Richmond—Arthabaska

Richmond—Arthabaska
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Alain Rayes; Independent
;
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	103,897
Electors (2015)	85,118
Area (km²)	3,571
Pop. density (per km²)	29.1
Census division(s)	Arthabaska, Les Sources, Le Val-Saint-François
Census subdivision(s)	Victoriaville, Val-des-Sources, Windsor, Warwick, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Danville, Richmond, Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton, Daveluyville

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:

Parliament	Years		Party
Richmond—Arthabaska Riding created from Drummond, Richmond—Wolfe, Compton—Stanstead and Lotbinière—L'Érable
36th	1997–2000	André Bachand	Progressive Conservative
37th	2000–2003		Progressive Conservative
37th	2003–2004		Independent
38th	2004–2006	André Bellavance	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2014
41st	2014–2015		Independent
42nd	2015–2019	Alain Rayes	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2022
44th	2022–present		Independent

Election results

Election results in Richmond—Arthabaska 1996-present (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alain Rayes	28,513	49.9	+4.6	$77,802.72
	Bloc Québécois	Diego Scalzo	14,150	24.8	-3.4	$21,445.03
	Liberal	Alexandre Desmarais	8,543	14.9	-0.2	$9,158.14
	New Democratic	Nataël Bureau	2,550	4.5	-0.4	$0.00
	People's	Nadine Fougeron	2,058	3.6	+2.4	$0.00
	Free	Louis Richard	897	1.6	N/A	$261.59
	Rhinoceros	Marjolaine Delisle	448	0.8	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,159	98.1	–	$116,926.70
Total rejected ballots			1,125	1.9
Turnout			58,284	66.3
Eligible voters			87,942
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.0
Source: Elections Canada^[2]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alain Rayes	26,553	45.3	+13.70	$62,920.65
	Bloc Québécois	Olivier Nolin	16,539	28.2	+11.00	none listed
	Liberal	Marc Patry	8,868	15.1	-9.60	$14,690.80
	Green	Laura Horth-Lepage	3,133	5.3	+3.60	none listed
	New Democratic	Olivier Guérin	2,864	4.9	-19.30	$0.33
	People's	Jean Landry	681	1.2	-	$462.33
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,638	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,077
Turnout			59,715	68.8
Eligible voters			86,741
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.35
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alain Rayes	18,505	31.57	+6.87	$136,964.22
	Liberal	Marc Desmarais	14,463	24.67	+17.71	$33,114.26
	New Democratic	Myriam Beaulieu	14,213	24.25	-8.24	$58,782.84
	Bloc Québécois	Olivier Nolin	10,068	17.18	-16.65	$50,004.53
	Green	Laurier Busque	984	1.68	-0.38	$79.93
	Rhinoceros	Antoine Dubois	384	0.66	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,617	100.0		$224,297.28
Total rejected ballots			912	–	–
Turnout			59,529	–	–
Eligible voters			85,652
	Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		-5.40
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	18,033	33.83	-12.2
	New Democratic	Isabelle Maguire	17,316	32.49	+23.8
	Conservative	Jean-Philippe Bachand	13,145	24.66	-4.3
	Liberal	Marie-Josée Talbot	3,711	6.96	-5.7
	Green	Tomy Bombardier	1,098	2.06	-0.5
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,303	100.0
Total rejected ballots			871	1.6	-0.2
Turnout			54,174	69.2	+3.6
Eligible voters			82,663	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	23,913	46.0	-2.5	$77,254
	Conservative	Éric Lefebvre	15,080	29.0	-3.8	$68,252
	Liberal	Gwyneth Helen Grant	6,599	12.7	+2.1	$13,483
	New Democratic	Stéphane Ricard	4,509	8.7	+3.7	$6,965
	Green	François Fillion	1,337	2.6	-2.1	$129
	Independent	Jean Landry	526	1.0		$4,952
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,964	100.0	$85,600
Total rejected ballots			728	1.4
Turnout			52,692	65.6

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	24,466	47.9	-7.7	$45,923
	Conservative	Jean Landry	16,465	32.2	+21.8	$54,937
	Liberal	Louis Napoléon Mercier	5,294	10.4	-16.8	$13,189
	New Democratic	Isabelle Maguire	2,507	4.9	+1.6	$1,096
	Green	Laurier Busque	2,355	4.6	+1.0	$320
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,087	100.0	$79,322

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	26,211	55.6	+19.2	$57,094
	Liberal	Christine St-Pierre	12,809	27.2	+5.7	$57,787
	Conservative	Pierre Poissant	4,925	10.4	-30.3	$23,328
	Green	Lucie LaForest	1,699	3.6	+3.6	$164
	New Democratic	Jason S. Noble	1,540	3.3	+2.8	$7,832
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,184	100.0	$77,446
Majority			13,402	28.4
Rejected ballots			1,112	2.3
Turnout			48,296	62.2
	Bloc Québécois gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+6.8

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

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	André Bachand	18,430	37.2	-4.3
	Bloc Québécois	André Bellavance	18,067	36.5	-0.5
	Liberal	Aldéi Beaudoin	10,416	21.0	+0.7
	Alliance	Philippe Ardilliez	1,930	3.9
	Natural Law	Christian Simard	375	0.8
	New Democratic	Vincent Bernier	319	0.6	-0.6
Total valid votes			49,537	100.0

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	André Bachand	21,687	41.5
	Bloc Québécois	Gaston Leroux	19,319	37.0
	Liberal	Aldéi Beaudoin	10,613	20.3
	New Democratic	Martin Bergeron	641	1.2
Total valid votes			52,260	100.0