Repentigny (electoral district)

Repentigny is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Repentigny
Quebec electoral district
Repentigny in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Monique Pauzé
Bloc Québécois
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2015
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]111,191
Electors (2015)91,542
Area (km²)[2]198
Pop. density (per km²)561.6
Census division(s)L'Assomption
Census subdivision(s)Charlemagne, L'Assomption, Repentigny, Saint-Sulpice

It consists of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption, except the city and parish of L'Épiphanie.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census
Population 103,977
Electors 84,312
Area (km²) 266
Population density (people per km²) 390.9

Ethnic groups: 98.7% White
Languages: 97.3% French, 1.1% English, 1.3% Others
Religions: 94.5% Catholic, 1.3% Protestant, 3.4% No religion
Average income: $30,277

According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Languages: (2016) 92.5% French, 1.5% Spanish, 1.5% English, 1.3% Creole, 1.0% Arabic, 0.5% Italian, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.2% Romanian, 0.1% Greek, 0.1% Khmer, 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Vietnamese, 0.1% Turkish[3]

Political geography

Repentigny had long been one of the most separatist ridings in Quebec. In the 2006 election, every single poll was won by the Bloc Québécois. However, the riding was caught up in the New Democratic Party tsunami that swept through the province five years later.

History

It was created in 1996 from parts of Joliette and Terrebonne ridings.

It consisted initially of the cities of Charlemagne, Lachenaie, Mascouche and Repentigny; and the Parish Municipality of La Plaine in the County Regional Municipality of Les Moulins.

This riding lost territory to Montcalm during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Repentigny
Riding created from Joliette and Terrebonne
36th  1997–2000     Benoît Sauvageau Bloc Québécois
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2006
 2006–2008 Raymond Gravel
40th  2008–2011 Nicolas Dufour
41st  2011–2014     Jean-François Larose New Democratic
 2014–2015     Strength in Democracy
42nd  2015–2018     Monique Pauzé Bloc Québécois
 2018–2018     Groupe parlementaire québécois
 2018–2019     Bloc Québécois
43rd  2019–present

Electoral history

Graph of election results in Repentigny (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 federal election

2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisMonique Pauzé34,83753.22+18.54$30,732.10
LiberalJosée Larose18,11127.67+0.38$49.196.96
ConservativePierre Branchaud4,8787.45-3.37$15,427.48
New DemocraticMeryem Benslimane4,4706.83-16.43$0.33
GreenDiane Beauregard2,2893.50+1.60$0.00
People'sSamuel Saint-Laurent5240.80-none listed
Indépendence du QuébecMicheline Boucher Granger3470.53-none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 65,45698.03
Total rejected ballots 1,3161.97
Turnout 66,77272.22+0.01
Eligible voters 92,462
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +9.08
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2015 federal election

2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisMonique Pauzé22,61834.68+3.85$34,690.68
LiberalAdriana Dudas17,79827.29+19.37$14,244.15
New DemocraticRéjean Bellemare15,16723.26-28.81$54,858.57
ConservativeJonathan Lefebvre7,05310.82+3.37$1,747.31
Strength in DemocracyJohnathan Cloutier1,3332.04
GreenYoland Gilbert1,2421.9+0.17
Total valid votes/Expense limit 65,211100.0   $234,508.21
Total rejected ballots 1,179
Turnout 66,39072.21
Eligible voters 91,986
Bloc Québécois gain from Strength in Democracy Swing +16.32
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic30,33952.07
  Bloc Québécois17,96330.83
  Liberal4,6137.92
  Conservative4,3427.45
  Green1,0061.73

2011 federal election

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticJean-François Larose32,13151.92+36.77
Bloc QuébécoisNicolas Dufour19,24231.09-21.97
LiberalChantal Perreault4,8307.81-7.17
ConservativeChristophe Royer4,6067.44-6.54
GreenMichel Duchaine1,0781.74-1.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit 61,887100.00
Total rejected ballots 9341.49
Turnout 62,82166.91
Eligible voters 93,882

2008 federal election

Fr. Gravel chose not to run again, citing pressure from the Church. Party activist Nicolas Dufour secured the Bloc nomination, becoming one of their youngest candidates. Réjean Bellemare ran again for the NDP. The Bloc held the riding handily, with the NDP securing one of the party's four second-place finishes in the province.

2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisNicolas Dufour31,00553.06-13.20$90,525
New DemocraticRéjean Bellemare8,85315.15+8.13$5,448
LiberalRobert Semegen8,74614.97+8.74$7,684
ConservativeBruno Royer8,16813.98-4.72$46,962
GreenPaul W. Fournier1,6662.85$4,967
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,438100.00 $91,738
Turnout 53.3
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -10.7

2006 by-election

MP Benoît Sauvageau was killed in a car accident on August 28, 2006. Prime Minister Stephen Harper called for a by-election on October 22, 2006 with a polling day of November 27, 2006.

There had been a lot of pressure from opposition parties for Public Works Minister Michael Fortier, a Conservative senator, to run here; however, he has declined. Fortier was appointed to the Senate and the Cabinet to represent Greater Montreal which elected no Conservatives in the last federal election, while Fortier pledged to resign from the Senate and seek election to the House of Commons in the next federal election. Instead, the Conservative candidate was Stéphane Bourgon, a lawyer. The Bloc Québécois, of which Sauvageau was a member, ran Raymond Gravel, a Roman Catholic priest.[9] The New Democratic Party candidate was union activist and former Canadian Navy member Réjean Bellemare, who had also run for the NDP in the previous general election.

The Green Party of Canada had announced that Marc-André Gadoury would be their candidate, but he did not complete and submit paperwork to Elections Canada in sufficient time to get on the ballot. Gadoury suggested that the Greens did not submit the paperwork on purpose and on November 25, 2006, La Presse reported that Gadoury was endorsing the NDP candidate, Réjean Bellemare.

Raymond Gravel of the Bloc Québécois won the by-election with an approximately two-thirds majority of votes.

Canadian federal by-election, 27 November 2006
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRaymond Gravel20,63566.26+3.84$84,032
ConservativeStéphane Bourgon5,82218.69+0.61$46,980
New DemocraticRéjean Bellemare2,1877.02-0.72$34,699
LiberalChristian Turenne1,9406.23-2.42$15,043
IndependentJocelyne Leduc3901.25n/a$45
Canadian ActionMahmood Raza Baig910.29n/a$5,641
IndependentRégent Millette780.25n/a
Total valid votes/Expense limit 31,143100.00$85,285
Called because of the death of M. Sauvageau on 28 August 2006

1997-2006

2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau34,95862.42-7.64$66,386
ConservativeClaude Lafortune, Jr.10,12418.08+13.31$4,967
LiberalJosyanne Forest4,8478.65-9.6$8,129
New DemocraticRéjean Bellemare4,3377.74+4.76$7,511
GreenAdam Jastrzebski1,7423.11+0.22$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 56,008100.00 $82,825
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau35,90770.06+12.26
LiberalLévis Brien9,35318.25-8.63$76,485
ConservativeAllen F. Mackenzie2,4474.77-5.69$5,725
New DemocraticAndré Cardinal1,5262.98+1.55
GreenJean-François Lévêque1,4822.89n/a$0
MarijuanaFrançois Boudreau5391.05-2.38
Total valid votes/Expense limit 51,254100.00 $79,823
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau33,62757.80+1.51
LiberalDavid Veillette15,63526.88+5.75
Progressive ConservativeMichel Carignan3,1225.37-15.66
AllianceMichel Paulette2,9645.09n/a
MarijuanaLise Dufour1,9973.43n/a
New DemocraticPierre Péclet8311.43-0.12
Total 58,176100.00
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Bloc QuébécoisBenoît Sauvageau33,28356.29
LiberalRobert Tranchemontagne12,49521.13
Progressive ConservativeMichel Carignan12,43621.03
New DemocraticNormand Caplette9161.55
Total 59,130100.00

See also

References

  • "(Code 24053) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

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