Richmond—Arthabaska

Richmond—Arthabaska

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec


caption =
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24055
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = André Bellavance
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 100116
demo-electors = 78478
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 3563
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Victoriaville, Asbestos, Windsor, Warwick, Danville, Richmond, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Kingsey Falls, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton

Richmond—Arthabaska is a federal 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 RCMs of Les Sources and Arthabaska as well as the centre of the RCM of Le Val-Saint-François. It includes in particular the towns of Victoriaville and Asbestos.

The neighbouring ridings are Drummond, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Mégantic—L'Érable, Compton—Stanstead, Sherbrooke, Brome—Missisquoi, and 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, Richmond—Wolfe, Compton—Stanstead and Lotbinière—L'Érable ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

* André Bachand, Progressive Conservative (1997-2003); Independent Progressive Conservative (2003-2004)
* André Bellavance, Bloc Québécois (2004-present)

Election results

-
bgcolor="white" align="left" colspan=2|Bloc Québécois gain from Independent Progressive Conservative.
align=right|Swing
align=right|+6.8|

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1052 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament


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