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Quebec City, February 14, 2012 – With today’s tabling of its final report, the Commission de la représentation électorale (CRE) has completed the process of revising Québec’s electoral map. The document entitled People are Moving, the Electoral Map is Changing – Québec’s Electoral Map for 2011 – Final Report follows the publication of the list of the 125 new electoral divisions in the Gazette officielle du Québec on October 20, 2011.

Quebec City, January 26, 2012 – The Chief Electoral Officer of Québec and Chair of the Commission de la représentation électorale (CRE), Jacques Drouin, would like to point out that, in accordance with the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (AERM), over 250 municipalities have to draw up their electoral map for the general elections of November 2013 by May 31, 2012.

 

Quebec City, October 19, 2011 – Following the five-hour debate held at the National Assembly on September 27 and 28, 2011, the Commission de la représentation électorale makes a final decision concerning Québec’s new electoral map. It may be recalled that the Commission is chaired by the Chief Electoral Officer, Jacques Drouin, and also includes two commissioners, Serge Courville and Bruno Jean, the latter recently appointed by the National Assembly.

 

Quebec City, September 20, 2011 – Jacques Drouin, Chairman of the Commission de la représentation électorale (CRE) and  Chief Electoral Officer of Québec,  has  confirmed that the revised proposal for establishing the boundaries of Québec’s electoral divisions was tabled today at the National Assembly of Québec. The tabling constitutes one of the stages stipulated in the Election Act toward the adopting of a new electoral map. The document represents a reviewed and improved version of the preliminary report released in March 2008. It takes into account observations made by Québec’s electors, MNAs and municipal elected officials during the 24 public hearings held during the spring of 2008 and before the National Assembly committee in September 2010.

On June 14 last, the Commission de la représentation électorale (CRE) received an invitation from the National Assembly Committee, with a view to examining Québec’s proposed new electoral map. The session will take place on September 14 and 15 next, at the National Assembly in Québec City.

The CRE was delighted to receive this invitation, which it had been expecting since the tabling of the preliminary report and the public hearings in the spring of 2008. The examination will cover both the proposal from the preliminary report and the revised draft proposal tabled by the CRE last March during the general consultations on Bill 78.

On November 23rd of this year, parliamentarians passed Bill 132 entitled An Act to suspend the electoral division delimitation process. The object of this bill is to suspend, until June 30, 2011, the electoral map revision process begun under the terms of the Election Act three years ago by the Commission de la représentation électorale.

Appearance of the Commission de la représentation électorale before the Committee on the National Assembly on the new electoral map proposal

On June 14 last, the Commission de la représentation électorale (CRE) received an invitation from the National Assembly Committee, with a view to examining Québec’s proposed new electoral map. The session will take place on September 14 and 15 next, at the National Assembly in Québec City

The CRE was delighted to receive this invitation, which it had been expecting since the tabling of the preliminary report and the public hearings in the spring of 2008.  The examination will cover both the proposal from the preliminary report and the revised draft proposal tabled by the CRE last March during the general consultations on Bill 78.

Québec City, January 22, 2008 – The Chief Electoral Officer of Québec and chair of the Commission de la représentation électorale (CRE), Me Marcel Blanchet, has published the Commission's program for 2008, a process that will culminate in the revision of the Québec electoral map in order to ensure the fair and equitable representation of electors, taking into account population growth or decline in certain regions. Pursuant to the Election Act, the electoral map must be revised after every two elections. The last revision was done in 2001.

Mr. Marcel Blanchet, Chief Electoral Officer of Québec and Chairman of the Commission de la représentation électorale (CRE), is pleased to underscore the appointment, by the Québec National Assembly, of Mr. Serge Courville and Mr. John P. Zacharias as new commissioners of the CRE. Mr. Courville and Mr. Zacharias took their oath of office yesterday.