,222
Papineau PLQPLQ 13,55939.05%4,20612.11%64.62%13,5599,1159,3531,6541,03934,720
Pointe-aux-Trembles PQPQ 13,78447.30%6,07620.85%72.92%5,3167,70813,7841,25776331129,139
Pontiac PLQPLQ 14,81758.54%10,87442.96%56.53%14,8173,9433,2572,4987296625,310
Portneuf PLQADQ 15,49645.92%4,63513.73%77.53%10,86115,4965,6671,14558033,749
Prévost PQADQ 15,99939.31%8081.99%72.26%7,92915,99915,1911,52840,697
René-Lévesque PQPQ 12,16051.78%5,51823.50%68.61%3,7236,64212,61053342623,484
Richelieu PQPQ 11,41138.03%1,9986.66%75.11%7,2759,41311,41198677814530,008
Richmond PLQPLQ 11,25742.32%3,07811.57%74.52%11,2578,1795,48580574612926,601
Rimouski PQPQ 12,92540.58%3,53111.09%74.26%6,9889,39412,9256511,89431,852
Rivière-du-Loup ADQADQ 15,27658.47%7,88630.18%78.27%7,39015,2762,82163926,126
Robert-Baldwin PLQPLQ 22,13274.76%18,89063.81%58.62%22,1323,2421,5812,13651429,605
Roberval PLQPQ 13,50641.75%2,3657.31%72.70%11,1416,63813,5061,06532,350
Rosemont PQPQ 14,14638.60%4,17511.39%70.86%9,9716,93614,1461,9313,43323136,648
Rousseau PQPQ 14,67041.78%1,4104.02%69.03%5,40213,26014,67099278935,113
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue PLQPQ 9,48133.11%1290.45%68.17%9,3527,6879,4812,11728,637
Saint-François PLQPLQ 12,52837.86%2,7408.28%73.80%12,5287,8929,7881,7721,11133,091
Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne PLQPLQ 11,91538.49%2,7538.89%61.04%11,9155,4229,1622,1792,03724430,959
Saint-Hyacinthe PQADQ 13,23335.73%1,3183.56%76.36%9,58413,23311,9151,2671,03437,033
Saint-Jean PLQADQ 17,18953.28%8,14823.60%75.03%10,13117,18911,9161,47840,714
Saint-Laurent PLQPLQ 19,97067.81%16,54256.17%57.87%19,9703,3733,4281,68185614129,449
Saint-Maurice PQADQ 9,78837.72%1,2944.99%72.57%6,4879,7888,49479638725,952
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques PQPQ 10,50141.34%4,48017.64%60.86%6,0212,73310,5012,4603,5969225,403
Shefford PLQADQ 16,64342.11%5,74614.54%73.06%10,89716,6439,2801,1781,31021039,518
Sherbrooke PLQPLQ 13,13636.56%1,3323.71%74.23%13,1366,40911,8042,2032,26311535,930
Soulanges PLQPLQ 10,68936.03%1,4774.98%73.95%10,6899,2127,8211,38944211329,666
Taillon PQPQ 14,04035.47%1,4523.67%71.83%9,10412,58814,0401,9771,87339,582
Taschereau PQPQ 12,34037.10%3,1789.56%70.54%7,0739,16212,3401,8602,7418133,257
Terrebonne PQADQ 17,22441.26%2,0644.94%76.51%6,72017,22415,1601,5081,13641,748
Trois-Rivières PLQADQ 10,24737.20%2,3858.66%73.49%7,86210,2477,67273990712127,548
Ungava PQPQ 4,55541.41%9788.89%48.38%3,5772,3634,55550611,001
Vachon PQPQ 11,56034.88%2270.68%75.20%8,18411,33311,5601,30975533,141
Vanier ADQADQ 20,69951.44%10,96627.25%76.36%9,73320,6997,6941,14985910340,237
Vaudreuil PLQPLQ 15,46544.20%6,67819.08%72.58%15,4658,7878,2171,83768634,992
Verchères PQPQ 13,81141.25%1,3163.93%78.46%4,75112,49513,8111,4071,02033,484
Verdun PLQPLQ 12,20440.94%3,51611.80%64.45%12,2045,2398,6881,8681,4308029829,807
Viau PLQPLQ 12,91751.92%7,51130.19%59.33%12,9174,1575,4061,1691,23124,880
Vimont PLQPLQ 14,93635.97%2,0384.91%76.13%14,93612,89811,2151,60687141,526
Westmount-Saint-Louis PLQ PLQ 13,36867.12%11,03755.42%49.23%13,3681,5541,6462,3318077319,916
  = open seat
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = incumbent re-elected under the same party banner
  = other incumbents renominated
  1. including spoilt ballots
  2. Provincewide turnout was 71.23%
  3. minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately

Most marginal 2-way and 3-way contests

Top 10 marginal 2-way contests (2007)
Riding1st2nd1st 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)
Riding1st2nd3rd1st 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

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

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Strategic CounselMarch 21, 2007

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Strategic CounselMarch 16, 2007

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Léger MarketingMarch 15, 2007

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SESMarch 14–15, 2007

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CROPMarch 13, 2007

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CROPMarch 8, 2007

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Léger MarketingFebruary 24, 2007

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CROPFebruary 20, 2007PDF3532185100
CROPFebruary 15, 2007HTML353319580
Léger MarketingFebruary 10, 2007

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Léger MarketingJanuary 28, 2007PDF 343224550
CROPJanuary 28, 2007HTML373412481
Léger MarketingDecember 5, 2006PDF 363520760
EnvironicsOctober, 2006HTML315012340
CROPSeptember 24, 2006HTML373712491
CROPAugust 28, 2006HTML323713792
Léger MarketingJune 25, 2006PDF373317670
CROPJune 25, 2006HTML323516791
Léger MarketingApril 30, 2006PDF293415877
Léger MarketingMarch 12, 2006PDF324311680
  • *Swammer performs "live" trend analysis, meaning the results are updated daily.

See also

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