Prescott and Russell (provincial electoral district)

Prescott and Russell

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1967
Last contested	1995

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.

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

Election results

1977 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Albert Bélanger	11,863
	Liberal	Philibert Proulx	8,877
	New Democratic	Joseph Cheff	3,597
Source(s):[2]

1981 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Boudria	15,123
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Albert Bélanger	9,951
	New Democratic	Claude Dion	1,828
Source(s):[3]

1984 By-Election on Boudria's resignation

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Poirier	10,182
	Progressive Conservative	Gaston Patenaude	8,347
	New Democratic	Rheo Lalonde	1,791
Source(s):[4]

1985 Ontario general election

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]

1987 Ontario general election

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]

1990 Ontario general election

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]

1995 Ontario general election

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]

References

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Joseph Albert Bélanger's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Albert Bélanger, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Don Boudria's Legislative Assembly information see "Don Boudria, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Jean Poirier's Legislative Assembly information see "Jean Poirier, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Jean -Marc Lalonde's Legislative Assembly information see "Jean -Marc Lalonde, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
2. "Ontario provincial election results riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. June 10, 1977. p. D9.
3. Canadian Press (March 20, 1981). "Winds of change, sea of security". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22.
4. Stephens, Robert (December 14, 1984). "Premier, Rae all smiles after by-election wins". The Globe and Mail. p. 1.
5. "Results of vote in Ontario election". The Globe and Mail. May 3, 1985. p. 13.
6. "Results from individual ridings". The Windsor Star. September 11, 1987. p. F2.
7. "Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results". The Globe and Mail. September 7, 1990. p. A12.
8. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995.