Châteauguay (provincial electoral district)

Châteauguay

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Pierre Moreau Liberal
District created	1853 [1]
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007)	55,949
Area (km²)
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Châteauguay is a provincial electoral district in the Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was originally created in 1853.

Geography

It consists of the municipalities of:

• Châteauguay
• Léry
• Mercier
• Sainte-Catherine
• Saint-Isidore

In addition, it also consists of the First Nation reserve of:

• Kahnawake

Linguistic demographics

• Francophone: 78.2%
• Anglophone: 17.9%
• Allophone: 3.9%

Members of Legislative Assembly

Chateauguay riding

• Édouard Laberge, Liberal (1867-1883)
• Joseph-Émery Robidoux, Liberal (1884-1892)
• William Greig, Conservative Party (1892-1897)
• Joseph-Émery Robidoux, Liberal (1897-1900)
• François-Xavier Dupuis, Liberal (1900-1907)
• Honoré Mercier Jr., Liberal (1907-1908)
• Hospice Desrosiers, Conservative Party (1908)
• Honoré Mercier Jr., Liberal (1908-1936)
• Auguste Boyer, Union Nationale (1936-1939)
• Honoré Mercier III, Liberal (1944-1948)
• Arthur Laberge, Union Nationale (1948-1957)
• Joseph-Maurice Laberge, Union Nationale (1957-1962)
• George Kennedy, Liberal (1962-1966)

Châteauguay–Laprairie riding

• Roméo Fortin, Liberal (1939-1944)

Members of the National Assembly

• George Kennedy, Liberal (1966-1976)
• Roland Dussault, Parti Québécois (1976-1985)
• Pierrette Cardinal, Liberal (1985-1994)
• Jean-Marc Fournier, Liberal (1994-2008)
• Pierre Moreau, Liberal (2008-present)

Electoral results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pierre Moreau	13,583	41.41	+3.99
	Parti Québécois	Michel Pinard	13,132	40.03	+12.58
	Action démocratique	Geneviève Tousignant	4,115	12.54	-17.40
	Green	Johanne Côté	967	2.95	+0.12
	Québec solidaire	Véronique Pronovost	677	2.06	-0.31
	Parti indépendantiste	Nicole Caron	215	0.66
	Marxist-Leninist	Hélène Héroux	115	0.35

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Marc Fournier	15,279	37.42	-14.38
	Action démocratique	Chantal Marin	12,228	29.94	+18.79
	Parti Québécois	Michel Pinard	11,208	27.45	-7.41
	Green	Khalil Saade	1,154	2.83
	Québec solidaire	Véronique Pronovost	967	2.37

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Marc Fournier	20,434	51.80
	Parti Québécois	Éric Cardinal	13,751	34.86
	Action démocratique	Daniel Lapointe	4,399	11.15
	Bloc pot	Gilles Lalumière	547	1.39
	Union des forces progressistes	Guylaine Sirard	222	0.56
	Equality	Robert Jason Morgan	93	0.24

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	20,443	52.52
	Oui	18,481	47.48

References

• Quebec Votes 2007, Riding Profiles Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 25 February 2007
• Information on the Electoral Divisions Holding Elections Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retrieved 25 February 2007
• Référendum du 30 octobre 1995 Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retrieved 25 February 2007
• Chateauguay election results
• Chateauguay-Laprairie election results
• Map of Chateauguay
• Quebec electoral map

Neighbouring electoral districts