Verchères—Les Patriotes (; formerly Verchères) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Geography
The riding runs along the Saint Lawrence River east of Montreal, in the Quebec region of Montérégie. It consists of the Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality, the northern part of the La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, and the eastern part of the city of Boucherville.
The neighbouring ridings are Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, La Pointe-de-l'Île, Repentigny and Berthier—Maskinongé.
History
Verchères riding was created by the British North America Act 1867. In 1893, it was merged into Chambly—Verchères.
In 1976, the riding of "Verchères" was recreated from parts of Chambly and St. Hyacinthe ridings. In 1998, it was renamed "Verchères—Les Patriotes".
The district seat was vacant starting from November 9, 2005, when Stéphane Bergeron stepped down to join provincial politics. No by-election was called before the 2006 election was called for January 23, 2006; Bloc candidate Luc Malo won that election.
This riding was redistributed into the new ridings of Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères and Montarville in the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
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!colspan=2|2008
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|Bloc Québécois
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|Luc Malo <br /> 20,593
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|Luc Malo <br /> 27,602
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|Luc Malo <br /> 30,250
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|Stéphane Bergeron <br /> 33,333
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|Stéphane Bergeron <br /> 28,696
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|Stéphane Bergeron <br /> 30,074
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|Stéphane Bergeron <br /> 38,536
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|Liberal
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|Pier-Luc Therrien-Peloquin <br /> 5,352
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|François Fournier <br /> 8,871
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|Alanna Woods <br /> 4,602
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|Nathalie Tousignant <br /> 9,958
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|Mark Provencher <br /> 16,740
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|Pierre Patenaude <br /> 12,715
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|Benoît Chiquette <br /> 12,138
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|Maurice Lemoine <br /> 8,487
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|Bernard Pierre Loiselle <br /> 19,365
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|Rodrigo Alfaro <br /> 4,884
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|Benoît Dussault <br /> 7,742
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|Jean-Félix Racicot <br /> 11,479
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|Francis Pierre Rémillard <br /> 2,750
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|Frédéric Grenier <br /> 3,859
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|Jean Legault <br /> 12,428
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|François Leduc <br /> 5,221
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|Marcel Danis <br /> 32,317
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|Marcel Danis <br /> 38,690
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|Stéphane Désilets <br /> 2,870
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|Sana Hassainia <br /> 24,514
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|Raphaël Fortin <br /> 8,388
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|Simon Vallée <br /> 4,293
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|Simon Vallée <br /> 1,815
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|Charles Bussières <br /> 1,074
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|Yas Etessam <br /> 750
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|Frances Elbourne <br /> 695
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|Maria Jean <br /> 6,772
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|James Taylor Christie <br /> 6,534
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|Thomas Lapierre <br /> 1,259
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|Annie Morel <br /> 1,679
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|Carl Danis <br /> 2,047
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|Philippe Morlighem <br /> 975
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|Sébastien Drouin <br /> 463
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|Jonathan Bérubé <br /> 1,643
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|Jean Blaquière <br /> 476
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|Nicholas Maris <br /> 179
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|Roland Coté <br /> 95
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|Michel A. Lemire <br /> 109
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|Michel Ben 97 Benoit <br /> 1,260
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|Miko Maillot <br /> 2,216
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|Michel Lepage <br /> 2,153
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Verchères—Les Patriotes, 2004–2015
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Verchères, 1979-2000
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
- Verchères 1976-1998
- Verchères—Les Patriotes 1998-2008
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada