Saint-Jean (electoral district)

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, with 85,659 registered electors, and has an area of 734 km².

History

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

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
28th	1968–1972	Walter Bernard Smith	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Paul-André Massé	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Paul-André Massé	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	André Bissonnette	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Clément Couture	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Claude Bachand	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present	Tarik Brahmi	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Tarik Brahmi	24,943	47.5	+37.2
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	16,023	30.5	-19.1
	Conservative	Jean Thouin	5,603	10.7	-6.7
	Liberal	Robert David	4,644	8.8	-8.9
	Green	Pierre Tremblay	1,326	2.5	-1.5
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,539	100.0
Total rejected ballots			862	1.6	+0.1
Turnout			53,401	62.3	-5.6
Eligible voters			85,659

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	26,506	49.6	-4.4	$75,270
	Liberal	Claire Ste-Marie	9,430	17.7	+5.3	$18,708
	Conservative	Marie-Josée Mercier	9,281	17.4	-4.7	$86,608
	New Democrat	Philippe Refghi	5,529	10.3	+3.3	$1,813
	Green	Pierre Tremblay	2,160	4.0	-0.6	$872
	Independent	Guy Berger	520	1.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,426	100.0		$87,185
Total rejected ballots			830	1.5
Turnout			54,256	67.9

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	28,070	54.0	-6.1	$71,327
	Conservative	Francis Lévesque	11,516	22.1	+14.3	$6,476
	Liberal	Maro Akoury	6,426	12.4	-13.6	$27,591
	New Democrat	Mathieu-Gilles Lanciault	3,622	7.0	+3.5	$2,283
	Green	Véronique Bisaillon	2,371	4.6	+1.9	$311
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,005	100.0		$80,251

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	29,485	60.1	+12.3	$74,555
	Liberal	Michel Fecteau	12,729	25.9	-10.4	$73,815
	Conservative	Joseph Khoury	3,856	7.9	-4.6	$29,196
	New Democrat	Jonathan Trépanier	1,687	3.4	+2.0	$86
	Green	Claude Genest	1,298	2.6
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,055	100.0		$77,882

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

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	22,686	47.8	+1.7
	Liberal	Joseph Khoury	17,262	36.4	+9.2
	Canadian Alliance	Josée Coulombe	3,169	6.7
	Progressive Conservative	Gérald L'Ecuyer	2,764	5.8	-18.7
	Marijuana	Marc St-Jean	872	1.8
	New Democrat	Julien Patenaude	698	1.5	-0.1
Total valid votes			47,451	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	22,441	46.1	-9.8
	Liberal	Diane MacDonald	13,239	27.2	+0.4
	Progressive Conservative	Gérald L'Ecuyer	11,938	24.5	+9.9
	New Democrat	Julien Patenaude	755	1.5	+0.6
	Marxist–Leninist	André Davignon	347	0.7
Total valid votes			48,720	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Bachand	29,753	55.9
	Liberal	Delbert Deschambault	14,244	26.7	-3.0
	Progressive Conservative	Clément Couture	7,795	14.6	-41.6
	Natural Law	Alain Longpré	872	1.6
	New Democrat	Jutta Teigeler	504	0.9	-10.8
	Commonwealth	Guy David	105	0.2
Total valid votes			53,273	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clément Couture	27,685	56.3	-3.5
	Liberal	Gilles Dolbec	14,643	29.8	+1.0
	New Democrat	Rezeq Faraj	5,786	11.8	+4.7
	Rhino	Sylvio Dubois	1,084	2.2	-0.1
Total valid votes			49,198	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	André Bissonnette	30,769	59.8	+49.2
	Liberal	Paul-André Massé	14,823	28.8	-43.3
	New Democrat	Todd Sloan	3,642	7.1	-5.4
	Rhino	Gaëtan dit Paco Pelletier	1,209	2.3	0.0
	Nationaliste	Luc Choinière	1,002	1.9
	Commonwealth	Pierre Talbot	45	0.1
Total valid votes			51,490	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul-André Massé	30,134	72.1	+7.6
	New Democrat	Roger Roy	5,194	12.4	+7.4
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Maurice Bergeron	4,410	10.6	+1.4
	Rhino	Jean-Luc Arène	982	2.4	+0.8
	Social Credit	Marcel Coté	929	2.2	-16.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Monique Davignon	136	0.3	-0.1
Total valid votes			41,785	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul-André Massé	28,496	64.5	+11.2
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Lasnier	8,275	18.7	+10.2
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Desrochers	4,050	9.2	-18.3
	New Democrat	Todd Sloan	2,204	5.0	-1.4
	Rhino	John Philipp McMillan II	666	1.5
	Bloc Québécois	Lionel C. Laporte	310	0.7
	Marxist–Leninist	Monique Davignon	179	0.4	-0.3
Total valid votes			44,180	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Smith	18,798	53.3	9.4
	Progressive Conservative	J.-C.-Raymond Grenier	9,689	27.5	+4.9
	Social Credit	Claude Coté	3,014	8.6	-16.3
	New Democrat	Fernand Houde	2,234	6.3	+0.6
	Independent	André Avery	1,116	3.2
	Marxist–Leninist	André Davignon	250	0.7
	Independent	Louis Poirier	137	0.4
Total valid votes			35,238	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Smith	16,459	43.9	-8.1
	Social Credit	André Avery	9,304	24.8	+20.3
	Progressive Conservative	Lucien Roy	8,462	22.6	-9.3
	New Democrat	Jean-Marc Lebeau	2,165	5.8	-5.1
	Not affiliated	Maurice Gibeau	600	1.6
	Independent	Denis Lauzon	347	0.9
	Not affiliated	Gilles Davignon	137	0.4
Total valid votes			37,474	100.0

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Walter Smith	15,878	52.0
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Beaulieu	9,715	31.8
	New Democrat	Gérard Docquier	3,332	10.9
	Ralliement créditiste	Louis Poirier	1,373	4.5
	Démocratisation Économique	Jean Meloche	214	0.7
Total valid votes			30,512	100.0

Sources

Federal ridings in Montérégie

New Democratic	Beauharnois—Salaberry • Brossard—La Prairie • Chambly—Borduas • Châteauguay—Saint-Constant • Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher • Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert • Saint-Jean • Saint-Lambert • Vaudreuil-Soulanges • Verchères—Les Patriotes

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour • Berthier—Maskinongé • Joliette • Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière • Montcalm • Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier • Repentigny • Saint-Maurice—Champlain • Trois-Rivières

Côte-Nord and Saguenay	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord • Jonquière—Alma • Manicouagan • Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord • Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Eastern Quebec	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine • Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia • Lévis—Bellechasse • Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup • Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

The Eastern Townships	Beauce • Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Mégantic—L'Érable • Richmond—Arthabaska • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke

The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou • Abitibi—Témiscamingue • Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel • Gatineau • Hull—Aylmer • Laurentides—Labelle • Pontiac • Rivière-des-Mille-Îles • Rivière-du-Nord • Terrebonne—Blainville

Montreal (East, West, North & Laval)	Ahuntsic • Alfred-Pellan • Bourassa • Hochelaga • Honoré-Mercier • Jeanne-Le Ber • Lac-Saint-Louis • La Pointe-de-l'Île • LaSalle—Émard • Laurier—Sainte-Marie • Laval • Laval—Les Îles • Marc-Aurèle-Fortin • Mount Royal • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine • Outremont • Papineau • Pierrefonds—Dollard • Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie • Saint-Laurent—Cartierville • Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel • Westmount—Ville-Marie

Montérégie	Beauharnois—Salaberry • Brossard—La Prairie • Chambly—Borduas • Châteauguay—Saint-Constant • Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher • Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert • Saint-Jean • Saint-Lambert • Vaudreuil-Soulanges • Verchères—Les Patriotes

Quebec City	Beauport—Limoilou • Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles • Louis-Hébert • Louis-Saint-Laurent • Québec

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

Saint-Jean (electoral district)

Contents

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

Sources