Rousseau (electoral district)

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Rousseau
National Assembly Member Francois Legault
Parti Québécois
Electors, 2007 51,494 [1]
Electoral district created 1980
Region Laurentides, Lanaudière

Rousseau is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1980 from parts of Prévost, Joliette-Montcalm and L'Assomption. It includes the cities or municipalities of Rawdon, Saint-Lin, Sanite-Julienne, Saint-Alexis, Saint-Esprit, Saint-Roch-de-L'Archigan and portions of L'Assomption and L'Épiphanie

The riding was named after French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

[edit] Members of the National Assembly

  1. René Blouin, Parti Québécois (1981-1985)
  2. Robert Thérien, Liberal (1985-1994)
  3. Lévis Brien, Parti Québécois (1994-1998)
  4. François Legault, Parti Québécois (1998-present)

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