Richmond—Arthabaska

Richmond—Arthabaska

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	André Bellavance BQ
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	103,887
Electors (2011)	82,663
Area (km²)	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
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–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	18,033	33.8	-12.2
	New Democratic	Isabelle Maguire	17,316	32.5	+23.8
	Conservative	Jean-Philippe Bachand	13,145	24.7	-4.3
	Liberal	Marie-Josée Talbot	3,711	7.0	-5.7
	Green	Tomy Bombardier	1,098	2.1	-0.5
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,303	100.0
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	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	23,913	46.0	-2.5	$77,254
	Conservative	Éric Lefebvre	15,080	29.0	-3.8	$68,252
	Liberal	Gwyneth Helen Grant	6,599	12.7	+2.1	$13,483
	New Democratic	Stéphane Ricard	4,509	8.7	+3.7	$6,965
	Green	François Fillion	1,337	2.6	-2.1	$129
	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
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	24,466	47.9	-7.7	$45,923
	Conservative	Jean Landry	16,465	32.2	+21.8	$54,937
	Liberal	Louis Napoléon Mercier	5,294	10.4	-16.8	$13,189
	New Democratic	Isabelle Maguire	2,507	4.9	+1.6	$1,096
	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
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	26,211	55.6	+19.2	$57,094
	Liberal	Christine St-Pierre	12,809	27.2	+5.7	$57,787
	Conservative	Pierre Poissant	4,925	10.4	-30.3	$23,328
	Green	Lucie LaForest	1,699	3.6	+3.6	$164
	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
	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	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	André Bachand	18,430	37.2	-4.3
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	18,067	36.5	-0.5
	Liberal	Aldéi Beaudoin	10,416	21.0	+0.7
	Alliance	Philippe Ardilliez	1,930	3.9
	Natural Law	Christian Simard	375	0.8
	New Democratic	Vincent Bernier	319	0.6	-0.6
Total valid votes			49,537	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	André Bachand	21,687	41.5
	Bloc Québécois	Gaston Leroux	19,319	37.0
	Liberal	Aldéi Beaudoin	10,613	20.3
	New Democratic	Martin Bergeron	641	1.2
Total valid votes			52,260	100.0

See also

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

References

• "(Code 24055) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=24055&Geo2=PR&Code2=24&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada