By-Elections December 9, 2002 Official Voting Results
SYNOPSIS OF THE OFFICIAL VOTING RESULTS
Electors on the lists
For the two December 9, 2002, by-elections, the final lists of electors, established after polling day under section 109 of the Canada Elections Act, included:
- electors listed in the National Register of Electors
- electors registered during the revision period
- electors who registered on polling day
- Canadian Forces electors whose Statement of Ordinary Residence provides an address in one of the two electoral districts
- Canadian electors temporarily residing abroad whose address for voting purposes is located in one of the two electoral districts*
- incarcerated electors, regardless of the length of their sentences, whose residence for voting purposes is located in one of the two electoral districts**
Voting under the Special Voting Rules
The Special Voting Rules allow voting by special ballot, by mail or in person at the office of the returning officer. Two groups of electors may use this method.
The first group consists of electors whose names appear on separate lists:
- Canadian electors temporarily residing outside Canada
- Canadian Forces electors
- registered incarcerated electors whose address for voting purposes is located
in one of the two electoral districts
The second group consists of electors:
- whose ordinary residence is located in one of the two electoral districts
- whose names appear on the lists of electors that were established for these
by-elections - who registered to vote by special ballot
Rounding of figures
Because the figures given in the tables in this report were rounded, there may be some discrepancies in the totals.
Short forms of political affiliations used in this report
Bloc Québécois
(Bloc Québécois)
Canadian Alliance
(Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance)
Independent
(Independent)
Liberal
(Liberal Party of Canada)
N.D.P.
(New Democratic Party)
Progressive Conservative
(Progressive Conservative Party of Canada)
No Affiliation
TABLE 3 Number of electors and polling stations
Electoral district | Population* | Electors on the lists |
Ordinary polling stations |
Advance polling stations |
Total polling stations |
|
Stationary |
Mobile | |||||
BerthierMontcalm | 129 230 | 98 406 | 273 | 4 | 12 | 289 |
Lac-Saint-JeanSaguenay | 69 043 | 52 963 | 142 | 5 | 10 | 157 |
Total | 198 273 | 151 369 | 415 | 9 | 22 | 446 |
*Based on 2001 Census
TABLE 4 Number of ballots and elector turnout
Electoral district | Population* | Electors on the lists |
Valid ballots | Rejected ballots |
Total ballots cast |
Percentage of elector participation |
BerthierMontcalm | 129 230 | 98 406 | 27 443 | 716 | 28 159 | 28.6 |
Lac-Saint-JeanSaguenay | 69 043 | 52 963 | 18 496 | 335 | 18 831 | 35.6 |
Total | 198 273 | 151 369 | 45 939 | 1 051 | 46 990 | ... |
*Based on 2001 Census
TABLE 5 List of candidates and individual results
Electoral district | Candidate and affiliation | Place of residence | Occupation | Votes obtained |
Percentage of valid votes |
BerthierMontcalm | Gaudet, Roger (Bloc Québécois) |
Saint-Liguori | Restaurant Owner | 13 747 | 50.09 |
Giroux, Richard (Liberal) |
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | Notary | 11 646 | 42.43 | |
Lafleur, Richard (Progressive Conservative) |
Blainville | Civil Engineering Technician | 598 | 2.17 | |
Naud, Réal (Canadian Alliance) |
Saint-Gabriel- de-Brandon |
Administrator | 475 | 1.73 | |
Rivest, François (N.D.P.) |
Sainte-Béatrix | Student | 977 | 3.56 | |
Lac-Saint-JeanSaguenay | Auer, Yanick (N.D.P.) |
Laval | Teacher | 267 | 1.44 |
Boudreault, Alcide (Canadian Alliance) |
La Baie | Financial Consultant | 290 | 1.56 | |
Gagnon, Sébastien (Bloc Québécois) |
Métabetchouan | Entrepreneur | 8 912 | 48.18 | |
Gauthier, Clermont (Progressive Conservative) |
Québec | Retired | 434 | 2.34 | |
Harvey, Richard (Independent) |
L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur | Agricultural Technician | 467 | 2.52 | |
Lavoie, Gilles (No Affiliation) |
Alma | Entrepreneur | 532 | 2.87 | |
Tremblay, Gilbert (Liberal) |
Alma | Director General | 7 594 | 41.05 |
* |
For Canadian electors temporarily residing outside Canada, the address for voting purposes is one of the following:
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** |
For incarcerated electors, the address for voting purposes is the first of the following known to the elector:
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