Gouin (electoral district)

Gouin is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal and includes mostly west and north of the Canadian National railway, east of Jean-Talon Boulevard and south of 6th Avenue. The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Montréal-Laurier and Montréal—Jeanne-Mance.

The riding is named after former Quebec Premier, Lomer Gouin who was in power from 1905 to 1920.

Members of the National Assembly

# Yves Michaud, Liberal (1966-1969) and Liberal Independent (1969-1970)
# Guy Joron, Parti Québécois (1970-1973)
# Jean-Marie Beauregard, Liberal (1973-1976)
# Rodrigue Tremblay, Parti Québécois (1976-1979) and Independent (1979-1981)
# Jacques Rochefort, Parti Québécois (1981-1987) and Independent (1987-1989)
# André Boisclair, Parti Québécois (1989-2004)
# Nicolas Girard, Parti Québécois (2004-present)

Geography

Gouin is located on the island of Montreal. It consists of a portion of the municipality of Montreal.

Linguistic demographics

*Francophone: 78.6%
*Anglophone: 3.0%
*Allophone: 18.3%

Election results

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Parti Québécois
Nicolas Girard
align="right"|11,318
align="right"|37.25
align="right"
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Québec solidaire
Françoise David
align="right"|7,910
align="right"|26.03
align="right"
- Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row
Liberal
Nathalie Rivard
align="right"|5,612
align="right"|18.47
align="right"
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Action démocratique
Jean-Philip Ruel
align="right"|3,540
align="right"|11.65
align="right"
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Green
Yohan Tremblay
align="right"|1,750
align="right"|5.76
align="right"
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Bloc pot
Hugô St-Onge
align="right"|147
align="right"|0.48
align="right"
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Independent
Jocelyne Leduc
align="right"|109
align="right"|0.36
align="right"
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Parti Québécois
Nicolas Girard
align="right"|8,661
align="right"|57.78
align="right"
- Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row
Liberal
Edith Keays
align="right"|3,645
align="right"|24.32
align="right"
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UFP
Gaétan Breton
align="right"|1 195
align="right"|7.97
align="right"
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Action démocratique
Stéphane Deschênes
align="right"|749
align="right"|5.00
align="right"
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Green
Christian Lajoie
align="right"|558
align="right"|3.72
align="right"
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Bloc pot
Hugô St-Onge
align="right"|148
align="right"|0.99
align="right"
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Independent
Régent Millette
align="right"|33
align="right"|0.22
align="right"
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-
Parti Québécois
André Boisclair
align="right"|15,890
align="right"|53.34
align="right"
- Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row
Liberal
William Aguilar
align="right"|8,996
align="right"|30.20
align="right"
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Action démocratique
Stéphane Deschênes
align="right"|2,456
align="right"|8.24
align="right"
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UFP
Colette Provost
align="right"|1,397
align="right"|4.69
align="right"
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Green
Pierrette Chevalier
align="right"|584
align="right"|1.96
align="right"
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Bloc pot
Hugô St-Onge
align="right"|465
align="right"|1.56
align="right"
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Parti Québécois
André Boisclair
align="right"|16,097
align="right"|52.68
align="right"
- Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row
Liberal
Michelle Daines
align="right"|10,273
align="right"|33.62
align="right"
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Action démocratique
Patricia St-Jacques
align="right"|3,276
align="right"|10.72
align="right"
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PDS
Geneviève Ricard
align="right"|624
align="right"|2.04
align="right"
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Marxist-leninist
Claude Brunelle
align="right"|149
align="right"|0.49
align="right"
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Communist
Athanasios Ntouskas
align="right"|75
align="right"|0.25
align="right"
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No designation
Annette Kouri
align="right"|61
align="right"|0.20
align="right"

References

* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/resultats_part.asp By-Elections] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 8 April 2007
* [http://www.dgeq.qc.ca/en/resultats_gen.asp General Elections] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 8 April 2007
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/general_information_electoral_divisions.asp General information on the provincial electoral divisions] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 8 April 2007
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/depcir/di.html#g Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription] . "National Assembly of Quebec", retrieved 8 April 2007
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/fr/tableaux/Referendum_1995_8481.asp Référendum du 30 octobre 1995] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 8 April 2007
* [http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-gouin.html Gouin Election Results, Quebec Politique]
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/script/affiche_carte.asp?annee=2001&bsq=384 Map of Gouin]
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/fr/pdf/carte_recto.pdf Quebec electoral map]

Links

* [http://www.dgeq.qc.ca/script/affiche_carte.asp?annee=2001&bsq=384 Map of Gouin] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 7 April 2007

Neighbouring electoral districts

Canadian City Geographic Location
North=Rosemont
West=Viau, Laurier-Dorion
Center=Gouin
East=Mercier
South=Outremont