# Taillon

Taillon (French pronunciation:) is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It comprises part of the borough of Le Vieux-Longueuil of the city of Longueuil.
It was created for the 1966 election from Verchères and Chambly electoral districts.
It was named after former Quebec Premier Louis-Olivier Taillon who was in power for four days in 1886 and from 1892 to 1896. It is best known as the riding of Parti Québécois founder René Lévesque, who served as premier from 1976 to 1985.
For the better part of four decades after the PQ seized it in 1976, Taillon was a stronghold for both the PQ and the sovereigntist cause. In the 1995 Quebec referendum it voted 61% for Quebec to separate. However, in 2018, the Coalition Avenir Québec narrowly won it amid its near-sweep of Montérégie.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the National Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Verchères and Chambly |||||
| 28th | 1966–1970 | Guy Leduc | Liberal |
| 29th | 1970–1973 | Guy Leduc | Liberal |
| 30th | 1973–1975 | Guy Leduc | Liberal |
| 30th | 1975–1976 | Guy Leduc | Independent |
| 31st | 1976–1981 | René Lévesque | Parti Québécois |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | René Lévesque | Parti Québécois |
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Claude Filion | Parti Québécois |
| 34th | 1989–1994 | Pauline Marois | Parti Québécois |
| 35th | 1994–1998 | Pauline Marois | Parti Québécois |
| 36th | 1998–2003 | Pauline Marois | Parti Québécois |
| 37th | 2003–2006 | Pauline Marois | Parti Québécois |
| 37th | 2006–2007 | Marie Malavoy | Parti Québécois |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | Marie Malavoy | Parti Québécois |
| 39th | 2008–2012 | Marie Malavoy | Parti Québécois |
| 40th | 2012–2014 | Marie Malavoy | Parti Québécois |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Diane Lamarre | Parti Québécois |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Lionel Carmant | Coalition Avenir Québec |
| 43rd | 2022–Present | Lionel Carmant | Coalition Avenir Québec |

## Election results

vte2022 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Lionel Carmant | | |
| | Parti Québécois | Andrée-Anne Bouvette-Turcot | | |
| | Québec solidaire | Manon Blanchard | | |
| | Liberal | Omar Cissé | | |
| | Conservative | Pierre-Marc Boyer | | |
| | Climat Québec | Frédéric Ouellet | | – |
| | L'Union fait la force | Pierre Savignac | | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | – | – |
vte2018 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Lionel Carmant | 12,186 | 33.76 | +9.54 |
| | Parti Québécois | Diane Lamarre | 10,138 | 28.08 | -5.72 |
| | Québec solidaire | Manon Blanchard | 6,382 | 17.68 | +6.57 |
| | Liberal | Mohammed Barhone | 6,042 | 16.74 | -13.24 |
| | Green | Mel-Lyna Cadieux Walker | 766 | 2.12 | |
| | New Democratic | Jonathan Leduc | 349 | 0.97 | |
| | Conservative | Gerardin Verty | 235 | 0.65 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,098 | 98.38 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 595 | 1.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,693 | 69.12 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 53,083 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | Swing | +7.63 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Marie Malavoy | 15,508 | 40.21 | -6.14 |
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Pierre Cimoné | 10,772 | 27.93 | +15.94 |
| Liberal | Marie-Ève Pelletier | 7,470 | 19.37 | -13.6 |
| Québec solidaire | Manon Blanchard | 2,874 | 7.25 | +3.21 |
| Option nationale | Julien-Alexandre Bilodeau | 932 | 2.42 | – |
| Green | Carole Mainville Bériault | 590 | 1.53 | -1.84 |
| Independent | Robert Morin | 183 | 0.47 | – |
| Coalition pour la Constituante | Marie-Noelle Mondoux-Lemoine | 175 | 0.45 | – |
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Fournier | 65 | 0.17 | – |
2008 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Marie Malavoy | 15,031 | 46.35 | +10.88 |
| Liberal | Richard Bélisle | 10,691 | 32.97 | +9.97 |
| Action démocratique | Karine Simard | 3,889 | 11.99 | -19.81 |
| Québec solidaire | Manon Blanchard | 1,374 | 4.24 | -0.49 |
| Green | Simon Bernier | 1,094 | 3.37 | -1.62 |
| Parti indépendantiste | Éric Tremblay | 349 | 1.08 | – |
2007 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Marie Malavoy | 14,040 | 35.47 | -8.11 |
| Action démocratique | Karine Simard | 12,588 | 31.80 | +18.33 |
| Liberal | Anne Pâquet | 9,104 | 23.00 | -8.29 |
| Green | Jonathan Mortreux | 1,977 | 4.99 | +1.97 |
| Québec solidaire | Manon Blanchard | 1,873 | 4.73 | -2.47 |
Taillon by-election, August 14, 2006 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Marie Malavoy | 8,309 | 43.58 | -2.19 |
| Liberal | Véronique Mercier | 5,966 | 31.29 | -2.88 |
| Action démocratique | Karine Simard | 2,569 | 13.47 | -3.13 |
| Québec solidaire | Manon Blanchard | 1,373 | 7.20 | +5.77* |
| Green | Yvon Rudolphe | 575 | 3.02 | - |
| Independent | Tristan Dénommée Pigeon | 143 | 0.75 | - |
| Bloc Pot | Francis Beuzart | 133 | 0.70 | -0.78 |
* Increase is from UFP
vte2003 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Pauline Marois | 17,603 | 45.85 | -7.17 |
| | Liberal | Annie Evrard | 13,120 | 34.17 | +3.16 |
| | Action démocratique | Karine Simard | 6,353 | 16.55 | +1.82 |
| | Bloc Pot | David Fiset | 556 | 1.45 | – |
| | UFP | Gabriel Landry | 545 | 1.42 | – |
| | Independent | Xavier Rochon | 216 | 0.56 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 38,393 | 98.51 | |
| Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | Rejected and declined votes | 580 | 1.49 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,973 | 71.02 | -6.93 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 54,874 | | |
1998 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Pauline Marois | 21,154 | 53.02 | -7.97 |
| Liberal | Nicole Bourget Laramée | 12,372 | 31.01 | -3.84 |
| Action démocratique | Manon Bezeau | 5,877 | 14.73 | - |
| Socialist Democracy | Pascal Durand | 345 | 0.86 | - |
| Innovator | Monique Murray | 147 | 0.37 | - |
1995 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Oui | 28,604 | 60.91 |
| | Non | 18,360 | 39.09 |
1994 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Pauline Marois | 23,315 | 60.99 | +5.07 |
| Liberal | Philippe Angers | 13,321 | 34.85 | -2.15 |
| Natural Law | René-William Roy | 844 | 2.21 | - |
| Sovereignty | Réal Pineault | 746 | 1.95 | - |
1989 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Pauline Marois | 18,983 | 55.92 | +5.44 |
| Liberal | Rodrigue Dubé | 12,562 | 37.00 | -6.94 |
| Green | Richard Briggs | 1,362 | 4.01 | - |
| New Democrat | Marc Vachon | 508 | 1.50 | -1.14 |
| Workers | Marie-Claire Ferland | 302 | 0.89 | - |
| Parti indépendantiste | Erich Laforest | 232 | 0.68 | -0.71 |
1985 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Claude Filion | 15,154 | 50.48 | -17.11 |
| Liberal | Ginette Desjardins Olivier | 13,191 | 43.94 | +14.12 |
| New Democrat | Jean-Serge Baribeau | 791 | 2.64 | - |
| Parti indépendantiste | Michel Milette | 418 | 1.39 | - |
| Union Nationale | Jean-Paul Paré | 285 | 0.95 | -0.99 |
| Christian Socialist | François Séguin | 91 | 0.30 | - |
| United Social Credit | Michel Bilodeau | 91 | 0.30 | +0.19 |
1981 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | René Lévesque | 21,535 | 67.59 | +4.94 |
| Liberal | Lawrence R. Wilson | 9,500 | 29.82 | +8.22 |
| Union Nationale | Luc Gadoury | 619 | 1.94 | -9.43 |
| Independent | Pierre Arnault | 69 | 0.22 | - |
| Workers Communist | Suzanne Ouellet | 68 | 0.21 | - |
| United Social Credit | Gaétan Bernard | 36 | 0.11 | -3.80 |
| People's Front | Yves Boyer | 36 | 0.11 | - |
1980 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Oui | 31,997 | 50.99 |
| | Non | 30,752 | 49.01 |
1976 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | René Lévesque | 34,098 | 62.65 | +17.45 |
| Liberal | Fernand Blanchard | 11,753 | 21.60 | -25.06 |
| Union Nationale | John E. de Souza | 6,189 | 11.37 | +9.97 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Henri Bourassa | 2,129 | 3.91 | -2.57 |
| New Democrat | Jacques Beaudoin | 256 | 0.47 | - |
1973 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Guy Leduc | 18,346 | 46.66 | +4.03 |
| Parti Québécois | Guy Bisaillon | 17,769 | 45.20 | +16.42 |
| Parti créditiste | Bernard-E. Laplante | 2,546 | 6.48 | -0.82 |
| Union Nationale | Marcel Marcoux | 550 | 1.40 | -11.51 |
| Independent | Jean-Paul Paré | 103 | 0.26 | - |
1970 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Guy Leduc | 16,501 | 42.63 | +4.02 |
| Parti Québécois | Jacques-Yvon Lefebvre | 11,138 | 28.78 | - |
| Union Nationale | Jacques Johnson | 4,997 | 12.91 | -24.76 |
| Independent | Serge Mongeau | 2,998 | 7.75 | - |
| Ralliement créditiste | Jean-P. Bernier | 2,826 | 7.30 | - |
| Independent | Gaston Gobeil | 134 | 0.35 | - |
| Independent | Robert Meunier | 113 | 0.29 | - |
1966 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Guy Leduc | 8,627 | 38.61 |
| Union Nationale | Paul-Émile Labrosse | 8,417 | 37.67 |
| RIN | Jacques Ferron | 4,097 | 18.34 |
| Ralliement national | Robert Tremblay | 685 | 3.07 |
| Independent | Gaston Prévost | 517 | 2.31 |