Vachon (electoral district)

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Vachon
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Martine Ouellet
Parti Québécois
District created 1980
First contested 1981
Last contested 2012
Demographics
Population (2006) 48,470
Electors (2012)[1] 48,095
Area (km²)[2] 61.9
Pop. density (per km²) 783
Census divisions Longueuil (part)
Census subdivisions Longueuil (part)

Vachon is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located within the city of Longueuil and includes most of the borough of Saint-Hubert.

It was created for the 1981 election from a part of Taillon electoral district and is named after early Quebec aviation pioneer Roméo Vachon, who worked at Trans-Canada Airlines; the district includes Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport.[3]

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.

Members of the National Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the National Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
32nd 1981–1985     David Payne
1st term
Parti Québécois
33rd 1985–1989     Christiane Pelchat Liberal
34th 1989–1994
35th 1994–1998     David Payne
2nd term
Parti Québécois
36th 1998–2003
37th 2003–2007     Camil Bouchard Parti Québécois
38th 2007–2008
39th 2008–2010
2010–2012     Martine Ouellet Parti Québécois
40th 2012–2014
41st 2014–present

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Martine Ouellet 11,983 33.06 -6.53
     Liberal Michel Bienvenu 11,809 32.58 +11.37
Coalition Avenir Québec Stephane Robichaud 9,164 25.28 -4.38
Québec solidaire Sebastien Robert 2,644 7.29 +2.24
Quebec general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Martine Ouellet 14,723 39.59
Coalition Avenir Québec Jean-François Roberge 11,030 29.66
     Liberal Linda Langlois Saulnier 7,885 21.21
Québec solidaire Sebastien Robert 1,878 5.05


Quebec provincial by-election, July 5, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Parti Québécois Martine Ouellet 7,863 59.15 +10.51
Liberal Simon-Pierre Diamond 3,236 24.34 −7.94
Action démocratique Alain Dépatie 879 6.61 −7.06
Québec solidaire Sébastien Robert 727 5.47 +3.23
Green Yvon Rudolphe 419 3.15 −0.01
     Independent Denis Durand 98 0.74 −2.42
     Independent Régent Millette 71 0.53 -
Total valid votes 13,293 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 174
Turnout 13,467 29.25 −32.23
Electors on the lists 46,046

Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Camil Bouchard 13,312 48.64 +13.76
     Liberal Georges Painchaud 8,835 32.28 +7.59
Action démocratique Jean-François Denis 3,742 13.67 -20.53
Green Denis Durand 866 3.16 -0.79
Québec solidaire Vincent Lagacé 613 2.24 -0.04
Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Camil Bouchard 11,560 34.88 -5.57
Action démocratique Maro Akoury 11,333 34.20 +16.91
     Liberal Brigitte Mercier 8,184 24.69 -15.08
Green Denis Durand 1,309 3.95 +2.33
Québec solidaire Richard St-Onge 755 2.28 +1.41
Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Camil Bouchard 12,960 40.45 -9.30
     Liberal Brigitte Mercier 12,741 39.77 +5.36
Action démocratique Joëlle Lescop 5,540 17.29 +2.22
Bloc Pot Denis Durand 519 1.62 -
UFP Richard St-Onge 279 0.87 +0.40
Quebec general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois David Payne 16,993 49.75 +0.89
     Liberal Sophie Joncas 11,755 34.41 -3.45
Action démocratique Rose Paquet Cyr 5,147 15.07 +4.05
     Independent Richard St-Onge 161 0.47 -
     Innovator André Plante 103 0.30 -
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 21,374 56.76
Non 16,284 43.24
Quebec general election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois David Payne 15,685 48.86 +3.70
     Liberal André Nadeau 12,154 37.86 -7.64
Action démocratique Alain Riendeau 3,536 11.02 -
     Natural Law Robert Turgeon 300 0.93 -
     Economic Denis Gagnon 254 0.79 -
     Sovereignty Guillaume Pereira 170 0.53 -
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side Votes %
Non 26,333 64.14
Oui 14,721 35.86
Quebec general election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Christiane Pelchat 15,468 45.50 -3.97
Parti Québécois David Payne 15,354 45.16 -1.71
Green Yvon Rudolphe 1,216 3.58 -
     Independent Daniel Dufour 979 2.88 -
     New Democrat Réjean Benoit 620 1.82 -0.26
     Parti 51 Paul Ducharme 223 0.66 -
     United Social Credit Yves Rioux 138 0.41 -
Quebec general election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Christiane Pelchat 16,011 49.47 +10.27
Parti Québécois David Payne 15,169 46.87 -10.98
     New Democrat Michael Kakura Jr. 673 2.08 -
     Parti indépendantiste Daniel Courville 511 1.58 -
Quebec general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois David Payne 17,671 57.85
     Liberal Jacques Roy 11,972 39.20
Union Nationale Jean Paul Côté 901 2.95

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