Quebec provincial by-elections, 2008

Quebec provincial by-elections, 2008

Provincial by-elections were held in Quebec on 12 May 2008 to fill three vacancies in the National Assembly. The by-elections were called on 9 April 2008. [ [http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=159aa062-a8e0-46c0-a906-385a92365bc6 Liberal, PQ by-election candidates chosen ] ]

All three seats were held by their incumbent parties.

Bourget

The district of Bourget was vacated by Parti Québécois MNA Diane Lemieux on 17 October 2007. Federal Bloc Québécois MP Maka Kotto resigned from the Canadian House of Commons to contest the by-election, which in turn resulted in the federal Saint-Lambert by-election of September 8, 2008.

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Parti québécois
Maka Kotto
align="right"|6575
align="right"|40.66
align="right"|-0.60
-
Liberal Party
Lyn Thériault
align="right"|5161
align="right"|31.92
align="right"|+9.07
-
Green Party
Scott McKay
align="right"|1839
align="right"|11.37
align="right"|+3.28
-
Action démocratique
Denis Mondor
align="right"|1520
align="right"|9.40
align="right"|-13.61
-
Québec solidaire
Gaétan Legault
align="right"|700
align="right"|4.33
align="right"|+0.14
-
Parti indépendantiste
Richard Gervais
align="right"|376
align="right"|2.33
align="right"

Hull

The riding of Hull was vacated by Liberal MNA Roch Cholette on 9 April 2008.

-
Liberal Party
Maryse Gaudreault
align="right"|7403
align="right"|45.21
align="right"|+2.68
-
Parti québécois
Gilles Aubé
align="right"|5559
align="right"|33.95
align="right"|+10.02
-
Québec solidaire
Bill Clennett
align="right"|1589
align="right"|9.70
align="right"|+1.77
-
Green Party
Brian Gibb
align="right"|1185
align="right"|7.24
align="right"|-1.09
-
Action démocratique
Jean-Philip Ruel
align="right"|529
align="right"|3.23
align="right"|-13.83
-
Parti indépendantiste
Jean-Roch Villemaire
align="right"|111
align="right"|0.68
align="right"

Pointe-aux-Trembles

Pointe-aux-Trembles was vacated by PQ MNA André Boisclair on 15 November 2007. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/04/09/qc-byelections0409.html Three provincial Quebec byelections called for May 12 ] ] The by-election was won by Nicole Léger, Boisclair's predecessor as MNA for the riding.

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Parti québécois
Nicole Léger
align="right"|7657
align="right"|55.99
align="right"|+8.69
-
Liberal Party
Mélissa Dumais
align="right"|2987
align="right"|21.84
align="right"|+3.60
-
Action démocratique
Diane Bellemare
align="right"|1882
align="right"|13.76
align="right"|-12.69
-
Green Party
Xavier Daxhelet
align="right"|661
align="right"|4.83
align="right"|+0.52
-
Québec solidaire
Marie Josèphe Pigeon
align="right"|226
align="right"|1.65
align="right"|-0.97
-
Parti indépendantiste
Colette Provost
align="right"|153
align="right"|1.12
align="right"
-
Independent
Gérald Briand
align="right"|78
align="right"|0.57
align="right"
-
Independent
Régent Millette
align="right"|31
align="right"|0.23
align="right"

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