Richmond—Arthabaska is a federal

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, 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

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and

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. 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

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and Val-des-Sources. The neighbouring ridings are Drummond, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Mégantic—L'Érable,

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, Brome—Missisquoi, 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 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.

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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