Drummond (electoral district)

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Drummond

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Pauline Picard BQ
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	92,982
Electors (2006)	71,725
Area (km²)	1,670
Pop. density (per km²)	55.7
Census divisions	Drummond RCM
Census subdivisions	Drummondville, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Wickham

Drummond is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. It was created in 1966 from Drummond—Arthabaska, Nicolet—Yamaska and Richmond—Wolfe.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The riding, located along the Saint-François River in the Quebec region of Centre-du-Québec, consists of the RCM of Drummond. The largest city is Drummondville.

The neighbouring ridings are Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Richmond—Arthabaska, Shefford, and Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Drummond—Arthabaska, Nicolet—Yamaska and Richmond—Wolfe prior to 1966
28th	1968-1972		Jean-Luc Pépin	Liberal
29th	1972-1974		Jean-Marie Boisvert	Social Credit
30th	1974-1979		Yvon Pinard	Liberal
31st	1979-1980
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Jean-Guy Guilbault	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		Pauline Picard	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	22,575
	Conservative	Jean-Marie Pineault	10,134
	Liberal	Éric Cardinal	7,437
	New Democrat	François Choquette	2,870
	Green	Jean-Benjamin Milot	2,418

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	23,670
	Liberal	Roger Gougeon	9,591
	Conservative	Lyne Boisvert	7,123
	Green	Louis Lacroix	921
	New Democrat	Blake Evans	745

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	18,843
	Liberal	André Béliveau	14,285
	Progressive Conservative	Lyne Boisvert	6,593
	Canadian Alliance	Jacques Laurin	1,606
	New Democrat	Julie Philion	424

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	18,577
	Progressive Conservative	Lyne Boisvert	14,777
	Liberal	Christian Méthot	10,165
	New Democrat	Alexandra Philoctéte	441

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	24,930
	Liberal	Bernard Boudreau	10,935
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Guilbault	9,041
	New Democrat	Ferdinand Berner	600

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Guilbault	23,703
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Lagacé	15,380
	New Democrat	Ferdinand Berner	5,204

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Guilbault	23,693
	Liberal	Michel Yip	14,137
	New Democrat	Louis G. Garreau	2,610
	Nationaliste	Camillien Belhumeur	1,057
	Not affiliated	Joseph Richard Miller	338
	Social Credit	René Martineau	301

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Yvon Pinard	26,082
	Progressive Conservative	Gilbert Lapointe	5,265
	New Democrat	André Lefebvre	2,305
	Social Credit	Henri Farley	1,916
	Union Populaire	Gaétan Giroux	180
	Marxist-Leninist	J.-P. Ginchereau	97

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Yvon Pinard	22,989
	Social Credit	Robert Biron	10,010
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Lavigne	5,746
	Rhino	Normand Blanchette	641
	New Democrat	Patricia Lamarre	639
	Union Populaire	Marc Rochefort	106
	Marxist-Leninist	J.-P. Ginchereau	67

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Yvon Pinard	15,561
	Social Credit	Jean-Marie Boisvert	15,548
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Cyrenne	5,186
	New Democrat	Gisel Marotte	630

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Jean-Marie Boisvert	15,923
	Liberal	Jean-Luc Pépin	15,853
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Rousseau	5,351
	New Democrat	Ann Dewitt	590

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Luc Pépin	11,667
	Ralliement créditiste	Claude Proulx	9,545
	Progressive Conservative	André Biron	8,342
	New Democrat	Pierre Gagné	723

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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