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  Richmond—Arthabaska - History
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Established June 02, 1997
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedCampari_007 November 26, 2020 12:11am
DescriptionThis riding is located in southern Quebec, just north of Sherbrooke. It contains the regional county municipalities of Asbestos and Arthabaska and part of Le Val-St-François. The cities of Richmond and Windsor and the municipalities of St-Denis-de-Brompton, St-François-Xavier-de-Brompton, St-Claude, Ulverton, Val-Joli, Cleveland and Melbourne fall in the riding.

Manufacturing forms the economic base in this riding. The average family income is $52,148 and the unemployment rate is 6.7 per cent.

Almost 94 per cent of the population speaks French as their mother tongue, while just over three per cent speak English. The total immigrant population is less than two per cent.

In the 2004 redistribution, 92 per cent of Richmond-Arthabaska was unchanged and eight per cent of Lotbinière-L'érable and small areas from Drummond and Compton-Stanstead were added. The riding of Richmond-Arthabaska was created in the 1996 redistribution from 53 per cent of Lotbinière and 57 per cent of Richmond-Wolfe.

Population: 97,493

RACES
Date Type Results [Show Primaries]
Sep 13, 2022 Party Switch
 Alain Rayes(I)
1
100.00%
Sep 20, 2021 General Election
 Alain Rayes(I)
28,513
49.88%
 Diego Scalzo
14,150
24.76%
 Alexandre Desmarais
8,543
14.95%
 Nataël Bureau
2,550
4.46%
 Nadine Fougeron
2,058
3.60%
 Louis Richard
897
1.57%
 Marjolaine Delisle
448
0.78%
Oct 21, 2019 General Election
 Alain Rayes(I)
26,553
45.28%
 Olivier Nolin
16,539
28.21%
 Marc Patry
8,868
15.12%
 Laura Horth-Lepage
3,133
5.34%
 Olivier Guérin
2,864
4.88%
 Jean Landry
681
1.16%
Oct 19, 2015 General Election
 Alain Rayes
18,505
31.57%
 Marc Desmarais
14,463
24.67%
 Myriam Beaulieu
14,213
24.25%
 Olivier Nolin
10,068
17.18%
 Laurier Busque
984
1.68%
 Antoine Dubois
384
0.66%
Aug 25, 2014 Party Switch
 André Bellavance(I)
1
100.00%
May 02, 2011 General Election
 André Bellavance(I)
18,031
33.82%
 Isabelle Maguire
17,316
32.48%
 Jean-Philippe Bachand
13,155
24.68%
 Marie-Josée Talbot
3,709
6.96%
 Tomy Bombardier
1,098
2.06%
Oct 14, 2008 General Election
 André Bellavance(I)
23,913
45.99%
 Éric Lefebvre
15,085
29.01%
 Gwyneth Helen Grant
6,604
12.70%
 Stéphane Ricard
4,509
8.67%
 François Fillion
1,357
2.61%
 Jean Landry
526
1.01%
Jan 23, 2006 General Election
 André Bellavance(I)
24,466
47.89%
 Jean Landry
16,465
32.23%
 Louis Mercier
5,294
10.36%
 Isabelle Maguire
2,507
4.91%
 Laurier Busque
2,355
4.61%
Jun 28, 2004 General Election
 André Bellavance
26,211
55.55%
 Christine St-Pierre
12,809
27.15%
 Pierre Poissant
4,925
10.44%
 Lucie Laforest
1,699
3.60%
 Jason S. Noble
1,540
3.26%
Feb 02, 2004 Party Switch
 André Bachand(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 27, 2000 General Election
 André Bachand(I)
18,430
37.20%
 André Bellavance
18,067
36.47%
 Aldéi Beaudoin
10,416
21.03%
 Philippe Ardilliez
1,930
3.90%
 Christian Simard
375
0.76%
 Vincent Bernier
319
0.64%
Jun 02, 1997 General Election
 André Bachand
21,687
41.50%
 Gaston Leroux(I)
19,319
36.97%
 Aldéi Beaudoin
10,613
20.31%
 Martin Bergeron
641
1.23%

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