Richmond—Arthabaska

'''Richmond—Arthabaska''' is a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], that has been represented in the [[Canadian House of Commons]] since 1997. ==Geography== The riding, north of the city of [[Sherbrooke]], straddles the Quebec regions of [[Centre-du-Québec]] and [[Estrie]]. It consists of the Regional County Municipalities (RCM) of [[Les Sources Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Les Sources]] and [[Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Arthabaska]] and the centre of the RCM of [[Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec|Le Val-Saint-François]]. It includes in particular the towns of [[Victoriaville]] and [[Asbestos, Quebec|Asbestos]]. The neighbouring ridings are [[Drummond (electoral district)|Drummond]], [[Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour]], [[Mégantic—L'Érable]], [[Compton—Stanstead]], [[Sherbrooke (electoral district)|Sherbrooke]], [[Brome—Missisquoi]], and [[Shefford (electoral district)|Shefford]]. Its population is 97,493, including 78,478 voters, and its area is 3,563 km². ==History== The riding was created in 1996 from portions of [[Drummond (electoral district)|Drummond]], [[Richmond—Wolfe]], [[Compton—Stanstead]] and [[Lotbinière—L'Érable]] ridings. ===Members of Parliament=== This riding has elected the following [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]]: {| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" ! Parliament ! Years ! colspan="2" | Member ! Party |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 1997|36th]] | 1997–2000 | rowspan="2" {{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives}} |     | rowspan="3" | [[André Bachand (Progressive Conservative MP)|André Bachand]] | rowspan="2" | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] |- | rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2000|37th]] | 2000–2003 |- | 2003–2004 | rowspan="1" {{Canadian politics/party colours/Independents}} |     | Independent [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2004|38th]] | 2004–2006 | rowspan="4" {{Canadian politics/party colours/BQ}} |     | rowspan="4" | [[André Bellavance]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bloc Québécois]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2006|39th]] | 2006–2008 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2008|40th]] | 2008–2011 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2011|41st]] | 2011–present |} ==Election results== {{CanElec2|2011}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|[[André Bellavance]] |18,033 |33.8 | -12.2 | }} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|Isabelle Maguire |17,316 |32.5 |+23.8 | }} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Jean-Philippe Bachand |13,145 |24.7 | -4.3 | }} {{CanElec2Row|Liberal|Marie-Josée Talbot |3,711 |7.0 | -5.7 | }} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Tomy Bombardier |1,098 |2.1 | -0.5 | }} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|53,303|100.0 | }} {{CanElec2Tot|Total rejected ballots| 871| 1.6| -0.2| }} {{CanElec2Tot|Turnout| 54,174 | 69.2| +3.6| }} {{CanElec2Tot|Eligible voters| 82,663| | | }} {{end}} {{CanElec2|2008}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|[[André Bellavance]]|23,913|46.0|-2.5| $77,254}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Éric Lefebvre|15,080|29.0|-3.8| $68,252}} {{CanElec2Row|Liberal|Gwyneth Helen Grant|6,599|12.7|+2.1| $13,483}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|Stéphane Ricard|4,509|8.7|+3.7| $6,965}} {{CanElec2Row|Green|François Fillion|1,337|2.6|-2.1| $129}} {{CanElec2Row|Independent|Jean Landry|526|1.0| | $4,952}} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|51,964|100.0 | $85,600 }} {{CanElec2Tot|Total rejected ballots|728| 1.4}} {{CanElec2Tot|Turnout|52,692 | 65.6}} {{end}} {{CanElec2|2006}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|[[André Bellavance]]|24,466|47.9|-7.7| $45,923}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Jean Landry|16,465|32.2|+21.8| $54,937}} {{CanElec2Row|Liberals|Louis Napoléon Mercier|5,294|10.4|-16.8 | $13,189}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|Isabelle Maguire|2,507|4.9|+1.6| $1,096}} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Laurier Busque|2,355|4.6|+1.0| $320}} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|51,087| 100.0| $79,322}} {{end}} {{CanElec2|2004}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|[[André Bellavance]]|26,211|55.6|+19.2| $57,094}} {{CanElec2Row|Liberal|[[Christine St-Pierre]]|12,809|27.2|+5.7| $57,787}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Pierre Poissant|4,925|10.4|-30.3 | $23,328}} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Lucie LaForest|1,699|3.6|+3.6| $164}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|Jason S. Noble|1,540|3.3|+2.8| $7,832}} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|47,184 |100.0| $77,446}} {{CanElec2Tot|Majority|13,402|28.4}} {{CanElec2Tot|Rejected ballots|1,112|2.3}} {{CanElec2Tot|Turnout|48,296|62.2}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BQ/row}} |bgcolor="white" align="left" colspan=2|[[Bloc Québécois]] '''gain''' from Independent Progressive Conservative. |align=right|'''Swing''' |align=right|+6.8 | {{end}} Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party votes. {{CanElec4|2000}} {{CanElec4Row|Progressive Conservatives|[[André Bachand (Progressive Conservative MP)|André Bachand]]|18,430|37.2 |-4.3}} {{CanElec4Row|BQ|André Bellavance|18,067|36.5 |-0.5}} {{CanElec4Row|Liberals|Aldéi Beaudoin|10,416|21.0 |+0.7}} {{CanElec4Row|Canadian Alliance|Philippe Ardilliez|1,930|3.9 |}} {{CanElec4Row|Natural Law|Christian Simard|375|0.8 |}} {{CanElec4Row|NDP|Vincent Bernier|319|0.6 |-0.6}} {{CanElec4Tot|Total valid votes|49,537 |100.0}} {{end}} {{CanElec5|1997}} {{CanElec5Row|Progressive Conservatives|[[André Bachand (Progressive Conservative MP)|André Bachand]]|21,687|41.5}} {{CanElec5Row|BQ|Gaston Leroux|19,319|37.0}} {{CanElec5Row|Liberals|Aldéi Beaudoin|10,613|20.3}} {{CanElec5Row|NDP|Martin Bergeron|641|1.2}} {{CanElec5Tot|Total valid votes|52,260 |100.0}} {{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=1052 Riding history from the] [[Library of Parliament]] *[http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx?ed=1514 2011 Results from Elections Canada] {{Ridings in the Eastern Townships}} {{Ridings in Quebec}} {{coord missing|Quebec}}