Argenteuil (provincial electoral district)

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Argenteuil
National Assembly Member David Whissell
Liberal
Electors, 2007 39,278 [1]
Electoral district created 1853
Region Laurentides

Argenteuil is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853.

Contents

[edit] Members of Parliament of the Province of Canada

[edit] Members of Legislative Assembly

  • Sydney Robert Bellingham, Conservative Party (1867-1878)
  • Robert Greenshields Meikle, Liberal (1878-1881)
  • William Owens, Conservative Party (1881-1892)
  • William John Simpson, Conservative Party (1892-1897)
  • William Alexander Weir, Liberal (1897-1910)
  • John Hay, Liberal (1910-1912)
  • Harry Slater, Conservative Party (1912-1916)
  • John Hay , Liberal (1916-1925)
  • Joseph-Léon Saint-Jacques, Conservative Party (1925-1927)
  • Georges Dansereau, Liberal (1927-1948)
  • William McOvat Cottingham, Union Nationale (1948-1966)

[edit] Members of the National Assembly

  • Zoël Saindon, Liberal (1966-1978)
  • Claude Ryan, Liberal (1979-1994)
  • Régent L. Beaudet, Liberal (1994-1997)
  • David Whissell, Liberal (1998-present)

[edit] Geography

It consists of the municipalities of:

  • Arundel
  • Barkmere
  • Brownsburg-Chatham
  • Gore
  • Grenville
  • Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
  • Harrington
  • Lac-des-Seize-Îles
  • Lachute
  • Mille-Isles
  • Montcalm
  • Morin-Heights
  • Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard
  • Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
  • Saint-Colomban
  • Wentworth
  • Wentworth-Nord

[edit] Linguistic demographics

[edit] Electoral results

Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal David Whissell 10,025 37.59 -15.74
     Action démocratique Georges Lapointe 7,906 29.65 +11.21
     Parti Québécois John Saywell 6,891 25.84 +0.93
     Green Claude Sabourin 1,244 4.67 +2.58
     Québec solidaire Guy Dufresne 600 2.25
Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal David Whissell 12,645 53.33
     Parti Québécois Georges Lapointe 5,906 24.91
     Action démocratique Sylvain Demers 4,372 18.44
     Green Claude Sabourin 496 2.09
     Bloc pot Yannick Charpentier 292 1.23
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 21,571 50.31
Oui 21,304 49.69

[edit] References

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts


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