Verchères—Les Patriotes

Verchères—Les Patriotes (formerly Verchères) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
- 3.1 Verchères—Les Patriotes, 2004-present
- 3.2 Verchères, 1979-2000
4 See also
5 Sources

Geography

The riding runs along the Saint Lawrence River east of Montreal, in the Quebec region of Montérégie. It consists of the RMC of Lajemmerais, the northern part of the RMC of La Vallée-du-Richelieu, and the eastern part of the city of Boucherville.

The neighbouring ridings are Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, La Pointe-de-l'Île, Repentigny and Berthier—Maskinongé.

History

Verchères riding was created by the British North America Act in 1867. In 1893, it was merged into Chambly—Verchères.

In 1976, the riding of "Verchères" was recreated from parts of Chambly and St. Hyacinthe ridings. In 1998, it was renamed "Verchères—Les Patriotes".

The district seat was vacant starting from November 9, 2005, when Stéphane Bergeron stepped down to join provincial politics. No by-election was called before the 2006 election was called for January 23, 2006; Bloc candidate Luc Malo won that election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Chambly and St. Hyacinthe prior to 1976
31st	1979–1980	Bernard Loiselle	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Bernard Loiselle	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Marcel Danis	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Marcel Danis	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Stéphane Bergeron	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2005
39th	2006–2008	Luc Malo	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011	Luc Malo	Bloc Québécois
41st	2011–present	Sana Hassainia	New Democratic

Election results


Bloc Québécois	Luc Malo 20,593	Luc Malo 27,602	Luc Malo 30,250	Stéphane Bergeron 33,333	Stéphane Bergeron 28,696	Stéphane Bergeron 30,074	Stéphane Bergeron 38,536
Liberal	Pier-Luc Therrien-Peloquin 5,352	François Fournier 8,871	Alanna Woods 4,602	Nathalie Tousignant 9,958	Mark Provencher 16,740	Pierre Patenaude 12,715	Benoît Chiquette 12,138	Maurice Lemoine 8,487	Bernard Pierre Loiselle 19,365
Conservative	Rodrigo Alfaro 4,884	Benoît Dussault 7,742	Jean-Félix Racicot 11,479	Francis Pierre Rémillard 2,750
Progressive Conservative					Frédéric Grenier 3,859	Jean Legault 12,428	François Leduc 5,221	Marcel Danis 32,317	Marcel Danis 38,690
Canadian Alliance					Stéphane Désilets 2,870
New Democratic Party	Sana Hassainia 24,514	Raphaël Fortin 8,388	Simon Vallée 4,293	Simon Vallée 1,815	Charles Bussières 1,074	Yas Etessam 750	Frances Elbourne 695	Maria Jean 6,772	James Taylor Christie 6,534
Green	Thomas Lapierre 1,259	Annie Morel 1,679	Carl Danis 2,047	Philippe Morlighem 975
Marijuana				Sébastien Drouin 463	Jonathan Bérubé 1,643
Christian Heritage							Jean Blaquière 476
Commonwealth							Nicholas Maris 179	Roland Coté 95	Michel A. Lemire 109
Rhinoceros							Michel Ben 97 Benoit 1,260	Miko Maillot 2,216
Parti Nationaliste									Michel Lepage 2,153

Verchères—Les Patriotes, 2004-present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Sana Hassainia	24,514	43.31	+27.86
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Malo	20,593	36.38	-14.46
	Liberal	Pier-Luc Therrien-Péloquin	5,352	9.46	-6.88
	Conservative	Rodrigo Alfaro	4,884	8.63	-5.63
	Green	Thomas Lapierre	1,259	2.22	-0.87
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			871	1.52	+0.13
Turnout			57,473	71.56	-0.31
Eligible voters			80,312

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Malo	27,602	50.84	-6.59	$39,478
	Liberal	François Fournier	8,871	16.34	+7.61	$6,204
	New Democrat	Raphaël Fortin	8,388	15.45	+7.30	$7,738
	Conservative	Benoît Dussault	7,742	14.26	-7.53	$32,535
	Green	Annie Morel	1,679	3.09	-0.79
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,282	100.00		$82,267
Total rejected ballots			766	1.39	0.00
Turnout			55,048	71.87	-0.26

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Malo	30,250	57.43	-10.2	$40,572
	Conservative	Jean-Félix Racicot	11,479	21.79	+16.2	$14,292
	Liberal	Alanna Woods	4,602	8.73	-11.5	$5,938
	New Democrat	Simon Vallée	4,293	8.15	+4.5	$1,306
	Green	Carl Danis	2,047	3.88	+2.9
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,671	100.00		$76,664
Total rejected ballots			743	1.39
Turnout			53,414	72.13

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	33,333	67.6	+15.3	$56,029
	Liberal	Nathalie Tousignant	9,958	20.2	-10.3	$55,406
	Conservative	Francis Pierre Rémillard	2,750	5.6	-6.7	$6,189
	New Democrat	Simon Vallée	1,815	3.7	+1.7	$754
	Green	Philippe Morlighem	975	2.0		$0
	Marijuana	Sébastien Drouin	463	0.9	-2.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,294	100.0}		$74,238

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	Stéphane Bergeron	28,696	52.3	-1.4
	Liberal	Mark Provencher	16,740	30.5	+7.8
	Progressive Conservative	Frédéric Grenier	3,859	7.0	-15.2
	Canadian Alliance	Stéphane Désilets	2,870	5.2
	Marijuana	Jonathan Bérubé	1,643	3.0
	New Democrat	Charles Bussières	1,074	2.0	+0.6
Total valid votes			54,882	100.0

Verchères, 1979-2000

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	30,074	53.7	-14.1
	Liberal	Pierre Patenaude	12,715	22.7	+1.4
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Legault	12,428	22.2	+13.0
	New Democrat	Yas Etessam	750	1.3	+0.1
Total valid votes			55,967	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	38,536	67.8
	Liberal	Benoît Chiquette	12,138	21.4	+4.0
	Progressive Conservative	François Leduc	5,221	9.2	-56.9
	New Democrat	Frances Elbourne	695	1.2	-12.6
	Christian Heritage	Jean Blaquière	47	0.1
	Commonwealth	Nicholas Maris	179	0.3	+0.1
Total valid votes			56,816	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Danis	32,317	66.0	+10.0
	Liberal	Maurice Lemoine	8,487	17.3	-10.7
	New Democrat	Maria Jean	6,772	13.8	+4.4
	Rhino	Michel Ben 97 Benoit	1,260	2.6	-0.6
	Commonwealth	Roland Coté	95	0.2	-
Total valid votes			48,931	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Danis	38,690	56.0	+45.7
	Liberal	Bernard Loiselle	19,365	28.0	-40.1
	New Democrat	James Christie	6,534	9.5	-3.3
	Rhino	Miko Maillot	2,216	3.2	-1.9
	Nationaliste	Michel Lepage	2,153	3.1
	Commonwealth	Michel A. Lemire	101	0.1
Total valid votes			69,059	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard Loiselle	37,393	68.1	+5.3
	New Democrat	Chislaine Gagnon	7,015	12.8	+6.5
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Lefebvre	5,653	10.3	-3.7
	Rhino	Hugue Le Brulôt Mignault	2,804	5.1	+1.7
	Social Credit	Benoît Houle	1,514	2.8	-10.1
	Union Populaire	Madeleine Gamache	410	0.7	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Christiane Robidoux	88	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes			54,877	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bernard Loiselle	36,542	62.8
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Lefebvre	8,156	14.0
	Social Credit	André Campeau	7,460	12.8
	New Democrat	Micheline Ruelland	3,652	6.3
	Rhino	Damien Tremblay	1,960	3.4
	Union Populaire	Gilles Maillé	287	0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Christiane Robidoux	114	0.2
Total valid votes			58,171	100.0

Sources

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

2011 Results from Elections Canada

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