Verchères (provincial electoral district)

Verchères

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Stéphane Bergeron Parti Québécois
District created	1867
District abolished	1939
District re-created	1944
First contested	1867
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	57,095
Electors (2012)[1]	56,094
Area (km²)[2]	404.4
Pop. density (per km²)	141.2
Census divisions	Lajemmerais (Marguerite-D'Youville)
Census subdivisions	Calixa-Lavallée, Contrecoeur, Saint-Amable, Sainte-Julie, Varennes, Verchères

Verchères is a provincial riding in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It corresponds exactly to the territory of Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality.

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). It disappeared in the 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Richelieu-Verchères; however, it was re-created for the 1944 election.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu to the riding of Richelieu, La Présentation to the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe, and several municipalities to the riding of Borduas, but gained Sainte-Julie from the defunct riding of Marguerite-D'Youville.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

• André-Boniface Craig, Conservative Party (1867–1871)
• Joseph Daigle, Liberal (1871–1878)
• Jean-Baptiste Brousseau, Liberal (1878–1879)
• Achille Larose, Liberal (1879–1881)
• Abraham Bernard, Liberal (1881–1886)
• Albert-Alexandre Lussier, Liberal (1886–1897)
• Étienne Blanchard, Liberal (1897–1908)
• Amédée Geoffrion, Liberal (1908–1912)
• Joseph-Léonide Perron, Liberal (1912–1916)
• Adrien Beaudry, Liberal (1916–1921)
• Jean-Marie Richard, Liberal (1921–1927)
• Felix Messier, Liberal (1927–1939)
• did not exist (1939–1944), see Richelieu-Verchères
• Arthur Dupré, Liberal (1944–1956)
• Clodomir Ladouceur, Union Nationale (1956–1960)
• Guy Lechasseur, Liberal (1960–1970)
• Guy Saint-Pierre, Liberal (1970–1973)
• Marcel Ostiguy, Liberal (1973–1976)
• Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, Parti Québécois (1976–1989)
• Luce Dupuis, Parti Québécois (1989–1994)
• Bernard Landry, Parti Québécois (1994–2005)
• Stéphane Bergeron, Parti Québécois (2005–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	15,664	55.42	+14.17
	Liberal	Vincent Sabourin	6,464	22.87	+8.68
	Action démocratique	Daniel Castonguay	4,377	15.49	-21.83
	Green	Christine Hayes	845	2.99	-1.21
	Québec solidaire	Lynda Gadoury	749	2.65	-0.40
	Parti indépendantiste	Yvon Sylva Aubé	164	0.58	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	13,811	41.25	-27.95
	Action démocratique	Luc Robitaille	12,495	37.32	+27.20
	Liberal	Paul Verret	4,751	14.19	-3.45
	Green	Geneviève Ménard	1,407	4.20	-
	Québec solidaire	Michelle Hudon-David	1,020	3.05	+0.01*

* Increase is from UFP

Verchères by-election, December 12, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	13,118	69.20	+14.42
	Liberal	Jean Robert	3,344	17.64	-10.52
	Action démocratique	Denise Graveline	1,919	10.12	-4.69
	UFP	Jean-François Lessard	576	3.04	+2.41

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Bernard Landry	16,963	54.78	-5.86
	Liberal	Mario Lebrun	8,720	28.16	+4.97
	Action démocratique	François Pratte	4,585	14.81	-0.30
	Bloc Pot	Sébastien Drouin	505	1.63	-
	UFP	Marc-André Morvan	195	0.63	-

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=249&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=249&section=superficie

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

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

Neighbouring electoral districts