Chambly—Borduas

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Chambly—Borduas
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Yves Lessard
BQ
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006) 116,925
Electors (2006) 88,601
Area (km²) 481
Pop. density (per km²) 243.1
Census divisions Rouville RCM, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
Census subdivisions Belœil, Carignan, Chambly, Marieville, McMasterville, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Otterburn Park, Richelieu, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu

Chambly—Borduas is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

It was created in 2003 from Chambly riding.

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[edit] Geography

This riding is located southwest of Montreal in the Quebec region of Montérégie. The neighbouring ridings are Brossard—La Prairie, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Verchères—Les Patriotes, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, Shefford, and Saint-Jean.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Chambly prior to 2003
38th 2004-2006     Yves Lessard Bloc Québécois
39th 2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Bloc Québécois Yves Lessard 33,703 54.7
     Conservative Yves Bourassa 12,703 20.6
     Liberal Chantal Bouchard 6,933 11.3
     New Democrat Alain Dubois 5,167 8.4
     Green Olivier Adam 3,113 5.0
Total 61,619


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
     Bloc Québécois Yves Lessard 33,945
     Liberal Sophie Joncas 12,694
     Conservative Lucien Richard 4,219
     New Democrat Daniel Blouin 2,681
     Green Benoit Lapointe 2,248
Total 55,787

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