2004 Quebec municipal referendums

The 2004 Quebec municipal referendums[1] were held by the Quebec Liberal Party government of Jean Charest that came to power in the 2003 Quebec election, in fulfillment of a campaign promise to allow voters to have a say regarding the municipal reorganization program that had been undertaken by the preceding Parti Québécois administration.

From late 2000 to 2003, the PQ government had amalgamated (merged) many Quebec cities with their suburbs or neighbouring municipalities. This was imposed through legislation by the Quebec government rather than by the initiative of the municipalities themselves. In Canada, municipal governments are creatures of the provincial governments. However, the amalgamation proved unpopular in some places, with residents wishing to de-merge from the newly expanded cities and reconstitute their former municipalities. The 2004 referendums were organized to provide an opportunity to vote on the matter.

As of 2024, this is the most recent referendum in Quebec.

Results

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As a first step, a minimum threshold of 10% of the population of a former municipality was required to sign a register in order for a referendum to be held. The registers were open from 16 to 20 May 2004. When this criterion was met, referendums were scheduled on June 20, 2004. To be unmerged, they had to obtain a more than 50% of the vote for "yes", representing at least 35% of the electors.

New municipality Old municipality Register For Against Turnout
Adstock Village of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac 3.86% No referendum
Municipality of Adstock 0.45% No referendum
Alma City of Alma Nobody No referendum
Municipality of Delisle 0.12% No referendum
Beauharnois City of Maple Grove 23.94% 48.65% 51.35% 31.43%
Village of Melocheville 10.50% 47.04% 52.96% 26.01%
City of Beauharnois 0.20% No referendum
Cookshire-Eaton Township of Newport, Quebec  21.58% 72.03% 27.97% 35.78%
City of Cookshire 5.81% No referendum
Municipality of Eaton 2.57% No referendum
Gatineau City of Aylmer 17.22% 58.05% 41.95% 26.48%
City of Buckingham 13.87% 41.77% 58.23% 20.27%
City of Hull 10.09% 39.64% 60.36% 15.71%
City of Masson-Angers 20.14% 66.61% 33.39% 34.80%
City of Gatineau 5.40% No referendum
Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Village of Calumet 6.98% No referendum
Township of Grenville 1.57% No referendum
La Tuque Municipality of La Croche 10.42% 35.71% 64.29% 11.01%
Municipality of La Bostonnais  21.11% 74.31% 25.69% 40.91%
Municipality of Lac-Édouard  17.16% 92.89% 7.11% 43.08%
Village of Parent 14.39% 42.86% 57.14% 25.44%
Municipality of La Tuque 0.15% No referendum
Lac-Etchemin City of Lac-Etchemin Nobody No referendum
Parish of Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin 1.26% No referendum
Lacolle Parish of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel 14.50% 38.44% 61.56% 26.97%
Village of Lacolle 0.42% No referendum
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Municipality of Grosse-Île  35.02% 81.70% 18.30% 60.09%
Village of Cap-aux-Meules[a] 16.64% 62.77% 37.23% 39.81%
Municipality of Fatima 4.11% No referendum
Municipality of L'Île-du-Havre-Aubert 3.28% No referendum
Municipality of Havre-aux-Maisons 1.23% No referendum
Municipality of Grande-Entrée 0.74% No referendum
Municipality of L'Étang-du-Nord 0.61% No referendum
Lévis City of Charny 10.71% 47.77% 52.23% 18.29%
City of Saint-Nicolas 16.64% 54.27% 45.73% 27.04%
City of Saint-Rédempteur 14.52% 37.62% 62.38% 19.68%
Municipality of Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon 23.38% 55.99% 44.01% 28.00%
City of Saint-Romuald 8.13% No referendum
City of Saint-Jean-Chrysostome 7.45% No referendum
Parish of Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville 7.28% No referendum
Municipality of Pintendre 4.48% No referendum
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy 4.14% No referendum
City of Lévis 3.71% No referendum
Longueuil City of Greenfield Park 16.71% 65.51% 34.49% 27.34%
City of Boucherville  34.73% 75.66% 24.34% 47.95%
City of Brossard  23.48% 80.94% 19.06% 38.70%
City of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville  36.20% 72.04% 27.96% 47.61%
City of Saint-Lambert  31.16% 69.71% 30.29% 41.40%
City of LeMoyne 2.23% No referendum
City of Saint-Hubert 1.84% No referendum
City of Longueuil 0.43% No referendum
Magog Township of Magog 17.99% 59.83% 40.17% 25.57%
Village of Omerville 0.96% No referendum
City of Magog, Quebec 0.31% No referendum
Matane Municipality of Petit-Matane 16.62% 24.52% 75.48% 10.96%
Municipality of Saint-Luc-de-Matane 13.49% 29.24% 70.76% 16.62%
Parish of Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane 5.13% No referendum
City of Matane 0.15% No referendum
Métis-sur-Mer Métis-sur-Mer 11.40% 44.07% 55.93% 22.67%
Les Boules 4.46% No referendum
Mont-Joli Municipality of Saint-Jean-Baptiste 12.79% 47.23% 52.77% 22.86%
City of Mont-Joli 0.04% No referendum
Mont-Laurier Municipality of Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles  34.62% 79.59% 20.41% 52.38%
Municipality of Des Ruisseaux 2.14% No referendum
City of Mont-Laurier 0.03% No referendum
Montreal City (Cité) of Côte Saint-Luc  25.81% 87.04% 12.96% 40.43%
City (Cité) of Dorval  31.19% 76.80% 23.20% 41.41%
City of Anjou 16.88% 57.03% 42.97% 26.47%
City of LaSalle 11.21% 60.81% 39.19% 20.55%
City of L'Île-Bizard 21.21% 63.53% 36.47% 33.68%
City of Pierrefonds 15.87% 70.14% 29.86% 24.87%
City of Roxboro 25.08% 67.16% 32.84% 33.36%
City of Sainte-Geneviève 14.21% 65.65% 34.35% 21.49%
City of Saint-Laurent 18.53% 75.31% 24.69% 28.58%
City of Baie-d'Urfé  57.37% 92.94% 7.06% 72.80%
City of Beaconsfield  37.72% 80.44% 19.56% 45.88%
City of Dollard-des-Ormeaux  24.11% 85.23% 14.77% 37.58%
City of Hampstead  24.71% 90.41% 9.59% 47.21%
City of Kirkland  28.49% 87.63% 12.37% 47.32%
City of L'Île-Dorval  79.17% 75.51% 24.49% 74.00%
City of Montreal West  36.71% 82.62% 17.38% 47.52%
City of Montreal-Est  36.02% 84.51% 15.49% 45.16%
City of Mount Royal  24.36% 81.82% 18.18% 41.69%
City of Pointe-Claire  36.55% 90.02% 9.98% 52.81%
City of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue  26.83% 82.26% 17.74% 47.68%
City of Westmount  38.49% 92.13% 7.87% 52.71%
Village of Senneville  61.80% 93.42% 6.58% 73.63%
City of Lachine 6.78% No referendum
City of Saint-Léonard 3.23% No referendum
City of Outremont 2.60% No referendum
City of Verdun 2.24% No referendum
City of Montreal-Nord 1.62% No referendum
City of Montreal 0.18% No referendum
Mont-Tremblant Municipality of Mont-Tremblant 21.38% 71.10% 28.90% 31.34%
Municipality of Lac-Tremblant-Nord  42.77% 84.47% 15.53% 50.29%
Parish of Saint-Jovite 0.58% No referendum
City of Saint-Jovite 0.26% No referendum
Port-Cartier Municipality of Rivière-Pentecôte  1.35% No referendum
City of Port-Cartier 0.13% No referendum
Quebec City City of Beauport 12.85% 46.16% 53.84% 19.42%
City of Cap-Rouge 17.28% 39.00% 61.00% 22.48%
City of Charlesbourg 13.44% 43.42% 56.58% 18.40%
City of Lac-Saint-Charles 21.47% 66.44% 33.56% 29.86%
City of Loretteville 11.19% 33.62% 66.38% 14.35%
City of Sainte-Foy 20.20% 52.19% 47.81% 27.35%
City of Saint-Émile 15.01% 49.99% 50.01% 21.16%
City of Sillery 24.35% 51.48% 48.52% 33.56%
City of Val-Bélair 13.31% 49.76% 50.24% 18.68%
City of Vanier 17.34% 61.37% 38.63% 23.19%
City of L'Ancienne-Lorette  29.64% 67.07% 32.93% 40.94%
Municipality of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures  24.40% 62.48% 37.52% 38.40%
City of Quebec 2.65% No referendum
Rimouski Municipality of Mont-Lebel Nobody No referendum
Parish of Sainte-Odile-sur-Rimouski 2.50% No referendum
City of Pointe-au-Père 1.09% No referendum
Parish of Sainte-Blandine 0.54% No referendum
Village of Rimouski-Est 0.47% No referendum
City of Rimouski 0.06% No referendum
Rivière-Rouge Municipality of La Macaza  31.34% 77.50% 22.50% 42.19%
Village of Sainte-Véronique 15.38% 44.35% 55.65% 21.50%
Village of L'Annonciation 0.44% No referendum
Municipality of Marchand 0.32% No referendum
Rouyn-Noranda Municipality of Mont-Brun 24.14% 28.92% 71.08% 20.35%
Municipality of Destor Nobody No referendum
City of Cadillac 7.04% No referendum
Municipality of D’Alembert 6.94% No referendum
Municipality of Cloutier 5.63% No referendum
Municipality of Rollet 4.50% No referendum
Municipality of McWatters 4.46% No referendum
Municipality of Évain 4.09% No referendum
Municipality of Arntfield 1.66% No referendum
Municipality of Cléricy 1.28% No referendum
Municipality of Bellecombe 1.13% No referendum
Municipality of Montbeillard 1.02% No referendum
City of Rouyn-Noranda 0.06% No referendum
Saguenay City of La Baie 9.67% No referendum
City of Laterrière 6.66% No referendum
City of Chicoutimi 5.53% No referendum
City of Jonquière 1.67% No referendum
Municipality of Lac-Kénogami 1.60% No referendum
Municipality of Shipshaw 0.92% No referendum
Township of Tremblay 0.66% No referendum
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Municipality of Sainte-Agathe-Nord 16.26% 51.19% 48.81% 19.03%
Municipality of Ivry-sur-le-Lac 24.79% 67.98% 32.02% 40.47%
City of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts 0.11% No referendum
Sainte-Marguerite-Estérel City of Estérel 35.44% 83.73% 16.27% 52.11%
Parish of Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson 0.10% No referendum
Saint-Georges Municipality of Aubert-Gaillon 15.78% 34.63% 65.37% 22.63%
Parish of Saint-Georges-Est 9.16% No referendum
Parish of Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande 3.83% No referendum
City of Saint-Georges 0.16% No referendum
Saint-Hyacinthe Parish of Sainte-Rosalie 13.51% 49.85% 50.15% 27.51%
Parish of Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur 6.37% No referendum
Parish of Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin 3.44% No referendum
Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Saint-Hyacinthe 2.93% No referendum
City of Sainte-Rosalie 1.06% No referendum
City of Saint-Hyacinthe 0.11% No referendum
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Parish of Saint-Athanase 13.46% 44.75% 55.25% 22.02%
Municipality of L'Acadie 5.14% No referendum
City of Iberville 3.36% No referendum
City of Saint-Luc 1.17% No referendum
City of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 0.37% No referendum
Saint-Jérôme City of Bellefeuille 0.71% No referendum
City of Saint-Antoine 0.28% No referendum
City of Lafontaine 0.13% No referendum
City of Saint-Jérôme 0.05% No referendum
Saint-Pie Parish of Saint-Pie 3.48% No referendum
City of Saint-Pie 0.16% No referendum
Saint-Sauveur Parish of Saint-Sauveur 0.27% No referendum
Village of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts 0.06% No referendum
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield City of Saint-Timothée 19.51% 59.47% 40.53% 30.02%
Municipality of Grande-Île 18.60% 59.72% 40.28% 30.40%
City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 0.20% No referendum
Sept-Îles Municipality of Gallix 11.79% 22.91% 77.09% 10.50%
City of Moisie 3.12% No referendum
City of Sept-Îles 1.68% No referendum
Shawinigan City of Grand-Mère 17.93% 51.05% 48.95% 25.38%
Municipality of Lac-à-la-Tortue 11.52% 56.77% 43.23% 31.47%
Parish of Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides 19.27% 50.57% 49.43% 27.71%
Parish of Saint-Jean-des-Piles 12.03% 31.32% 68.68% 18.32%
Village of Saint-Georges 13.79% 50.87% 49.13% 26.47%
City of Shawinigan-Sud 7.94% No referendum
City of Shawinigan 0.29% No referendum
Sherbrooke City of Bromptonville 12.76% 38.65% 61.35% 20.01%
City of Lennoxville 14.97% 52.49% 47.51% 18.56%
Municipality of Deauville 17.69% 55.11% 44.89% 26.11%
Municipality of Saint-Élie-d'Orford 21.84% 47.81% 52.19% 23.33%
City of Rock Forest 4.59% No referendum
Municipality of Stoke[b] 2.86% No referendum
City of Fleurimont 1.17% No referendum
Municipality of Ascot 1.13% No referendum
City of Sherbrooke 0.21% No referendum
Sutton Township of Sutton 12.64% 49.25% 50.75% 20.64%
City of Sutton 0.35% No referendum
Terrebonne City of Lachenaie 0.77% No referendum
City of La Plaine 0.61% No referendum
City of Terrebonne 0.09% No referendum
Thetford Mines City of Black Lake 17.41% 37.86% 62.14% 26.24%
Village of Robertsonville 18.39% 43.62% 56.38% 32.82%
Municipality of Pontbriand 8.74% No referendum
Township of Thetford-Partie-Sud 0.97% No referendum
City of Thetford Mines 0.48% No referendum
Trois-Rivières City of Cap-de-la-Madeleine 6.56% No referendum
City of Saint-Louis-de-France 4.55% No referendum
City of Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap 4.52% No referendum
Municipality of Pointe-du-Lac 4.35% No referendum
City of Trois-Rivières-Ouest 1.32% No referendum
City of Trois-Rivières 0.30% No referendum
Val-d'Or Municipality of Dubuisson 7.39% No referendum
Municipality of Val-Senneville 3.46% No referendum
Municipality of Sullivan 1.23% No referendum
Municipality of Vassan 0.39% No referendum
City of Val-d'Or 0.04% No referendum

Notes

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a. ^ In 2005, Cap-aux-Meules held a second referendum in which voters chose to remain in the amalgamated Les-Îles-de-la-Madeleine municipality after all.[2]

b. ^ Only a very small part of the population of Stoke had merged with Sherbrooke

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Quebec municipal referendums". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  2. ^ Larose, Isabelle (27 January 2022). "Regard sur 20 ans de fusion municipale aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine". Radio-Canada. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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