Repentigny (electoral district)

'''Repentigny''' is a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], that has been represented in the [[Canadian House of Commons]] since 1997. It consists solely and entirely of the [[L'Assomption Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption]]. ==Demographics== :''According to the [[Canada 2001 Census]]'' {| class="wikitable" |Population |103,977 |- |Electors |84,312 |- |Area (km²) |266 |- |Population density (people per km²) |390.9 {{end}} '''Ethnic groups:''' 98.7% White
'''Languages:''' 97.3% French, 1.1% English, 1.3% Others
'''Religions:''' 94.5% Catholic, 1.3% Protestant, 3.4% No religion
'''Average income:''' $30,277 ==Political geography== Repentigny is one of the most separatist ridings in Quebec. In the 2006 election, every single poll was won by the Bloc Québécois. ==History== It was created in 1996 from parts of [[Joliette (electoral district)|Joliette]] and [[Terrebonne (electoral district)|Terrebonne]] [[Riding (division)|ridings]]. It consisted initially of the cities of Charlemagne, Lachenaie, Mascouche and Repentigny; and the Parish Municipality of La Plaine in the County Regional Municipality of Les Moulins. ===Member of Parliament=== {| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" ! Parliament ! Years ! colspan="2" | Member ! Party |- | colspan="5" align="center" | ''[[Joliette (electoral district)|Joliette]] and [[Terrebonne (electoral district)|Terrebonne]] prior to 1996.'' |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 1997|36th]] | 1997–2000 | rowspan="4" {{Canadian politics/party colours/BQ}} |     | rowspan="4" | [[Benoît Sauvageau]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bloc Québécois]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2000|37th]] | 2000–2004 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2004|38th]] | 2004–2006 |- | rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2006|39th]] | 2006 |- | 2006–2008 | {{Canadian politics/party colours/BQ}} |     | [[Raymond Gravel]] | [[Bloc Québécois]] |- | rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2008|40th]] |- | 2008–2011 | {{Canadian politics/party colours/BQ}} |     | [[Nicolas Dufour]] | [[Bloc Québécois]] |- | rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2011|41st]] |- | 2011–present | {{Canadian politics/party colours/NDP}} |     | [[Jean-François Larose]] | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |} ===2008 federal election=== Fr. Gravel chose not to run again, citing pressure from the Church. Party activist Nicolas Dufour secured the Bloc nomination, becoming one of their youngest candidates. Réjean Bellemare ran again for the NDP. The Bloc held the riding handily, with the NDP securing one of the party's four second-place finishes in the province. ====2006 by-election==== MP Benoît Sauvageau was killed in a [[car accident]] on August 28, 2006. [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]] called for a by-election on October 22, 2006 with a polling day of November 27, 2006. There had been a lot of pressure from [[parliamentary opposition|opposition parties]] for [[Minister of Public Works and Government Services (Canada)|Public Works Minister]] [[Michael Fortier]], a [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] [[Canadian Senate|senator]], to run here however he has declined. Fortier was appointed to the Senate and the [[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet]] to represent [[Greater Montreal]] which elected no Conservatives in the last federal election, while Fortier pledged to resign from the Senate and seek election to the House of Commons in the [[40th Canadian federal election|next federal election]]. Instead, the Conservative candidate was Stéphane Bourgon, a lawyer. The Bloc Québécois, of which Sauvageau was a member, ran [[Raymond Gravel]], a [[Roman Catholic]] [[priest]]. The [[New Democratic Party]] candidate was union activist and former [[Canadian Navy]] member Réjean Bellemare, who had also run for the NDP in the previous general election. The [[Green Party of Canada]] had announced that Marc-André Gadoury would be their candidate, but he did not complete and submit paperwork to [[Elections Canada]] in sufficient time to get on the ballot. Gadoury suggested that the Greens did not submit the paperwork on purpose and on November 25, 2006, ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'' reported that Gadoury was endorsing the NDP candidate, Réjean Bellemare. [[Raymond Gravel]] of the Bloc Québécois won the by-election with an approximately two-thirds majority of votes. ===1997-present=== {{CanElec2|2011}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|Jean-François Larose |32,131|51.92|+36.77| }} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|[[Nicolas Dufour]] |19,198|31.09|-21.97| }} {{CanElec2Row|Liberal|Chantal Perreault |4,830|7.80|-7.17| }} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Christophe Royer |4,606|7.44|-6.54| }} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Michel Duchaine |1,078|1.74|-1.11| }} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|61,887|100.00 | }} {{CanElec2Tot|Total rejected ballots| 934|1.49| | }} {{CanElec2Tot|Turnout| 62,821|66.91 | | }} {{CanElec2Tot|Eligible voters| 93,882 | | | }} {{end}} {{CanElec2|2008}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|[[Nicolas Dufour]]|31,005|53.06|-13.20| $90,525}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|[[Réjean Bellemare]]|8,853|15.15|+8.13 | $5,448}} {{CanElec2Row|Liberal|Robert Semegen|8,746|14.97|+8.74| $7,684}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Bruno Royer|8,168|13.98|-4.72| $46,962}} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Paul W. Fournier|1,666|2.85|-| | $4,967}} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|58,438|100.00| $91,738}} {{CanElec2Tot|Turnout| -|53.3}} {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BQ/row}} |align="left" colspan=2|[[Bloc Québécois]] '''hold''' |align="right"|'''Swing''' |align="right"| -10.7 |align="right"| {{end}} {{CanElec2-by|27 November 2006|Due to the death of M. Sauvageau on 28 August, 2006}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|[[Raymond Gravel]]|20,635|66.26|+3.84|$84,032}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Stéphane Bourgon|5,822|18.69|+0.61|$46,980}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|[[Réjean Bellemare]]|2,187|7.02|-0.72|$34,699}} {{CanElec2Row|Liberal|Christian Turenne|1,940|6.23|-2.42|$15,043}} {{CanElec2Row|Independent|Jocelyne Leduc|390|1.25|n/a|$45}} {{CanElec2Row|Canadian Action|Mahmood Raza Baig|91|0.29|n/a|$5,641}} {{CanElec2Row|Independent|Régent Millette|78|0.25|n/a| }} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|31,143|100.00|$85,285}} {{end}} {{CanElec2|2006}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|[[Benoît Sauvageau]]|34,958|62.42|-7.64| $66,386}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Claude Lafortune, Jr.|10,124|18.08|+13.31|$4,967}} {{CanElec2Row|Liberal|Josyanne Forest|4,847|8.65|-9.6| $8,129}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|[[Réjean Bellemare]]|4,337|7.74|+4.76| $7,511}} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Adam Jastrzebski|1,742|3.11|+0.22 | $0}} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|56,008|100.00| $82,825}} {{end}} {{CanElec2|2004}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|[[Benoît Sauvageau]]|35,907|70.06|+12.26| }} {{CanElec2Row|Liberal|Lévis Brien|9,353|18.25|-8.63| $76,485}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Allen F. Mackenzie|2,447|4.77|-5.69| $5,725}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|André Cardinal|1,526|2.98|+1.55| }} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Jean-François Lévêque|1,482|2.89|n/a| $0}} {{CanElec2Row|Marijuana|François Boudreau|539|1.05|-2.38| }} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|51,254|100.00| $79,823}} {{end}} {{CanElec4|2000}} {{CanElec4Row|BQ|[[Benoît Sauvageau]]|33,627|57.80|+1.51}} {{CanElec4Row|Liberals|David Veillette|15,635|26.88|+5.75}} {{CanElec4Row|Progressive Conservatives|Michel Carignan|3,122|5.37|-15.66}} {{CanElec4Row|Canadian Alliance|Michel Paulette|2,964|5.09|n/a}} {{CanElec4Row|Marijuana|Lise Dufour|1,997|3.43|n/a}} {{CanElec4Row|NDP|Pierre Péclet|831|1.43|-0.12}} {{CanElec4Tot|Total|58,176|100.00}} {{end}} {{CanElec5|1997}} {{CanElec5Row|BQ|[[Benoît Sauvageau]]|33,283|56.29}} {{CanElec5Row|Liberals|Robert Tranchemontagne|12,495|21.13}} {{CanElec5Row|Progressive Conservatives|Michel Carignan|12,436|21.03}} {{CanElec5Row|NDP|Normand Caplette|916|1.55}} {{CanElec5Tot|Total|59,130|100.00}} {{end}} ==See also== * [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts]] * [[Past Canadian electoral districts]] ==Sources== * [http://www.elections.ca Campaign expense data from Elections Canada] *[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1051 Riding history from the] [[Library of Parliament]] *[http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx?type=3&criteria=Repentigny 2011 Results from Elections Canada] {{Ridings in Central Quebec}} {{Ridings in Quebec}} {{coord missing|Quebec}}