Saint-Jean (electoral district)

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Saint-Jean

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Claude Bachand BQ
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	102,902
Electors (2006)	79,885
Area (km²)	734
Pop. density (per km²)	140.2
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Lacolle, Saint-Alexandre, Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Jean is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

The riding extends along the Richelieu River southeast of Montreal, in the Quebec region of Montérégie. It consists of the northern and western parts of the RCM of Le Haut-Richelieu.

The neighbouring ridings are Beauharnois—Salaberry, Brossard—La Prairie, Chambly—Borduas, Shefford, and Brome—Missisquoi.

Its population is 102 902, of whom 79 885 are on the voter's list, and has an area of 734 km².

[edit] History

It was created in 1966 from parts of Beauharnois—Salaberry, Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie and Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1. Walter Smith, Liberal (1968-1979)
2. Paul-André Massé, Liberal (1979-1984)
3. André Bissonnette, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
4. Clément Couture, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
5. Claude Bachand, Bloc Québécois (1993-present)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	28,070
	Conservative	Francis Lévesque	11,516
	Liberal	Maro Akoury	6,426
	New Democrat	Mathieu-Gilles Lanciault	3,622
	Green	Véronique Bisaillon	2,371

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	29,485
	Liberal	Michel Fecteau	12,729
	Conservative	Joseph Khoury	3,856
	New Democrat	Jonathan Trépanier	1,687
	Green	Claude Genest	1,298

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	22,686
	Liberal	Joseph Khoury	17,262
	Canadian Alliance	Josée Coulombe	3,169
	Progressive Conservative	Gérald L'Ecuyer	2,764
	Marijuana	Marc St-Jean	872
	New Democrat	Julien Patenaude	698

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	22,441
	Liberal	Diane MacDonald	13,239
	Progressive Conservative	Gérald L'Ecuyer	11,938
	New Democrat	Julien Patenaude	755
	Marxist-Leninist	André Davignon	347

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	29,753
	Liberal	Delbert Deschambault	14,244
	Progressive Conservative	Clément Couture	7,795
	Natural Law	Alain Longpré	872
	New Democrat	Jutta Teigeler	504
	Commonwealth	Guy David	105

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Clément Couture	27,685
	Liberal	Gilles Dolbec	14,643
	New Democrat	Rezeq Faraj	5,786
	Rhino	Sylvio Dubois	1,084

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	André Bissonnette	30,769
	Liberal	Paul-André Massé	14,823
	New Democrat	Todd Sloan	3,642
	Rhino	Gaëtan dit Paco Pelletier	1,209
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Choinière	1,002
	Commonwealth	Pierre Talbot	45

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul-André Massé	30,134
	New Democrat	Roger Roy	5,194
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Maurice Bergeron	4,410
	Rhino	Jean-Luc Arène	982
	Social Credit	Marcel Coté	929
	Marxist-Leninist	Monique Davignon	136

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul-André Massé	28,496
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Lasnier	8,275
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Desrochers	4,050
	New Democrat	Todd Sloan	2,204
	Rhino	John Philipp McMillan II	666
	Bloc Québécois	Lionel C. Laporte	310
	Marxist-Leninist	Monique Davignon	179

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walter Smith	18,798
	Progressive Conservative	J.-C.-Raymond Grenier	9,689
	Social Credit	Claude Coté	3,014
	New Democrat	Fernand Houde	2,234
	Independent	André Avery	1,116
	Marxist-Leninist	André Davignon	250
	Independent	Louis Poirier	137

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walter Smith	16,459
	Social Credit	André Avery	9,304
	Progressive Conservative	Lucien Roy	8,462
	New Democrat	Jean-Marc Lebeau	2,165
	Not affiliated	Maurice Gibeau	600
	Independent	Denis Lauzon	347
	Not affiliated	Gilles Davignon	137

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walter Smith	15,878
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Beaulieu	9,715
	New Democrat	Gérard Docquier	3,332
	Ralliement créditiste	Louis Poirier	1,373
	Démocratisation Économique	Jean Meloche	214

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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