Drummond (provincial electoral district)

Drummond

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Yves-François Blanchet PQ
District created	1890
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007)	56,394 [1]
Area (km²)
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Drummond is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Centre-du-Quebec region, the district was created in 1890. From 1867 to 1886, it was part of the riding of Drummond-Arthabaska. It includes most of the city of Drummondville and the Grantham area.

The riding as well as the city of Drummondville were named in honor of former War of 1812 general Gordon Drummond. [2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Drummond-Arthabaska riding

• Edward John Hemming, Conservative Party (1867–1871)
• Wilfrid Laurier, Liberal (1871–1874)
• William John Watts, Conservative Party - Conservative Independent - Liberal (1874–1885)
• Joseph-Éna Girouard, Liberal (1886–1890)

Drummond riding

• William John Watts, Liberal (1890–1892)
• Joseph Peter Cooke, Conservative Party (1892–1897)
• William John Watts, Liberal (1897–1901)
• Joseph Laferté, Liberal (1901–1909)
• Louis-Jules Allard, Liberal (1910–1916)
• Hector Laferté, Liberal (1916–1935)
• Arthur Rajotte, Liberal (1935–1936)
• Joseph Marier, Union Nationale (1936–1939)
• Arthur Rajotte, Liberal (1939–1944)
• Robert Bernard, Union Nationale (1944–1952)
• Bernard Pinard, Liberal (1952–1956)
• Robert Bernard, Union Nationale (1956–1960)
• Bernard Pinard, Liberal (1960–1966)

Members of National Assembly

• Bernard Pinard, Liberal (1966–1973)
• Robert Malouin, Liberal (1973–1976)
• Michel Clair, Parti Québécois (1976–1985)
• Jean-Guy St-Roch, Liberal (1985–1994)
• Normand Jutras, Parti Québécois (1994–2007)
• Sébastien Schneeberger, ADQ (2007–2008)
• Yves-François Blanchet, Parti Québécois (2008–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Yves-Francois Blanchet	11,480	34.40
	Liberal	Jacques Sigouin	10,860	32.54
	Action démocratique	Sebastien Schneeberger	9,757	29.23
	Québec solidaire	Luce Daneau	1,279	3.83

References

• Drummond election results
• Drummond et Arthabaska election results
• Map of Drummond
• Quebec electoral map

Neighbouring electoral districts