Viau

For other uses, see Viau (disambiguation).

Viau (French pronunciation: [vjo]) is a provincial electoral district in the city of Montreal in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the Districts of Saint-Michel and François-Perrault (east of Papineau Avenue) in the Borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in Montreal.

Viau

Quebec electoral district
Location in Montreal
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Frantz Benjamin Liberal
District created	1972
First contested	1973
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2006)	69,069
Electors (2014)[1]	41,161
Area (km²)[2]	10.2
Pop. density (per km²)	6,771.5
Census division(s)	Montreal (part)
Census subdivision(s)	Montreal (part)

It was created for the 1973 election from parts of Dorion, Gouin, Jeanne-Mance and Olier electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.

The riding is named after former Quebec businessman Charles-Théodore Viau, founder of the Biscuits Viau company.

Members of the National Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Dorion, Gouin, Jeanne-Mance and Olier
30th	1973–1976		Fernand Picard	Liberal
31st	1976–1981		Charles Lefebvre	Parti Québécois
32nd	1981–1985		William Cusano	Liberal
33rd	1985–1989
34th	1989–1994
35th	1994–1998
36th	1998–2003
37th	2003–2007
38th	2007–2008		Emmanuel Dubourg
39th	2008–2012
40th	2012–2013
	2013–2014		David Heurtel
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022		Frantz Benjamin
43rd	2022–Present

Election results

v t e 2022 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frantz Benjamin	8,049	38.18	-8.45
	Québec solidaire	Renée-Chantal Belinga	6,418	30.44	+6.11
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Justine Savard	3,201	15.18	-0.55
	Parti Québécois	Marc-Antoine Lecompte	1,598	7.58	-0.73
	Conservative	Alex Tembel	1,294	6.14	+4.88
	Green	Manel Chaouche	342	1.62	–
	Bloc Montreal	Marc II Réjouis	100	0.47	–
	Climat Québec	Serge Ricard	80	0.38	–
Total valid votes			21,082	97.84	–
Total rejected ballots			466	2.16	–
Turnout			21,548	54.03
Electors on the lists			39,883	–	–

v t e 2018 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frantz Benjamin	10,113	46.63	-15.39
	Québec solidaire	Sylvain Lafrenière	5,276	24.33	+13.46
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Janny Gaspard	3,411	15.73	+6.47
	Parti Québécois	Mounddy Sanon	1,803	8.31	-6.40
	New Democratic	Mamoun Ahmed	494	2.28	–
	Conservative	Patrick St-Onge	274	1.26	–
	Bloc Pot	Hugo Pépino	162	0.75	+0.19
	Independent	Beverly Bernardo	153	0.71	–
Total valid votes			21,686	97.45
Total rejected ballots			568	2.55
Turnout			22,254	53.44	-9.89
Eligible voters			41,646
	Liberal hold		Swing		-14.43
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Heurtel	15,945	62.02	+2.21
	Parti Québécois	Odette Lavigne	3,782	14.71	+0.15
	Québec solidaire	Geneviève Fortier-Moreau	2,795	10.87	-2.41
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Wilner Cayo	2,380	9.26	+5.87
	Green	Marijo Bourgault	304	1.18	-0.49
	Parti nul	Benoit Valiquette	181	0.70	–
	Option nationale	Benjamin Michaud	177	0.69	-3.38
	Bloc Pot	Ana Da Silva	145	0.56	–
Total valid votes			25,709	98.62	–
Total rejected ballots			360	1.38	–
Turnout			26,069	63.33	+46.40
Electors on the lists			41,161	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		–

Quebec provincial by-election, December 9, 2013
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Heurtel	4,047	59.89	+12.61
	Parti Québécois	Tania Longpré	984	14.56	-9.10
	Québec solidaire	Geneviève Fortier-Moreau	897	13.28	+1.76
	Option nationale	Patrick Bourgeois	309	4.57	+1.60
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jamilla Leboeuf	229	3.39	-9.05
	Green	Morgan Crockett	113	1.67	-0.46
	Quebec Citizens' Union	Emilio Alvarez Garcia	82	1.21	–
	Conservative	Jean-Paul Pellerin	82	1.21	–
	Équipe Autonomiste	Stéphane Pouleur	14	0.21	–
Total valid votes			6,757	98.53	–
Total rejected ballots			101	1.47	–
Turnout			6,858	16.93	-45.42
Electors on the lists			40,518	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		+10.86

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	11,788	47.28	-11.33
	Parti Québécois	Gabriel Arbieto Munayco	5,900	23.66	-2.52
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Walid Hadid	3,103	12.44	+5.95*
	Québec solidaire	Geneviève Fortier-Moreau	2,873	11.52	+6.51
	Option nationale	Simon-Pierre Bélanger	740	2.97	–
	Green	Eric Perreault-Chamberland	530	2.13	-1.59
Total valid votes			24,934	98.48	–
Total rejected ballots			384	1.52	–
Turnout			25,318	62.35	+17.83
Electors on the lists			40,605	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.40

* Result compared to Action démocratique

2008 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	10,705	58.60	+6.68
	Parti Québécois	Martine Banolok	4,783	26.18	+4.45
	Action démocratique	Martin Fournier	1,186	6.49	-10.22
	Québec solidaire	Rosa Matilde Dutra	915	5.01	+0.06
	Green	Michel Cummings	678	3.71	-0.99
Total valid votes			18,267	98.03	–
Total rejected ballots			368	1.97	–
Turnout			18,635	44.52	-14.81
Electors on the lists			41,859	–	–

2007 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	12,917	51.92	-13.21
	Parti Québécois	Naima Mimoune	5,406	21.73	-0.87
	Action démocratique	Sylvie Fontaine	4,157	16.71	+7.86
	Québec solidaire	Valérie Lavoie	1,231	4.95	+3.54*
	Green	Simon Bernier	1,169	4.70	–
Total valid votes			24,880	98.39	–
Total rejected ballots			407	1.61	–
Turnout			25,287	59.33	-3.48
Electors on the lists			42,619	–	–

* Result compared to UFP

2003 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	17,703	65.13	-4.95
	Parti Québécois	Maka Kotto	6,142	22.60	–
	Action démocratique	Paolo Tamburello	2,406	8.85	-10.61
	Bloc Pot	Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin	426	1.57	-4.66
	UFP	Jocelyne Dupuis	384	1.41	–
	No designation	Yannick Duguay	121	0.45	–

1998 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	18,774	70.08	+6.89
	Action démocratique	Luc Leclerc	5,214	19.46	–
	Bloc Pot	Guillaume Blouin-Beaudoin	1,668	6.23	–
	Socialist Democracy	Caroline Perron	426	1.59	-3.63
	Innovator	Patrick Ravet	326	1.22	+0.45
	Communist	Kostas Miritis	207	0.77	–
	Equality	Jean-Paul Savoie	174	0.65	–
	Parti Québécois	Aurèle Bourassa	Withdrew

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	No	23,701	68.80
	Yes	10,746	31.20

1994 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	17,946	63.19	+1.71
	Parti Québécois	Raphaël Delli Gatti	8,463	29.80	-1.83
	New Democratic	Paul Montpetit	1,482	5.22	+1.02
	Natural Law	Pierre Bergeron	291	1.02	–
	Innovator	Claire Cartier	218	0.77	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	15,803	60.84
	Non	10,173	39.16

1989 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	13,965	61.48	-4.64
	Parti Québécois	André Comeau	7,184	31.63	+2.88
	New Democratic	Raymond Gagnon	954	4.20	+0.86
	Parti indépendantiste	Manon Robert	409	1.80	–
	People's Front	Linda Michaud	204	0.90	–

1985 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	17,086	66.12	+10.93
	Parti Québécois	Marie-Claire Nivolon	7,428	28.75	-12.85
	New Democratic	Giuseppe Sciortino	864	3.34	–
	Humanist	Doris Gervais	196	0.76	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Martin Daoust	204	0.90	–
	Christian Socialist	Jean-François Grenier	204	0.90	–

1981 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cusano	16,657	55.19	+17.96
	Parti Québécois	Charles-A. Lefebvre	12,554	41.60	-1.84
	Union Nationale	Roger Dominguez	574	1.90	-13.83
	Workers Communist	Luigi D'Alonzo	161	0.53	–
	Workers	Albani Laporte	107	0.36	–
	Communist	Vittoria Bronzati	78	0.26	–
	People's Front	André Gagnon	204	0.90	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	No	20,890	65.92
	Yes	10,800	34.08