Verchères (provincial Electoral District)
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Verchères () is a provincial riding in the
Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion. ...
region of
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,
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. It corresponds exactly to the territory of Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the
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and the
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). It disappeared in the 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Richelieu-Verchères; however, it was re-created for the 1944 election. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost
Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu (, ) is a municipality located in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality of Quebec (Canada), in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 2,573. Demographics Po ...
to the riding of Richelieu, La Présentation to the riding of
Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Hyacinthe ( , ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie regi ...
, and several municipalities to the riding of Borduas, but gained Sainte-Julie from the defunct riding of
Marguerite-D'Youville Marguerite-D'Youville is a former provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it consisted of the cities of Boucherville and Saint ...
. Sainte-Julie is now the biggest municipality in the district


Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly


Election results

2014 results reference: * Coalition Avenir Québec change is from the Action démocratique. 2012 results reference: , -Chou. , Liberal , Vincent Sabourin , align="right", 6,464 , align="right", 22.87 , align="right", +8.68 , - , - , Liberal , Paul Verret , align="right", 4,751 , align="right", 14.19 , align="right", -3.45 , - * Increase is from UFP , - , Liberal , Jean Robert , align="right", 3,344 , align="right", 17.64 , align="right", -10.52 , - , - , Liberal , Mario Lebrun , align="right", 8,720 , align="right", 28.16 , align="right", +4.97 , - , -


References


External links

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Elections Quebec
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(National Assembly) ;Maps
2011 map
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2001 map
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2001–2011 changes
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Electoral map of Montérégie region

Quebec electoral map, 2011
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