Geoff Kelley: Leo Bureau-Blouin

Liberal Cabinet Minister Dept: But other parties have made key incursions in the region, among them in Laval-des-Rapides, where former provincial student movement leader Leo Bureau-Blouin defeated a Liberal cabinet minister. He promptly vowed the victorious Parti Quebecois will take drastic action on the issue that sparked widespread student protests, according to CBC. Kelley's share of the popular vote in his riding of Jacques-Cartier on the West Island was down six percentage points from his victory margin in the 2008 election, but was still well ahead of his nearest rival, the Coalition Avenir Quebec party's Paola Hawa. Kelley, the incumbent minister of native affairs, had 74 per cent to Hawa's 15 per cent and the Liberal Party held on to some of its its safest territory in the province in Tuesday's election, as most of its Montreal-area MNAs kept their seats, including cabinet members Geoff Kelley, Raymond Bachand, Jean-Marc Fournier, Lawrence Bergman and Kathleen Weil. Geoff Kelley, the Liberal candidate in the Montreal riding of Jacques-Cartier and the incumbent minister of native affairs, was handily re-elected Tuesday night. Quebec Solidaire also saw a big gain, winning its second seat , a steal from the PQ in the central Montreal riding of Gouin. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.