Electoral Record
Quebec general election, 2012: Brome-Missisquoi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
|
Liberal |
Pierre Paradis |
13,841 |
33.02 |
-16.22 |
|
Coalition Avenir Québec |
Benoit Legault |
13,538 |
32.30 |
+15.65* |
|
Parti Québécois |
Richard Leclerc |
10,670 |
25.46 |
-1.86 |
|
Québec solidaire |
Benoit Van Caloen |
1,944 |
4.64 |
+1.74 |
|
Green |
Louise Martineau |
724 |
1.73 |
-1.59 |
|
Option nationale |
Patrick Melchior |
490 |
1.17 |
– |
|
Conservative |
Jacques Pipon |
253 |
0.60 |
– |
|
Coalition pour la constituante |
Dominique Favreau |
184 |
0.44 |
– |
|
Independent |
Jean-Pierre Dufault |
141 |
0.34 |
– |
|
Independent |
Gilles Alarie |
127 |
0.30 |
– |
Total valid votes |
41,912 |
99.00 |
– |
Total rejected ballots |
425 |
1.00 |
– |
Turnout |
42,337 |
76.55 |
+16.16 |
Electors on the lists |
55,304 |
– |
– |
* Result compared to Action démocratique
Quebec general election, 2008: Brome-Missisquoi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
|
Liberal |
Pierre Paradis |
15,006 |
49.24 |
+9.39 |
|
Parti Québécois |
Richard Leclerc |
8,325 |
27.32 |
+6.98 |
|
Action démocratique |
Mario Charpentier |
5,073 |
16.65 |
-14.88 |
|
Green |
Louise Martineau |
1,012 |
3.32 |
-2.07 |
|
Québec Solidaire |
Diane Cormier |
884 |
2.90 |
- |
|
Independent |
Jacques-Antoine Normandin |
173 |
0.57 |
|
Total valid votes |
30,473 |
98.45 |
|
Rejected and declined votes |
480 |
1.55 |
|
Turnout |
30,953 |
60.39 |
-11.49 |
Electors on the lists |
51,255 |
|
|
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Quebec general election, 2007: Brome-Missisquoi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
|
Liberal |
Pierre Paradis |
14,182 |
39.85 |
-15.79 |
|
Action démocratique |
Jean L'Écuyer |
11,221 |
31.53 |
+13.48 |
|
Parti Québécois |
Richard Leclerc |
7,238 |
20.34 |
-3.94 |
|
Green |
Vanessa Thibodeau |
1,917 |
5.39 |
– |
|
Québec Solidaire |
Lorraine Lasnier |
1,032 |
2.90 |
+1.37 |
Total valid votes |
35,590 |
99.17 |
|
Rejected and declined votes |
298 |
0.83 |
|
Turnout |
35,888 |
71.88 |
+1.44 |
Electors on the lists |
49,928 |
|
|
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Quebec general election, 2003: Brome-Missisquoi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Liberal |
Pierre Paradis |
18,546 |
55.64 |
|
Parti Québécois |
Lina Le Blanc |
8,093 |
24.28 |
|
Action démocratique |
Pierre Plante |
6,018 |
18.05 |
|
UFP |
Simon Gnocchini |
509 |
1.53 |
|
Equality |
Lionel Albert |
167 |
0.50 |
Total valid votes |
33,333 |
98.67 |
Rejected and declined votes |
448 |
1.33 |
Turnout |
33,781 |
70.44 |
Electors on the lists |
47,955 |
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Quebec general election, 1998: Brome-Missisquoi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
|
Liberal |
Pierre Paradis |
18,127 |
57.17 |
-3.95 |
|
Parti Québécois |
Raôul Duguay |
9,789 |
30.87 |
+1.07 |
|
Action démocratique |
Eric Larivière |
3,599 |
11.35 |
+4.58 |
|
Natural Law |
Jean-Charles Rouleau |
194 |
0.61 |
-0.30 |
Total valid votes |
31,709 |
99.19 |
|
Rejected and declined votes |
258 |
0.82 |
|
Turnout |
31,967 |
80.56 |
-3.51 |
Electors on the lists |
39,680 |
|
|
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Quebec general election, 1994: Brome-Missisquoi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
|
Liberal |
Pierre Paradis |
18,402 |
61.12 |
+6.94 |
|
Parti Québécois |
Marie-Paul Bourassa-Marois |
8,972 |
29.80 |
+4.77 |
|
Action démocratique |
Benoit Trudeau |
2,037 |
6.77 |
– |
|
Equality |
Ross K. Ladd |
423 |
1.40 |
-9.66 |
|
Natural Law |
Jean Cérigo |
274 |
0.91 |
– |
Total valid votes |
30,108 |
98.51 |
Rejected and declined votes |
456 |
1.49 |
Turnout |
30,564 |
84.07 |
+8.15 |
Electors on the lists |
36,354 |
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Quebec general election, 1989: Brome-Missisquoi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Liberal |
Pierre Paradis |
13,502 |
54.18 |
|
Parti Québécois |
Daniel Lavoie |
6,238 |
25.03 |
|
Unity |
Graham Neil |
2,756 |
11.06 |
|
Independent |
Heather Keith-Ryan |
1,936 |
7.77 |
|
Parti 51 |
Jean-Guy Péloquin |
269 |
1.08 |
|
Independent |
Robin Lawrance |
137 |
0.55 |
|
Commonwealth of Canada |
Maurice Boisclair |
84 |
0.34 |
Total valid votes |
24,922 |
98.01 |
Rejected and declined votes |
507 |
1.99 |
Turnout |
25,429 |
75.92 |
Electors on the lists |
33,496 |
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Quebec general election, 1985: Brome-Missisquoi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
|
Liberal |
Pierre Paradis |
16,500 |
68.83 |
+6.26 |
|
Parti Québécois |
Wilfrid Laroche |
6,456 |
26.93 |
-4.71 |
|
New Democratic Party |
Ron Marchand |
880 |
3.67 |
|
|
Christian Socialist |
André Paré |
136 |
0.57 |
|
Total valid votes |
23,972 |
99.11 |
|
Rejected and declined votes |
216 |
0.89 |
|
Turnout |
24,188 |
74.47 |
-6.85 |
Electors on the lists |
32,479 |
|
|
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Quebec general election, 1981: Brome-Missisquoi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
|
Liberal |
Pierre Paradis |
15,832 |
62.57 |
|
Parti Québécois |
Marie Harvey |
8,005 |
31.63 |
|
|
Union Nationale |
Jean-Guy Péloquin |
1,178 |
4.66 |
– |
|
Freedom of Choice |
Blair McIntosh |
289 |
1.14 |
|
Total valid votes |
25,304 |
99.34 |
|
Rejected and declined votes |
168 |
0.66 |
|
Turnout |
25,472 |
81.32 |
|
Electors on the lists |
31,325 |
|
|
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Quebec provincial by-election, November 17, 1980: Brome-Missisquoi |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±pp |
|
Liberal |
Pierre Paradis |
13,271 |
62.45 |
+38.85 |
|
Parti Québécois |
Gérard Comptois |
5,962 |
28.06 |
+7.40 |
|
Union Nationale |
Pierre-Paul Ravenelle |
1,909 |
8.98 |
-40.29 |
|
Crédit social uni |
Joseph Ranger |
107 |
0.50 |
|
Total valid votes |
21,249 |
100.00 |
|
Rejected and declined votes |
154 |
|
|
Turnout |
21,403 |
68.29 |
-14.64 |
Electors on the lists |
31,342 |
|
|
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
- Leadership contests
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Quebec Liberal Party leadership convention |
16 October 1983 |
First Ballot |
Robert Bourassa |
2,138 |
75.44 |
Pierre Paradis |
353 |
12.46 |
Daniel Johnson |
343 |
12.10 |
Total valid votes |
2,834 |
100.00 |
Source: Margot Gibb-Clark, "Bourassa team had thought of everything", Globe and Mail, 17 October 1983, p. 8.