1990 Chambly federal by-election
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A by-election was held in the federal riding of Chambly in Quebec, Canada on February 12, 1990, following the resignation of Progressive Conservative Richard Grisé.
Phil Edmonston won a huge victory pushing the PCs into third place becoming the first New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament in Quebec. He defeated former Quebec cabinet minister Clifford Lincoln by almost 20,000 votes.[1] However, in the 1993 federal election, Edmonston retired and the seat was taken by the Bloc Québécois and the NDP were reduced to just 3% of the vote.
Results
| By-election on 12 February 1990 Resignation of Richard Grisé, 30 May 1989 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| New Democratic | Phil Edmonston | 26,998 | 67.63 | +36.11 | ||
| Liberal | Clifford Lincoln | 7,000 | 17.54 | -2.33 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Serge Bégin | 3,819 | 9.57 | -37.07 | ||
| Green | Jocelyne Décarie | 1,846 | 4.62 | – | ||
| Independent | Gilles Maillé | 160 | 0.40 | – | ||
| Social Credit | Emilien Martel | 96 | 0.24 | – | ||
| Total valid votes | 39,919 | 100.00 | ||||
1988 results
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Grisé | 25,770 | 47.04 | -4.75 | ||||
| New Democratic | Phil Edmonston | 17,268 | 31.52 | +20.37 | ||||
| Liberal | Bernard Loiselle | 10,886 | 19.87 | -9.84 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Stéphane Desmarteau | 792 | 1.45 | -2.38 | ||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Gilles Racine | 64 | 0.12 | -0.19 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 54,780 | 100.00 | ||||||
