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Statistics on by-elections held since 1970

Summary

Since 1970, there have been 111 by-elections and one cancelled election.

Year Date Electoral division Elected candidate Number of registered voters Number of valid ballots Number of rejected ballots Voter turnout (%)
2023 October 2 Jean-Talon Pascal Paradis
(P.Q.)
46,941 25,684 251 55.25
2023 March 13 Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Guillaume Cliche-Rivard
(Q.S.)
57,492 17,747 133 31.10
2022 April 11 Marie-Victorin Shirley Dorismond
(C.A.Q.-É.F.L.)
45,636 16,299 188 36.13
2019 December 2 Jean-Talon Joëlle Boutin
(C.A.Q.-É.F.L.)
46,857 22,936 109 49.18
2018 December 10 Roberval Nancy Guillemette
(C.A.Q.-É.F.L.)
44,509 15,354 85 34.69
2017 October 2 Louis-Hébert Geneviève Guilbault
(C.A.Q.-É.F.L.)
45,540 23,690 190 52.44
2017 May 29 Gouin Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois
(Q.S.)
44,185 14,245 243 32.79
2016 December 5 Arthabaska Éric Lefebvre
(C.A.Q.-É.F.L.)
60,285 25,744 265 43.14
2016 December 5 Marie-Victorin Catherine Fournier
(P.Q.)
47,267 12,005 147 25.71
2016 December 5 Saint-Jérôme Marc Bourcier
(P.Q.)
58,973 19,785 235 33.95
2016 December 5 Verdun Isabelle Mélançon
(P.L.Q./Q.L.P.)
49,758 14,365 138 29.15
2016 April 11 Chicoutimi Mireille Jean
(P.Q.)
46,630 18,858 305 41.10
2015 November 9 Beauce-Sud Paul Busque
(P.L.Q./Q.L.P.)
48,587 19,147 195 39.81
2015 November 9 Fabre Monique Sauvé
(P.L.Q./Q.L.P.)
50,074 11,450 82 23.03
2015 November 9 René-Lévesque Martin Ouellet
(P.Q.)
34,008 13,363 102 39.59
2015 November 9 Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Dominique Anglade
(P.L.Q./Q.L.P.)
58,171 13,760 115 23.85
2015 June 8 Chauveau Véronyque Tremblay
(P.L.Q./Q.L.P.)
58,501 10,385 222 43.29
2015 June 8 Jean-Talon Sébastien Proulx
(P.L.Q./Q.L.P.)
45,475 8,214 161 43.61
2015 March 9 Richelieu Sylvain Rochon
(P.Q.)
44,356 7,294 318 46.41
2014 October 20 Lévis François Paradis
(C.A.Q.-É.F.L.)
47,006 10,110 165 46.31
2013 December 9 Outremont Philippe Couillard
(P.L.Q.)
38,671 10,128 89 26.42
2013 December 9 Viau David Heurtel
(P.L.Q.)
40,518 6,757 101 16.93
2012 June 11 Argenteuil Roland Richer
(P.Q.)
43,441 18,228 225 42.48
2012 June 11 LaFontaine Marc Tanguay
(P.L.Q./Q.L.P)
40,679 10,206 183 25.54
2011 December 5 Bonaventure Damien Arsenault
(P.L.Q.)
29,510 15,946 154, 54.56
2010 November 29 Kamouraska-Témiscouata André Simard
(P.Q.)
34,470 19,575, 296, 57.65
2010 September 13 Saint-Laurent Jean-Marc Fournier
(P.L.Q.)
52,186 11,132 166 21.65
2010 July 5 Vachon Martine Ouellet
(P.Q.)
46,046 13,293 174 29.25
2009 June 22 Marguerite-Bourgeoys Clément Gignac
(P.L.Q.)
46,478 10,707 87 23.22
2009 June 22 Rivière-du-Loup Jean D’Amour
(P.L.Q.)
34,219 20,972 119 61.64
2009 September 21 Rousseau Nicolas Marceau
(P.Q.)
55,979 16,708 216 30.23
2008 May 12 Bourget Maka Kotto
(P.Q.)
47,276 16,171 162 34.55
2008 May 12 Hull Maryse Gaudreault
(P.L.Q.)
48,335 16,376 128 34.15
2008 May 12 Pointe-aux-Trembles Nicole Léger
(P.Q.)
40,496 13,675 146 34.13
2008 September 29 Jean-Talon Yves Bolduc
(P.L.Q.)
40,434 20,583 111 51.18
2007 September 24 Charlevoix Pauline Marois
(P.Q.)
33,174 19,256 163 58.54
2006 April 10 Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Martin Lemay
(P.Q.)
42,437 13,255 101 31.47
2006 August 14 Pointe-aux-Trembles André Boisclair
(P.Q.)
40,516 12,793 315 32.35
2006 August 14 Taillon Marie Malavoy
(P.Q.)
55,303 19,068 197 34.84
2005 December 12 Outremont Raymond Bachand
(P.L.Q.)
41,799 16,749 89 40.28
2005 December 12 Verchères Stéphane Bergeron
(P.Q.)
42,401 18,957 171 45.11
2004 September 20 Gouin Nicolas Girard
(P.Q.)
43,858 14,989 123 34.46
2004 September 20 Laurier-Dorion Elsie Lefebvre
(P.Q.)
47,107 16,430 171 35.24
2004 September 20 Nelligan Yolande James
(P.L.Q.)
52,163 14,856 62 28.60
2004 September 20 Vanier Sylvain Légaré
(A.D.Q./É.M.D.)
50,547 23,864 173 47.55
2002 April 15 Anjou Lise Thériault
(P.L.Q.)
35,134 16,203 178 46.62
2002 April 15 Saguenay François Corriveau
(A.D.Q./É.M.D.)
35,378 21,172 199 60.41
2002 April 15 Viger Anna Mancuso
(P.L.Q.)
36,744 11,560 166 31.91
2002 June 17 Berthier Marie Grégoire
(A.D.Q./É.M.D.)
49,941 32,133 515 65.37
2002 June 17 Joliette Sylvie Lespérance
(A.D.Q./É.M.D.)
46,551 28,570 823 63.14
2002 June 17 Lac-Saint-Jean Stéphan Tremblay
(P.Q.)
41,090 25,111 280 61.79
2002 June 17 Vimont François Gaudreau
(A.D.Q./É.M.D.)
57,961 30,475 304 53.10
2001 April 9 Mercier Nathalie Rochefort
(P.L.Q.)
42,651 17,174 352 41.09
2001 October 1 Blainville Richard Legendre
(P.Q.)
46,581 22,319 309 48.58
2001 October 1 Jonquière Françoise Gauthier
(P.L.Q.)
44,716 28,101 273 63.45
2001 October 1 Labelle Sylvain Pagé
(P.Q.)
41,002 22,454 317 55.54
2001 October 1 Laviolette Julie Boulet
(P.L.Q.)
34,445 21,591 317 63.60
1998 June 1 Argenteuil David Whissel
(P.L.Q.)
48,340 23,764 410 50.01
1997 April 28 Beauce-Sud Diane Leblanc
(P.L.Q.)
41,284 27,253 432 67.06
1997 April 28 Prévost Lucie Papineau
(P.Q.)
46,261 21,820 571 48.40
1997 October 6 Bertrand Denis Chalifoux
(P.L.Q.)
41,178 21,605 403 53.45
1997 October 6 Bourassa Michèle Lamquin-Ethier
(P.L.Q.)
31,227 14,442 305 47.23
1997 October 6 Duplessis Normand Duguay
(P.Q.)
36,548 17,350 337 48.39
1997 October 6 Kamouraska-Témiscouata Claude Béchard
(P.L.Q.)
34,076 19,145 351 57.21
1996 February 19 Jonquière Lucien Bouchard
(P.Q.)
43,614 26,261 341 60.99
1996 February 19 La Prairie Monique Simard
(P.Q.)
53,079 29,204 305 55.59
1996 June 10 L’Assomption Jean-Claude St-André
(P.Q.)
48,626 23,372 440 48.97
1996 June 10 Outremont Pierre-Etienne Laporte
(P.L.Q.)
42,354 14,416 173 34.45
1996 December 9 Pointe-aux-Trembles Nicole Léger
(P.Q.)
38,313 15,287 333 40.77
1994 February 21 Bonaventure Marcel Landry
(P.Q.)
27,689 21,496 338 78.85
1994 February 28 Shefford Bernard Brodeur
(P.L.Q.)
45,662 22,480 651 50.66
1993 July 5 Portneuf Roger Bertrand
(P.Q.)
34,085 20,778 455 62.29
1993 December 13 Laval-des-Rapides Serge Ménard
(P.Q.)
35,961 13,829 160 38.90
1992 January 20 Anjou Pierre Bélanger
(P.Q.)
29,043 16,531 213 57.65
1991 August 12 Montmorency Jean Filion
(P.Q.)
46,318 25,003 595 55.27
1989 May 29 Hull Robert Lesage
(P.L.Q.)
39,544 13,733 291 35.46
1989 May 29 Papineau Norman MacMillan
(P.L.Q.)
29,845 14,868 154 50.33
1988 June 20 Anjou René Serge Larouche
(P.L.Q.)
42,202 21,575 207 51.61
1988 June 20 Roberval Gaston Blackburn
(P.L.Q.)
40,490 26,045 227 64.89
1987 September 14 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Harold Peter Thuringer (P.L.Q.) 32,820 13,898 208 42.98
1986 January 20 Saint-Laurent Robert Bourassa (P.L.Q.) 42,514 19,372 266 46.19
1985 June 3 Bertrand Robert Bourassa
(P.L.Q.)
39,776 26,723 567 68.61
1985 June 3 Bourget Claude Trudel
(P.L.Q.)
33,788 15,228 326 46.03
1985 June 3 L’Assomption Jean-Guy Gervais
(P.L.Q.)
48,148 25,733 789 55.08
1985 June 3 Trois-Rivières Paul Philibert
(P.L.Q.)
39,381 21,386 472 55.50
1984 June 18 Marguerite-Bourgeoys Gilles Fortin
(P.L.Q.)
34,030 15,671 248 46.78
1984 June 18 Marie-Victorin Guy Pratt
(P.L.Q.)
35,584 19,657 421 56.42
1984 June 18 Sauvé Marcel Parent (P.L.Q.) 36,022 16,457 352 46.66
1984 November 26 Saint-Jacques Jean-François Viau (P.L.Q.) 32,414 16,060 356 50.64
1983 June 20 Charlesbourg Marc-Yvan Côté (P.L.Q.) 41,208 25,102 454 62.02
1983 June 20 Saguenay Ghislain Maltais (P.L.Q.) 35,366 21,636 309 62.05
1983 June 20 Saint-Jacques Serge Champagne (P.L.Q.) 30,552 15,629 345 52.28
1983 December 5 Jonquière Aline St-Amand (P.L.Q.) 42,725 31,366 751 75.17
1983 December 5 Mégantic-Compton Madeleine Bélanger (P.L.Q.) 28,270 20,282 194 72.43
1982 April 5 Louis-Hébert Réjean Doyon
(P.L.Q.)
38,176 23,971 637 64.46
1982 April 5 Saint-Laurent Germain Leduc
(P.L.Q.)
39,852 21,618 355 55.14
1980 November 17 Brome-Missisquoi Pierre Paradis (P.L.Q.) 31,342 21,249 154 68.29
1980 November 17 Johnson Camille Picard (P.L.Q.) 32,353 22,359 156 69.59
1980 November 17 Mégantic-Compton Fabien Bélanger (P.L.Q.) 28,222 19,719 144 70.38
1980 November 17 Outremont Pierre C. Fortier (P.L.Q.) 39,072 18,808 248 48.77
1979 April 30 Argenteuil Claude Ryan
(P.L.Q.)
34,610 25,777 1,295 78.22
1979 April 30 Jean-Talon Jean-Claude Rivest (P.L.Q.) 32,523 25,411 816 80.64
1979 November 14 Beauce-Sud Hermann Mathieu (P.L.Q.) 33,459 26,948 557 82.21
1979 November 14 Maisonneuve Georges Lalande (P.L.Q.) 29,066 20,212 596 71.59
1979 November 14 Prévost Solange Chaput-Rolland (P.L.Q.) 53,771 40,783 1,145 77.98
1979 November 26 D’Arcy-McGee Herbert Marx
(P.L.Q.)
41,201 23,106 301 56.81
1978 July 5 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Reed Scowen (P.L.Q.) 33,414 20,565 436 62.85
1974 August 28 Johnson Maurice Bellemare (U.N.) 27,183 19,090 328 71.43
1972 October 11 Duplessis Donald Gallienne
(P.L.Q.)
26,663 19,510 473 74.95
1972 October 11 Gatineau Élection annulée        
1972 November 15 New by-election in Gatineau Michel Gratton
(P.L.Q.)
43,083 21,311 548 50.74
1971 February 8 Chambly Jean Cournoyer
(P.L.Q.)
52,795 35,073 928 68.19
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