Richelieu (provincial electoral district)

Richelieu is a provincial electoral riding in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the city of Sorel-Tracy and various other municipalities.

Richelieu

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Jean-Bernard Émond Coalition Avenir Québec
District created	1867
District abolished	1939
District re-created	1944
First contested	1867
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2011)	53,975
Electors (2014)[1]	44,201
Area (km²)[2]	880.7
Pop. density (per km²)	61.3
Census division(s)	Pierre-De Saurel, Les Maskoutains
Census subdivision(s)	Massueville, Saint-Aimé, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville, Saint-David, Saint-Gérard-Majella, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Saint-Jude, Saint-Louis, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Saint-Ours, Saint-Robert, Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Sorel-Tracy, Yamaska

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). Its final election was in 1936. It disappeared in the 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Richelieu-Verchères.

However, Richelieu-Verchères disappeared in the 1944 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Richelieu.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained territory from Nicolet-Yamaska and from Verchères electoral districts.

It is named after former French Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1869†		Joseph Beaudreau	Conservative
	1969–1971		Pierre Gélinas
2nd	1971–1975		Joseph Adolphe Dorion
3rd	1975–1978		Michel Mathieu
4th	1878–1881
5th	1881–1886		Léon Leduc
6th	1886–1890		Louis-Pierre-Paul Cardin	Liberal
7th	1890–1892
8th	1892–1897		Louis Lacouture	Conservative
9th	1897–1900		Louis-Pierre-Paul Cardin	Liberal
10th	1900–1904
11th	1904–1908
12th	1908–1912
13th	1912–1916		Maurice-Louis Péloquin
14th	1916–1919
15th	1919–1923
16th	1923–1927		Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière
17th	1927–1929
	1929–1931		Avila Turcotte
18th	1931–1935
19th	1935–1936
20th	1936–1939
Riding dissolved into Richelieu-Verchères
Riding re-created from Richelieu-Verchères
22nd	1944–1948		Joseph-Willie Robidoux	Liberal
23rd	1948–1952		Bernard Gagné	Union Nationale
24th	1952–1956		Gérard Cournoyer	Liberal
25th	1956–1960		Bernard Gagné	Union Nationale
26th	1960–1962		Gérard Cournoyer	Liberal
27th	1962–1966
28th	1966–1970		Maurice Martel	Union Nationale
29th	1970–1973		Claude Simard	Liberal
30th	1973–1976
31st	1976–1981		Maurice Martel	Parti Québécois
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1989		Albert Khelfa	Liberal
34th	1989–1994
35th	1994–1998		Sylvain Simard	Parti Québécois
36th	1998–2003
37th	2003–2007
38th	2007–2008
39th	2008–2012
40th	2012–2014		Élaine Zakaïb
41st	2014–2014
	2015–2018		Sylvain Rochon
42nd	2018–Present		Jean-Bernard Émond	Coalition Avenir Québec

Election results

2018 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean-Bernard Émond	15,258	49.79
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Rochon	7,062	23.05
	Québec solidaire	Sophie Pagé-Sabourin	4,101	13.38
	Liberal	Sophie Chevalier	3,456	11.28
	Green	Ksenia Svetoushkina	402	1.31
	Conservative	Patrick Corriveau	364	1.19
Total valid votes				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Electors on the lists

Quebec provincial by-election, March 9, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Rochon	7,294	35.99	-3.03
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean-Bernard Émond	6,584	32.49	+5.68
	Liberal	Benoît Théroux	5,054	24.94	-0.71
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Ève Mathieu	541	2.67	-2.63
	Green	Vincent Pouliot	352	1.74	+0.59
	Option nationale	Sol Zanetti	316	1.56	+0.22
	Conservative	Daniel Gaudreau	95	0.47	-0.25
	Équipe autonomiste	Louis Chandonnet	30	0.15	–
Total valid votes			20,266	98.46	+1.01
Total rejected ballots			318	1.54	-0.99
Turnout			20,584	46.41	-23.17
Electors on the lists			44,356	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-4.35

2014 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Élaine Zakaïb	11,695	39.02	-4.03
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Martin Baller	8,036	26.81	-5.52
	Liberal	Alain Plante	7,687	25.65	+7.42
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Ève Mathieu	1,589	5.30	+2.08
	Option nationale	Jean-François Tremblay	403	1.34	-1.82
	Green	Claude Bourgault	346	1.15	–
	Conservative	Marc Gaudet	215	0.72	–
Total valid votes			29,971	97.45	–
Total rejected ballots			785	2.55	–
Turnout			30,756	69.58	-8.11
Electors on the lists			44,201	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		+0.75

2012 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Élaine Zakaïb	14,474	43.05	-5.81
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean-Bernard Émond	10,873	32.34	+19.58
	Liberal	Alain Plante	6,128	18.23	-14.82
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Ève Mathieu	1,084	3.22	+0.50
	Option nationale	Michaël Rocheleau	1,065	3.17
Total valid votes			33,624	98.16	–
Total rejected ballots			629	1.84	–
Turnout			34,253	77.69	+15.94
Electors on the lists			44,088	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-12.69

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

2008 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	11,591	46.99	+8.96
	Liberal	Christian Cournoyer	8,552	34.67	+10.43
	Action démocratique	Patrick Fournier	3,126	12.67	−18.70
	Québec solidaire	Paul Martin	705	2.86	+0.27
	Green	Patrick Lamothe	693	2.81	−0.48
Total valid votes			24,667	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			554
Turnout			25,221	61.75	−13.36
Electors on the lists			40,842
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		−0.73
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

2007 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	11,411	38.03	−8.33
	Action démocratique	Philippe Rochat	9,413	31.37	+18.26
	Liberal	Gilles Salvas	7,275	24.24	−13.89
	Green	François Desmarais	986	3.29	–
	Québec solidaire	Éric Noël	778	2.59
	Independent	Normand Philibert	145	0.48
Total valid votes			30,008	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			389
Turnout			30,397	75.11	+2.18
Electors on the lists			40,468
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		−13.30
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

2003 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	13,286	46.36	−9.95
	Liberal	Benoît Lefebvre	10,927	38.13	+10.46
	Action démocratique	Micheline Ulrich	3,756	13.11	−1.31
	Bloc Pot	Marie-Hélène Charbonneau	407	1.42
	Independent	Nidal Joad	109	0.38
	Independent	Steve Ritter	100	0.35
	Christian Democracy	Florette Villemure Larochelle	74	0.26
Total valid votes			28,659	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			484
Turnout			29,143	72.93
Electors on the lists			39,961
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		−10.21
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1998 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	17,745	56.31	+1.22
	Liberal	Gilles Ferlatte	8,718	27.66	−12.22
	Action démocratique	Patrick Gauthier	4,543	14.42
	Independent	Michel Groleau	261	0.83
	Socialist Democracy	Isabelle Latour	246	0.78
Total valid votes			31,513	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			689
Turnout			32,202	80.99	−2.24
Electors on the lists			39,762
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		+6.72
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	22,490	62.32
	Non	13,597	37.68

1994 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	17,186	55.09	+12.84
	Liberal	Albert Khelfa	12,441	39.88	−13.49
	Independent	Marcel Cloutier	1,570	5.03
Total valid votes			31,197	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			1,003
Turnout			32,200	83.23	+3.42
Electors on the lists			38,688
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	20,521	64.07
	Oui	11,510	35.93

1989 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Khelfa	15,790	53.37	+0.22
	Parti Québécois	Guy Savard	12,502	42.25	−1.00
	Independent	Rodrigue Lemoyne	1,296	4.38
Total valid votes			29,588	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			1,260
Turnout			30,848	79.81
Electors on the lists			38,650

1985 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Khelfa	16,373	53.14	+13.01
	Parti Québécois	Maurice Martel	13,326	43.25	−12.81
	New Democratic	Guy Verville	587	1.91
	Independent	Michel Guilbault	347	1.13
	Christian Socialist	Diane Dufour	105	0.34
	Commonwealth of Canada	Jean-Paul Belley	72	0.23
Total valid votes			30,810
Rejected and declined votes			585
Turnout			31,395	81.90	−3.95
Electors on the lists			38,335

1981 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Maurice Martel	18,198	56.06
	Liberal	Jean Frappier	13,025	40.13
	Union Nationale	Julien Cordeau	1,037	3.19	–
	Independent	Guy Mandeville	77	0.24
	Workers Communist	Jean-Paul Cadorette	72	0.22
	Marxist–Leninist	Mario Bellavance	50	0.15
Total valid votes			32,459	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			328
Turnout			32,787	85.85
Electors on the lists			38,189

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	16,455	51.40
	Oui	15,559	48.60

1976 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Maurice Martel	16,141	51.98
	Liberal	Jean Cournoyer	11,867	38.22
	Union Nationale	Camille Vertefeuille	2,189	7.05	–
	Ralliement créditiste	Guy Guilbault	854	2.75
Total valid votes			31,051	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			399
Turnout			31,450	90.28
Electors on the lists			34,835

1973 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Claude Simard	15,198	55.21
	Parti Québécois	Serge Lachapelle	9,464	34.38
	Parti créditiste	Édouard Frigon	2,017	7.33
	Union Nationale	A.-Yvon Lamy	848	3.08
Total valid votes			27,527	98.23
Total rejected ballots			496	1.77
Turnout			28,023	87.23
Electors on the lists			32,124

1970 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Claude Simard	12,047	42.01
	Union Nationale	Maurice Martel	9,819	34.24
	Parti Québécois	Claude Rochon	5,866	20.45
	Ralliement créditiste	Octave Grosariu	947	3.30
Total valid votes			28,679	98.42
Total rejected ballots			461	1.58
Turnout			29,140	89.02
Electors on the lists			32,736

1966 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Maurice Martel	12,257	49.43
	Liberal	Gérard Cournoyer	11,177	45.08
	RIN	Normand Héon	1,221	4.92
	Ralliement national	Lorenzo Bonneau	141	0.57
Total valid votes			24,796	98.49
Total rejected ballots			379	1.51
Turnout			25,175	87.46
Electors on the lists			29,702

1962 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérard Cournoyer	10,598	55.61
	Union Nationale	Bernard Gagné	8,461	44.39
Total valid votes			19,059	98.85
Total rejected ballots			222	1.15
Turnout			19,281	90.11
Electors on the lists			21,396

1960 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérard Cournoyer	9,617	52.91
	Union Nationale	Bernard Gagné	8,472	46.61
	Independent	Joseph-Alexandre-Hervé Larivère	46	0.25
	Independent	Guy Mandeville	42	0.23
Total valid votes			18,177	98.99
Total rejected ballots			185	1.01
Turnout			18,362	88.91
Electors on the lists			20,652

1956 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Bernard Gagné	9,552	54.28
	Liberal	Gérard Cournoyer	7,962	45.24
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gérard Labelle	66	0.38
	Labor–Progressive	Jean-Paul Lecavalier	19	0.11
Total valid votes			17,599	99.03
Total rejected ballots			172	0.97
Turnout			17,771	89.78
Electors on the lists			19,794

1952 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérard Cournoyer	8,751	52.88
	Union Nationale	Bernard Gagné	7,797	47.12
Total valid votes			16,548	98.92
Total rejected ballots			181	1.08
Turnout			16,729	89.91
Electors on the lists			18,606

1948 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Bernard Gagné	6,647	47.86
	Liberal	Joseph-Willie Robidoux	6,270	45.15
	Union des électeurs	Roger Tardif	970	6.98
Total valid votes			13,887	99.06
Total rejected ballots			132	0.94
Turnout			14,019	84.48
Electors on the lists			16,594

1944 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph-Willie Robidoux	7,636	55.98
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Honorius Michaud	3,344	24.51
	Bloc populaire	Théode Perron	2,661	19.51
Total valid votes			13,641	99.24
Total rejected ballots			132	0.76
Turnout			13,745	77.73
Electors on the lists			17,682

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=253section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=253&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 Montérégie region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011