Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères

Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères is a federal electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec that had been included in the electoral districts of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher and Verchères—Les Patriotes.^[2]

Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères

Quebec electoral district
Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Xavier Barsalou-Duval Bloc Québécois
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	95,326
Electors (2011)	78,251
Area (km²)[1]	688
Pop. density (per km²)	138.6
Census division(s)	Longueuil, Marguerite-D'Youville, La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Census subdivision(s)	Boucherville, Varennes, Saint-Amable, Contrecœur, Verchères, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu

Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 2015 federal election, held 19 October 2015.^[3]

The riding was supposed to be named Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères.^[4]

Profile

The Bloc Québécois has traditionally drawn stronger support in the northern, more rural, areas of the riding (such as Varennes or Saint-Amable) while the other parties (mainly the Liberals, but also the NDP) have drawn their support more in the south, especially in the suburban city of Boucherville.

During the 2015 election the elected Member of Parliament (MP) Xavier Barsalou-Duval has the dubious distinction of being the MP elected with the smallest percentage of the popular vote receiving just 28.6% of the vote.

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census

• Languages: (2016) 95.0% French, 1.7% English, 0.8% Spanish, 0.4% Arabic, 0.4% Italian, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% Creole, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% German, 0.1% Persian, 0.1% Greek^[5]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères Riding created from Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher and Verchères—Les Patriotes
42nd	2015–2019		Xavier Barsalou-Duval	Bloc Québécois
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Xavier Barsalou-Duval	29,978	54.3	+3.3	$51,318.92
	Liberal	Louis-Gabriel Girard	14,282	25.9	-2.6	$12.402.87
	Conservative	Jérôme Painchaud	4,870	8.8	+0.7	$3,365.80
	New Democratic	Martin Leprohon	4,261	7.7	+0.8	$3,545.23
	People's	Alexandre Blais	1,078	2.0	+1.4	$0.00
	Free	Carole Boisvert	777	1.4	N/A	$2,993.68
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,246	98.3	–	$111,688.77
Total rejected ballots			964	1.7
Turnout			56,210	69.0
Registered voters			81,525
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+3.0
Source: Elections Canada[6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Xavier Barsalou-Duval	31,009	51.02	+22.45	$49,162.26
	Liberal	Simon Chalifoux	17,333	28.52	+0.24	$43,167.10
	Conservative	Mathieu Daviault	4,910	8.07	-2.17	$10,470.70
	New Democratic	Sean English	4,192	6.90	-17.44	$478.92
	Green	Dany Gariépy	2,955	4.86	-3.65	$1,043.42
	People's	Clifford Albert	384	0.63	–	$1,870.53
Total valid votes/expense limit			60,783	100.0
Total rejected ballots			913
Turnout			61,696	76.29	-0.04
Eligible voters			80,864
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+11.07
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Xavier Barsalou-Duval	17,007	28.64	-5.56	$44,026.62
	Liberal	Lucie Gagnon	16,794	28.28	+18.40	$3,315.79
	New Democratic	Raphaël Fortin	14,454	24.34	-20.51	$41,449.00
	Conservative	Clovis Maheux	6,079	10.24	+1.82	9,312.42
	Green	JiCi Lauzon	5,056	8.51	+6.40	96,350.12
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,390	98.67		$212,667.64
Total rejected ballots			800	1.33	–
Turnout			60,190	76.33	–
Eligible voters			78,855
	Bloc Québécois notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+7.47
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	23,882	44.84
	Bloc Québécois	18,212	34.20
	Liberal	5,263	9.88
	Conservative	4,482	8.42
	Green	1,125	2.11
	Marxist–Leninist	292	0.55

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Final Report – Quebec
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. "Government Bill (House of Commons) C-37 (41-2) - Third Reading - Riding Name Change Act, 2014 - Parliament of Canada".
5. "Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". August 2, 2017.
6. "Confirmed candidates — Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
8. "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
9. Elections Canada – Official Voting Results for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères
10. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
11. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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