Richmond—Arthabaska

Richmond—Arthabaska
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		 

André Bellavance
Independent

District created 1996
First contested 1997
Last contested 2011
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 103,887
Electors (2011) 82,663
Area (km²)[2] 3,429.87
Pop. density (per km²) 30.3
Census divisions Arthabaska, Les Sources, Le Val-Saint-François
Census subdivisions Victoriaville, Asbestos, Windsor, Warwick, Danville, Richmond, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Kingsey Falls, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton

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:

Parliament Years Member Party
Richmond—Arthabaska
Riding created from Drummond, Richmond—Wolfe,
Compton—Stanstead and Lotbinière—L'Érable
36th  1997 − 2000     André Bachand Progressive Conservative
37th  2000 − 2003
 2003 − 2004     Independent Progressive Conservative
38th  2004 − 2006     André Bellavance Bloc Québécois
39th  2006 − 2008
40th  2008 − 2011
41st  2011 − 2014
 2014 − Present     Independent

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisAndré Bellavance 18,033 33.8 -12.2
New DemocraticIsabelle Maguire 17,316 32.5 +23.8
ConservativeJean-Philippe Bachand 13,145 24.7 -4.3
LiberalMarie-Josée Talbot 3,711 7.0 -5.7
GreenTomy Bombardier 1,098 2.1 -0.5
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,303100.0
Total rejected ballots 871 1.6 -0.2
Turnout 54,174 69.2 +3.6
Eligible voters 82,663––
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisAndré Bellavance 23,913 46.0 -2.5 $77,254
ConservativeÉric Lefebvre 15,080 29.0 -3.8 $68,252
LiberalGwyneth Helen Grant 6,599 12.7 +2.1 $13,483
New DemocraticStéphane Ricard 4,509 8.7 +3.7 $6,965
GreenFrançois Fillion 1,337 2.6 -2.1 $129
IndependentJean Landry 526 1.0 $4,952
Total valid votes/Expense limit 51,964100.0 $85,600
Total rejected ballots 728 1.4
Turnout 52,692 65.6
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisAndré Bellavance 24,466 47.9 -7.7 $45,923
ConservativeJean Landry 16,465 32.2 +21.8 $54,937
LiberalLouis Napoléon Mercier 5,294 10.4 -16.8 $13,189
New DemocraticIsabelle Maguire 2,507 4.9 +1.6 $1,096
GreenLaurier 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%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisAndré Bellavance 26,211 55.6 +19.2 $57,094
LiberalChristine St-Pierre 12,809 27.2 +5.7 $57,787
ConservativePierre Poissant 4,925 10.4 -30.3 $23,328
GreenLucie LaForest 1,699 3.6 +3.6 $164
New DemocraticJason S. Noble 1,540 3.3 +2.8 $7,832
Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,184 100.0 $77,446
Majority 13,40228.4
Rejected ballots 1,1122.3
Turnout 48,29662.2
     Bloc Québécois gain from Independent Progressive Conservative. Swing +6.8

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party votes.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeAndré Bachand 18,430 37.2 -4.3
Bloc QuébécoisAndré Bellavance 18,067 36.5 -0.5
LiberalAldéi Beaudoin 10,416 21.0 +0.7
AlliancePhilippe Ardilliez 1,930 3.9
Natural LawChristian Simard 375 0.8
New DemocraticVincent Bernier 319 0.6 -0.6
Total valid votes 49,537 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeAndré Bachand 21,687 41.5
Bloc QuébécoisGaston Leroux 19,319 37.0
LiberalAldéi Beaudoin 10,613 20.3
New DemocraticMartin Bergeron 641 1.2
Total valid votes 52,260 100.0

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012