Saint-Hyacinthe (provincial electoral district)

Saint-Hyacinthe
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 

Chantal Soucy
Coalition Avenir Québec

District created 1867
First contested 1867
Last contested 2014
Demographics
Electors (2012)[1] 56,870
Area (km²)[2] 833.2
Census divisions Les Maskoutains (part)
Census subdivisions La Présentation, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Saint-Damase, Saint-Dominique, Saint-Hugues, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Liboire, Saint-Pie, Saint-Simon

Saint-Hyacinthe is a provincial electoral riding in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Saint-Hyacinthe and various other municipalities.

It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada).

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained La Présentation from Verchères electoral district and Saint-Pie from Iberville electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Coalition Avenir QuébecChantal Soucy 13,245 32.74 +1.63
Parti QuébécoisÉmilien Pelletier 12,023 29.72 -6.82
LiberalLouise Arpin 11,701 28.92 +4.95
Québec solidaireDanielle Pelland 2,806 6.94 +1.94
Option nationaleÉric Pothier 374 0.92 -0.90
ConservativeSimon Labbé 304 0.75 +0.06
Total valid votes 40,45397.77
Total rejected ballots 9232.23
Turnout 41,37671.58
Electors on the lists 57,803
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois Swing +4.23
Quebec general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Parti QuébécoisÉmilien Pelletier 16,082 36.32 -2.24
Coalition Avenir QuébecPierre Schetagne 13,962 31.53 +12.86
LiberalLouise Arpin 10,552 23.83 -12.85
Québec solidaireRichard Gingras 2,198 4.96 +1.98
Option nationaleJérôme St-Amand 803 1.81
ConservativeIsabelle Leclerc 306 0.69
Quebec Citizens' UnionThomas Gagné 149 0.34
Autonomist TeamAlexandre Bruneau 129 0.29
Unité Nationale Lise Gaudette 95 0.21  
Total valid votes 44,27698.47
Total rejected ballots 6861.53
Turnout 44,96278.68
Electors on the lists 57,142
Parti Québécois hold Swing -7.55

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

Quebec general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti QuébécoisÉmilien Pelletier 11,822 38.07
     Liberal Claude Corbeil 11,609 37.38
Action démocratiqueClaude L'Ecuyer 5,690 18.32
GreenLouis-Pierre Beaudry 975 3.14
Québec solidaireRichard Gingras 957 3.08

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Neighbouring electoral districts

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