Masson (electoral district)

Masson

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Mathieu Lemay Coalition Avenir Québec
District created	1988
First contested	1989
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	65,935
Electors (2012)[1]	48,934
Area (km²)[2]	147.2
Pop. density (per km²)	447.9
Census divisions	Les Moulins (part)
Census subdivisions	Mascouche, Terrebonne (part)

Masson is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes portions of the city of Mascouche and part of the city of Terrebonne (corresponding to the former city of La Plaine).

It was created for the 1989 election from parts of the Terrebonne and L'Assomption electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Charlemagne and the part of Repentigny it formerly had to the L'Assomption electoral district.

Members of the National Assembly

1. Yves Blais, Parti Québécois (1989–1998)
2. Gilles Labbé, Parti Québécois (1998–2003)
3. Luc Thériault, Parti Québécois (2003–2007)
4. Ginette Grandmont, Action démocratique du Québec (2007–2008)
5. Guillaume Tremblay, Parti Québécois (2008–2012)
6. Diane Hamelin, Parti Québécois (2012–2014)
7. Mathieu Lemay, Coalition Avenir Québec (2014–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Mathieu Lemay	13,235	38.35	+2.21
	Parti Québécois	Diane Hamelin	12,701	36.80	-9.16
	Liberal	Wenet Féné	5,869	17.01	+5.96
	Québec solidaire	Joëlle St-Pierre	2,168	6.28	+3.11
	Option nationale	Pierre-Alexandre Bugeaud	289	0.84	-1.05
	Conservative	Éric Giroux	249	0.72	–
Total valid votes			34,511	97.66	–
Total rejected ballots			827	2.34	–
Turnout			35,338	69.51	-8.66
Electors on the lists			50,840	–	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Diane Hamelin	17,377	45.96	-5.31
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Christian Gauthier	13,664	36.14	+14.22
	Liberal	Suzanne Rathé	4,178	11.05	-10.80
	Québec solidaire	Jacinthe Sabourin	1,199	3.17
	Option nationale	Samuel Bergeron	716	1.89	–
	Green	Michel Paulette	545	1.44	+1.21
	Coalition pour la constituante	Adam Stohl	134	0.35	–
Total valid votes			37,813	98.60	–
Total rejected ballots			536	1.40	–
Turnout			38,349	78.17
Electors on the lists			49,058	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-9.77

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Guillaume Tremblay	18,037	50.68	+14.76
	Liberal	David Grégoire	8,174	22.97	+8.85
	Action démocratique	Ginette Grandmont	7,466	20.98	−22.85
	Green	Michel Paulette	948	2.66	−1.00
	Québec solidaire	Gabriel Poirier	716	2.01	−0.46
	Parti indépendantiste	Bertrand Lefebvre	251	0.71	–
Total valid votes			35,592	97.89	–
Total rejected ballots			767	2.11	–
Turnout			36,359	57.10	−17.20
Electors on the lists			63,675	–	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Action démocratique	Ginette Grandmont	18,808	43.83	+21.66
	Parti Québécois	Luc Thériault	15,414	35.92	-8.91
	Liberal	Denise Cloutier	6,058	14.12	-18.88
	Green	Jean Bonneau	1,569	3.66	–
	Québec solidaire	Marco Legrand	1,059	2.47	–
Total valid votes			42,908	98.78	–
Total rejected ballots			529	1.22	–
Turnout			43,437	74.30	+3.44
Electors on the lists			58,459	–	–

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Luc Thériault	15,445	44.83	-19.20
	Liberal	Richard Marcotte	11,371	33.00	+16.73
	Action démocratique	Nathalie Filion	7,637	22.17	+4.22
Total valid votes			34,453	97.72	–
Total rejected ballots			803	2.28	–
Turnout			35,256	70.86	+10.71
Electors on the lists			49,756	–	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Gilles Labbé	17,529	64.03	-0.16
	Action démocratique	Éric Parent	4,914	17.95	+4.84
	Liberal	Marc-André Plante	4,453	16.27	-4.62
	Bloc Pot	Philippe Humphreys	295	1.08	–
	Socialist Democracy	Marco Legrand	143	0.52	–
	Independent	George Butcher	42	0.15	–
Total valid votes			27,376	99.06	–
Total rejected ballots			261	0.94	–
Turnout			27,637	60.15	-22.56
Electors on the lists			45,949	–	–
Note: The 1998 election was postponed to December 14, 1998 in Masson due to the death of a candidate

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	28,636	71.02
	Non	11,683	28.98

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Yves Blais	21,481	64.19	+4.77
	Liberal	Alain Leclerc	6,991	20.89	−14.40
	Action démocratique	André Beaulieu	4,388	13.11	–
	Independent	Janine Larose	351	1.05	–
	Natural Law	Andria Murray	255	0.76
Total valid votes			33,466	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			773
Turnout			34,239	82.71	+8.92
Electors on the lists			41,397

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	33,818	75.58
	Oui	10,924	24.42

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Yves Blais	19,615	59.42
	Liberal	Micheline Croteau-René	11,648	35.29
	Green	Janine Larose	1,135	3.44
	New Democratic	Richard Morin	611	1.85
Total valid votes			33,009	97.45
Total rejected ballots			864	2.55
Turnout			33,873	73.79
Electors on the lists			45,904	–

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=465&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=465&section=superficie

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (QuébecPolitique)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

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

Neighbouring electoral districts