| Quebec electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec | ||
| MNA |
PQ |
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| District created | 1980 | ||
| First contested | 1981 | ||
| Last contested | 2010 (by-election) | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 48,470 | ||
| Electors (2008) | 45,331 | ||
| Area (km²) | 61.5 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 788.1 | ||
| Census divisions | Longueuil | ||
| Census subdivisions | Longueuil (Saint-Hubert) | ||
Vachon is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Longueuil and includes most of the borough of Saint-Hubert. The riding was created in 1980 from a part of Taillon and is named after early Quebec aviation pioneer Roméo Vachon, who worked at Trans-Canada Airlines; the district includes Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport.[1]
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This riding has elected the following Members of the National Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | David Payne 1st term |
Parti Québécois | |
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Christiane Pelchat | Liberal | |
| 34th | 1989–1994 | |||
| 35th | 1994–1998 | David Payne 2nd term |
Parti Québécois | |
| 36th | 1998–2003 | |||
| 37th | 2003–2007 | Camil Bouchard | Parti Québécois | |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | |||
| 39th | 2008–2010 | |||
| 2010–present | Martine Ouellet | Parti Québécois | ||
| Quebec provincial by-election, July 5, 2010 : Vachon edit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | ||
| Parti Québécois | Martine Ouellet | 7,863 | 59.15 | +10.51 | ||
| Liberal | Simon-Pierre Diamond | 3,236 | 24.34 | -7.94 | ||
| Action démocratique | Alain Dépatie | 879 | 6.61 | -7.06 | ||
| Québec solidaire | Sébastien Robert | 727 | 5.47 | +3.23 | ||
| Green | Yvon Rudolphe | 419 | 3.15 | -0.01 | ||
| Independent | Denis Durand | 98 | 0.74 | -2.42 | ||
| Independent | Régent Millette | 71 | 0.53 | - | ||
| Total valid votes | 13,293 | 100.00 | ||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 174 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,467 | 29.25 | -32.23 | |||
| Electors on the lists | 46,046 | |||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
| Quebec general election, 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti Québécois | Camil Bouchard | 13,312 | 48.64 | +13.76 | |
| Liberal | Georges Painchaud | 8,835 | 32.28 | +7.59 | |
| Action démocratique | Jean-François Denis | 3,742 | 13.67 | -20.53 | |
| Green | Denis Durand | 866 | 3.16 | -0.79 | |
| Québec solidaire | Vincent Lagacé | 613 | 2.24 | -0.04 | |
| Quebec general election, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti Québécois | Camil Bouchard | 11,560 | 34.88 | -5.57 | |
| Action démocratique | Maro Akoury | 11,333 | 34.20 | +16.91 | |
| Liberal | Brigitte Mercier | 8,184 | 24.69 | -15.08 | |
| Green | Denis Durand | 1,309 | 3.95 | +2.33 | |
| Québec solidaire | Richard St-Onge | 755 | 2.28 | +1.41 | |
| Quebec general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti Québécois | Camil Bouchard | 12,960 | 40.45 | -9.30 | |
| Liberal | Brigitte Mercier | 12,741 | 39.77 | +5.36 | |
| Action démocratique | Joëlle Lescop | 5,540 | 17.29 | +2.22 | |
| Bloc pot | Denis Durand | 519 | 1.62 | - | |
| UFP | Richard St-Onge | 279 | 0.87 | +0.40 | |
| Quebec general election, 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti Québécois | David Payne | 16,993 | 49.75 | +0.89 | |
| Liberal | Sophie Joncas | 11,755 | 34.41 | -3.45 | |
| Action démocratique | Rose Paquet Cyr | 5,147 | 15.07 | +4.05 | |
| Independent | Richard St-Onge | 161 | 0.47 | - | |
| Innovator | André Plante | 103 | 0.30 | - | |
| 1995 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Oui | 21,374 | 56.76 | |
| Non | 16,284 | 43.24 | |
| Quebec general election, 1994 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti Québécois | David Payne | 15,685 | 48.86 | +3.70 | |
| Liberal | André Nadeau | 12,154 | 37.86 | -7.64 | |
| Action démocratique | Alain Riendeau | 3,536 | 11.02 | - | |
| Natural Law | Robert Turgeon | 300 | 0.93 | - | |
| Economic | Denis Gagnon | 254 | 0.79 | - | |
| Sovereignty | Guillaume Pereira | 170 | 0.53 | - | |
| 1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Non | 26,333 | 64.14 | |
| Oui | 14,721 | 35.86 | |
| Quebec general election, 1989 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Christiane Pelchat | 15,468 | 45.50 | -3.97 | |
| Parti Québécois | David Payne | 15,354 | 45.16 | -1.71 | |
| Green | Yvon Rudolphe | 1,216 | 3.58 | - | |
| Independent | Daniel Dufour | 979 | 2.88 | - | |
| New Democrat | Réjean Benoit | 620 | 1.82 | -0.26 | |
| Parti 51 | Paul Ducharme | 223 | 0.66 | - | |
| United Social Credit | Yves Rioux | 138 | 0.41 | - | |
| Quebec general election, 1985 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Christiane Pelchat | 16,011 | 49.47 | +10.27 | |
| Parti Québécois | David Payne | 15,169 | 46.87 | -10.98 | |
| New Democrat | Michael Kakura Jr. | 673 | 2.08 | - | |
| Parti indépendantiste | Daniel Courville | 511 | 1.58 | - | |
| Quebec general election, 1981 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
| Parti Québécois | David Payne | 17,671 | 57.85 | ||
| Liberal | Jacques Roy | 11,972 | 39.20 | ||
| Union Nationale | Jean Paul Côté | 901 | 2.95 | ||
| Marguerite-D'Youville | ||||
| Taillon, Laporte | Chambly | |||
| Vachon | ||||
| La Pinière |
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