Repentigny (electoral district)
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| Member of Parliament | Raymond Gravel Bloc Québécois |
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| Population (2001) | 103 977 | |
| Electors (2006) | 85 264 | |
| Area (km²) | 266 | |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 390.9 | |
| Riding created | 1996, from Joliette and Terrebonne | |
| Census divisions | L'Assomption | |
| Subdivisions | Cities: Charlemagne L'Assomption L'Épiphanie Repentigny Parishes: L'Épiphanie, Saint-Sulpice |
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Repentigny is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.
It consists solely and entirely of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption.
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[edit] Demographics
- According to the Canada 2001 Census
| Population | 103,977 |
| Electors | 84,312 |
| Area (km²) | 266 |
| Population density (people per km²) | 390.9 |
Ethnic groups: 98.7% White
Languages: 97.3% French, 1.1% English, 1.3% Others
Religions: 94.5% Catholic, 1.3% Protestant, 3.4% No religion
Average income: $30,277
[edit] Political geography
Repentigny is one of the most separatist ridings in Quebec. In the 2006 election, every single poll was won by the Bloc Québécois.
[edit] History
It was created in 1996 from parts of Joliette and Terrebonne ridings.
It consisted initially of the cities of Charlemagne, Lachenaie, Mascouche and Repentigny; and the Parish Municipality of La Plaine in the County Regional Municipality of Les Moulins.
[edit] Member of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Joliette and Terrebonne prior to 1996. | ||||
| 36th | 1997-2000 | Benoît Sauvageau | Bloc Québécois | |
| 37th | 2000-2004 | |||
| 38th | 2004-2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006 | |||
| 2006 By-election | 2006— | Raymond Gravel | Bloc Québécois | |
[edit] Electoral history
[edit] 2006 by-election
MP Benoît Sauvageau was killed in a car accident on August 28, 2006. Prime Minister Stephen Harper called for a by-election on October 22, 2006 with a polling day of November 27, 2006.
There had been a lot of pressure from opposition parties for Public Works Minister Michael Fortier, a Conservative senator, to run here however he has declined. Fortier was appointed to the Senate and the Cabinet to represent Greater Montreal which elected no Conservatives in the last federal election, while Fortier pledged to resign from the Senate and seek election to the House of Commons in the next federal election. The Conservative candidate was instead be Stephane Bourgon, a lawyer. The Bloc Québécois, of which Sauvageau was a member, ran Raymond Gravel, a Roman Catholic priest. [1] The New Democratic Party candidate was union activist and former Canadian navy member Réjean Bellemare, who had also run for the NDP in the previous general election.
The Green Party of Canada had announced that Marc-André Gadoury would their candidate but he did not complete and submit paperwork to Elections Canada in sufficient time to get on the ballot. Gadoury suggested that the Greens did not submit the paperwork on purpose and on November 25, 2006, La Presse reported that Gadoury was endorsing the NDP candidate, Réjean Bellemare.
Raymond Gravel of the Bloc Québécois won the by-election with an approximately two-thirds majority of votes.
[edit] 1997-2006
| By-election on 27 November 2006
Due to the death of Benoît Sauvageau |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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| Bloc Québécois | Raymond Gravel | 20,635 | 66.3% | +3.98 | ||
| Conservative | Stephane Bourgon | 5,822 | 18.7% | +0.62 | ||
| New Democrat | Réjean Bellemare | 2,187 | 7.0% | -0.74 | ||
| Liberal | Christian Turenne | 1,940 | 6.2% | -2.45 | ||
| Independent | Jocelyne Leduc | 390 | 1.3% | n/a | ||
| Canadian Action | Mahmood Raza Baig | 91 | 0.3% | n/a | ||
| Independent | Régent Millette | 78 | 0.3% | n/a | ||
| Total | 31,143 | 100.00% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Benoît Sauvageau | 34,958 | 62.42% | -7.64 | ||
| Conservative | Claude Lafortune, Jr. | 10,124 | 18.08% | +13.31 | ||
| Liberal | Josyanne Forest | 4,847 | 8.65% | -9.6 | ||
| New Democrat | Réjean Bellemare | 4,337 | 7.74% | +4.76 | ||
| Green | Adam Jastrzebski | 1,742 | 3.11% | +0.22 | ||
| Total | 56,008 | 100.00% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Benoît Sauvageau | 35,907 | 70.06% | +12.26 | ||
| Liberal | Lévis Brien | 9,353 | 18.25% | -8.63 | ||
| Conservative | Allen F. Mackenzie | 2,447 | 4.77% | -5.69 | ||
| New Democrat | André Cardinal | 1,526 | 2.98% | +1.55 | ||
| Green | Jean-François Lévêque | 1,482 | 2.89% | n/a | ||
| Marijuana | François Boudreau | 539 | 1.05% | -2.38 | ||
| Total | 51,254 | 100.00% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Benoît Sauvageau | 33,627 | 57.80% | +1.51 | ||
| Liberal | David Veillette | 15,635 | 26.88% | +5.75 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Michel Carignan | 3,122 | 5.37% | -15.66 | ||
| Canadian Alliance | Michel Paulette | 2,964 | 5.09% | n/a | ||
| Marijuana | Lise Dufour | 1,997 | 3.43% | n/a | ||
| New Democrat | Pierre Péclet | 831 | 1.43% | -0.12 | ||
| Total | 58,176 | 100.00% | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Benoît Sauvageau | 33,283 | 56.29% | n/a | ||
| Liberal | Robert Tranchemontagne | 12,495 | 21.13% | n/a | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Michel Carignan | 12,436 | 21.03% | n/a | ||
| New Democrat | Normand Caplette | 916 | 1.55% | n/a | ||
| Total | 59,130 | 100.00% | ||||
