Richmond—Arthabaska is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 1997.

Geography

The riding, north of the city of

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, straddles the Quebec regions of Centre-du-Québec and

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. It consists of the Regional County Municipalities (RCM) of

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and Arthabaska and the centre of the RCM of Le Val-Saint-François. It includes in particular the towns of

Victoriaville Victoriaville is a town in central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of Arthabask ...

and

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. The neighbouring ridings are Drummond, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour,

Mégantic—L'Érable Mégantic—L'Érable is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The current MP is Conservative Luc Berthold. Geography Straddling the Quebec regions of Centre ...

Compton—Stanstead Compton—Stanstead is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. It was created in 1996 from Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead and Richmond—Wolfe ridings. Geography ...

Brome—Missisquoi Brome—Missisquoi (formerly known as Missisquoi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The original electoral district of Missiquoi existed from 1867 to 19 ...

, 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,

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

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Election results

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

References

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Campaign expense data from Elections CanadaRiding history from the

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2011 Results from Elections Canada

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