Electoral history of Jean Charest

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Canadian federal election, 1997 – Results summary

Party		Leaders	Seats Won	Popular Vote
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien1	155	38.5%
	Reform	Preston Manning2	60	19.4%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe3	44	10.7%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	21	11.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	20	18.8%
	Independent	–	1	0.5%
Total			301	99.0%4
Sources: Library of Parliament[1]

¹ Prime Minister when election was called; Prime Minister after election.
² Leader of a third party when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after the election.
³ Leader of the Opposition when election was called; leader of a third party after the election.
⁴ Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Quebec general election, 1998 – Results summary

Party		Leaders	Seats Won	Popular Vote
	Parti Québécois	Lucien Bouchard1	76	42.87%
	Liberal	Jean Charest2	48	43.55%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	1	11.81%
Total			125	98.23%3

¹ Premier when election was called; Premier after election.
² Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election.
³ Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Quebec general election, 2003 – Results summary

Party		Leaders	Seats Won	Popular Vote
	Liberal	Jean Charest1	76	45.99%
	Parti Québécois	Bernard Landry2	45	33.24%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	4	18.18%
Total			125	97.41%3

¹ Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Premier after election.
² Premier when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election.
³ Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Quebec general election, 2007 – Results summary

Party		Leaders	Seats Won	Popular Vote
	Liberal	Jean Charest1	48	33.08%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont2	41	30.84%
	Parti Québécois	André Boisclair3	36	28.35%
Total			125	92.27%4

¹ Premier when election was called; Premier after election.
² Third party leader when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election.
³ Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Third party leader after election.
⁴ Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Quebec general election, 2008 – Results summary

Party		Leaders	Seats Won	Popular Vote
	Liberal	Jean Charest1	66	42.08%
	Parti Québécois	Pauline Marois2	51	35.17%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont3	7	16.37%
	Québec solidaire	Françoise David Amir Khadir	1	3.78%
Total			125	97.40%4

¹ Premier when election was called; Premier after election.
² Third party leader when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election.
³ Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Third party leader after election.
⁴ Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Quebec general election, 2012 – Results summary

Party		Leaders	Seats Won	Popular Vote
	Parti Québécois	Pauline Marois1	54	31.95%
	Liberal	Jean Charest2	50	31.20%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Legault	19	27.05%
	Québec solidaire	Françoise David Amir Khadir	2	6.03%
Total			125	96.23%3

¹ Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Premier after election.
² Premier when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after election.
³ Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Sherbrooke
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	22,232	51.5%	+42.2%
	Liberal	Irénée Pelletier	14,607	33.8%	-38.0%
	New Democratic	Daniel Berthold	4,230	9.8%	-0.2%
	Rhinoceros	Gilbert Peupa Ash	1,054	2.4%	-1.3%
	Parti nationaliste	Lorraine Déry	687	1.6%
	Social Credit	Fernand Bourret	197	0.5%	-3.7%
	Communist	Yves Lawler	92	0.2%	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Françoise Chanteau	72	0.2%
Total valid votes			43,171	100.0%

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election: Sherbrooke
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	34,538	63.3%	+11.8%
	Liberal	Dennis Wood	12,314	22.6%	-11.2%
	New Democratic	Alain Poirier	6,373	11.7%	+1.9%
	Rhinoceros	Bébé Sept Heures Pierre Granger	1,040	1.9%	-0.5%
	Independent	Normand Guy	148	0.3%
	Communist	Yves Lawler	143	0.3%	+0.1%
Total valid votes			54,556	100.0%

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Sherbrooke
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	29,740	52.3%	−11.0%
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Boutin	21,559	37.9%
	Liberal	Jean Paul Pelletier	4,462	7.9%	-14.7%
	Natural Law	Serge Trépanier	516	0.9%
	New Democratic	Martine Caouette	445	0.8%	−10.9%
	Abolitionist	Jean-Guy Trépanier	91	0.2%
Total valid votes			56,813	100.0%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election: Sherbrooke
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	32,228	59.5%	+7.2%
	Bloc Québécois	Jacques Blanchette	16,086	29.7%	-8.2%
	Liberal	Martin Bureau	4,720	8.7%	+0.8%
	New Democratic	Tom Vouloumanos	628	1.2%	+0.4%
	Natural Law	Christian Simard	477	0.9%	0.0%
Total valid votes			54,139	100.0%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.7

v t e 1998 Quebec general election: Sherbrooke
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Charest	15,093	47.41	+4.56
	Parti Québécois	Marie Malavoy	14,186	44.56	-2.75
	Action démocratique	Patrick C. Rouillard	2,171	6.82	-1.41
	Independent	Normand Gilbert	169	0.53	–
	Bloc Pot	Christian Meunier	166	0.52	–
	Natural Law	Christian Simard	53	0.17	-0.88
Total valid votes			31,838	–	–
	Liberal gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+3.66

v t e 2003 Quebec general election: Sherbrooke
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Charest	16,403	46.95	-0.46
	Parti Québécois	Marie Malavoy	13,806	39.52	-5.04
	Action démocratique	Peter Downey	4,169	11.93	+5.11
	UFP	Normand Gilbert	496	1.42	+0.89
	People's Front	Serge Lachapelle	64	0.18	–
Total valid votes			34,938	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.29

v t e 2007 Quebec general election: Sherbrooke
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Charest	13,136	36.56	-10.39
	Parti Québécois	Claude Forgues	11,804	32.85	-6.67
	Action démocratique	Michel Dumont	6,409	17.84	+5.91
	Québec solidaire	Christian Bibeau	2,263	6.30	+4.88*
	Green	Steve Dubois	2,203	6.13	–
	Independent	Hubert Richard	115	0.32	–
Total valid votes			35,930	99.13	–
Total rejected ballots			316	8.87	–
Turnout			36,246	74.23	+0.74
Electors on the lists			48,831	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.86

v t e 2008 Quebec general election: Sherbrooke
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Charest	13,694	45.24	+8.68
	Parti Québécois	Laurent-Paul Maheux	11,380	37.59	+4.74
	Action démocratique	Jacques Joly	2,074	6.85	-10.99
	Québec solidaire	Christian Bibeau	1,948	6.44	+0.14
	Green	Steve Dubois	1,016	3.36	-2.77
	Independent	Hubert Richard	158	0.52	+0.20
Total valid votes			30,270	98.68	–
Total rejected ballots			405	1.32	–
Turnout			30,675	62.61	-11.62
Electors on the lists			48,995	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.97

v t e 2012 Quebec general election: Sherbrooke
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Serge Cardin	15,909	42.12	+4.53
	Liberal	Jean Charest	13,267	35.13	-10.11
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Philippe Girard	4,457	11.80	+4.95*
	Québec solidaire	Christian Bibeau	2,586	6.85	+0.41
	Option nationale	Évelyne Beaudin	1,069	2.83	–
	Green	Suzanne Richer	407	1.08	-2.28
	Parti indépendantiste	Christian Clavet	73	0.19	–
Total valid votes			37,768	99.10	–
Total rejected ballots			344	0.90	–
Turnout			38,112	78.10	+15.49
Electors on the lists			48,799	–	–
	Parti Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.32
* Result compared to Action démocratique