Richmond—Arthabaska

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Richmond—Arthabaska

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		André Bellavance BQ
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	100,116
Electors (2006)	78,478
Area (km²)	3,563
Pop. density (per km²)	28.1
Census divisions
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.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The riding, north of the city of Sherbrooke, straddles the Quebec regions of Centre-du-Québec and Estrie. It consists of the RCMs of Les Sources and Arthabaska as well as 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 97 493, including 78 478 voters, and its area is 3 563 km².

[edit] History

The riding was created in 1996 from portions of Drummond, Richmond—Wolfe, Compton—Stanstead and Lotbinière—L'Érable ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• André Bachand, Progressive Conservative (1997-2003); Independent Progressive Conservative (2003-2004)
• André Bellavance, Bloc Québécois (2004-present)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	24,466
	Conservative	Jean Landry	16,465
	Liberal	Louis Napoléon Mercier	5,294
	New Democrat	Isabelle Maguire	2,507
	Green	Laurier Busque	2,355

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	26,211	55.6	+19.2
	Liberal	Christine St-Pierre	12,809	27.2	+5.7
	Conservative	Pierre Poissant	4,925	10.4	-30.3
	Green	Lucie LaForest	1,699	3.6	+3.6
	New Democrat	Jason S. Noble	1,540	3.3	+2.8
Majority			13,402	28.4
Rejected ballots			1,112	2.3
Turnout			48,296	62.2
	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 combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	André Bachand	18,430
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	18,067
	Liberal	Aldéi Beaudoin	10,416
	Canadian Alliance	Philippe Ardilliez	1,930
	Natural Law	Christian Simard	375
	New Democrat	Vincent Bernier	319

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	André Bachand	21,687
	Bloc Québécois	Gaston Leroux	19,319
	Liberal	Aldéi Beaudoin	10,613
	New Democrat	Martin Bergeron	641

[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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