Argenteuil (provincial electoral district)

Argenteuil

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Yves St-Denis Liberal
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	56,080
Electors (2012)	43,789
Area (km²)	2,040.6
Pop. density (per km²)	27.5
Census divisions	Argenteuil (all), La Rivière-du-Nord (part), Les Laurentides (part), Les Pays-d'en-Haut (part)
Census subdivisions	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

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.

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

• Sydney Robert Bellingham, Conservative (1867–1878)
• Robert Greenshields Meikle, Liberal (1878–1881)
• William Owens, Conservative (1881–1892)
• William John Simpson, Conservative (1892–1897)
• William Alexander Weir, Liberal (1897–1910)
• John Hay, Liberal (1910–1912)
• Harry Slater, Conservative (1912–1916)
• John Hay, Liberal (1916–1925)
• Joseph-Léon Saint-Jacques, Conservative (1925–1927)
• Georges Dansereau, Liberal (1927–1934)
• Georges-Étienne Dansereau, Liberal (1935–1948)
• William McOvat Cottingham, Union Nationale (1948–1966)
• Zoël Saindon, Liberal (1966–1978)
• Claude Ryan, Liberal (1979–1994)
• Régent L. Beaudet, Liberal (1994–1997)
• David Whissell, Liberal (1998–2011)
• Roland Richer, Parti Québécois (2012–2014)
• Yves St-Denis, Liberal (2014–present)

Geography

It consists of the municipalities of:

• 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

Linguistic demographics

• Francophone: 84.6%
• Anglophone: 13.3%
• Allophone: 2.2%

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Electoral results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Yves St-Denis	11,676	38.25	+9.20
	Parti Québécois	Roland Richer	9,711	31.81	-6.71
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Nicole Chouinard	7,212	23.62	-2.88
	Québec solidaire	Clotilde Bertrand	1,395	4.57	+1.92
	Green	Rouge Lefebvre	370	1.21	-0.81
	Option nationale	Samuel Cloutier	112	0.37	-0.90
	Mon pays le Québec	Serge Dupré	51	0.17	–
Total valid votes			30,527	98.57	–
Total rejected ballots			443	1.43	–
Turnout			30,970	68.93	-5.40
Electors on the lists			44,931	–	–
	Liberal gain from Parti Québécois		Swing

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Roland Richer	12,449	38.52	+2.14
	Liberal	Lise Proulx	9,387	29.05	-4.07
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Mario Laframboise	8,564	26.50	+5.08
	Québec solidaire	Yvan Zanetti	855	2.65	-0.09
	Green	Stephen Matthews	653	2.02	-0.99
	Option nationale	Patrick Sabourin	409	1.27	-0.04
Total valid votes			32,317	99.04	–
Total rejected ballots			314	0.96	–
Turnout			32,631	74.33	+31.85
Electors on the lists			43,902	–	–

Quebec provincial by-election, June 11, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Roland Richer	6,631	36.38	+2.76
	Liberal	Lise Proulx	6,038	33.12	-16.46
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Mario Laframboise	3,905	21.42	+10.18*
	Green	Claude Sabourin	549	3.01	-0.47
	Québec solidaire	Yvan Zanetti	500	2.74	+0.65
	Option nationale	Patrick Sabourin	238	1.31	–
	Conservative	Jean Lecavalier	189	1.04	–
	Independent	Georges Lapointe	152	0.83	–
	Autonomist Team	Gérald Nicolas	26	0.14	–
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

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Whissell	10,843	49.58	+11.99
	Parti Québécois	John Saywell	7,353	33.62	+7.78
	Action démocratique	Michael Perzow	2,457	11.24	−18.41
	Green	Claude Sabourin	760	3.48	−1.19
	Québec solidaire	Loïc Kauffeisen	456	2.09	−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.

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Whissell	10,025	37.59	−15.74
	Action démocratique	Georges Lapointe	7,906	29.65	+11.21
	Parti Québécois	John Saywell	6,891	25.84	+0.93
	Green	Claude Sabourin	1,244	4.67	+2.58
	Québec solidaire	Guy Dufresne	600	2.25	+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.

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Whissell	12,645	53.33	+10.86
	Parti Québécois	Georges Lapointe	5,906	24.91	−17.18
	Action démocratique	Sylvain Demers	4,372	18.44	+5.57
	Green	Claude Sabourin	496	2.09	-
	Bloc Pot	Yannick Charpentier	292	1.23	+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.

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Whissell	16,684	42.47	-14.71
	Parti Québécois	Denise Beaudoin	16,536	42.09	+4.52
	Action démocratique	Luc Boucher	5,058	12.87	+7.62
	Bloc Pot	Pierre Audette	478	1.22	–
	Independent	Gilles Bisson	271	0.69	–
	Natural Law	Marie-Thérèse Nault	132	0.34	–
	Socialist Democracy	Michel Lecompte	128	0.33	–
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	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Whissell	13,589	57.18	+14.59
	Parti Québécois	Denise Beaudoin	8,928	37.57	+0.01
	Action démocratique	François Vermette	1,247	5.25	-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

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Régent Beaudet	15,272	42.59	−9.32
	Parti Québécois	André Riendeau	13,470	37.56	+4.30
	Action démocratique	Hubert Meilleur	6,622	18.47	–
	Lemon	Serge Bérubé	270	0.75	–
	Natural Law	Russell C. Guest	224	0.62	–
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

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Claude Ryan	14,187	51.91	-13.74
	Parti Québécois	Alain Gérard	9,089	33.26	+3.74
	Equality	Peter Vernham	4,052	14.83	–
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	–	–

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (QuébecPolitique)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Laurentides region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011