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Richelieu
National Assembly Member	Sylvain Simard Parti Québécois
Electors, 2007	40,468 [1]
Electoral district created	1792
Region	Montérégie

Richelieu is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montérégie region, the district was created in 1792. Between 1936 and 1944, it was part of the defunct riding of Richelieu-Vercheres. It includes the cities or municipalities of Sorel-Tracy, Saint-Ours, Yamaska and Massueville.

The riding is named after former French Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu

[edit] Members of Legislative Assembly

[edit] Richelieu

Joseph Beaudreau, Conservative Party (1867-1869)
Jean-Baptiste Labelle, Conservative Party (1869-1871)
Joseph Adolphe Dorion, Conservative Party (1871-1875)
Michel Mathieu, Conservative Party (1875-1881)
Léon Leduc, Conservative Party (1881-1886)
Louis-Pierre-Paul Cardin, Liberal (1886-1892)
Louis Lacouture, Conservative Party (1892-1897)
Louis-Pierre-Paul Cardin, Liberal (1897-1912)
Maurice-Louis Péloquin, Liberal (1912-1923)
Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière, Liberal (1923-1929)
Avila Turcotte, Liberal (1929-1939)
Joseph-Willie Robidoux, Liberal (1944-1948)
Bernard Gagné, Union Nationale (1948-1952)
Gérard Cournoyer, Liberal (1952-1956)
Bernard Gagné, Union Nationale (1956-1960)
Gérard Cournoyer, Liberal (1960-1966)

[edit] Richelieu-Vercheres

Félix Messier, Liberal (1939-1942)
Joseph-Willie Robidaux, Liberal (1942-1944)

[edit] Members of National Assembly

Maurice Martel, Union Nationale (1966-1970)
Claude Simard, Liberal (1970-1976)
Maurice Martel, Parti Québécois (1976-1985)
Albert Khelfa, Liberal (1985-1994)
Sylvain Simard, Parti Québécois (1994-)

[edit] Election results

2008 Quebec provincial election : Richelieu edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Parti Québécois	(x)Sylvain Simard	11,591	46.99
	Liberal	Christian Cournoyer	8,552	34.67
	Action démocratique	Patrick Fournier	3,126	12.67
	Québec Solidaire	Paul Martin	705	2.86
	Green	Patrick Lamothe	693	2.81
Total valid votes			24,667	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			554
Turnout			25,221	61.75
Electors on the lists			40,842

2007 Quebec provincial election : Richelieu edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Parti Québécois	(x)Sylvain Simard	11,411	38.03
	Action démocratique	Philippe Rochat	9,413	31.37
	Liberal	Gilles Salvas	7,275	24.24
	Green	François Desmarais	986	3.29
	Québec Solidaire	Éric Noël	778	2.59
	Independent	Normand Philibert	145	0.48
Total valid votes			30,008	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			389
Turnout			30,397	75.11
Electors on the lists			40,468

2003 Quebec provincial election : Richelieu edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Parti Québécois	(x)Sylvain Simard	13,286	46.36
	Liberal	Benoît Lefebvre	10,927	38.13
	Action démocratique	Micheline Ulrich	3,756	13.11
	Bloc pot	Marie-Hélène Charbonneau	407	1.42
	Independent	Nidal Joad	109	0.38
	Independent	Steve Ritter	100	0.35
	Parti démocratie chrétienne	Florette Villemure Larochelle	74	0.26
Total valid votes			28,659	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			484
Turnout			29,143	72.93
Electors on the lists			39,961

1998 Quebec provincial election : Richelieu edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Parti Québécois	(x)Sylvain Simard	17,745	56.31
	Liberal	Gilles Ferlatte	8,718	27.66
	Action démocratique	Patrick Gauthier	4,543	14.42
	Non-affiliated	Michel Groleau	261	0.83
	Democratie Socialiste	Isabelle Latour	246	0.78
Total valid votes			31,513	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			689
Turnout			32,202	80.99
Electors on the lists			39,762

1994 Quebec provincial election : Richelieu edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Simard	17,186	55.09
	Liberal	(x)Albert Khelfa	12,441	39.88
	Non-affiliated	Marcel Cloutier	1,570	5.03
Total valid votes			31,197	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			1,003
Turnout			32,200	83.23
Electors on the lists			38,688

[edit] References

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts

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