Rousseau (electoral district)

Rousseau

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Nicolas Marceau Parti Québécois
District created	1980
First contested	1981
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	77,610
Electors (2012)[1]	60,677
Area (km²)[2]	1,298.6
Pop. density (per km²)	59.8
Census divisions	La Rivière-du-Nord (part), Matawinie (part), Montcalm (part)
Census subdivisions	Chertsey, Rawdon, Saint-Alexis, Saint-Calixte, Saint-Esprit, Saint-Hippolyte, Sainte-Julienne, Saint-Lin–Laurentides, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Saint-Roch-Ouest, Sainte-Sophie

Rousseau is a provincial electoral district in the Lanaudière and Laurentides regions of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes Saint-Lin–Laurentides and various other municipalities.

It was created for the 1981 election from parts of the Prévost, Joliette-Montcalm and L'Assomption electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained Chertsey and Saint-Hippolyte from Bertrand, but lost L'Épiphanie (city), L'Épiphanie (parish), and the part of the city of L'Assomption that it formerly had to the L'Assomption electoral district.

It was named after French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Members of the National Assembly

1. René Blouin, Parti Québécois (1981–1985)
2. Robert Thérien, Liberal (1985–1994)
3. Lévis Brien, Parti Québécois (1994–1998)
4. François Legault, Parti Québécois (1998–2009)
5. Nicolas Marceau, Parti Québécois (2009–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Nicolas Marceau	15,480	38.73	-2.99
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Claude Charette	14,667	36.70	-2.45
	Liberal	Mario Racette	6,911	17.29	+5.35
	Québec solidaire	François Lépine	2,548	6.38	+1.39
	Option nationale	Chantal St-Onge	362	0.91	-0.33
Total valid votes			39,968	98.13	–
Total rejected ballots			762	1.87	–
Turnout			40,730	64.47	-8.07
Electors on the lists			63,181	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-0.27

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Nicolas Marceau	18,112	41.72	-13.29
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Laurence R. Fortin	16,996	39.15	+31.27
	Liberal	Mario Racette	5,186	11.95	-18.20
	Québec solidaire	François Lépine	2,163	4.98	+1.06
	Option nationale	Gilles Chapdelaine	536	1.24	–
	Independent	Robert Boucher	232	0.53	–
	Parti indépendantiste	André Matteau	189	0.44	–
Total valid votes			43,414	98.44	–
Total rejected ballots			686	1.56	–
Turnout			44,100	72.54
Electors on the lists			60,795	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-22.28

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

Quebec provincial by-election, September 21, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Nicolas Marceau	9,529	57.03	+0.26
	Liberal	Michel Fafard	5,148	30.81	+8.48
	Action démocratique	Jean-Pierre Parrot	782	4.68	-11.73
	Québec solidaire	Francois Lépine	735	4.40	+1.96
	Green	Guy Rainville	514	3.08	+1.03
Total valid votes			16,708	98.72	–
Total rejected ballots			216	1.28	–
Turnout			16,924	30.23	-23.79
Electors on the lists			55,979	–	–

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	François Legault	16,513	56.77	+14.99
	Liberal	Michel Fafard	6,494	22.33	+6.95
	Action démocratique	Jean-Pierre Parrot	4,774	16.41	-21.35
	Québec solidaire	Francois Lépine	709	2.44	+0.19
	Green	J. Michel Popik	595	2.05	-0.78
Total valid votes			29,085	98.44	–
Total rejected ballots			461	1.56	–
Turnout			29,546	54.02	-15.01
Electors on the lists			54,695	–	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	François Legault	14,670	41.78	-6.07
	Action démocratique	Jean-Pierre Parrot	13,260	37.76	+18.57
	Liberal	Yves Prud'Homme	5,402	15.38	-15.64
	Green	Richard Chatagneau	992	2.83	–
	Québec solidaire	Alex Boisdequin-Lefort	789	2.25	+1.15
Total valid votes			35,113	98.78	–
Total rejected ballots			435	1.22	–
Turnout			35,548	69.03	+4.06
Electors on the lists			51,494	–	–

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	François Legault	14,079	47.85	-7.50
	Liberal	Michel F. Brunet	9,127	31.02	+1.83
	Action démocratique	François Girouard	5,645	19.19	+4.48
	UFP	Alex Boisdequin-Lefort	324	1.10	–
	Christian Democracy	Gérard Gauthier	249	0.85	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	François Legault	18,076	55.35	+1.49
	Liberal	John A. Redmond	9,533	29.19	-2.84
	Action démocratique	Clément Lévesque	4,805	14.71	+3.00
	Socialist Democracy	Francis Martin	243	0.74	-1.32

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	24,237	63.92
	Non	13,679	36.08

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Lévis Brien	16,532	53.86	+14.11
	Liberal	Roger Beausoleil	9,833	32.03	-28.22
	Action démocratique	Guy Cloutier	3,595	11.71	–
	New Democrat	Gilles Garneau	631	2.06	–
	Republic of Canada	Christiane Deland-Gervais	106	0.35	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	24,147	65.10
	Oui	12,944	34.90

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Thérien	17,292	60.25	+5.11
	Parti Québécois	Murielle Angers-Turpin	11,410	39.75	-2.29

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=515&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=515&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
• Electoral map of Laurentides region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011

Neighbouring electoral districts