Repentigny (electoral district)

Ethnic groups: 98.7% White
Languages: 97.3% French, 1.1% English, 1.3% Others
Religions: 94.5% Catholic, 1.3% Protestant, 3.4% No religion
Average income: $30,277

Political geography

Repentigny had long been one of the most separatist ridings in Quebec. In the 2006 election, every single poll was won by the Bloc Québécois. However, the riding was caught up in the New Democratic Party tsunami that swept through the province five years later.

History

It was created in 1996 from parts of Joliette and Terrebonne ridings.

It consisted initially of the cities of Charlemagne, Lachenaie, Mascouche and Repentigny; and the Parish Municipality of La Plaine in the County Regional Municipality of Les Moulins.

This riding lost territory to Montcalm during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Repentigny Riding created from Joliette and Terrebonne
36th	1997–2000	Benoît Sauvageau	Bloc Québécois
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2006
39th	2006–2008	Raymond Gravel
40th	2008–2011	Nicolas Dufour
41st	2011–2014	Jean-François Larose	New Democratic
41st	2014–2015	Jean-François Larose	Strength in Democracy
42nd	2015–Present	Monique Pauzé	Bloc Québécois

Electoral history

2015 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Monique Pauzé	22,618	34.68	+3.85	$42,172.29
	Liberal	Adriana Dudas	17,798	27.29	+19.37	–
	New Democratic	Réjean Bellemare	15,167	23.26	-28.81	–
	Conservative	Jonathan Lefebvre	7,053	10.82	+3.37	–
	Strength in Democracy	Johnathan Cloutier	1,333	2.04	–
	Green	Yoland Gilbert	1,242	1.9	+0.17	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			65,211	100.0		$233,927.60
Total rejected ballots			1,179	–	–
Turnout			66,390	72.21	–
Eligible voters			91,986
	Bloc Québécois gain from Strength in Democracy		Swing		+16.32
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	30,339	52.07
	Bloc Québécois	17,963	30.83
	Liberal	4,613	7.92
	Conservative	4,342	7.45
	Green	1,006	1.73

2011 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jean-François Larose	32,131	51.92	+36.77
	Bloc Québécois	Nicolas Dufour	19,242	31.09	-21.97
	Liberal	Chantal Perreault	4,830	7.81	-7.17
	Conservative	Christophe Royer	4,606	7.44	-6.54
	Green	Michel Duchaine	1,078	1.74	-1.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,887	100.00
Total rejected ballots			934	1.49	–
Turnout			62,821	66.91	–
Eligible voters			93,882	–	–

2008 federal election

Fr. Gravel chose not to run again, citing pressure from the Church. Party activist Nicolas Dufour secured the Bloc nomination, becoming one of their youngest candidates. Réjean Bellemare ran again for the NDP. The Bloc held the riding handily, with the NDP securing one of the party's four second-place finishes in the province.

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Nicolas Dufour	31,005	53.06	-13.20	$90,525
	New Democratic	Réjean Bellemare	8,853	15.15	+8.13	$5,448
	Liberal	Robert Semegen	8,746	14.97	+8.74	$7,684
	Conservative	Bruno Royer	8,168	13.98	-4.72	$46,962
	Green	Paul W. Fournier	1,666	2.85	–	–	$4,967
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,438	100.00	$91,738
Turnout			–	53.3
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-10.7

2006 by-election

MP Benoît Sauvageau was killed in a car accident on August 28, 2006. Prime Minister Stephen Harper called for a by-election on October 22, 2006 with a polling day of November 27, 2006.

There had been a lot of pressure from opposition parties for Public Works Minister Michael Fortier, a Conservative senator, to run here; however, he has declined. Fortier was appointed to the Senate and the Cabinet to represent Greater Montreal which elected no Conservatives in the last federal election, while Fortier pledged to resign from the Senate and seek election to the House of Commons in the next federal election. Instead, the Conservative candidate was Stéphane Bourgon, a lawyer. The Bloc Québécois, of which Sauvageau was a member, ran Raymond Gravel, a Roman Catholic priest.^[6] The New Democratic Party candidate was union activist and former Canadian Navy member Réjean Bellemare, who had also run for the NDP in the previous general election.

The Green Party of Canada had announced that Marc-André Gadoury would be their candidate, but he did not complete and submit paperwork to Elections Canada in sufficient time to get on the ballot. Gadoury suggested that the Greens did not submit the paperwork on purpose and on November 25, 2006, La Presse reported that Gadoury was endorsing the NDP candidate, Réjean Bellemare.

Raymond Gravel of the Bloc Québécois won the by-election with an approximately two-thirds majority of votes.

Canadian federal by-election, 27 November 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Raymond Gravel	20,635	66.26	+3.84	$84,032
	Conservative	Stéphane Bourgon	5,822	18.69	+0.61	$46,980
	New Democratic	Réjean Bellemare	2,187	7.02	-0.72	$34,699
	Liberal	Christian Turenne	1,940	6.23	-2.42	$15,043
	Independent	Jocelyne Leduc	390	1.25	n/a	$45
	Canadian Action	Mahmood Raza Baig	91	0.29	n/a	$5,641
	Independent	Régent Millette	78	0.25	n/a
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,143	100.00	$85,285
Called because of the death of M. Sauvageau on 28 August 2006

1997-2006

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Benoît Sauvageau	34,958	62.42	-7.64	$66,386
	Conservative	Claude Lafortune, Jr.	10,124	18.08	+13.31	$4,967
	Liberal	Josyanne Forest	4,847	8.65	-9.6	$8,129
	New Democratic	Réjean Bellemare	4,337	7.74	+4.76	$7,511
	Green	Adam Jastrzebski	1,742	3.11	+0.22	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,008	100.00	$82,825

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Benoît Sauvageau	35,907	70.06	+12.26
	Liberal	Lévis Brien	9,353	18.25	-8.63	$76,485
	Conservative	Allen F. Mackenzie	2,447	4.77	-5.69	$5,725
	New Democratic	André Cardinal	1,526	2.98	+1.55
	Green	Jean-François Lévêque	1,482	2.89	n/a	$0
	Marijuana	François Boudreau	539	1.05	-2.38
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,254	100.00	$79,823

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Bloc Québécois	Benoît Sauvageau	33,627	57.80	+1.51
	Liberal	David Veillette	15,635	26.88	+5.75
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Carignan	3,122	5.37	-15.66
	Alliance	Michel Paulette	2,964	5.09	n/a
	Marijuana	Lise Dufour	1,997	3.43	n/a
	New Democratic	Pierre Péclet	831	1.43	-0.12
Total			58,176	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Bloc Québécois	Benoît Sauvageau	33,283	56.29
	Liberal	Robert Tranchemontagne	12,495	21.13
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Carignan	12,436	21.03
	New Democratic	Normand Caplette	916	1.55
Total			59,130	100.00

References

"(Code 24053) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

Federal ridings in Central Quebec

Bloc Québécois	Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel Joliette Montcalm Repentigny

New Democratic	Berthier—Maskinongé Trois-Rivières

Conservative	Lévis—Lotbinière Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

Liberal	Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Eastern Quebec

The Eastern Townships

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)

Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy

Montérégie

Quebec City

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

Historical federal ridings in Quebec

Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie

Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval

Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles

Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri

Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul

Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent

Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic

Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel

Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun

Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount

Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle

Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières

Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Until 1962	Témiscouata

Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle

Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright

Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska

Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri

Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil

Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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