Viau

Viau

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Emmanuel Dubourg Liberal
District created	1972
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007)	42,619 [1]
Area (km²)
Census divisions	Montreal
Census subdivisions	Montreal

Viau is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal and consists of the neighbourhoods of Saint-Michel and Saint-Michel-Nord. The riding was created in 1972 from parts of Dorion, Gouin, Jeanne-Mance and Olier.

The riding is named after former Quebec businessman Charles-Théodore Viau, founder of the Biscuits Viau company.

Members of the National Assembly

Olier

1. Fernand Picard, Liberal (1965–1973)

Viau

1. Fernand Picard, Liberal (1973–1976)
2. Charles-A. Lefebvre, Parti Québécois (1976–1981)
3. William Cusano, Liberal (1981–2007)
4. Emmanuel Dubourg, Liberal (2007–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	10,705	58.60
	Parti québécois	Martine Banolok	4,783	26.18
	Action démocratique	Martin Fournier	1,186	6.49
	Québec solidaire	Rosa Dutra	916	5.01
	Green Party	Michel Cummings	678	3.71

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	12,917	51.92
	Parti québécois	Naima Mimoune	5,406	21.73
	Action démocratique	Sylvie Fontaine	4,157	16.71
	Québec solidaire	Valérie Lavoie	1,231	4.95
	Green Party	Simon Bernier	1,169	4.70

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	17,703	65.13
	Parti québécois	Maka Kotto	6,142	22.60
	Action démocratique	Paolo V. Tamburello	2,406	8.85
	Bloc pot	Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin	426	1.57
	UFP	Jocelyne Dupuis	384	1.41
	No designation	Yannick Duguay	121	0.45

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	18,774	70.08
	Action démocratique	Luc Leclerc	5,214	19.46
	Bloc pot	Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin	1,668	6.23
	Socailist Democracy	Caroline Perron	426	1.59
	Innovator	Patrick Ravet	326	1.22
	Communist	Kostas Miritis	207	0.77
	Equality	Jean-Paul Savoie	174	0.65
	Parti québécois	Aurèle Bourassa	Withdrew	Withdrew

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	No	23,701	68.80
	Yes	10,746	31.20

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	17,946	63.19
	Parti québécois	Raphaël Delli Gatti	8,463	29.80
	New Democratic	Paul Montpetit	1,482	5.22
	Natural Law	Pierre Bergeron	291	1.02
	Innovator	Claire Cartier	218	0.77

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	15,803	60.84
	Non	10,173	39.16

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	13,965	61.48
	Parti québécois	André Comeau	7,184	31.63
	New Democratic	Raymond Gagnon	954	4.20
	Parti indépendantiste	Manon Robert	409	1.80
	Marxist-Leninist	Linda Michaud	204	0.90

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	17,086	66.12
	Parti québécois	Marie-Claire Nivolon	7,428	28.75
	New Democratic	Giuseppe Sciortino	864	3.34
	Humanist	Doris Gervais	196	0.76
	Commonwealth	Martin Daoust	204	0.90
	Christian Socialist	Jean-François Grenier	204	0.90

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	16,657	55.19
	Parti québécois	Charles Lefebvre	12,554	41.60
	Union Nationale	Roger Dominguez	574	1.90
	Workers Communist	Luigi D'Alonzo	161	0.53
	Workers	Albani Laporte	107	0.36
	Communist	Vittoria Bronzati	78	0.26
	Marxist-Leninist	André Gagnon	204	0.90

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	No	20,890	65.92
	Yes	10,800	34.08

References

• Election results
• Map of Viau
• Quebec electoral map

Neighbouring electoral districts