Chambly—Borduas

Chambly—Borduas

Quebec electoral district
Chambly—Borduas in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Matthew Dubé NDP
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	116,925
Electors (2011)	93,922
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 (also previously known as Chambly and Chambly—Verchères) is a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935, and since 1968. Created by the British North America Act of 1867, its name was changed in 1893 to "Chambly—Verchères". In 1933, it was amalgamated into the Chambly—Rouville and Richelieu—Verchères electoral districts. The district was re-created in 1966 from Chambly—Rouville, Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie, and Richelieu—Verchères. Its name was changed in 2003 to "Chambly—Borduas".[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Chambly—Borduas, 2003 - present 3.2 Chambly, 1966 - 2003 3.3 Chambly—Verchères, 1893 - 1933 3.4 Chambly, 1867 - 1893 4 See also 5 Sources

History

It initially comprised the Parishes of Boucherville, Longueuil, St. Bruno and Chambly.

In 1892, it was redefined to consist of the town of Longueuil, the villages of Verchères, Boucherville, Chambly Basin, Chambly Canton and Varennes, the municipality of St. Lambert, and the parishes of Boucherville, Chambly, Longueuil, St. Basile le Grand, St. Bruno, St. Hubert, Varennes, Ste. Julie, Verchères, Contrecoeur, Ste. Théodosie, St. Antoine, St. Marc and Beloeil.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the Counties of Chambly and Verchères including the Cities of Longueuil and St. Lambert.

When it was recreated in 1966, it was defined to consist of:

• the City of Chambly;
• the Towns of Beloeil, Boucherville, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Hubert;
• the Counties of Chambly and Verchères;
• in the County of Richelieu: the parish municipality of Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu;
• in the County of Laprairie: the municipality of Notre-Dame;
• in the County of Rouville: the village municipality of Richelieu; the parish municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours and Saint-Mathias.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

• the Cities of Chambly and Saint Hubert;
• the Towns of Carignan, Marieville, Richelieu, and Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville;
• in the County of Rouville: the parish municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir and Saint-Mathias.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

• the towns of Beloeil, Carignan, Chambly, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Otterburn Park, Richelieu, Saint-Basile-le-Grand and Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville;
• in the County of Verchères: the Village Municipality of McMasterville;
• in the County of Rouville: the parish municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours and Saint-Mathias.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of:

• the cities of Beloeil, Carignan, Chambly, Marieville, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Otterburn Park, Richelieu and Saint-Basile-le-Grand;
• the County Regional Municipality of Rouville, excepting: the City of Saint-Césaire; the village municipalities of L'Ange-Gardien and Rougemont; the parish municipalities of Saint-Ange-Gardien, Saint-Césaire, Saint-Michel-de-Rougemont, Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford and Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir;
• in the County Regional Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu: the Village Municipality of McMasterville; the Municipality of Saint-Mathieu-de-Beleoil.

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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Chambly
1st	1867–1872		Pierre Basile Benoit	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874		Amable Jodoin	Liberal
	1874–1876
	1876–1878		Pierre Basile Benoit	Conservative
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1886
	1886–1887		Raymond Préfontaine	Liberal
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
Chambly—Verchères
8th	1896–1899		Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion	Liberal
	1900		Victor Geoffrion	Liberal
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Joseph Hormisdas Rainville	Conservative
13th	1917–1921		Joseph Archambault	Liberal
14th	1921–1925
15th	1925–1926		Aimé Langlois	Liberal
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930		Alfred Duranleau	Conservative
	1930–1935
Chambly—Rouville, Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie, and Richelieu—Verchères from 1935 to 1968
Chambly
28th	1968–1970		Bernard Pilon	Liberal
	1971–1972		Yvon L'Heureux	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979		Bernard Loiselle	Liberal
31st	1979–1980		Raymond Dupont	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Richard Grisé	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1989
	1990–1993		Phil Edmonston	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		Ghislain Lebel	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2002
	2002–2004			Independent
Chambly—Bourdas
38th	2004–2006		Yves Lessard	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present		Matthew Dubé	New Democratic

Election results

Chambly—Borduas, 2003 - present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Matthew Dubé	29,591	42.74	+28.56
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Lessard	19,147	27.65	-22.43
	Independent	Jean-François Mercier	7,843	11.33	-
	Liberal	Bernard DeLorme	6,165	8.90	-7.88
	Conservative	Nathalie Ferland Drolet	5,425	7.83	-7.24
	Green	Nicholas Lescarbeau	1,072	1.55	-2.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit			69,243	100.00
Rejected ballots			621	0.89		-0.36
Turnout			69,864	70.62	+2.21

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Lessard	31,773	50.08	-4.62	$62,155
	Liberal	Gabriel Arsenault	10,649	16.78	+5.53	$15,849
	Conservative	Suzanne Chartrand	9,564	15.07	-5.55	$71,231
	New Democrat	Serge Gélinas	8,998	14.18	+5.79	$1,485
	Green	Olivier Adam	2,460	3.88	-1.17
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,444	100.00		$94,088
Rejected ballots			804	1.25		+0.03
Turnout			64,248	68.41	-2.00

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Lessard	33,703	54.70	-6.15	$52,524
	Conservative	Yves Bourassa	12,703	20.62	+13.06	$12,463
	Liberal	Chantal Bouchard	6,933	11.25	-11.50	$15,231
	New Democrat	Alain Dubois	5,167	8.39	+3.58	$6,162
	Green	Olivier Adam	3,113	5.05	+1.02
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,619	100.00		$85,251
Rejected ballots			762	1.22		-0.86
Turnout			62,381	70.41	+3.41

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Lessard	33,945	60.85	+10.91	$79,946
	Liberal	Sophie Joncas	12,694	22.75	-10.56	$55,054
	Conservative	Lucien Richard	4,219	7.56	-4.36	$43,678
	New Democrat	Daniel Blouin	2,681	4.81	+3.34
	Green	Benoit Lapointe	2,248	4.03	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,787	100.00		$81,855
Rejected ballots			1,186	2.08
Turnout			56,973	67.00

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Chambly, 1966 - 2003

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Ghislain Lebel	26,084	49.94	+0.65
	Liberal	Denis Caron	17,400	33.31	+6.76
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Parenteau	3,448	6.60	-15.68
	Canadian Alliance	Gaétan Paquette	2,780	5.32	-
	Marijuana	Sébastien Dulcos	1,751	3.35	-
	New Democrat	Darren O'Toole	769	1.47	-0.14
Total valid votes			52,232	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Ghislain Lebel	26,109	49.29	-10.40
	Liberal	Nicole Bourget-Laramée	14,061	26.55	-2.58
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Parenteau	11,802	22.28	+14.49
	New Democrat	Darren O'Toole	998	1.88	-1.06
Total valid votes			52,970	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Ghislain Lebel	36,485	59.69	-
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Villiard	17,803	29.13	+11.59
	Progressive Conservative	Hélène Tremblay	4,760	7.79	-1.78
	New Democrat	François Côté	1,796	2.94	-64.69
	Commonwealth	Marcel Marjot	277	0.45	-
Total valid votes			61,121	100.00

By-election on February 12, 1990 Resignation of Richard Grisé, May 30, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Phil Edmonston	26,998	67.63	+36.11
	Liberal	Clifford Lincoln	7,000	17.54	-2.33
	Progressive Conservative	Serge Bégin	3,819	9.57	-37.07
	Green	Jocelyne Décarie	1,846	4.62	-
	Independent	Gilles Maillé	160	0.40	-
	Social Credit	Emilien Martel	96	0.24	-
Total valid votes			39,919	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Grisé	25,770	47.04	-4.75
	New Democrat	Phil Edmonston	17,268	31.52	+20.37
	Liberal	Bernard Loiselle	10,886	19.87	-9.84
	Rhino	Stéphane Desmarteau	792	1.45	-2.38
	Commonwealth	Gilles Racine	64	0.12	-0.19
Total valid votes			54,780	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Grisé	31,535	51.82	+41.92
	Liberal	Raymond Dupont	18,078	29.71	-40.15
	New Democrat	Clifford D. Hastings	6,783	11.15	-1.33
	Rhino	Bertrand Plastic Loiselle	2,328	3.83	+0.16
	Nationaliste	Claude J. A. Hosson	1,942	3.19	-
	Commonwealth	Louis A. Deserres	189	0.31	-
Total valid votes			60,855	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Dupont	32,849	69.86	+6.11
	New Democrat	Dominique Vaillancourt	5,868	12.48	+6.05
	Progressive Conservative	Robert S. Daoust	4,655	9.90	-4.07
	Rhino	Hélène Michaud	1,724	3.67	+1.17
	Social Credit	Jacques René Jourdenais	1,580	3.36	-9.09
	Union Populaire	Suzanne Pelletier	227	0.48	-0.11
	Marxist–Leninist	Ginette Boutet	118	0.25	-0.06
Total valid votes			47,021	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Dupont	32,952	63.75	+5.66
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Savage	7,221	13.97	-6.95
	Social Credit	Jacques René Jourdenais	6,436	12.45	+1.79
	New Democrat	Dominique Vaillancourt	3,324	6.43	-2.84
	Rhino	André Lazare Varin	1,290	2.50	-
	Union Populaire	J.A. Fernand Gagne	306	0.59	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Ginette Boutet	159	0.31	-
Total valid votes			51,688	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard Loiselle	30,226	58.09	+4.87
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Morgan	10,887	20.92	+4.57
	Social Credit	Lucien Bougie	5,547	10.66	-6.85
	New Democrat	Geoffrey Adams	4,825	9.27	-1.83
	Not affiliated	Raymond Gabo Gaboriault	552	1.06	-
Total valid votes			52,037	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvon L'Heureux	26,532	53.22	-13.35
	Social Credit	Anaclet Bruneau	8,728	17.51	-
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Durocher	8,151	16.35	+9.90
	New Democrat	Emile Boudreau	5,532	11.10	-9.96
	Independent	Claude Longtin	474	0.95	-0.67
	Not affiliated	Lucien Rivard	435	0.87	-
Total valid votes			49,852	100.00

By-election on May 31, 1971 On Mr. Pilon's death, November 17, 1970.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvon L'Heureux	16,243	66.57	+0.25
	New Democrat	Emile Boudreau	5,138	21.06	+11.17
	Progressive Conservative	Léopold Hamel	1,573	6.45	-13.18
	Independent	Jean-Margaret McGlynn	1,049	4.30	-
	Republican	Claude Longtin	396	1.62	-
Total valid votes			24,399	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bernard Pilon	22,767	66.32
	Progressive Conservative	Gabriel-H. Lassonde	6,739	19.63
	New Democrat	Georges-M. St-Amour	3,994	9.89
	Ralliement créditiste	Michel Mignault	1,430	4.17
Total valid votes			34,330	100.00

Chambly—Verchères, 1893 - 1933

By-election on August 25, 1930 On Mr. Duranleau accepting an office of emolument under the Crown, August 7, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hon. Alfred Duranleau	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Duranleau	9,024	53.55	+8.99
	Liberal	Amédée Geoffrion	7,827	46.55	-8.89
Total valid votes			16,851	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aimé Langlois	8,667	55.44	-1.67
	Conservative	Hortensius Beique	6,966	44.56	+1.67
Total valid votes			15,633	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph-Victor-Aimé Langlois	7,875	57.11	-7.50
	Conservative	Joseph-Arthur Gareau	5,914	42.89	+7.50
Total valid votes			13,789	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Archambault	8,847	64.61	+0.69
	Conservative	Aimé Guertin	4,845	35.39	-0.69
Total valid votes			13,692	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	Joseph Archambault	4,740	63.92	+15.21
	Government	Joseph Hormisdas Rainville	2,675	36.08	-15.21
Total valid votes			7,415	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Hormisdas Rainville	2,712	51.29	+11.25
	Liberal	Victor Geoffrion	2,576	48.71	-11.25
Total valid votes			5,288	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Geoffrion	2,481	59.96	+3.99
	Conservative	Antoine-Magloire Archambault	1,657	40.04	-3.99
Total valid votes			4,138	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Geoffrion	2,493	55.97	+0.96
	Conservative	J.B. Archambault	1,961	44.03	-0.96
Total valid votes			4,454	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Geoffrion	2,373	55.01	+0.75
	Conservative	Damase Parizeau	1,941	44.99	-0.75
Total valid votes			4,314	100.00

By-election on January 18, 1900 On Mr. Geoffrion's death, July 18, 1899
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Victor Geoffrion	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion	2,511	54.26	+2.38
	Conservative	L.O. Taillon	2,117	45.74	-2.38
Total valid votes			4,628	100.00

Chambly, 1867 - 1893

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	PREFONTAINE, Raymond	1,202
	Conservative	LAMARRE, P.B.	1,115

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	PREFONTAINE, Raymond	1,071
	Conservative	JODOIN, Isaïe A.	1,025

By-election on July 30, 1886 On Mr. Benoit being appointed Superintendent of the Chambly Canal, July 13, 1886
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	PREFONTAINNE, Joseph-Raymond-Fourn	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BENOIT, Pierre-Basile	822
	Unknown	BERTHIAUME, F.X.N.	283

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BENOIT, P.B.	887
	Unknown	WILLETT, L.T.	843

By-election on January 7, 1876 On Mr. Jodoin being unseated, August 3, 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BENOIT, Pierre-Basile	913
	Unknown	FORTIER, Alfred	763

By-election on December 30, 1874 On election being declared void
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	JODOIN, Amable	863
	Conservative	BENOIT, Pierre-Basile	817

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	JODOIN, Amable	848
	Conservative	BENOIT, P.B.	742

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BENOIT, Basile	789
	Unknown	DEGROSBOIS, F.P.	631

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BENOIT, Bazile	691
	Unknown	DORION, V.P.W.	526

See also

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

Sources

• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Chambly (1966-2003)
• History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Chambly-Verchères (1893-1933)
• History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Chambly (1867-1893)

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