Richelieu (provincial electoral district)

Richelieu

Quebec electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

National Assembly of Quebec

MNA

Sylvain Rochon
Parti Québécois

District created

1867

District abolished

1939

District re-created

1944

First contested

1867

Last contested

2015 (by-election)

Demographics

Population (2011)

53,975

Electors (2014)^[1]

44,201

Area (km²)^[2]

880.7

Pop. density (per km²)

61.3

Census divisions

Pierre-De Saurel, Les Maskoutains

Census subdivisions

Massueville, Saint-Aimé, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville, Saint-David, Saint-Gérard-Majella, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Saint-Jude, Saint-Louis, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Saint-Ours, Saint-Robert, Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Sorel-Tracy, Yamaska

Richelieu is a provincial electoral riding in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the city of Sorel-Tracy and various other municipalities.

It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). Its final election was in 1936. It disappeared in the 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Richelieu-Verchères.

However, Richelieu-Verchères disappeared in the 1944 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Richelieu.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained territory from Nicolet-Yamaska and from Verchères electoral districts.

It is named after former French Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Joseph Beaudreau, Conservative Party (1867–1869)
Pierre Gélinas, Conservative Party (1869–1871)
Joseph Adolphe Dorion, Conservative Party (1871–1875)
Michel Mathieu, Conservative Party (1875–1881)
Léon Leduc, Conservative Party (1881–1886)
Louis-Pierre-Paul Cardin, Liberal (1886–1892)
Louis Lacouture, Conservative Party (1892–1897)
Louis-Pierre-Paul Cardin, Liberal (1897–1912)
Maurice-Louis Péloquin, Liberal (1912–1923)
Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière, Liberal (1923–1929)
Avila Turcotte, Liberal (1929–1939)
did not exist (1939–1944), see Richelieu-Verchères
Joseph-Willie Robidoux, Liberal (1944–1948)
Bernard Gagné, Union Nationale (1948–1952)
Gérard Cournoyer, Liberal (1952–1956)
Bernard Gagné, Union Nationale (1956–1960)
Gérard Cournoyer, Liberal (1960–1966)
Maurice Martel, Union Nationale (1966–1970)
Claude Simard, Liberal (1970–1976)
Maurice Martel, Parti Québécois (1976–1985)
Albert Khelfa, Liberal (1985–1994)
Sylvain Simard, Parti Québécois (1994–2012)
Élaine Zakaïb, Parti Québécois (2012–2014)
Sylvain Rochon, Parti Québécois (2015-present)

Election results

Quebec provincial by-election, March 9, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Rochon	7,294	35.99	-3.03
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean-Bernard Émond	6,584	32.49	+5.68
	Liberal	Benoît Théroux	5,054	24.94	-0.71
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Ève Mathieu	541	2.67	-2.63
	Green	Vincent Pouliot	352	1.74	+0.59
	Option nationale	Sol Zanetti	316	1.56	+0.22
	Conservative	Daniel Gaudreau	95	0.47	-0.25
	Autonomist Team	Louis Chandonnet	30	0.15	–
Total valid votes			20,266	98.46	+1.01
Total rejected ballots			318	1.54	-0.99
Turnout			20,584	46.41	-23.17
Electors on the lists			44,356	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-4.35

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Élaine Zakaïb	11,695	39.02	-4.03
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Martin Baller	8,036	26.81	-5.52
	Liberal	Alain Plante	7,687	25.65	+7.42
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Ève Mathieu	1,589	5.30	+2.08
	Option nationale	Jean-François Tremblay	403	1.34	-1.82
	Green	Claude Bourgault	346	1.15	–
	Conservative	Marc Gaudet	215	0.72	–
Total valid votes			29,971	97.45	–
Total rejected ballots			785	2.55	–
Turnout			30,756	69.58	-8.11
Electors on the lists			44,201	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		+0.75

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Élaine Zakaïb	14,474	43.05	-5.81
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean-Bernard Émond	10,873	32.34	+19.58
	Liberal	Alain Plante	6,128	18.23	-14.82
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Ève Mathieu	1,084	3.22	+0.50
	Option nationale	Michaël Rocheleau	1,065	3.17
Total valid votes			33,624	98.16	–
Total rejected ballots			629	1.84	–
Turnout			34,253	77.69	+15.94
Electors on the lists			44,088	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-12.69

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	11,591	46.99	+8.96
	Liberal	Christian Cournoyer	8,552	34.67	+10.43
	Action démocratique	Patrick Fournier	3,126	12.67	-18.70
	Québec solidaire	Paul Martin	705	2.86	+0.27
	Green	Patrick Lamothe	693	2.81	-0.48
Total valid votes			24,667	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			554
Turnout			25,221	61.75	-13.36
Electors on the lists			40,842
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-0.73
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	11,411	38.03	-8.33
	Action démocratique	Philippe Rochat	9,413	31.37	+18.26
	Liberal	Gilles Salvas	7,275	24.24	-13.89
	Green	François Desmarais	986	3.29	–
	Québec solidaire	Éric Noël	778	2.59
	Independent	Normand Philibert	145	0.48
Total valid votes			30,008	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			389
Turnout			30,397	75.11	+2.18
Electors on the lists			40,468
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-13.30
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	13,286	46.36	-9.95
	Liberal	Benoît Lefebvre	10,927	38.13	+10.46
	Action démocratique	Micheline Ulrich	3,756	13.11	-1.31
	Bloc Pot	Marie-Hélène Charbonneau	407	1.42
	Independent	Nidal Joad	109	0.38
	Independent	Steve Ritter	100	0.35
	Christian Democracy	Florette Villemure Larochelle	74	0.26
Total valid votes			28,659	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			484
Turnout			29,143	72.93
Electors on the lists			39,961
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-10.21
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	17,745	56.31	+1.22
	Liberal	Gilles Ferlatte	8,718	27.66	-12.22
	Action démocratique	Patrick Gauthier	4,543	14.42
	Non-affiliated	Michel Groleau	261	0.83
	Socialist Democracy	Isabelle Latour	246	0.78
Total valid votes			31,513	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			689
Turnout			32,202	80.99	-2.24
Electors on the lists			39,762
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		+6.72
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	22,490	62.32
	Non	13,597	37.68

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	17,186	55.09	+12.84
	Liberal	Albert Khelfa	12,441	39.88	-13.49
	Non-affiliated	Marcel Cloutier	1,570	5.03
Total valid votes			31,197	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			1,003
Turnout			32,200	83.23	+3.42
Electors on the lists			38,688
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	20,521	64.07
	Oui	11,510	35.93

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Albert Khelfa	15,790	53.37	+0.22
	Parti Québécois	Guy Savard	12,502	42.25	-1.00
	Non-affiliated	Rodrigue Lemoyne	1,296	4.38
Total valid votes			29,588	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			1,260
Turnout			30,848	79.81
Electors on the lists			38,650

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Albert Khelfa	16,373	53.14	+13.01
	Parti Québécois	Maurice Martel	13,326	43.25	-12.81
	New Democratic	Guy Verville	587	1.91
	Independent	Michel Guilbault	347	1.13
	Christian Socialist	Diane Dufour	105	0.34
	Commonwealth	Jean-Paul Belley	72	0.23
Total valid votes			30,810	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			585
Turnout			31,395	81.90	-3.95
Electors on the lists			38,335

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Maurice Martel	18,198	56.06
	Liberal	Jean Frappier	13,025	40.13
	Union Nationale	Julien Cordeau	1,037	3.19	–
	Independent	Guy Mandeville	77	0.24
	Workers Communist	Jean-Paul Cadorette	72	0.22
	Marxist–Leninist	Mario Bellavance	50	0.15
Total valid votes			32,459	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			328
Turnout			32,787	85.85
Electors on the lists			38,189

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	16,455	51.40
	Oui	15,559	48.60

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Maurice Martel	16,141	51.98
	Liberal	Jean Cournoyer	11,867	38.22
	Union Nationale	Camille Vertefeuille	2,189	7.05	–
	Ralliement créditiste	Guy Guilbault	854	2.75
Total valid votes			31,051	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			399
Turnout			31,450	90.28
Electors on the lists			34,835

External links

Information

Elections Quebec

Election results

Election results (National Assembly)
Election results (QuébecPolitique)

Maps

2011 map (PDF)
2001 map (Flash)
2001–2011 changes (Flash)

1992–2001 changes (Flash)

References

Neighbouring electoral districts

Berthier

Verchères, Borduas

Nicolet-Bécancour

Richelieu

Saint-Hyacinthe

Quebec provincial electoral districts

Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Bonaventure Côte-du-Sud¹ Gaspé Îles-de-la-Madeleine Matane-Matapédia Rimouski Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord	Chicoutimi Dubuc Duplessis Jonquière Lac-Saint-Jean René-Lévesque Roberval

Capitale-Nationale	Charlesbourg Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré Chauveau Jean-Lesage Jean-Talon La Peltrie Louis-Hébert Montmorency Portneuf Taschereau Vanier-Les Rivières

Mauricie	Champlain Laviolette Maskinongé Saint-Maurice Trois-Rivières

Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec	Arthabaska Beauce-Nord Beauce-Sud Bellechasse Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Côte-du-Sud¹ Drummond–Bois-Francs Johnson² Lévis Lotbinière-Frontenac Nicolet-Bécancour

Estrie (Eastern Townships)	Mégantic Orford Richmond Saint-François Sherbrooke

Eastern Montérégie	Borduas Brome-Missisquoi Chambly Granby Iberville Johnson² Richelieu Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Jean Verchères

South Shore	Beauharnois Châteauguay Huntingdon La Pinière Laporte La Prairie Marie-Victorin Montarville Sanguinet Soulanges Taillon Vachon Vaudreuil

East Montreal	Anjou–Louis-Riel Bourassa-Sauvé Bourget Crémazie Gouin Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Jeanne-Mance–Viger LaFontaine Laurier-Dorion Mercier Pointe-aux-Trembles Rosemont Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Viau

West Montreal	Acadie D'Arcy-McGee Jacques-Cartier Marguerite-Bourgeoys Marquette Mont-Royal Nelligan Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Outremont Robert-Baldwin Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Saint-Laurent Verdun Westmount–Saint-Louis

Laval	Chomedey Fabre Laval-des-Rapides Mille-Îles Sainte-Rose Vimont

Lanaudière	Berthier Joliette L'Assomption Masson Repentigny Rousseau Terrebonne

Laurentides	Argenteuil Bertrand Blainville Deux-Montagnes Groulx Labelle Mirabel Saint-Jérôme

Outaouais	Chapleau Gatineau Hull Papineau Pontiac

Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec	Abitibi-Est Abitibi-Ouest Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue Ungava

Eliminated in the 2012 election:	Anjou Kamouraska-Témiscouata Matane Matapédia Rivière-du-Loup Charlevoix Vanier Drummond Frontenac Lotbinière Montmagny-L'Islet Nicolet-Yamaska Mégantic-Compton Shefford Marguerite-D'Youville Prévost

¹Côte-du-Sud is split between Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches ²Johnson is split between Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie See also: 2008 election List of elections Politics of Quebec Federal electoral ridings in Quebec