Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Trois-Rivières (French: [tʁwɑ ʁivjɛʁ] ,Canadian French :[tʁwɔ ʁivjaɛ̯ʁ] ⓘ ; formerly known asThree Rivers andTrois-Rivières Métropolitain ) is anelectoral district inQuebec ,Canada that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892 and from 1935 to the present.
It was created as "Three Rivers" riding by theBritish North America Act 1867 . The electoral district was abolished in 1892 when it was merged intoThree Rivers and St. Maurice riding.
The electoral district's English name changed in 1947 to "Trois-Rivières". The riding's name was changed again in 1972 to "Trois-Rivières Métropolitain". Trois-Rivières Métropolitain was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into a new "Trois-Rivières" riding andChamplain riding.
This riding lost territory toSaint-Maurice—Champlain and gained territory fromBerthier—Maskinongé during the2012 electoral redistribution .
The riding, in the Quebec region ofMauricie , consists of most of the city ofTrois-Rivières , excepting the former cities ofTrois-Rivières-Ouest andPointe-du-Lac .
The neighbouring ridings areBerthier—Maskinongé ,Saint-Maurice—Champlain , andBas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour .
(As of 2021)[ 1]
Average family income: $74,200Median household income: $56,800Unemployment: 8%Language: 93.3% French, 1.3% Spanish, 1.2% English, 1%Arabic Religion: 70.4%Christian (63.9%Catholic ), 27.1%No religion , 2%Muslim Ethnicity: 91% White, 3.2% Black, 2% Indigenous, 1.4%Latin American , 1.2% ArabMembers of Parliament [ edit ] This riding has elected the followingmembers of Parliament :
Trois-Rivières, 1979–present[ edit ] Graph of election results in Trois-Rivières (1976–, minor parties that never received 2% of the vote or did not run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois René Villemure 17,136 29.49 +1.01 $16,854.26 Conservative Yves Lévesque 17,053 29.35 +4.17 $40,285.49 Liberal Martin Francoeur 16,637 28.63 +2.57 $80,504.68 New Democratic Adis Simidzija 4,680 8.05 -8.61 $4,281.85 People's Jean Landry 1,115 1.92 +0.99 $0.00 Green Andrew Holman 754 1.30 -1.17 $0.00 Free Gilles Brodeur 735 1.26 – $1,244.68 Total valid votes/expense limit 58,110 97.95 – $120,485.08 Total rejected ballots 1,214 2.05 – Turnout 59,324 64.19 -2.53 Eligible voters 92,413 Bloc Québécois hold Swing -1.58 Source:Elections Canada [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
2019 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Louise Charbonneau 17,240 28.48 +11.48 $19,118.47 Liberal Valérie Renaud-Martin 15,774 26.06 -4.16 $59,713.01 Conservative Yves Lévesque 15,240 25.17 +6.54 none listed New Democratic Robert Aubin 10,090 16.67 -15.16 none listed Green Marie Duplessis 1,492 2.46 +0.75 none listed People's Marc-André Gingras 565 0.93 – $5,574.25 Independent Ronald St-Onge Lynch 137 0.23 – $0.00 Total valid votes/expense limit 60,538 100.0 Total rejected ballots 1,092 1.77 Turnout 61,630 66.73 Eligible voters 92,362 Bloc Québécois gain fromNew Democratic Swing +7.82 Source:Elections Canada [ 8] [ 9]
2015 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democratic Robert Aubin 19,193 31.83 -17.87 $59,109.30 Liberal Yvon Boivin 18,224 30.22 +20.19 $33,318.95 Conservative Dominic Therrien 11,231 18.63 +5.48 $88,781.37 Bloc Québécois André Valois 10,249 17.00 -7.21 $37,874.56 Green Éric Trottier 1,032 1.71 -0.18 – Libertarian Maxime Rousseau 360 0.6 – – Total valid votes/expense limit 60,289 100.0 $232,803.19 Total rejected ballots 940 – – Turnout 61,229 – – Eligible voters 90,900 Source:Elections Canada [ 10] [ 11]
2008 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Paule Brunelle 22,405 45.26 -0.2 $77,449 Conservative Claude Durand 11,998 24.24 -9.1 $76,522 Liberal Marcos G. Simard 9,008 18.19 +7.3 $17,099 New Democratic Geneviève Boivin 4,544 9.18 +2.5 $2,096 Green Ariane Blais 1,540 3.11 +0.3 Total valid votes/expense limit 39,579 100.0 $84,242
2006 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Paule Brunelle 22,331 45.9 -10.6 $52,451 Conservative Luc Ménard 15,423 31.7 +22.2 $10,874 Liberal Martine Girard 5,268 10.8 -16.5 $19,948 New Democratic Geneviève Boivin 3,774 7.8 +4.2 $1,703 Green Linda Lavoie 1,513 3.1 -0.1 Marijuana Paul Giroux 371 0.8 – Total valid votes/expense limit 48,680 100.0 $78,516
2004 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Paule Brunelle 26,240 56.5 +9.8 $52,143 Liberal Jean-Éric Guindon 12,703 27.4 -15.6 $69,554 Conservative Jean-Guy Mercier 4,381 9.4 +1.6 $9,519 New Democratic Marc Tessier 1,635 3.5 2.5 $1,416 Green Linda Lavoie 1,476 3.2 – Total valid votes/expense limit 46,435 100.0 $77,441
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Trois-Rivières Métropolitain, 1972–1979[ edit ] Graph of election results in Trois-Rivières Métropolitain (1972–1976, minor parties that never received 2% of the vote or did not run consistently are omitted)
Trois-Rivières, 1949–1972[ edit ] Graph of election results in Trois-Rivières (1947–1972, minor parties that never received 2% of the vote or did not run consistently are omitted)
Canadian federal by-election, May 31, 1971 On Mr. Mongrain's death, 23 December 1970Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Claude Lajoie 12,809 47.7 +1.5 Social Credit Réal Lemay 11,616 43.3 +24.1 Progressive Conservative Thérèse-M. Landry 1,827 6.8 -20.8 Independent Henri-Georges Grenier (Espirit social ) 422 1.6 Republican Joseph Thibodeau 170 0.6 Total valid votes 26,844 100.0 Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election. Source:lop.parl.ca
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
Three Rivers, 1935–1949[ edit ] Graph of election results in Three Rivers (1934–1949, minor parties that never received 2% of the vote or did not run consistently are omitted)
Three Rivers, 1867–1892[ edit ] Graph of election results in Three Rivers (1867–1892, minor parties that never received 2% of the vote or did not run consistently are omitted)
By-election on 17 October 1868 On Mr. Boucher de Niverville's resignation, 30 September 1868
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative William McDougall acclaimed
Districts since 1867 that have included Trois-Rivières[ edit ] The following list contains members of districts that have included Trois-Rivières, since1867 :
Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament :
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