Prescott and Russell (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Prescott and Russell was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1967 to 1999, when it was abolished into Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and Ottawa—Orléans when ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterparts. It consisted of the United Counties of Prescott and Russell as well as the Township of Cumberland.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1966
District abolished1996
First contested1967
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1966 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1967 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Prescott and Russell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Prescott merged with Russell before the 1967 election | ||||
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Joseph Albert Bélanger | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | |||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | |||
| 31st | 1977–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1984 | Don Boudria | Liberal | |
| 1984–1985 | Jean Poirier | |||
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | |||
| 35th | 1990–1995 | |||
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Jean-Marc Lalonde | ||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Redistributed into Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and Ottawa—Orléans before the 1999 election |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph Albert Bélanger | 11,863 | ||||
| Liberal | Philibert Proulx | 8,877 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joseph Cheff | 3,597 | ||||
| Source(s):[2] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Don Boudria | 15,123 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph Albert Bélanger | 9,951 | ||||
| New Democratic | Claude Dion | 1,828 | ||||
| Source(s):[3] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jean Poirier | 10,182 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gaston Patenaude | 8,347 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rheo Lalonde | 1,791 | ||||
| Source(s):[4] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jean Poirier | 18,833 | 58.0 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Guy Genier | 11,038 | 34.0 | |||
| New Democratic | Maurice Landry | 2,625 | 8.1 | |||
| Source(s):[5] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jean Poirier | 26,811 | 75.8 | +17.8% | ||
| New Democratic | Yves Deschamps | 4,460 | 12.6 | +3.5% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Roland Demers | 4,100 | 11.6 | -22.4% | ||
| Source(s):[6] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jean Poirier | 25,879 | 65.0 | -10.8% | ||
| New Democratic | Carole Roy | 9,369 | 23.5 | +10.9% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Keith Flavell | 2,848 | 7.1 | -4.5% | ||
| Family Coalition | Paul Lauzon | 1,119 | 2.8 | |||
| Libertarian | Jean-Serge Brisson | 618 | 1.6 | |||
| Source(s):[7] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jean-Marc Lalonde | 24,808 | 55.7 | -9.3% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Leduc | 13,637 | 30.6 | +23.5% | ||
| New Democratic | Yves Deschamps | 4,472 | 10.0 | -13.5% | ||
| Libertarian | Jean-Serge Brisson | 626 | 1.4 | -0.2% | ||
| Independent | John MacKinnon | 564 | 1.3 | |||
| Natural Law | Pierrette Blondin | 446 | 1.0 | |||
| Source(s):[8] | ||||||