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% (0.81%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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 28 37 9
Popular vote 1,313,664 1,224,412 1,125,546
Percentage 33.08% 30.84% 28.35%
Swing 12.91% 12.63% 4.91%
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

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
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
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 8,26237.71%7173.27% PLQ ADQ 67.78%7,5458,2625,0601,042–––21,909
Abitibi-Ouest PQ PQ 10,98348.38%5,45424.02% ADQ PLQ 70.75%5,37610,9835,529814–––22,702
Acadie PLQ PLQ 17,96260.09%12,99243.46% PQ ADQ 62.03%17,9624,9704,3271,1351,500––29,894
Anjou PLQ PLQ 13,28041.36%4,48513.97% PQ ADQ 72.04%13,2808,7957,4091,1511,376–9932,110
Argenteuil PLQ PLQ 10,02537.59%2,1197.95% ADQ PQ 68.52%10,0256,8917,9066001,244––26,666
Arthabaska PLQ ADQ 15,23141.87%4,13311.36% PLQ PQ 76.00%11,0987,89215,2311,1251,030––36,376
Beauce-Nord ADQ ADQ 19,12762.62%11,07136.25% PLQ PQ 77.92%8,0562,39219,12736152583–30,544
Beauce-Sud PLQ ADQ 19,36156.85%9,07826.66% PLQ PQ 74.09%10,2833,57819,361834–––34,056
Beauharnois PQ PQ 12,96741.08%3,70511.74% ADQ PLQ 74.09%7,67912,9679,2626001,061––31,569
Bellechasse PLQ ADQ 12,71548.51%3,71114.16% PLQ PQ 76.77%9,0043,52112,715460512––26,212
Berthier PQ ADQ 16,24242.24%2,8887.51% PQ PLQ 72.73%6,68713,35416,2421,0871,084––38,454
Bertrand PQ PQ 13,67237.02%2,4846.73% ADQ PLQ 71.10%9,08213,67211,1881,2281,766––36,936
Blainville PQ ADQ 17,73141.84%3,5478.37% PQ PLQ 77.99%8,10914,18417,7318101,549––42,383
Bonaventure PLQ PLQ 10,22152.88%4,51123.34% PQ ADQ 67.80%10,2215,7102,3571,039–––19,327
Borduas PQ PQ 12,52938.76%2,4067.44% ADQ PLQ 79.58%7,01012,52910,1239441,459262–32,327
Bourassa-Sauvé PLQ PLQ 15,63150.08%8,52627.32% PQ ADQ 63.11%15,6317,1056,3791,043891160–31,209
Bourget PQ PQ 13,42241.26%5,93518.24% ADQ PLQ 69.89%7,43313,4227,4871,3632,632–19532,532
Brome-Missisquoi PLQ PLQ 14,18239.85%2,9618.32% ADQ PQ 71.88%14,1827,23811,2211,0321,917––35,590
Chambly PLQ ADQ 18,15438.93%4,70410.09% PQ PLQ 79.58%11,24013,45018,1541,5272,265––46,636
Champlain PQ ADQ 15,87244.81%5,00114.12% PQ PLQ 76.54%7,63510,87115,8721,039–––35,417
Chapleau PLQ PLQ 14,58145.03%6,51020.10% ADQ PQ 61.97%14,5817,1378,0717741,755–6532,383
Charlesbourg PLQ ADQ 17,20743.36%6,36416.04% PLQ PQ 78.87%10,8439,82817,207837968––39,683
Charlevoix PQ PQ 9,09937.67%1,6636.88% ADQ PLQ 73.99%6,5419,0997,436527553––24,156
Châteauguay PLQ PLQ 15,27937.42%3,0517.47% ADQ PQ 73.85%15,27911,20812,2289671,154––40,836
Chauveau PLQ ADQ 22,01355.59%13,16433.24% PLQ PQ 77.52%8,8496,68022,0138001,255––39,597
Chicoutimi PQ PQ 13,96539.97%1,0462.99% PLQ ADQ 76.45%12,91913,9656,1551,093803––34,935
Chomedey PLQ PLQ 18,66754.75%10,73831.49% ADQ PQ 62.90%18,6675,1807,9296831,23729910334,098
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière ADQ ADQ 24,37858.92%16,73140.44% PQ PLQ 81.38%7,2927,64724,3788541,203––41,374
Crémazie PLQ PQ 12,38836.00%1700.49% PLQ ADQ 73.84%12,21812,3885,5402,2181,934–11234,410
D'Arcy-McGee PLQ PLQ 18,41084.21%16,94077.49% PVQ ADQ 53.10%18,4107109343381,470––21,862
Deux-Montagnes PQ ADQ 12,41536.32%1,1323.31% PQ PLQ 76.37%8,18311,28312,4157401,448114–34,183
Drummond PQ ADQ 15,34938.50%2,3895.99% PQ PLQ 71.79%9,53012,96015,3491,645–380–39,864
Dubuc PQ PQ 10,12037.58%1,7196.38% ADQ PLQ 73.22%7,07710,1208,401728602––26,928
Duplessis PQ PQ 10,20544.75%3,87316.98% PLQ ADQ 62.94%6,33210,2054,959689621––22,806
Fabre PLQ PLQ 14,61534.86%1,2082.88% ADQ PQ 73.33%14,61511,22413,4078821,795––41,923
Frontenac PLQ PLQ 10,44041.07%1,6096.33% ADQ PQ 77.09%10,4405,2648,831391496––25,422
Gaspé PQ PQ 7,66240.96%6403.42% PLQ ADQ 68.04%7,0227,6623,162858–––18,704
Gatineau PLQ PLQ 13,60244.95%6,39221.12% PQ ADQ 63.41%13,6027,2106,4478961,958–14630,259
Gouin PQ PQ 11,31837.25%3,40811.22% QS PLQ 70.09%5,61211,3183,5407,9101,75010914730,386
Groulx PLQ ADQ 13,63037.45%3,1178.56% PQ PLQ 75.35%9,89810,51313,6308501,503––36,394
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve PQ PQ 13,01252.71%9,17637.17% ADQ PLQ 62.18%3,34713,0123,8362,3881,7499725624,685
Hull PLQ PLQ 12,64342.53%5,52818.59% PQ ADQ 61.26%12,6437,1155,0712,3582,476–6729,730
Huntingdon PLQ ADQ 13,11342.76%3,43911.22% PLQ PQ 70.90%9,6746,92613,113669–281–30,663
Iberville PLQ ADQ 14,36542.23%5,10315.00% PQ PLQ 76.13%8,3909,26214,3657761,224––34,017
Îles-de-la-Madeleine PQ PQ 4,82060.39%2,17827.29% PLQ ADQ 76.10%2,6424,820380–139––7,981
Jacques-Cartier PLQ PLQ 22,48170.24%18,50857.82% ADQ PVQ 67.35%22,4811,3523,9734913,545166–32,008
Jean-Lesage PLQ ADQ 13,86539.86%3,68010.58% PLQ PQ 72.65%10,1857,99013,8651,2361,15913121634,782
Jean-Talon PLQ PLQ 13,73241.96%3,87311.84% PQ ADQ 79.98%13,7329,8596,0561,4631,518–9532,723
Jeanne-Mance-Viger PLQ PLQ 20,71668.00%16,15153.01% ADQ PQ 63.26%20,7163,6594,565635790–10130,466
Johnson PQ ADQ 11,51136.02%1800.56% PQ PLQ 75.01%7,15711,33111,5117701,188––31,957
Joliette PQ ADQ 13,80537.08%7502.01% PQ PLQ 74.76%7,52713,05513,8051,6931,149––37,229
Jonquière PLQ PQ 12,85139.33%1,2753.90% PLQ ADQ 74.87%11,57612,8516,63483970371–32,674
Kamouraska-Témiscouata PLQ PLQ 9,82639.72%7523.04% ADQ PQ 72.39%9,8264,8049,074521515––24,740
Labelle PQ PQ 13,96145.42%6,23720.29% ADQ PLQ 68.98%6,97013,9617,7248941,189––30,738
Lac-Saint-Jean PQ PQ 14,75046.42%5,57517.55% PLQ ADQ 77.32%9,17514,7506,837536474––31,772
LaFontaine PLQ PLQ 16,28162.46%11,52644.22% ADQ PQ 67.38%16,2813,7154,755552765––26,068
La Peltrie PLQ ADQ 21,05551.06%9,88423.97% PLQ PQ 79.76%11,1717,03321,0557721,203––41,234
La Pinière PLQ PLQ 17,78650.44%9,13225.90% ADQ PQ 66.51%17,7866,2818,6548601,684––35,265
Laporte PLQ PLQ 13,24940.97%5,11215.81% PQ ADQ 70.92%13,2498,1377,6991,2561,998––32,339
La Prairie PLQ ADQ 14,45333.79%1,2853.00% PQ PLQ 77.50%12,25113,16814,4538181,60517929842,772
L'Assomption PQ ADQ 16,51039.20%2,2235.28% PQ PLQ 76.16%8,23514,28716,5101,3031,777––42,112
Laurier-Dorion PLQ PLQ 12,06439.66%1,0963.60% PQ ADQ 65.38%12,06410,9682,8742,4311,63927516630,417
Laval-des-Rapides PLQ PLQ 11,53234.41%1,4944.46% PQ ADQ 69.67%11,53210,0389,3441,1451,450––33,509
Laviolette PLQ PLQ 10,10040.99%3,27413.29% ADQ PQ 72.59%10,1006,6876,826468494–6624,641
Lévis PLQ ADQ 17,38844.14%7,28718.50% PQ PLQ 79.33%9,92510,10117,3888021,015–16339,394
Lotbinière ADQ ADQ 15,47259.22%9,75237.33% PLQ PQ 78.07%5,7204,30515,472630–––26,127
Louis-Hébert PLQ PLQ 14,41034.54%8161.96% ADQ PQ 81.33%14,41010,42913,5941,3261,734–22541,718
Marguerite-Bourgeoys PLQ PLQ 16,75257.14%11,20538.22% ADQ PQ 63.13%16,7524,6975,5477171,454–15329,320
Marguerite-D'Youville PLQ ADQ 15,53637.07%2,5216.02% PQ PLQ 82.63%11,40113,01515,5361,958–––41,910
Marie-Victorin PQ PQ 11,05539.61%3,12811.21% ADQ PLQ 68.54%5,97411,0557,9271,4181,327–21127,912
Marquette PLQ PLQ 14,98547.77%8,52527.17% ADQ PQ 64.37%14,9856,4486,4609462,313220–31,372
Maskinongé PLQ ADQ 14,86240.04%4,09511.03% PLQ PQ 76.33%10,76710,00814,862699781––37,117
Masson PQ ADQ 18,80843.83%3,3947.91% PQ PLQ 74.30%6,05815,41418,8081,0591,569––42,908
Matane PLQ PQ 7,83039.10%2131.06% PLQ ADQ 72.27%7,6177,8303,980358240––20,025
Matapédia PQ PQ 9,04143.70%3,60517.42% ADQ PLQ 70.39%5,1379,0415,436551526––20,691
Mégantic-Compton PLQ PLQ 8,07132.98%2100.86% ADQ PQ 73.70%8,0717,0957,861544904––24,475
Mercier PQ PQ 9,42633.35%1,1233.97% QS PLQ 69.32%5,6019,4262,3818,3032,398–15628,265
Mille-Îles PLQ PLQ 15,97838.74%4,64811.27% ADQ PQ 75.93%15,97811,15911,3301,1691,51196–41,243
Mirabel PQ ADQ 15,24144.43%3,55010.35% PQ PLQ 75.27%5,52011,69115,2416201,233––34,305
Montmagny-L'Islet PLQ ADQ 10,02243.35%1,1935.16% PLQ PQ 72.64%8,8293,51210,022310445––23,118
Montmorency PLQ ADQ 20,79651.55%11,67228.93% PLQ PQ 77.99%9,1248,17120,7967721,17215714940,341
Mont-Royal PLQ PLQ 16,05670.50%13,84960.81% PQ ADQ 54.45%16,0562,2071,8938011,710–10822,775
Nelligan PLQ PLQ 21,45863.82%15,36245.69% ADQ PQ 64.16%21,4582,9776,0965322,560––33,623
Nicolet-Yamaska PQ ADQ 10,83941.18%3,38412.86% PQ PLQ 77.73%6,7707,45510,8391,121–138–26,323
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce PLQ PLQ 14,07761.43%10,47245.70% PVQ PQ 58.52%14,0772,4251,6491,0913,605–6922,916
Orford PLQ PLQ 13,05033.28%1,2523.19% ADQ PQ 74.08%13,05011,15811,7981,4041,798––39,208
Outremont PLQ PLQ 11,86147.03%5,93323.52% PQ PVQ 62.69%11,8615,9282,2362,3032,7251016825,222
Papineau PLQ PLQ 13,55939.05%4,20612.11% PQ ADQ 64.62%13,5599,3539,1151,0391,654––34,720
Pointe-aux-Trembles PQ PQ 13,78447.30%6,07620.85% ADQ PLQ 72.92%5,31613,7847,7087631,257–31129,139
Pontiac PLQ PLQ 14,81758.54%10,87442.96% ADQ PQ 56.53%14,8173,2573,9437292,498–6625,310
Portneuf PLQ ADQ 15,49645.92%4,63513.73% PLQ PQ 77.53%10,8615,66715,4965801,145––33,749
Prévost PQ ADQ 15,99939.31%8081.99% PQ PLQ 72.26%7,92915,19115,9991,578–––40,697
René-Lévesque PQ PQ 12,16051.78%5,51823.50% ADQ PLQ 68.61%3,72312,1606,642426533––23,484
Richelieu PQ PQ 11,41138.03%1,9986.66% ADQ PLQ 75.11%7,27511,4119,413778986145–30,008
Richmond PLQ PLQ 11,25742.32%3,07811.57% ADQ PQ 74.52%11,2575,4858,179746805129–26,601
Rimouski PQ PQ 12,92540.58%3,53111.09% ADQ PLQ 74.26%6,98812,9259,3941,894651––31,852
Rivière-du-Loup ADQ ADQ 15,27658.47%7,88630.18% PLQ PQ 78.27%7,3902,82115,276–639––26,126
Robert-Baldwin PLQ PLQ 22,13274.76%18,89063.81% ADQ PVQ 58.62%22,1321,5813,2425142,136––29,605
Roberval PLQ PQ 13,50641.75%2,3657.31% PLQ ADQ 72.70%11,14113,5066,6381,065–––32,350
Rosemont PQ PQ 14,14638.60%4,17511.39% PLQ ADQ 70.86%9,97114,1466,9363,4331,931–23136,648
Rousseau PQ PQ 14,67041.78%1,4104.02% ADQ PLQ 69.03%5,40214,67013,260789992––35,113
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue PLQ PQ 9,48133.11%1290.45% PLQ ADQ 68.17%9,3529,4817,6872,117–––28,637
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques PQ PQ 10,50141.34%4,48017.64% PLQ QS 60.86%6,02110,5012,7333,5962,460–9225,403
Saint-François PLQ PLQ 12,52837.86%2,7408.28% PQ ADQ 73.80%12,5289,7887,8921,1111,772––33,091
Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne PLQ PLQ 11,91538.49%2,7538.89% PQ ADQ 61.04%11,9159,1625,4222,0372,179–24430,959
Saint-Hyacinthe PQ ADQ 13,23335.73%1,3183.56% PQ PLQ 76.36%9,58411,91513,2331,0341,267––37,033
Saint-Jean PLQ ADQ 17,18942.22%5,27312.95% PQ PLQ 75.03%10,13111,91617,1891,478–––40,714
Saint-Laurent PLQ PLQ 19,97067.81%16,54256.17% PQ ADQ 57.87%19,9703,4283,3738561,681–14129,449
Saint-Maurice PQ ADQ 9,78837.72%1,2944.99% PQ PLQ 72.57%6,4878,4949,788796–387–25,952
Shefford PLQ ADQ 16,64342.11%5,74614.54% PLQ PQ 73.06%10,8979,28016,6431,3101,178–21039,518
Sherbrooke PLQ PLQ 13,13636.56%1,3323.71% PQ ADQ 74.23%13,13611,8046,4092,2632,203115–35,930
Soulanges PLQ PLQ 10,68936.03%1,4774.98% ADQ PQ 73.95%10,6897,8219,2124421,389113–29,666
Taillon PQ PQ 14,04035.47%1,4523.67% ADQ PLQ 71.83%9,10414,04012,5881,8731,977––39,582
Taschereau PQ PQ 12,34037.10%3,1789.56% ADQ PLQ 70.54%7,07312,3409,1622,7411,86081–33,257
Terrebonne PQ ADQ 17,22441.26%2,0644.94% PQ PLQ 76.51%6,72015,16017,2241,1361,508––41,748
Trois-Rivières PLQ ADQ 10,24737.20%2,3858.66% PLQ PQ 73.49%7,8627,67210,247907739121–27,548
Ungava PQ PQ 4,55541.41%9788.89% PLQ ADQ 46.47%3,5774,5552,363506–––11,001
Vachon PQ PQ 11,56034.88%2270.68% ADQ PLQ 75.20%8,18411,56011,3337551,309––33,141
Vanier PLQ ADQ 20,69951.44%10,96627.25% PLQ PQ 76.36%9,7337,69420,6998591,149–10340,237
Vaudreuil PLQ PLQ 15,46544.20%6,67819.08% ADQ PQ 72.58%15,4658,2178,7876861,837––34,992
Verchères PQ PQ 13,81141.25%1,3163.93% ADQ PLQ 78.46%4,75113,81112,4951,0201,407––33,484
Verdun PLQ PLQ 12,20440.94%3,51611.80% PQ ADQ 64.45%12,2048,6885,2391,4301,8688029829,807
Viau PLQ PLQ 12,91751.92%7,51130.19% PQ ADQ 59.33%12,9175,4064,1571,2311,169––24,880
Vimont PLQ PLQ 14,93635.97%2,0384.91% ADQ PQ 76.13%14,93611,21512,8988711,606––41,526
Westmount-Saint-Louis PLQ PLQ 13,36867.59%11,03755.80% PVQ PQ 49.23%13,3681,6461,5548072,331–7319,779
  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
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 456(15)36
Action démocratique 4221541
Total 12528–15(6)–(37)125

Summary analysis
Party candidates in 2nd place[19]
Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotal
LibPQADQQSPVQ
Liberal 1926348
Parti Québécois 1420236
Action démocratique 182341
Total 32424623125
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[19]
Parties1st2nd3rd4th5th
█ Liberal 483245
█ Action démocratique 41463242
█ Parti Québécois 3642443
█ Green 337626
█ Québec solidaire 214278
█ Independent 4


Resulting composition of the National Assembly (2007)[21]
SourceParty
Lib PQ ADQ Total
Seats retainedIncumbents returned 3725466
Open seats held 9514
Open seat held - taken by previous incumbent from another riding 11
Byelection losses reversed 11
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated 63238
Open seats gained 44
Byelection gains held 11
Total 483641125

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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 312930560
Léger MarketingMarch 24, 2007

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 352926451
CROPMarch 22, 2007

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 342825580
Strategic CounselMarch 21, 2007

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 303128560
Strategic CounselMarch 16, 2007

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 303226570
Léger MarketingMarch 15, 2007

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 333030340
SESMarch 14–15, 2007

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 26241545(26 Unsure)
CROPMarch 13, 2007

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 303031441
CROPMarch 8, 2007

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 332926660
Léger MarketingMarch 1, 2007

PDF

 362925550
Léger MarketingFebruary 24, 2007

PDF

 372823660
CROPFebruary 20, 2007PDF3532185100
CROPFebruary 15, 2007HTML353319580
Léger MarketingFebruary 10, 2007

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 363121552
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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