| Quebec electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec | ||
| MNA |
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| District created | 1980 | ||
| First contested | 1981 | ||
| Last contested | 2009 (by-election) | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 68,443 | ||
| Electors (2008) | 54,695 | ||
| Area (km²) | 959.15 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 71.4 | ||
| Census divisions | |||
| Census subdivisions | L'Assomption, L'Épiphanie, Rawdon, Saint-Lin, Sainte-Julienne, Saint-Alexis, Saint-Esprit, Saint-Roch-de-L'Achigan | ||
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, Sainte-Julienne, Saint-Alexis, Saint-Esprit, Saint-Roch-de-L'Achigan and portions of L'Assomption and L'Épiphanie
The riding was named after French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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| Rousseau by-election, September 21, 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti québécois | Nicolas Marceau | 9,529 | 57.03 | +0.26 | |
| Liberal | Michel Fafard | 5,148 | 30.81 | +8.48 | |
| Action démocratique | Jean-Pierre Parrot | 782 | 4.68 | -11.73 | |
| Québec solidaire | Francois Lepine | 735 | 4.40 | +1.96 | |
| Green | Guy Rainville | 514 | 3.08 | +1.03 | |
| Quebec general election, 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti québécois | François Legault | 16,513 | 56.77 | +14.99 | |
| Liberal | Michel Fafard | 6,494 | 22.33 | +6.95 | |
| Action démocratique | Jean-Pierre Parrot | 4,774 | 16.41 | -21.35 | |
| Québec solidaire | Francois Lepine | 709 | 2.44 | +0.19 | |
| Green | J. Michel Popik | 595 | 2.05 | -0.78 | |
| Quebec general election, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti québécois | François Legault | 14,670 | 41.78 | -6.07 | |
| Action démocratique | Jean-Pierre Parrot | 13,260 | 37.76 | +18.57 | |
| Liberal | Yves Prud'Homme | 5,402 | 15.38 | -15.64 | |
| Green | Richard Chatagneau | 992 | 2.83 | - | |
| Québec solidaire | Alex Boisdequin-Lefort | 789 | 2.25 | +1.15 | |
| Quebec general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti québécois | François Legault | 14,079 | 47.85 | -7.50 | |
| Liberal | Michel F. Brunet | 9,127 | 31.02 | +1.83 | |
| Action démocratique | François Girouard | 5,645 | 19.19 | +4.48 | |
| UFP | Alex Boisdequin-Lefort | 324 | 1.10 | - | |
| Christian Democracy | Gérard Gauthier | 249 | 0.85 | - | |
| Quebec general election, 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti québécois | François Legault | 18,076 | 55.35 | +1.49 | |
| Liberal | John A. Redmond | 9,533 | 29.19 | -2.84 | |
| Action démocratique | Clément Lévesque | 4,805 | 14.71 | +3.00 | |
| Socialist Democracy | Francis Martin | 243 | 0.74 | -1.32 | |
| 1995 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Oui | 24,237 | 63.92 | |
| Non | 13,679 | 36.08 | |
| Quebec general election, 1994 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti québécois | Lévis Brien | 16,532 | 53.86 | +14.11 | |
| Liberal | Roger Beausoleil | 9,833 | 32.03 | -28.22 | |
| Action démocratique | Guy Cloutier | 3,595 | 11.71 | - | |
| New Democrat | Gilles Garneau | 631 | 2.06 | - | |
| Republic of Canada | Christiane Deland-Gervais | 106 | 0.35 | - | |
| 1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Non | 24,147 | 65.10 | |
| Oui | 12,944 | 34.90 | |
| Quebec general election, 1989 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Robert Thérien | 17,292 | 60.25 | +5.11 | |
| Parti québécois | Murielle Angers-Turpin | 11,410 | 39.75 | -2.29 | |
| Bertrand, Berthier | ||||
| Prévost | Joliette, Berthier | |||
| Rousseau | ||||
| Mirabel, Blainville, Masson, L'Assomption |
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