Richmond—Arthabaska Quebec electoral district |
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| Federal electoral district |
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| Legislature |
House of Commons |
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| MP |
André Bellavance
Bloc Québécois |
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| District created |
1996 |
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| First contested |
1997 |
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| Last contested |
2011 |
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| District webpage |
profile, map |
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| Demographics |
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| Population (2011)[1] |
103,887 |
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| Electors (2011) |
82,663 |
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| Area (km²)[2] |
3,429.87 |
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| Pop. density (per km²) |
30.3 |
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| Census divisions |
Arthabaska, Les Sources, Le Val-Saint-François |
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| Census subdivisions |
Victoriaville, Asbestos, Windsor, Warwick, Danville, Richmond, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Kingsey Falls, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton |
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Richmond—Arthabaska is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.
Geography
The riding, north of the city of Sherbrooke, straddles the Quebec regions of Centre-du-Québec and Estrie. It consists of the Regional County Municipalities (RCM) of Les Sources and Arthabaska and the centre of the RCM of Le Val-Saint-François. It includes in particular the towns of Victoriaville and Asbestos.
The neighbouring ridings are Drummond, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Mégantic—L'Érable, Compton—Stanstead, Sherbrooke, Brome—Missisquoi, and Shefford.
Its population is 100,116, including 82,663 voters, and its area is 3,563 km².
History
The riding was created in 1996 from portions of Drummond, Richmond—Wolfe, Compton—Stanstead and Lotbinière—L'Érable ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2008 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures |
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Bloc Québécois | André Bellavance | 23,913 | 46.0 | -2.5 | $77,254 |
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Conservative | Éric Lefebvre | 15,080 | 29.0 | -3.8 | $68,252 |
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Liberal | Gwyneth Helen Grant | 6,599 | 12.7 | +2.1 | $13,483 |
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New Democratic | Stéphane Ricard | 4,509 | 8.7 | +3.7 | $6,965 |
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Green | François Fillion | 1,337 | 2.6 | -2.1 | $129 |
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Independent | Jean Landry | 526 | 1.0 | | $4,952 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit |
51,964 | 100.0 | $85,600 |
| Total rejected ballots |
728 | 1.4 |
| Turnout |
52,692 | 65.6 |
| Canadian federal election, 2006 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures |
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Bloc Québécois | André Bellavance | 24,466 | 47.9 | -7.7 | $45,923 |
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Conservative | Jean Landry | 16,465 | 32.2 | +21.8 | $54,937 |
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Liberal | Louis Napoléon Mercier | 5,294 | 10.4 | -16.8 | $13,189 |
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New Democratic | Isabelle Maguire | 2,507 | 4.9 | +1.6 | $1,096 |
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Green | Laurier Busque | 2,355 | 4.6 | +1.0 | $320 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit |
51,087 | 100.0 | $79,322 |
| Canadian federal election, 2004 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ±pp | Expenditures |
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Bloc Québécois | André Bellavance | 26,211 | 55.6 | +19.2 | $57,094 |
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Liberal | Christine St-Pierre | 12,809 | 27.2 | +5.7 | $57,787 |
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Conservative | Pierre Poissant | 4,925 | 10.4 | -30.3 | $23,328 |
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Green | Lucie LaForest | 1,699 | 3.6 | +3.6 | $164 |
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New Democratic | Jason S. Noble | 1,540 | 3.3 | +2.8 | $7,832 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit |
47,184 | 100.0 | $77,446 |
| Majority |
13,402 | 28.4 |
| Rejected ballots |
1,112 | 2.3 |
| Turnout |
48,296 | 62.2 |
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Bloc Québécois gain from Independent Progressive Conservative. |
Swing |
+6.8 |
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Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party votes.
See also
References
Notes
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
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