Local election results
Results at a glance
Berthiaume ferme les livres (Berthiaume concedes
election to Lemieux)
Pierre Lemiux wins in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell
Tories win in Ottawa-Orleans
Le candidat libéral perdant dans Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, René Berthiaume, n'entreprendra pas une démarche de recomptage judiciaire à la suite à sa défaite serrée de lundi dernier subie aux mains du conservateur Pierre Lemieux.
M. Berthiaume a pris cette décision à la suite d'une vérification effectuée par son équipe auprès d'Élections Canada.
"Par respect pour mes partisans, je me devais de réviser toute l'information sur le processus de validation du vote pour chacun des bureaux de scrutin, a signalé le candidat perdant, par voie de communiqué. Cet exercice qui a eu lieu vendredi a eu pour effet d'ajuster l'écart de 210 à 203 votes de différence entre les deux candidats. À la suite de cet examen et de la révision de l'information, je confirme que je ne demanderai pas un recomptage judiciaire."
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Considered a Liberal stronghold for more than 40 years, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell has turned over its hold on power to the Conservatives in a race that was decided by a mere 210 votes.
Pierre Lemieux will be heading to the House of Commons after defeating Liberal candidate Rene Berthiaume, 53, in an incredibly close race that couldn't be called until all the votes were counted.
There were rumblings during the election campaign that the riding might be able to break the Liberals' hold and Lemieux proved he could. It's the first time since 1962 that the Conservatives have had an MP from the riding.
Some political pundits predicted the riding might swing in favour of the Conservatives after the GPR's former Liberal kingmaker, Don Boudria, who sat as its Liberal MP in the House of Commons for 21 years, stepped down.
In the 1993 election, Boudria won the seat by an enormous 40,000-vote margin but the gap was closed to 5,000 votes in 2004.
A 42-year-old father of five and former member of the Canadian Forces, Lemieux said during his campaign that much of what the Liberals espouse doesn't sit well with constituents and that Boudria has been an ineffective politician.
The other candidates in the race were Jo-Ann Fennessey for the NDP and Bonnie Jean-Louis for the Greens.
Glengarry-Prescott-Russell:
Pierre Lemieux CON 22,996
Rene Berthiaume LIB 22,786
Jo-Ann Fennessey NDP 7,010
Bonnie Jean-Louis GRN 2,494
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to tophorse race throughout the evening. It wasn't until almost midnight that Galipeau squeaked ahead by
nose to win for the Tories.
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to topOttawa Citizen endorses Pierre Lemieux for G-P-R
...and so does Canaan Connexion (Voting? It's time for a change!)
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- A Chance for new blood Ottawa Citizen endorses Conservative candidate, Pierre Lemieux Don Boudria made holding Glengarry-Prescott-Russell for the Liberal party look so easy that local Liberals seem to think just about anbody could do it. |
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| Rene Berthiaume, a funeral director and paramedic, won the party's nomination in a four-way race. A former president
of the Liberals' riding association and close associate of Mr. Boudria, Mr. Berthiaume is a party man who promises
to take up Mr. Boudria's mantle. Sort of. At an all-candidates meeting in Alexandria, Mr. Berthiaume did not attend (organizers said they struggled to find an evening the Liberal campaign would accept, but couldn't). Conservative Pierre Lemieux, an engineer and a career military officer who retired as a lieutenant-colonel and has his own consulting company, was initially awkward but soon warmed up. Mr. Lemieux is most Comfortable addressing issues covered in detail by the Conservative policy book, such as tax policy and crackdowns on crime. His understanding of agriculture seems limited to advocating total respect for farmers as good, family oriented people. Yes, but what about commodity prices, crop insurance, BSE testing? He relies on the Tory platform as proof of his support for supply management and subsidies. Mr. Berthiaume says the Liberals have shown good support for Canadian agriculture, which is questionable. A father of five, Mr. Lemieux opposes abortion and same-sex marriage, positions that should resonate in this rural riding. Mr. Berthiaume says that as a Catholic, he has trouble with gay marriage, yet he believes the courts have ruled and the matter is settled. He deserves credit for not pandering. |
 Mr. Lemieux wants to establish
a fund to which people can donate to save the financially troubled L'Echo d'un peuple show, but the flap over Clarence-
Rockland's decision to make bilingual store signs mandatory passed him by completely. When asked about the bylaw,
though, Mr. Lemieux's instinct, happily, was to leave the languages on signs up to the people who own them and
let customers decide where to shop. Mr. Berthiaume supports the existing bylaw, and seemed oddly incapable of understanding
how anyone could feel it infringed on individual rights.New Democrat Jo-Ann Fennessey, a social worker and lawyer, speaks about values (equity, respect, families of all kinds) but has little to say about how to achieve them. She tries to present this as a strength by saying she's humble and doesn't have all the answers, but a candidate for office ought to have at least a few. Public policy is not her field. Green candidate Bonnie Jean-Louis attended neither the Alexandria debate (a standin said she was at a Green party training session instead), nor a meeting with the Citizen's editorial board. Neither Mr. Berthiaume nor Mr. Lemieux is an all-star candidate. Neither brings policy experience, though both have had respectable careers that required management and leadership skill. Mr. Berthiaume knows the area better; Mr. Lemieux brings fresh blood to a riding that needs it. Liberal partisans who vote for Mr. Berthiaume will get what they're used to, but our advice for voters is to give Mr. Lemieux the edge. |
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| We are urging our readers to get out and vote on Monday. The four candidates running in our area are: Conservative - Pierre Lemieux, Green party - Bonnie Jean-Louis, Liberal - René Berthiaume, and NDP - Jo-Ann Fennessey. It is interesting to note that this riding has voted Liberal since 1962 and has been held by Franco-Ontarians since 1953 when it elected a Liberal member of parliament. The Progressive Conservatives took the riding in 1957, 1958, under Diefenbaker. If you are like me deciding on who to vote for is a tremendous challenge. I am totally fed up with the crap and corruption of the present government, but I can’t say I am enthusiastic about Harper or the legacy left by the former Conservative Prime Minister, the jaw that walks like a man. To me, Jack Layton comes across as the most socially responsible and honest of party leaders, but his candidate won’t represent us in parliament. |
Neither will the Green party candidate, and it is unfortunate because environmental concerns are so low on the
radar that they are not even scratching the surface. Too bad too, because I believe that my grand-children’s children
will suffer greatly if the earth’s conditions continue to deteriorate. So where does that leave us? In a situation where I have lost confidence with all political parties and most politicians, I believe you have to vote for the person who will best represent us in parliament. The only candidate that has taken the time to visit me, and who started to prepare for this campaign long before the writ was dropped, and whom I think will give us the best representation in the house, is Pierre Lemieux. But don’t let me influence you. IMHO it boils down to two candidates. Now it is up to you. Do you want to build Canada or bury it. I’m standing pat. (Standing Pat(rick) Meikle also writes the Canaan Connexion - www.canaanconnexion.ca.) |
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to topFor Ottawa cable viewers: On election night, Monday, January 23 at 9:00 p.m., Rogers Television will emphasize local ridings first with its comprehensive coverage of the 2006 Federal Election.
Rogers Television's coverage kicks off at 9:00 p.m. with an election preview. The election team of Ed Hand, Cyndi Edwards, Catherine Clark and Janet Eastman will set the stage for Rogers Television's Ottawa-centric coverage of Canada Votes 2006. The experienced analysts will review each of the local ridings and races, and provide an overview of Rogers Television's unique election coverage, which includes a superb roster of panelists, pundits and armchair critics.
Beginning at 9:30pm, Canada Votes 2006 anchors Cyndi Edwards and John Bejermi deliver up to the minute local riding results. Journalists Ed Hand and Janet Eastman will interpret the numbers with the help of experts, who will provide insight and perspective on regional issues that resonate with local viewers.
Catherine Clark, a veteran of numerous federal elections, will host a special "Citizens Panel", which includes Josh Bortolotti, a 12-year old aspiring Prime Minister. From health care to education, hear what the citizens have to say and what they think the impact and outcome will be for them and their community. In addition, Rogers Television's team of field reporters will bring viewers exclusive interviews and reports from dozens of campaign headquarters and locations throughout the region. More...
( Note: If you live east of the Canaan Road border, you will not have access to this coverage over the local cable company, Videotron.)
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(a) the United Counties of Prescott and Russell;
(b) that part of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry comprised of the Township of North Glengarry; and
(c) that part of the City of Ottawa lying easterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the interprovincial boundary between Ontario and Quebec with a line drawn due north from the mouth of Cardinal Creek; thence due south along said line to the mouth of Cardinal Creek; thence generally easterly along said creek to Regional Road No. 174; thence generally southwesterly along said road to Trim Road; thence southeasterly along Trim Road to Wall Road; thence generally southwesterly along Wall Road to Mer Bleue Road; thence southeasterly along Mer Bleue Road to Navan Road; thence easterly along Navan Road to Mer Bleue Road; thence southeasterly along Mer Bleue Road, its production and Boundary Road to Burton Road.
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