Crees voted massively for the Liberals in the last provincial election, according to an analysis by the Canadian Press.
Turn-out in the Cree communities was also higher than among other First Nations. About 40 per cent cast a ballot, or 2,389 out of 5,921 elgible Cree voters.
Over 83 per cent of Crees voted Liberal, compared to only 11.3 per cent for the Parti Québécois.
The results don’t distinguish between Native and non-Native voters in the communities.
Across Quebec, only 20 per cent of Native people voted, again mostly for the Liberals.
Some First Nations participated much less than others.
The Mohawks systematically boycotted the election, as they have in other non-Native elections.
Meanwhile, in the Inuit communities, turn-out was 58 per cent (20 per cent of voters chose the PQ).
Despite the Liberal support, PQ MNA Michel Létourneau was re-elected in the sprawling northern Ungava district with 70 per cent support in the non-Native towns.
Létourneau won with a total of 6,462 votes, compared to 5,517 for the Liberal Claude Eric Gagné and 1,443 for Steve Paquette of the Action-Oemocratique du Québec party.
But in an eastern riding, Liberal candidate Nathalie Normandeau could not have won without massive support from the Mi’gmaw.
The Algonquins, Atikamekw, Innu and Hurons also voted overwhelmingly against Premier Lucien Bouchard’s party.
