France Bonsant

France Bonsant (born August 18, 1952 in Waterville, Quebec) is a Canadian politician.

France Bonsant
Member of Parliament for Compton—Stanstead
In office 2004–2011
Preceded by	David Price
Succeeded by	Jean Rousseau
Personal details
Born	(1952-08-18) August 18, 1952 Waterville, Quebec
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	Sherbrooke, Quebec
Profession	engineer, regional councillor

Bonsant was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada. She represented the district of Compton—Stanstead from 2004 to 2011. From 1991 to 1999 she was a regional councillor in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality representing the municipality of Ascot Corner.

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marie-Claude Bibeau	20,582	36.88	+24.89	$30,817.38
	New Democratic	Jean Rousseau	15,300	27.41	-19.86	$22,398.05
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	11,551	20.70	-5.73	$41,452.44
	Conservative	Gustavo Labrador	6,978	12.50	+0.65	$24,135.57
	Green	Korie Marshall	1,085	1.94	-0.49	–
	Rhinoceros	Kévin Côté	315	0.56	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,811	100.00		$218,288.13
Total rejected ballots			748	1.32	–
Turnout			56,559	69.09	–
Eligible voters			81,867
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+22.37
Source: Elections Canada[1][2]

2011 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jean Rousseau	24,097	47.59	+36.31
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	13,179	26.03	- 15.82
	Liberal	William Hogg	6,132	12.09	-10.44
	Conservative	Sandrine Gressard Bélanger	5,982	11.72	-7.72
	Green	Gary Caldwell	1,241	2.57	-2.30
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,631	100.00
Total rejected ballots			580	1.13	-0.03
Turnout			51,211	64.59	+2.61
Eligible voters			80,382	–	–
Percentage changes are in comparison to 2008 voting after adjusting for redistribution

2008 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	20,332	41.85	-0.9	$42,534
	Liberal	William Hogg	10,946	22.53	+0.2	$17,476
	Conservative	Michel Gagné	9,445	19.44	-4.9	$57,862
	New Democratic	Jean Rousseau	5,483	11.28	+5.1	$1,820
	Green	Gary Caldwell	2,368	4.87	+0.5	$11,114
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,574	100.00	$84,153
Total rejected ballots			572	1.16
Turnout			49,146	62.97

2006 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	21,316	42.8	-3.9	$38,909
	Conservative	Gary Caldwell	12,131	24.3	+13.9	$44,452
	Liberal	David Price	11,126	22.3	-13.7	$56,653
	New Democratic	Stéphane Bürgi	3,099	6.2	+2.9	$1,674
	Green	Gaétan Perreault	2,171	4.4	+0.8	$310
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,843	100.0	$77,428

2004 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	20,450	46.7	+7.8	$36,450
	Liberal	David Price	15,752	36.0	-10.6	$55,575
	Conservative	Gary Caldwell	4,589	10.5	-1.3	$13,713
	Green	Laurier Busque	1,546	3.5		$540
	New Democratic	Martin Baller	1,451	3.3	+1.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,788	100.0	$75,354

References

1. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Compton—Stanstead, 30 September 2015
2. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• France Bonsant – Parliament of Canada biography
• How'd They Vote?: France Bonsant's voting history and quotes