Huntingdon (provincial electoral district)

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Huntingdon
National Assembly Member Albert de Martin
ADQ
Electors, 2007 43,746 [1]
Electoral district created 2001
Region Monteregie

Huntingdon is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 2001 from parts of Beauharnois-Huntingdon and Saint-Jean. It also existed from 1867 to 1989. It includes the cities or municipalities of Huntingdon, Saint-Anicet, Hemmingford, Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Napierville, Ormstown and Saint-Remi.

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[edit] Members of Legislative Assembly

  1. Julius Scriver, Conservative Party (1867-1869)
  2. William Cantwell, Conservative Party (1869-1871)
  3. Thomas Sanders, Conservative Party (1871-1874)
  4. Alexander Cameron, Conservative Party - Liberal (1874-1892)
  5. George Washington Sanders (Sr.), Liberal (1892-1900)
  6. William H. Walker, Liberal (1900-1913)
  7. Andrew Philps, Liberal (1913-1929)
  8. Martin Fisher, Conservative Party - Union Nationale (1930-1939)
  9. James Walker Ross, Liberal (1939-1941)
  10. Dennis James O'Connor, Liberal (1941-1946)
  11. John Gillies Rennie, Union Nationale (1947-1952)
  12. Henry Alister Darby Somerville, Union Nationale (1952-1966)

[edit] Members of the National Assembly

[edit] Huntingdon

  1. Kenneth Fraser, Liberal (1966-1976)
  2. Claude Dubois, Union Nationale - Liberal (1976-1989)
  3. André Chenail, Liberal (2003-2007)
  4. Albert De Martin, ADQ (2007-present)

[edit] Beauharnois-Huntingdon

  1. Andre Chenail, Liberal (1989-2003)

[edit] Election results

Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Action démocratique Albert De Martin 13480 42.90 +25.08
     Liberal André Chenail 9883 31.45 -21.08
     Parti québécois Éric Pigeon 7070 22.50 -5.62
     Québec solidaire Marc Pronovost 693 2.21
     Independent Jean Siouville 295 0.94
Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal André Chenail 15512 52.53
     Parti québécois François Boileau 8302 28.12
     Action démocratique Michel Lavoie 5261 17.82
     Bloc pot Kenneth Rimmer 452 1.53

[edit] References

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts

Soulanges, Beauharnois, Châteauguay, La Prairie
v • d • e
 
North Saint-Jean, Iberville
West   Huntingdon    East
South


v • d • e
Quebec provincial electoral districts
Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
and Côte-Nord
Capitale-Nationale
Mauricie
Chaudière-Appalaches
and Centre-du-Québec
Estrie (Eastern Townships)
Eastern Montérégie
South Shore
East Montreal
                          Central Montreal
West Montreal
North Montreal
Laval
Lanaudière
Laurentians
Outaouais
Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec
See also: 2007 election • List of elections • Politics of Quebec