Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

Quebec electoral district

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Marie-Claude Morin
NDP

District created

1933

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2006)

95,983

Electors (2011)

77,536

Area (km²)

1,948

Pop. density (per km²)

49.3

Census divisions

Acton, Les Maskoutains

Census subdivisions

Acton Vale, Béthanie, La Présentation, Roxton, Roxton Falls, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville, Saint-Damase, Saint-Dominique, Sainte-Christine, Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Sainte-Madeleine, Saint-Marie-Madeleine, Saint-Hugues, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jude, Saint-Liboire, Saint-Louis, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Saint-Pie, Saint-Pie Parish, Saint-Simon, Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, Saint-Valérien-de-Milton, Upton

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot (formerly known as Saint-Hyacinthe) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It is located in Quebec, Canada. Its population in 2006 was 95,983.

Contents

1 Geography
2 Political geography
3 History
4 2007 by-election
5 Members of Parliament
6 Election results
7 See also
8 Sources

Geography

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Acton and Les Maskoutains. It includes the communities of Saint-Hyacinthe, Acton Vale, Saint-Pie, Sainte-Madeleine, and Saint-Dominique.

Political geography

Almost all of the riding voted for the Bloc in 2006 except for parts of Roxton Falls and its surrounding township, Roxton which voted Conservative.

History

The electoral district was created in 1933 as "St. Hyacinthe—Bagot". In 1947, the name was changed to "Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot".

In 1966, the riding was abolished. Parts of the riding were combined with parts of Chambly—Rouville and Richelieu—Verchères riding into a new riding named "Saint-Hyacinthe". Saint-Hyacinthe was renamed "Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot" after the 1980 election.

2007 by-election

Main article: Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot by-election, 2007

After the resignation of Yvan Loubier on 21 February 2007, a by-election occurred on 17 September 2007.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
18th	1935–1940		Adélard Fontaine	Liberal
19th	1940–1944		Adélard Fontaine	Liberal
19th	1944–1945		Joseph Fontaine	Liberal
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Théogène Ricard	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974		Claude Wagner	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1978		Claude Wagner	Progressive Conservative
30th	1978–1979		Marcel Ostiguy	Liberal
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Andrée Champagne	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993		Andrée Champagne	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Yvan Loubier	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2007
39th	2007–2008		Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011		Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac	Bloc Québécois
41st	2011–present		Marie-Claude Morin	New Democratic

Election results

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1981-present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Marie-Claude Morin	26,963	52.4	+38.4
	Bloc Québécois	Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac	12,651	24.6	-22.7
	Conservative	Jean-Guy Dagenais	8,108	15.7	-5.5
	Liberal	Denis Vallée	2,784	5.4	-8.4
	Green	Johany Beaudoin-Bussières	994	1.9	-1.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,500	100.0
Total rejected ballots			863	1.6
Turnout			52,363	66.2
Eligible voters			79,085

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac	22,719	47.3	+5.2	$42,031
	Conservative	René Vincelette	10,203	21.2	-16.2	$72,405
	New Democrat	Brigitte Sansoucy	6,721	14.0	+6.0	$2,914
	Liberal	Denise Tremblay	6,638	13.8	+6.4	$577
	Green	Jacques Tétreault	1,771	3.7	-	$2,351
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,052	100.0		$83,812
	Bloc Québécois hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
By-election on 17 September 2007
	Bloc Québécois	Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac	13,443	42.1	-13.9	$67,621
	Conservative	Bernard Barré	11,965	37.5	+12.7	$78,919
	New Democrat	Brigitte Sansoucy	2,538	7.9	+2.5	$13,886
	Liberal	Jean Caumartin	2,379	7.4	-2.4	$29,337
	Green	Jacques Tétreault	1,169	3.7	-0.2	$2,022
	Neorhino.ca	Christian Willie Vanasse	384	1.2		$303
	Canadian Action	Michel St-Onge	61	0.2		$706
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,949	100.0		$81,624

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	27,838	56.0	-6.4	$42,216
	Conservative	Huguette Guilhaumon	12,323	24.8	+13.8	$17,176
	Liberal	Stéphane Deschênes	4,884	9.8	-12.3	$13,839
	New Democrat	Joëlle Chevrier	2,723	5.5	+3.0	$1,787
	Green	Jacques Tétreault	1,925	3.9	+1.9	$2,091
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,693	100.0		$77,907
Total rejected ballots			827	1.6
Turnout			50,520

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	29,789	62.4	+7.0	$64,430
	Liberal	Michel Gaudette	10,558	22.1	-12.7	$74,967
	Conservative	Andrée Champagne	5,240	11.0	+2.2	$26,672
	New Democrat	Joëlle Chevrier	1,204	2.5	+1.1	$442
	Green	Bruno Godbout	948	2.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,739	100.0		$76,246

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	Yvan Loubier	25,916	55.4	+12.5
	Liberal	Michel Gaudette	16,265	34.8	+12.5
	Canadian Alliance	Jacques Bousquet	2,161	4.6
	Progressive Conservative	Frédéric Mantha	1,932	4.1	-29.0
	New Democrat	Rachel Dicaire	499	1.1	-0.6
Total valid votes			46,773	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	21,116	42.9	-14.5
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-François Milette	16,313	33.2	+13.0
	Liberal	Antoine Locas	10,970	22.3	+1.6
	New Democrat	Jacques Bousquet	809	1.6	-0.1
Total valid votes			49,208	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	28,014	57.4
	Liberal	Hélène Riendeau	10,124	20.7	-13.2
	Progressive Conservative	Andrée Champagne	9,834	20.1	-32.5
	New Democrat	Luc Chamberland	848	1.7	-11.7
Total valid votes			48,820	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrée Champagne	25,267	52.6	+5.3
	Liberal	Michel Gaudette	16,289	33.9	-10.1
	New Democrat	Hélène Lortie-Narayana	6,442	13.4
Total valid votes			47,998	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrée Champagne	22,984	47.3	+23.5
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	21,394	44.1	-22.9
	New Democrat	Claude R. Gagnon	2,196	4.5	-0.8
	Rhino	Serge Alexis Lemoyne	998	2.1	0.0
	Nationaliste	Bertrand Desrosiers	940	1.9
	Commonwealth	Laurent Gauthier	33	0.1
Total valid votes			48,545	100.0

Saint-Hyacinthe, 1966-1980

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	28,130	67.0	13.0
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Danis	10,033	23.9	-4.2
	New Democrat	Diane Lemieux	2,257	5.4	+3.5
	Rhino	André Chamberland	868	2.1	+0.2
	Independent	Sylvain Trudeau	540	1.3
	Union Populaire	Louis Fournier De Kinder	114	0.3	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Dubois	66	0.2	+0.0
Total valid votes			42,008	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	23,666	54.0	0.5
	Progressive Conservative	Grégoire Girard	12,327	28.1	-13.0
	Social Credit	Raymonde Parent	6,087	13.9	+11.7
	New Democrat	Richard Sylvestre	802	1.8	-1.3
	Rhino	Mario Bousquet	444	1.0
	Rhino	Serge André Lemoyne	362	0.8
	Union Populaire	Louis De Kinder	79	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Dubois	68	0.2
Total valid votes			43,835	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on 16 October 1978 On Mr. Wagner's resignation, 21 April 1978
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	21,515	53.5	+15.6
	Progressive Conservative	Charles-Auguste Gauvin	16,559	41.2	-9.8
	New Democrat	Richard Sylvestre	1,259	3.1	+1.1
	Social Credit	Laurier Grenon	889	2.2	-4.8
Total valid votes			40,222	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Wagner	21,453	51.0	+12.0
	Liberal	Honorius Charbonneau	15,965	37.9	+0.6
	Social Credit	Jean-Claude Caron	2,940	7.0	-13.4
	Independent	Gaston Caron	883	2.1
	New Democrat	Ann Dewitt	861	2.0	+0.1
Total valid votes			42,102	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Wagner	16,680	38.9	-8.5
	Liberal	Paul Foster	15,982	37.3	-7.8
	Social Credit	Yvon Descoteaux	8,716	20.3	+15.5
	New Democrat	Henri Mons	814	1.9	-0.6
	Independent	Martha Adams	540	1.3
	Not affiliated	Arthur Vachon	106	0.2
Total valid votes			42,838	100.0

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

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	16,389	47.4	-5.8
	Liberal	Maurice Sauvé	15,601	45.2	+4.0
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean-Baptiste Auger	1,682	4.9	+1.4
	New Democrat	André Lacombe	878	2.5	+0.5
Total valid votes			34,550	100.0

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1947-1966

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	15,127	53.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Michel Dumaine	11,690	41.2	+8.8
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean-Baptiste Auger	994	3.5	-12.1
	New Democrat	Léon Graub	591	2.1
Total valid votes			28,402	100.0

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	13,716	52.0	+5.7
	Liberal	Jean Leduc	8,540	32.4	-0.5
	Social Credit	François Even	4,122	15.6	-5.2
Total valid votes			26,378	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	12,586	46.3	-12.6
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Lemoine	8,945	32.9	-7.7
	Social Credit	Ernest Mongeau	5,663	20.8
Total valid votes			27,194	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	15,761	58.9	+4.8
	Liberal	Charles-Édouard Hébert	10,857	40.5	-5.4
	Independent Liberal	Wilfrid Flibotte	157	0.6
Total valid votes			26,775	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	13,865	54.1
	Liberal	Louis-Joseph Fontaine	11,771	45.9
Total valid votes			25,636	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	14,702	87.6	+29.2
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Lionel Lévesque	1,105	6.6	-26.3
	Union des électeurs	Napoléon Hamel	981	5.8	+4.7
Total valid votes			16,788	100.0

Note: Union des Electeurs popular vote is compared to Social Credit vote in 1945 general election.

St. Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1933-1947

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	12,781	58.3	-25.2
	Progressive Conservative	Séraphin-Adélard Cyr	7,197	32.9
	Independent	Liboire Beauregard	884	4.0
	Independent	Louis-Homère Marcotte	441	2.0
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	Raoul Lassonde	346	1.6
	Social Credit	Joseph Blanchette	258	1.2
Total valid votes			21,907	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Adélard Fontaine	13,220	83.6	+11.2
	Independent	J.-Wilfrid Gaudette	2,599	16.4
Total valid votes			15,819	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Adélard Fontaine	11,547	72.4
	Conservative	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-Eugène Bousquet	3,268	20.5
	Reconstruction	Hector Grenon	1,138	7.1
Total valid votes			15,953	100.0

See also

Sources

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

2011 Results from Elections Canada

Federal ridings in the Eastern Townships

New Democratic	Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke

Conservative	Beauce • Mégantic—L'Érable

Bloc Québécois	Richmond—Arthabaska

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