Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères is a federal

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. It encompasses a portion of Quebec that had been included in the electoral districts of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher and

Verchères—Les Patriotes Verchères—Les Patriotes (; formerly Verchères) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until the 2012 electoral redistribution. Geography The riding runs along ...

. Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 2015 federal election, held 19 October 2015. The riding was supposed to be named Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères.

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The Bloc Québécois has traditionally drawn stronger support in the northern, more rural, areas of the riding (such as Varennes or Saint-Amable) while the other parties (mainly the Liberals, but also the NDP) have drawn their support more in the south, especially in the suburban city of Boucherville. During the 2015 election the elected Member of Parliament (MP)

Xavier Barsalou-Duval Xavier Barsalou-Duval (born November 10, 1988) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. Political career He was pr ...

has the dubious distinction of being the MP elected with the smallest percentage of the popular vote receiving just 28.6% of the vote.

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'' * Languages: (2016) 95.0% French, 1.7% English, 0.8% Spanish, 0.4% Arabic, 0.4% Italian, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.1% Romanian, 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% Creole, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% German, 0.1%

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, 0.1% Greek

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pierre-Boucher-Les Patriotes-Vercheres Boucherville Varennes, Quebec Quebec federal electoral districts 2013 establishments in Quebec Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality

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