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Richmond—Arthabaska

Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada

Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada

FieldValue
provinceQuebec
image
captionInteractive map of riding boundaries from the 2015 federal election
fed-statusactive
fed-district-number24061
fed-created1996
fed-election-first1997
fed-election-last2025
fed-repEric Lefebvre
fed-rep-partyConservative
demo-pop-ref
demo-area-ref
demo-census-date2011
demo-pop103897
demo-electors85118
demo-electors-date2015
demo-area3571
demo-cdArthabaska, Les Sources, Le Val-Saint-François
demo-csdVictoriaville, Val-des-Sources, Windsor, Warwick, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Danville, Richmond, Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton, Daveluyville

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Richmond—Arthabaska is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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 Regional County Municipalities (RCM) of Les Sources and Arthabaska and the centre of the RCM of Le Val-Saint-François. It includes in particular the towns of Victoriaville and Val-des-Sources.

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

Its population is 100,116, including 82,663 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.

There were no territory changes to this riding from the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

| Assembly# = 36 | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 2 | Assembly# = 37 | #ByElections = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | Assembly# = 38 | RepTerms# = 5 | PartyTerms# = 4 | Assembly# = 39 | Assembly# = 40 | Assembly# = 41 | #ByElections = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | Assembly# = 42 | RepTerms# = 4 | PartyTerms# = 3 | Assembly# = 43 | Assembly# = 44 | #ByElections = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | Assembly# = 45 | PartyTerms# = 1

Election results

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

References

Notes

References

  1. [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2012
  2. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election".
  3. [http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=24061&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=QC&PROVID=24&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Richmond—Arthabaska, 30 September 2015]
  4. [http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates]
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