Huntingdon (provincial electoral district)

Huntingdon

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Stéphane Billette Liberal
District created	1867
District abolished	1988
District re-created	2001
First contested	1867
Last contested	2012
Demographics
Electors (2012)[1]	41,339
Area (km²)[2]	2,265.9
Census subdivisions	Dundee, Elgin, Franklin, Godmanchester, Havelock, Hemmingford (township), Hemmingford (village), Hinchinbrooke, Howick, Huntingdon, Lacolle, Napierville, Ormstown, Saint-Anicet, Sainte-Barbe, Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Saint-Chrysostome, Sainte-Clotilde, Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Saint-Édouard, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Sainte-Martine, Saint-Michel, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, Saint-Urbain-Premier, Saint-Valentin, Très-Saint-Sacrement; Akwesasne

Huntingdon is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the cities or municipalities such as Huntingdon, Saint-Anicet, Hemmingford, Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Napierville and Ormstown.

It was originally created for the 1867 election. Its final election was in 1989 and its successor electoral district was Beauharnois-Huntingdon.

It was re-created for the 2003 election from parts of Beauharnois-Huntingdon and Saint-Jean electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Saint-Rémi to the newly created Sanguinet electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

1. Julius Scriver, Conservative Party (1867–1869)
2. William Cantwell, Conservative Party (1869–1871)
3. Thomas Sanders, Conservative Party (1871–1874)
4. Alexander Cameron, Conservative Party – Liberal (1874–1892)
5. George Washington Stephens (Sr.), Liberal (1892–1900)
6. William H. Walker, Liberal (1900–1913)
7. Andrew Philps, Liberal (1913–1929)
8. Martin Fisher, Conservative Party – Union Nationale (1930–1939)
9. James Walker Ross, Liberal (1939–1941)
10. Dennis James O'Connor, Liberal (1941–1946)
11. John Gillies Rennie, Union Nationale (1947–1952)
12. Henry Alister Darby Somerville, Union Nationale (1952–1966)
13. Kenneth Fraser, Liberal (1966–1976)
14. Claude Dubois, Union Nationale – Liberal (1976–1989)
15. did not exist (1989–2003), see Beauharnois-Huntingdon
16. André Chenail, Liberal (2003–2007)
17. Albert De Martin, ADQ (2007–2008)
18. Stéphane Billette, Liberal (2008–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stéphane Billette	11178	44.01
	Parti Québécois	Joan Gosselin	6988	27.51
	Action démocratique	Albert De Martin	6372	25.09
	Québec solidaire	Stephane Thellen	863	3.40

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Action démocratique	Albert De Martin	13480	42.90	+25.08
	Liberal	André Chenail	9883	31.45	-21.08
	Parti Québécois	Éric Pigeon	7070	22.50	-5.62
	Québec solidaire	Marc Pronovost	693	2.21
	Independent	Jean Siouville	295	0.94

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	André Chenail	15512	52.53
	Parti Québécois	François Boileau	8302	28.12
	Action démocratique	Michel Lavoie	5261	17.82
	Bloc Pot	Kenneth Rimmer	452	1.53

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=149&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=149&section=superficie

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (Elections Quebec)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Montérégie region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011

Neighbouring electoral districts