# Prescott and Russell (provincial electoral district)

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 | Joseph Albert Bélanger | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Joseph Albert Bélanger | Progressive Conservative |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Joseph Albert Bélanger | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1981–1984 | Don Boudria | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1984–1985 | Jean Poirier | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Jean Poirier | Liberal |
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Jean Poirier | Liberal |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Jean Poirier | Liberal |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Jean-Marc Lalonde | Liberal |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Redistributed into Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and Ottawa—Orléans before the 1999 election |||||

## Election results

1977 Ontario general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Progressive Conservative | Joseph Albert Bélanger | 11,863 |
| | Liberal | Philibert Proulx | 8,877 |
| | New Democratic | Joseph Cheff | 3,597 |
| Source(s): ||||||
1981 Ontario general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Don Boudria | 15,123 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Joseph Albert Bélanger | 9,951 |
| | New Democratic | Claude Dion | 1,828 |
| Source(s): ||||||
1984 By-Election on Boudria's resignation :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Jean Poirier | 10,182 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gaston Patenaude | 8,347 |
| | New Democratic | Rheo Lalonde | 1,791 |
| Source(s): ||||||
1985 Ontario general election :
| Party | 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 |
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1987 Ontario general election :
| Party | 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): ||||||
1990 Ontario general election :
| Party | 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 | |
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1995 Ontario general election :
| Party | 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 | |
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