Champlain (provincial electoral district)

Champlain

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Noëlla Champagne PQ
District created	1829
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007)	46,741 [1]
Area (km²)
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Champlain is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Mauricie region, it was created in 1829. It includes the municipalities of Saint-Stanislas, Saint-Narcisse and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade and the eastern portions of the city of Trois-Rivières.

The riding is named after the founder of Quebec City in 1608, Samuel de Champlain.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (1867-1968) and the National Assembly of Quebec (since 1968)

	Name	Assignments [1]	Party	Election [2]	Popular Vote [3]
	John Jones Ross [4]	Government MLA	Conservative	1867	64%
	Jean-Charles Chapais	Government MLA	Conservative	1867	unopposed
	François-Xavier-Anselme Trudel	Government MLA	Conservative	1871	39%
	Dominique-Napoléon Saint-Cyr	Government MLA (until 1878) Official Opposition MLA (after 1878)	Conservative	1875	36%
	Dominique-Napoléon Saint-Cyr	Official Opposition MLA (until 1879) Government MLA (after 1879)	Conservative	1878	61%
	Robert Trudel [5]	Government MLA	Conservative	1881	unopposed
	Ferdinand Trudel [6]	Official Opposition MLA (until 1887) Government MLA (after 1887)	Parti National	1886	51%
	Pierre Grenier	Official Opposition MLA (until 1891) Government MLA (after 1891)	Conservative	1890	51%
	Pierre Grenier	Government MLA	Conservative	1892	62%
	Pierre Grenier	Official Opposition MLA	Conservative	1897	52%
	Pierre-Calixte Neault	Government MLA	Liberal	1900	51%
	Pierre-Calixte Neault	Government MLA	Liberal	1904	57%
	Pierre-Calixte Neault [7]	Government MLA	Liberal	1908	53%
	Joseph-Arthur Labissonnière [8]	Official Opposition MLA	Conservative	1912	51%
	Bruno Bordeleau	Government MLA	Liberal	1916	59%
	Bruno Bordeleau	Government MLA	Liberal	1919	unopposed
	Bruno Bordeleau [9]	Government MLA	Liberal	1923	57%
	William-Pierre Grant	Government MLA	Liberal	1925	54%
	William-Pierre Grant	Government MLA	Liberal	1927	55%
	William-Pierre Grant	Government MLA	Liberal	1931	54%
	Ulphée-Wilbrod Rousseau	Opposition MLA	Action libérale nationale	1935	56%
	Ulphée-Wilbrod Rousseau	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1936	61%
	Joseph-Philias Morin	Official Opposition MLA	Union Nationale	1939	51%
	Maurice Bellemare	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1944	54%
	Maurice Bellemare	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1948	69%
	Maurice Bellemare	Government MLA Government House Whip (after 1953)	Union Nationale	1952	60%
	Maurice Bellemare	Government House Whip (until 1959) Cabinet Member (after 1959)	Union Nationale	1956	59%
	Maurice Bellemare	Official Opposition MLA	Union Nationale	1960	50%
	Maurice Bellemare	Official Opposition MLA	Union Nationale	1962	53%
	Maurice Bellemare	Cabinet Member Government House Leader (until 1969)	Union Nationale	1966	58%
	Normand Toupin	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1970	33%
	Normand Toupin [10]	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1973	55%
	Marcel Gagnon	Government MNA	Parti Québécois	1976	41%
	Marcel Gagnon [11]	Government MNA Parliamentary Secretary (after 1984)	Parti Québécois	1981	54%
	Pierre-A. Brouillette	Government MNA	Liberal	1985	52%
	Pierre-A. Brouillette [12]	Government MNA	Liberal	1989	46%
	Yves Beaumier	Government MNA	Parti Québécois	1994	42%
	Yves Beaumier	Government MNA	Parti Québécois	1998	47%
	No winner [13]	N/A	N/A	2003	35%
	Noëlla Champagne [14]	Official Opposition MNA	Parti Québécois	2003	38%
	Pierre-Michel Auger	Official Opposition MNA	Action démocratique du Québec	2007	45%
	Pierre-Michel Auger	Government MNA	Liberal	---	cross the floor [15]
	Noëlla Champagne	Official Opposition MNA	Parti Québécois	2008	41%

Footnotes

1. ^ Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.
2. ^ By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.
3. ^ Elections par circonscriptions - Champlain
4. ^ Ross resigned to become Member of the Legislative Council (provincial upper house) in 1867.
5. ^ Robert Trudel died in office in 1886.
6. ^ Ferdinand Trudel lost the 1890 election.
7. ^ Neault lost the 1912 election.
8. ^ Labissonnière lost the 1916 election.
9. ^ Bordeleau resigned to become registrar in 1925.
10. ^ Toupin lost the 1976 election.
11. ^ Gagnon lost the 1985 election.
12. ^ Brouillette lost the 1994 election.
13. ^ The 2003 election was a tie between PQ Noëlla Champagne and Liberal Pierre-A. Brouillette. Another election was held to determine the winner.
14. ^ Champagne lost the 2007 election.
15. ^ Auger joined the Liberals on October 23, 2008 along with Iberville MNA André Riedl

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti québécois	Noella Champagne	12,317	40.91
	Liberal	Pierre-Michel Auger	10,286	34.16
	Action démocratique	Luc Arvisais	6,582	21.86
	Québec solidaire	Myriam Fauteux	714	2.37
	Independent	Jean-Pierre Grenier	211	0.70

References

• Election results
• Map of Champlain
• Quebec electoral map

See also

• Champlain, Quebec
• History of Canada
• History of Quebec
• Mauricie
• Politics of Canada
• Politics of Quebec
• Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
• Saint-Maurice—Champlain Federal Electoral District

Neighbouring electoral districts