Verchères—Les Patriotes

Verchères—Les Patriotes (French pronunciation: [vɛʁʃɛʁ le patʁijɔt]; 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.

Verchères—Les Patriotes

Quebec electoral district
Verchères—Les Patriotes in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	2013
First contested	1979
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	104,355
Electors (2011)	76,596
Area (km²)[2]	659.70
Census division(s)	Longueuil, Marguerite-D'Youville, La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Census subdivision(s)	Boucherville, Sainte-Julie, Varennes, Saint-Amable, Contrecœur, Verchères, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu

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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Verchères Riding created from Chambly and St. Hyacinthe
31st	1979–1980		Bernard Loiselle	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Marcel Danis	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Stéphane Bergeron	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
Verchères—Les Patriotes
37th	2000–2004		Stéphane Bergeron	Bloc Québécois
38th	2004–2005
39th	2006–2008		Luc Malo
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2014		Sana Hassainia	New Democratic
	2014–2015			Independent
Riding dissolved into Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères and Montarville

Election results

Party		2011		2008		2006		2004		2000		1997		1993		1988		1984
	Bloc Québécois		Luc Malo 20,593		Luc Malo 27,602		Luc Malo 30,250		Stéphane Bergeron 33,333		Stéphane Bergeron 28,696		Stéphane Bergeron 30,074		Stéphane Bergeron 38,536
	Liberal		Pier-Luc Therrien-Peloquin 5,352		François Fournier 8,871		Alanna Woods 4,602		Nathalie Tousignant 9,958		Mark Provencher 16,740		Pierre Patenaude 12,715		Benoît Chiquette 12,138		Maurice Lemoine 8,487		Bernard Pierre Loiselle 19,365
	Conservative		Rodrigo Alfaro 4,884		Benoît Dussault 7,742		Jean-Félix Racicot 11,479		Francis Pierre Rémillard 2,750
	Progressive Conservative										Frédéric Grenier 3,859		Jean Legault 12,428		François Leduc 5,221		Marcel Danis 32,317		Marcel Danis 38,690
	Alliance										Stéphane Désilets 2,870
	New Democratic Party		Sana Hassainia 24,514		Raphaël Fortin 8,388		Simon Vallée 4,293		Simon Vallée 1,815		Charles Bussières 1,074		Yas Etessam 750		Frances Elbourne 695		Maria Jean 6,772		James Taylor Christie 6,534
	Green		Thomas Lapierre 1,259		Annie Morel 1,679		Carl Danis 2,047		Philippe Morlighem 975
	Marijuana								Sébastien Drouin 463		Jonathan Bérubé 1,643
	Christian Heritage														Jean Blaquière 476
	Commonwealth of Canada														Nicholas Maris 179		Roland Coté 95		Michel A. Lemire 109
	Rhinoceros														Michel Ben 97 Benoit 1,260		Miko Maillot 2,216
	Parti Nationaliste																		Michel Lepage 2,153

Verchères—Les Patriotes, 2004–2015

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sana Hassainia	24,514	43.31	+27.86
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Malo	20,593	36.38	-14.46
	Liberal	Pier-Luc Therrien-Péloquin	5,352	9.46	-6.88
	Conservative	Rodrigo Alfaro	4,884	8.63	-5.63
	Green	Thomas Lapierre	1,259	2.22	-0.87
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			871	1.52	+0.13
Turnout			57,473	71.56	-0.31
Eligible voters			80,312	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Malo	27,602	50.84	-6.59	$39,478
	Liberal	François Fournier	8,871	16.34	+7.61	$6,204
	New Democratic	Raphaël Fortin	8,388	15.45	+7.30	$7,738
	Conservative	Benoît Dussault	7,742	14.26	-7.53	$32,535
	Green	Annie Morel	1,679	3.09	-0.79
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,282	100.00	$82,267
Total rejected ballots			766	1.39	0.00
Turnout			55,048	71.87	-0.26

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Malo	30,250	57.43	-10.2	$40,572
	Conservative	Jean-Félix Racicot	11,479	21.79	+16.2	$14,292
	Liberal	Alanna Woods	4,602	8.73	-11.5	$5,938
	New Democratic	Simon Vallée	4,293	8.15	+4.5	$1,306
	Green	Carl Danis	2,047	3.88	+2.9
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,671	100.00	$76,664
Total rejected ballots			743	1.39
Turnout			53,414	72.13

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	33,333	67.6	+15.3	$56,029
	Liberal	Nathalie Tousignant	9,958	20.2	-10.3	$55,406
	Conservative	Francis Pierre Rémillard	2,750	5.6	-6.7	$6,189
	New Democratic	Simon Vallée	1,815	3.7	+1.7	$754
	Green	Philippe Morlighem	975	2.0	–	$0
	Marijuana	Sébastien Drouin	463	0.9	-2.1
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,294	100.0	$74,238

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	28,696	52.3	-1.4
	Liberal	Mark Provencher	16,740	30.5	+7.8
	Progressive Conservative	Frédéric Grenier	3,859	7.0	-15.2
	Alliance	Stéphane Désilets	2,870	5.2
	Marijuana	Jonathan Bérubé	1,643	3.0
	New Democratic	Charles Bussières	1,074	2.0	+0.6
Total valid votes			54,882	100.0

Verchères, 1979-2000

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	30,074	53.7	-14.1
	Liberal	Pierre Patenaude	12,715	22.7	+1.4
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Legault	12,428	22.2	+13.0
	New Democratic	Yas Etessam	750	1.3	+0.1
Total valid votes			55,967	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Stéphane Bergeron	38,536	67.8
	Liberal	Benoît Chiquette	12,138	21.4	+4.0
	Progressive Conservative	François Leduc	5,221	9.2	-56.9
	New Democratic	Frances Elbourne	695	1.2	-12.6
	Christian Heritage	Jean Blaquière	47	0.1
	Commonwealth of Canada	Nicholas Maris	179	0.3	+0.1
Total valid votes			56,816	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Danis	32,317	66.0	+10.0
	Liberal	Maurice Lemoine	8,487	17.3	-10.7
	New Democratic	Maria Jean	6,772	13.8	+4.4
	Rhinoceros	Michel Ben 97 Benoit	1,260	2.6	-0.6
	Commonwealth of Canada	Roland Coté	95	0.2	–
Total valid votes			48,931	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Danis	38,690	56.0	+45.7
	Liberal	Bernard Loiselle	19,365	28.0	-40.1
	New Democratic	James Christie	6,534	9.5	-3.3
	Rhinoceros	Miko Maillot	2,216	3.2	-1.9
	Parti nationaliste	Michel Lepage	2,153	3.1
	Commonwealth of Canada	Michel A. Lemire	101	0.1
Total valid votes			69,059	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard Loiselle	37,393	68.1	+5.3
	New Democratic	Chislaine Gagnon	7,015	12.8	+6.5
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Lefebvre	5,653	10.3	-3.7
	Rhinoceros	Hugue Le Brulôt Mignault	2,804	5.1	+1.7
	Social Credit	Benoît Houle	1,514	2.8	-10.1
	Union populaire	Madeleine Gamache	410	0.7	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Christiane Robidoux	88	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes			54,877	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bernard Loiselle	36,542	62.8
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Lefebvre	8,156	14.0
	Social Credit	André Campeau	7,460	12.8
	New Democratic	Micheline Ruelland	3,652	6.3
	Rhinoceros	Damien Tremblay	1,960	3.4
	Union populaire	Gilles Maillé	287	0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Christiane Robidoux	114	0.2
Total valid votes			58,171	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada