Argenteuil (provincial electoral district)

Argenteuil is a provincial electoral district in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the cities of Saint-Colomban, Lachute, and Brownsburg-Chatham.

Argenteuil
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 		 
Agnès Grondin
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created1867
First contested1867
Last contested2018
Demographics
Population (2011)56,080
Electors (2012)[1]43,789
Area (km²)[2]2,040.6
Pop. density (per km²)27.5
Census division(s)Argenteuil (all), La Rivière-du-Nord (part), Les Laurentides (part), Les Pays-d'en-Haut (part)
Census subdivision(s)Arundel, Barkmere, Brownsburg-Chatham, Gore, Grenville, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Harrington, Lac-des-Seize-Îles, Lachute, Mille-Isles, Montcalm, Morin-Heights, Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Saint-Colomban, Wentworth, Wentworth-Nord

It was created for the 1867 election, and an electoral district of that name existed even earlier: see Argenteuil (Province of Canada).

The territory of the Argenteuil electoral district in the 2011 electoral map is unchanged from its territory in the 2001 electoral map. From 1992 to 2001, the riding also included the municipalities of Mirabel and Huberdeau.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party
1st  1867–1871     Sydney Robert Bellingham Conservative
2nd  1871–1875
3rd  1875–1878
4th  1878–1881     Robert Greenshields Meikle Liberal
5th  1881–1886     William Owens Conservative
6th  1886–1890
7th  1890–1892
8th  1892–1897 William John Simpson
9th  1897–1900     William Alexander Weir Liberal
10th  1900–1904
11th  1904–1908
12th  1908–1910
 1910–1912 John Hay
13th  1912–1916     Harry Slater Conservative
14th  1916–1919     John Hay Liberal
15th  1919–1923
16th  1923–1925†
 1925–1927     Joseph-Léon Saint-Jacques Conservative
17th  1927–1931     Georges Dansereau Liberal
18th  1931–1934†
19th  1935–1936 Georges-Étienne Dansereau
20th  1936–1939
21st  1939–1944
22nd  1944–1948
23rd  1948–1952     William McOuat Cottingham Union Nationale
24th  1952–1956
25th  1956–1960
26th  1960–1962
27th  1962–1966
28th  1966–1970     Zoël Saindon Liberal
29th  1970–1973
30th  1973–1976
31st  1976–1978
 1979–1981 Claude Ryan
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1989
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1997 Régent Beaudet
36th  1998–2003 David Whissell
37th  2003–2007
38th  2007–2008
39th  2008–2011
 2012–2012     Roland Richer Parti Québécois
40th  2012–2014
41st  2014–2018     Yves St-Denis Liberal
42nd  2018–Present     Agnès Grondin Coalition Avenir Québec

Geography

It consists of the municipalities of:

Linguistic demographics

Electoral results
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecAgnès Grondin11,84838.88
Parti QuébécoisPatrick Côté6,44321.14
LiberalBernard Bigras-Denis5,30617.41
Québec solidaireCéline Lachapelle3,71012.17
IndependentYves St-Denis1,7785.83
GreenCarole Thériault5521.81
ConservativeSherwin Edwards4721.55
Parti libreStéphanie Boyer2330.76
Citoyens au pouvoirLouise Wiseman1350.44
Total valid votes 30,47798.52  
Total rejected ballots 4571.48
Turnout 65.33
Eligible voters 47,351
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalYves St-Denis11,67638.25+9.20
Parti QuébécoisRoland Richer9,71131.81-6.71
Coalition Avenir QuébecNicole Chouinard7,21223.62-2.88
Québec solidaireClotilde Bertrand1,3954.57+1.92
GreenRouge Lefebvre3701.21-0.81
Option nationaleSamuel Cloutier1120.37-0.90
Mon pays le QuébecSerge Dupré510.17–
Total valid votes 30,52798.57–
Total rejected ballots 4431.43–
Turnout 30,97068.93 -5.40
Electors on the lists 44,931––
Liberal gain from Parti Québécois Swing +7.96
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Parti QuébécoisRoland Richer12,44938.52+2.14
LiberalLise Proulx9,38729.05-4.07
Coalition Avenir QuébecMario Laframboise8,56426.50+5.08
Québec solidaireYvan Zanetti8552.65-0.09
GreenStephen Matthews6532.02-0.99
Option nationalePatrick Sabourin4091.27-0.04
Total valid votes 32,31799.04–
Total rejected ballots 3140.96–
Turnout 32,63174.33+31.85
Electors on the lists 43,902––
Quebec provincial by-election, June 11, 2012
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Parti QuébécoisRoland Richer6,63136.38+2.76
LiberalLise Proulx6,03833.12-16.46
Coalition Avenir QuébecMario Laframboise3,90521.42+10.18*
GreenClaude Sabourin5493.01-0.47
Québec solidaireYvan Zanetti5002.74+0.65
Option nationalePatrick Sabourin2381.31–
ConservativeJean Lecavalier1891.04–
IndependentGeorges Lapointe1520.83–
Autonomist TeamGérald Nicolas260.14–
Total valid votes 18,228 98.78 –
Total rejected ballots 225 1.22–
Turnout 18,453 42.48-11.69
Electors on the lists 43,441 ––

* Result compared to Action démocratique

2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDavid Whissell10,84349.58+11.99
Parti QuébécoisJohn Saywell7,35333.62+7.78
Action démocratiqueMichael Perzow2,45711.24−18.41
GreenClaude Sabourin7603.48−1.19
Québec solidaireLoïc Kauffeisen4562.09−0.16
Total valid votes 21,869 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 346
Turnout 22,215 54.17
Electors on the lists 41,006
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDavid Whissell10,02537.59−15.74
Action démocratiqueGeorges Lapointe7,90629.65+11.21
Parti QuébécoisJohn Saywell6,89125.84+0.93
GreenClaude Sabourin1,2444.67+2.58
Québec solidaireGuy Dufresne6002.25+1.02
Total valid votes 26,666 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 248
Turnout 26,914 68.52 +2.06
Electors on the lists 39,278
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDavid Whissell12,64553.33+10.86
Parti QuébécoisGeorges Lapointe5,90624.91−17.18
Action démocratiqueSylvain Demers4,37218.44+5.57
GreenClaude Sabourin4962.09-
Bloc PotYannick Charpentier2921.23+0.01
Total valid votes 23,711 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 280
Turnout 23,991 66.46
Electors on the lists 36,101
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDavid Whissell16,68442.47-14.71
Parti QuébécoisDenise Beaudoin16,53642.09+4.52
Action démocratiqueLuc Boucher5,05812.87+7.62
Bloc PotPierre Audette4781.22–
IndependentGilles Bisson2710.69–
Natural LawMarie-Thérèse Nault1320.34–
Socialist DemocracyMichel Lecompte1280.33–
Total valid votes 39,287 98.92 –
Total rejected ballots 427 1.08 –
Turnout 39,714 78.29 +28.29
Electors on the lists 50,725 ––
Quebec provincial by-election, June 1, 1998
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDavid Whissell13,58957.18+14.59
Parti QuébécoisDenise Beaudoin8,92837.57+0.01
Action démocratiqueFrançois Vermette1,2475.25-13.22
Total valid votes 23,764 98.30 –
Total rejected ballots 410 1.70 –
Turnout 24,174 50.00 -31.75
Electors on the lists 48,340 ––
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 21,571 50.31
Oui 21,304 49.69
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRégent Beaudet15,27242.59−9.32
Parti QuébécoisAndré Riendeau13,47037.56+4.30
Action démocratiqueHubert Meilleur6,62218.47–
LemonSerge Bérubé2700.75–
Natural LawRussell C. Guest2240.62–
Total valid votes 35,858 98.54 –
Total rejected ballots 530 1.46 –
Turnout 36,388 81.75 +8.29
Electors on the lists 44,509 ––
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side Votes %
Non 19,238 56.22
Oui 14,983 43.78
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalClaude Ryan14,18751.91-13.74
Parti QuébécoisAlain Gérard9,08933.26+3.74
EqualityPeter Vernham4,05214.83–
Total valid votes 27,328 97.27 –
Total rejected ballots 766 2.73 –
Turnout 28,094 73.46 -0.89
Electors on the lists 38,242 ––

References
  1. "General information on the provincial electoral divisions". Élections Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
  2. "General information on the provincial electoral divisions". Élections Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
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