The 2004 Quebec municipal referendums 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
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 | 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 | 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
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.
b. Only a very small part of the population of Stoke had merged with Sherbrooke
See also
- Municipal history of Quebec
- 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec
- 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal
- List of former municipalities in Quebec
- Merger (politics)
- History of Montreal
External links
- 2004 referendums Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (Elections Quebec) (how to interpret the numbers)
References
- "Quebec municipal referendums". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
- 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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