Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Richmond—Arthabaska electoral district Federal electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP Eric Lefebvre Conservative District created 1996 First contested 1997 Last contested 2025 District webpage profile ,map Demographics Population (2011 )[ 1] 103,897 Electors (2015)85,118 Area (km²)[ 1] 3,571 Pop. density (per km²) 29.1 Census division(s) Arthabaska ,Les Sources ,Le Val-Saint-François Census subdivision(s) Victoriaville ,Val-des-Sources ,Windsor ,Warwick ,Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Danville ,Richmond ,Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska ,Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton ,Daveluyville
Richmond—Arthabaska is a federalelectoral district inQuebec ,Canada , that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada since 1997.
The riding, north of the city ofSherbrooke , straddles the Quebec regions ofCentre-du-Québec andEstrie . It consists of the Regional County Municipalities (RCM) ofLes Sources andArthabaska and the centre of the RCM ofLe Val-Saint-François . It includes in particular the towns ofVictoriaville andVal-des-Sources .
The neighbouring ridings areDrummond ,Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour ,Mégantic—L'Érable ,Compton—Stanstead ,Sherbrooke ,Brome—Missisquoi , andShefford .
Its population is 100,116, including 82,663 voters, and its area is 3,563 km2 .
The riding was created in 1996 from portions ofDrummond ,Richmond—Wolfe ,Compton—Stanstead andLotbinière—L'Érable ridings.
There were no territory changes to this riding from the2012 electoral redistribution .
Members of Parliament [ edit ] This riding has elected the followingmembers of Parliament :
Election results in Richmond—Arthabaska 1996-present (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Alain Rayes 28,513 49.9 +4.6 $77,802.72 Bloc Québécois Diego Scalzo 14,150 24.8 -3.4 $21,445.03 Liberal Alexandre Desmarais 8,543 14.9 -0.2 $9,158.14 New Democratic Nataël Bureau 2,550 4.5 -0.4 $0.00 People's Nadine Fougeron 2,058 3.6 +2.4 $0.00 Free Louis Richard 897 1.6 N/A $261.59 Rhinoceros Marjolaine Delisle 448 0.8 N/A $0.00 Total valid votes/expense limit 57,159 98.1 – $116,926.70 Total rejected ballots 1,125 1.9 Turnout 58,284 66.3 Eligible voters 87,942 Conservative hold Swing +4.0 Source:Elections Canada [ 4]
2019 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Alain Rayes 26,553 45.3 +13.70 $62,920.65 Bloc Québécois Olivier Nolin 16,539 28.2 +11.00 none listed Liberal Marc Patry 8,868 15.1 -9.60 $14,690.80 Green Laura Horth-Lepage 3,133 5.3 +3.60 none listed New Democratic Olivier Guérin 2,864 4.9 -19.30 $0.33 People's Jean Landry 681 1.2 - $462.33 Total valid votes/expense limit 58,638 100.0 Total rejected ballots 1,077 Turnout 59,715 68.8 Eligible voters 86,741 Conservative hold Swing +1.35 Source:Elections Canada [ 5] [ 6]
2015 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Alain Rayes 18,505 31.57 +6.87 $136,964.22 Liberal Marc Desmarais 14,463 24.67 +17.71 $33,114.26 New Democratic Myriam Beaulieu 14,213 24.25 -8.24 $58,782.84 Bloc Québécois Olivier Nolin 10,068 17.18 -16.65 $50,004.53 Green Laurier Busque 984 1.68 -0.38 $79.93 Rhinoceros Antoine Dubois 384 0.66 – – Total valid votes/expense limit 58,617 100.0 $224,297.28 Total rejected ballots 912 – – Turnout 59,529 – – Eligible voters 85,652 Conservative gain fromBloc Québécois Swing -5.40 Source:Elections Canada [ 7] [ 8]
2008 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois André Bellavance 23,913 46.0 -2.5 $77,254 Conservative Éric Lefebvre 15,080 29.0 -3.8 $68,252 Liberal Gwyneth Helen Grant 6,599 12.7 +2.1 $13,483 New Democratic Stéphane Ricard 4,509 8.7 +3.7 $6,965 Green François Fillion 1,337 2.6 -2.1 $129 Independent Jean Landry 526 1.0 $4,952 Total valid votes/expense limit 51,964 100.0 $85,600 Total rejected ballots 728 1.4 Turnout 52,692 65.6
2006 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois André Bellavance 24,466 47.9 -7.7 $45,923 Conservative Jean Landry 16,465 32.2 +21.8 $54,937 Liberal Louis Napoléon Mercier 5,294 10.4 -16.8 $13,189 New Democratic Isabelle Maguire 2,507 4.9 +1.6 $1,096 Green Laurier Busque 2,355 4.6 +1.0 $320 Total valid votes/expense limit 51,087 100.0 $79,322
2004 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois André Bellavance 26,211 55.6 +19.2 $57,094 Liberal Christine St-Pierre 12,809 27.2 +5.7 $57,787 Conservative Pierre Poissant 4,925 10.4 -30.3 $23,328 Green Lucie LaForest 1,699 3.6 +3.6 $164 New Democratic Jason S. Noble 1,540 3.3 +2.8 $7,832 Total valid votes/expense limit 47,184 100.0 $77,446 Majority 13,402 28.4 Rejected ballots 1,112 2.3 Turnout 48,296 62.2 Bloc Québécois gain fromProgressive Conservative Swing +6.8
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party votes.
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