Verchères—Les Patriotes

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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Party		2011		2008		2006		2004		2000		1997		1993		1988		1984		Bloc Québécois		Luc Malo 20,593	Template:Canadian party colour|	Luc Malo 27,602	Template:Canadian party colour|	Luc Malo 30,250	Template:Canadian party colour|	Stéphane Bergeron 33,333	Template:Canadian party colour|	Stéphane Bergeron 28,696	Template:Canadian party colour|	Stéphane Bergeron 30,074	Template:Canadian party colour|	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		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	Template:Canadian party colour|	Marcel Danis 32,317	Template:Canadian party colour|	Marcel Danis 38,690										Stéphane Désilets 2,870							New Democratic Party	Template:Canadian party colour|	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		Thomas Lapierre 1,259		Annie Morel 1,679		Carl Danis 2,047		Philippe Morlighem 975																		Sébastien Drouin 463		Jonathan Bérubé 1,643																						Jean Blaquière 476
													Nicholas Maris 179		Roland Coté 95		Michel A. Lemire 109														Michel Ben 97 Benoit 1,260		Miko Maillot 2,216	Parti Nationaliste																		Michel Lepage 2,153

Verchères—Les Patriotes, 2004–2015

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Verchères, 1979-2000

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See also

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

References

• Template:SCref
• 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