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 Party201120082006200420001997199319881984Bloc 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 4,602Nathalie Tousignant 9,958Mark Provencher 16,740Pierre Patenaude 12,715Benoît Chiquette 12,138Maurice Lemoine 8,487Bernard Pierre Loiselle 19,365 Rodrigo Alfaro 4,884Benoît Dussault 7,742Jean-Félix Racicot 11,479Francis Pierre Rémillard 2,750 Progressive Conservative Frédéric Grenier 3,859Jean Legault 12,428François Leduc 5,221 Marcel Danis 32,317 Marcel Danis 38,690 Stéphane Désilets 2,870 New Democratic Party Sana Hassainia 24,514Raphaël Fortin 8,388Simon Vallée 4,293Simon Vallée 1,815Charles Bussières 1,074Yas Etessam 750Frances Elbourne 695Maria Jean 6,772James Taylor Christie 6,534 Thomas Lapierre 1,259Annie Morel 1,679Carl Danis 2,047Philippe Morlighem 975 Sébastien Drouin 463Jonathan Bérubé 1,643 Jean Blaquière 476 Nicholas Maris 179Roland Coté 95Michel A. Lemire 109 Michel Ben 97 Benoit 1,260Miko Maillot 2,216Parti Nationaliste Michel Lepage 2,153
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