Verchères—Les Patriotes

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec


caption = Verchères—Les Patriotes in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts.
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24074
fed-created = 1976
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1979
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Luc Malo
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 97726
demo-electors = 74053
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 687
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Boucherville, Sainte-Julie, Varennes, Saint-Amable, Contrecoeur, Verchères, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu

Verchères—Les Patriotes (formerly Verchères) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.

Geography

The riding runs along the Saint Lawrence River east of Montreal, in the Quebec region of Montérégie. It consists of the RMC of Lajemmerais, the northern part of the RMC of La Vallée-du-Richelieu, and the northern part of the city of Boucherville.

The neighbouring ridings are Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, La Pointe-de-l'Île, Repentigny and Berthier—Maskinongé.

History

Verchères riding was created by the British North America Act in 1867. In 1893, it was merged into Chambly—Verchères.

In 1976, the riding of "Verchères" was recreated from parts of Chambly and St. Hyacinthe ridings. In 1998, it was renamed "Verchères—Les Patriotes".

The district seat was vacant starting from November 9, 2005, when Stéphane Bergeron stepped down to join provincial politics. No by-election was called before the 2006 election was called for January 23, 2006; Bloc candidate Luc Malo won that election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

#Bernard Loiselle, Liberal (1979-1984)
#Marcel Danis, Progressive Conservative (1984-1993)
#Stéphane Bergeron, Bloc Québécois (1993-2005)
#Luc Malo, Bloc Québécois (2006-present)

Election results

Verchères—Les Patriotes, 2004-present

Verchères, 1979-2000

See also

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

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=771&Include= Verchères 1976-1998]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1191 Verchères—Les Patriotes 1998-present]