Quebec Nov. 9 byelection: Fabre

In 2014, LiberalGillesOuimetwon this riding in western Laval with55% of the vote, by a 12,816 majority over the PQ`sFranois-GycelainRocque.

Ouimetwas first elected in 2012, again beatingRocqueas well as DominiqueAnglade, then with the CAQ and now a Liberalcandidate in the Saint-HenriSainte-Anne by-election.Ouimet, who has had two more children since becoming MNA, stepped down to spend more time with his family.

Riding description

Fabre covers the west end of Laval bounded by the Mille les River, Highways 13 andLaval West (Highway 440) and a small portion bounded by 100th Avenue, Saint-Martin Boulevard West, Notre-Dame Boulevard and HIghway 13 to Rivire des Prairies.

Riding history

Fabre has been a bellwether riding since 1970, almost always votingfor the winning party.

It was former premier Bernard Landry's seat in the Quebec National Assemblywhen he was first elected for the PQ in 1976and the riding of Parti Qubcois cabinet minister Joseph Facal from 1994 to 2003.

PQ support has been declining in the electoral district ever since Facal's2003 defeat.

Riding snapshot

Population: 67,100 (2011)

Registered Electors: 48,972 (2014)

Average household income: $43,002 (2011 National Household Survey)

Mother tongue: French (61.1 per cent), English (9.5 per cent), non-official languages (29.4 per cent; largest linguistic groups are Arabic and Greek)

Official list of candidates

• Jibril Akaaboune Le-Franois (PartiQubcois)

• Jeremy Dohan (quipe Adrien Pouliot - Parti conservateur du Qubec)

• Valrie Doucet (Option nationale - Pour l'indpendance du Qubec)

• Carla El-Ghandour (Coalition avenir Qubec - L'quipe Franois Legault)

• Charles Lemieux (Qubec solidaire)

• Kim Raymond (Parti vert du Qubec/Green Party of Qubec)

• Monique Sauv (Parti libral du Qubec/Quebec Liberal Party)

2014 Election Results