Repentigny (electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Repentigny (provincial electoral district).
Repentigny
Quebec electoral district

Repentigny in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Monique Pauzé
Bloc Québécois

District created 1996
First contested 1997
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 111,191
Electors (2015) 91,542
Area (km²)[2] 198
Pop. density (per km²) 561.6
Census divisions L'Assomption
Census subdivisions Charlemagne, L'Assomption, Repentigny, Saint-Sulpice

Repentigny is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

It consists solely and entirely of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census
Population 103,977
Electors 84,312
Area (km²) 266
Population density (people per km²) 390.9

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

Electoral history

2015 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisMonique Pauzé 22,618 34.68 +3.85 $42,172.29
LiberalAdriana Dudas 17,798 27.29 +19.37
New DemocraticRéjean Bellemare 15,167 23.26 -28.81
ConservativeJonathan Lefebvre 7,053 10.82 +3.37
Strength in DemocracyJohnathan Cloutier 1,333 2.04
GreenYoland Gilbert 1,242 1.9 +0.17
Total valid votes/Expense limit 65,211100.0   $233,927.60
Total rejected ballots 1,179
Turnout 66,39072.21
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 DemocraticJean-François Larose 32,131 51.92 +36.77
Bloc QuébécoisNicolas Dufour 19,242 31.09 -21.97
LiberalChantal Perreault 4,830 7.81 -7.17
ConservativeChristophe Royer 4,606 7.44 -6.54
GreenMichel Duchaine 1,078 1.74 -1.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit 61,887100.00
Total rejected ballots 9341.49
Turnout 62,82166.91
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 QuébécoisNicolas Dufour 31,005 53.06 -13.20 $90,525
New DemocraticRéjean Bellemare 8,853 15.15 +8.13 $5,448
LiberalRobert Semegen 8,746 14.97 +8.74 $7,684
ConservativeBruno Royer 8,168 13.98 -4.72 $46,962
GreenPaul W. Fournier 1,666 2.85 $4,967
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,438100.00 $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 QuébécoisRaymond Gravel 20,635 66.26 +3.84 $84,032
ConservativeStéphane Bourgon 5,822 18.69 +0.61 $46,980
New DemocraticRéjean Bellemare 2,187 7.02 -0.72 $34,699
LiberalChristian Turenne 1,940 6.23 -2.42 $15,043
IndependentJocelyne Leduc 390 1.25 n/a $45
Canadian ActionMahmood Raza Baig 91 0.29 n/a $5,641
IndependentRégent Millette 78 0.25 n/a
Total valid votes/Expense limit 31,143100.00$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 QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau 34,958 62.42 -7.64 $66,386
ConservativeClaude Lafortune, Jr. 10,124 18.08 +13.31 $4,967
LiberalJosyanne Forest 4,847 8.65 -9.6 $8,129
New DemocraticRéjean Bellemare 4,337 7.74 +4.76 $7,511
GreenAdam Jastrzebski 1,742 3.11 +0.22 $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 56,008100.00 $82,825
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau 35,907 70.06 +12.26
LiberalLévis Brien 9,353 18.25 -8.63 $76,485
ConservativeAllen F. Mackenzie 2,447 4.77 -5.69 $5,725
New DemocraticAndré Cardinal 1,526 2.98 +1.55
GreenJean-François Lévêque 1,482 2.89 n/a $0
MarijuanaFrançois Boudreau 539 1.05 -2.38
Total valid votes/Expense limit 51,254100.00 $79,823
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau 33,627 57.80 +1.51
LiberalDavid Veillette 15,635 26.88 +5.75
Progressive ConservativeMichel Carignan 3,122 5.37 -15.66
AllianceMichel Paulette 2,964 5.09 n/a
MarijuanaLise Dufour 1,997 3.43 n/a
New DemocraticPierre Péclet 831 1.43 -0.12
Total 58,176100.00
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau 33,283 56.29
LiberalRobert Tranchemontagne 12,495 21.13
Progressive ConservativeMichel Carignan 12,436 21.03
New DemocraticNormand Caplette 916 1.55
Total 59,130100.00

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