Richmond—Arthabaska is a federal
electoral district
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in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, that has been represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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since 1997.
Geography
The riding, north of the city of
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...
, straddles the Quebec regions of
Centre-du-Québec
Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 census population of 242,399 inhabitants.
Description
The Centre-du- ...
and
Estrie
Estrie () is an List of Quebec regions, administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 pe ...
. It consists of the Regional County Municipalities (RCM) of
Les Sources 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 south-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 ...
and
Val-des-Sources.
The neighbouring ridings are
Drummond,
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour,
Mégantic—L'Érable,
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.
Geograp ...
,
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...
,
Brome—Missisquoi, and
Shefford.
Its population is 100,116, including 82,663 voters, and its area is 3,563 km
2.
History
The riding was created in 1996 from portions of
Drummond,
Richmond—Wolfe,
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.
Geograp ...
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
members of Parliament:
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.
See also
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List of Canadian electoral districts
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Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References
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Campaign expense data from Elections CanadaRiding history from theLibrary of Parliament
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2011 Results from Elections Canada
Notes
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Quebec federal electoral districts
Val-des-Sources
Victoriaville
Windsor, Quebec