Richmond (Quebec provincial electoral district)

Richmond is a provincial electoral riding in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville borough of Sherbrooke and the cities or municipalities of Richmond, Asbestos, and Danville.

Richmond

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	André Bachand Coalition Avenir Québec
District created	1890
First contested	1890
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2011)	74,765
Electors (2012)[1]	57,285
Area (km²)[2]	1,976.7
Pop. density (per km²)	37.8
Census divisions	Sherbrooke (part), Le Val-Saint-François (part), Les Sources (all)
Census subdivisions	Sherbrooke (part), Asbestos, Cleveland, Danville, Ham-Sud, Kingsbury, Maricourt, Melbourne, Racine, Richmond, Saint-Adrien, Saint-Camille, Saint-Claude, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, Ulverton, Valcourt (township), Valcourt (city), Val-Joli, Windsor, Wotton

It was created for the 1890 election from a part of the Richmond-Wolfe electoral district.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was altered substantially. It lost most of its northern half, primarily to the new Drummond–Bois-Francs electoral district, and expanded southward to include a part of the city of Sherbrooke.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Richmond-Wolfe
7th	1890–1892		Joseph Bédard	Conservative
8th	1892–1897
9th	1897–1900
10th	1900–1904		Peter Samuel George Mackenzie	Liberal
11th	1904–1908
12th	1908–1912
13th	1912–1914†
	1914–1916		Walter George Mitchell
14th	1916–1919
15th	1919–1921
	1921–1923		Jacob Nicol
16th	1923–1923		Georges-Ervé Denault
	1923–1927		Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais
17th	1927–1931
18th	1931–1935
19th	1935–1936		Albert Goudreau	Conservative
20th	1936–1939			Union Nationale
21st	1939–1944		Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais	Liberal
22nd	1944–1948		Albert Goudreau	Union Nationale
23rd	1948–1952
24th	1952–1956		Émilien Lafrance	Liberal
25th	1956–1960
26th	1960–1962
27th	1962–1966
28th	1966–1970
29th	1970–1973		Yvon Brochu	Ralliement créditiste
30th	1973–1976		Yvon Vallières	Liberal
31st	1976–1981		Yvon Brochu	Union Nationale
32nd	1981–1985		Yvon Vallières	Liberal
33rd	1985–1989
34th	1989–1994
35th	1994–1998
36th	1998–2003
37th	2003–2007
38th	2007–2008
39th	2008–2012
40th	2012–2014		Karine Vallières
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–Present		André Bachand	Coalition Avenir Québec

Election results

2018 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	André Bachand	17,011	39.64	+17.60
	Liberal	Annie Godbout	8,502	19.81	-21.35
	Québec solidaire	Colombe Landry	8,110	18.90	+12.11
	Parti Québécois	Véronique Vigneault	7,654	17.84	-9.76
	Green	Yves la Madeleine	680	1.58	+0.23
	Conservative	Karl Brousseau	600	1.40	+0.90
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Déitane Gendron	353	0.82	-
Total valid votes			42,910	98.36
Total rejected ballots			716	1.64
Turnout			43,626	72.11
Eligible voters			60,502

2014 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Karine Vallières	17,178	41.16	+5.66
	Parti Québécois	Etienne-Alexis Boucher	11,521	27.60	-7.31
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Alain Dion	9,197	22.04	+0.35
	Québec solidaire	Colombe Landry	2,833	6.79	+2.66
	Green	Aurélie Dion-Fontaine	563	1.35	-0.17
	Option nationale	Vincent Proulx	236	0.57	-1.23
	Conservative	Dave Côté	209	0.50	–
Total valid votes			41,737	98.60	–
Total rejected ballots			594	1.40	–
Turnout			42,331	72.61	-6.65
Electors on the lists			58,296	–	–

2012 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Karine Vallières	15,962	35.50	-7.63
	Parti Québécois	Etienne-Alexis Boucher	15,693	34.91	-3.21
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Marie-Soleil Perron	9,751	21.69	+8.08
	Québec solidaire	Colombe Landry	1,858	4.13	+1.01
	Option nationale	Jean-Sébastien Lamothe	810	1.80	–
	Green	Nick Fonda	684	1.52	-0.51
	Coalition pour la constituante	Danielle Voisard	201	0.45	–
Total valid votes			44,959	98.78	–
Total rejected ballots			553	1.22	–
Turnout			45,512	79.26
Electors on the lists			57,423	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.21

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

2008 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvon Vallières	11,658	51.50	+9.18
	Parti Québécois	Martyne Prévost	6,535	28.87	+8.25
	Action démocratique	Jean-Philippe Hamel	3,682	16.27	-14.48
	Québec solidaire	Michel Reesor	760	3.36	+0.56
Total valid votes			22,635	98.28	–
Total rejected ballots			397	1.72	–
Turnout			23,032	63.02	-11.50
Electors on the lists			36,550	–	–

2007 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Yvon Vallières	11,257	42.32
	Action démocratique	Pierre Hébert	8,179	30.75
	Parti Québécois	Martyne Prévost	5,485	20.62
	Green	Frédérick Clerson-Guicherd	805	3.03
	Québec solidaire	Danielle Maire	746	2.80
	Independent PQ	Claude Bergeron	129	0.48
Total valid votes			26,601	98.89
Total rejected ballots			298	1.11
Turnout			26,899	74.52
Electors on the lists			36,097	–

2003 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Yvon Vallières	14,767	57.20
	Parti Québécois	André Blais	6,149	23.82
	Action démocratique	Pierre Hébert	4,899	18.98
Total valid votes			25,815	98.38
Total rejected ballots			426	1.62
Turnout			26,241	73.80
Electors on the lists			35,559	–

1998 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Yvon Vallières	14,358	53.06
	Parti Québécois	Joaquin Bastida	9,704	35.86
	Action démocratique	Michel Grimard	2,998	11.08
Total valid votes			27,060	98.74
Total rejected ballots			346	1.26
Turnout			27,406	81.90
Electors on the lists			33,463	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	15,719	53.15
	Non	13,856	46.85

1994 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Yvon Vallières	14,106	54.28
	Parti Québécois	Richard Arsenault	10,045	38.65
	Action démocratique	Michael Betts	1,486	5.72
	Natural Law	Jean Fréchette	197	0.76
	Equality	Denis Keenan	154	0.59
Total valid votes			25,988	98.49
Total rejected ballots			399	1.51
Turnout			26,387	84.11
Electors on the lists			31,371	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	14,339	57.15
	Oui	10,749	42.85

1989 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Yvon Vallières	16,578	68.77
	Parti Québécois	Richard Arsenault	6,259	25.96
	Green	Jack Kugelmass	555	2.30
	Unity	Thelma Westman	506	2.10
	Parti 51	Michel Dostie	210	0.87
Total valid votes			24,108	98.08
Total rejected ballots			473	1.92
Turnout			24,581	79.80
Electors on the lists			30,804	–

1985 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Yvon Vallières	12,356	63.81
	Parti Québécois	Michel Vallières	6,824	35.24
	Christian Socialism	Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt	184	0.95
Total valid votes			19,364	98.88
Total rejected ballots			219	1.12
Turnout			19,583	80.96
Electors on the lists			24,189	–

1981 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Yvon Vallières	15,640	38.02
	Parti Québécois	Denise Sckoropad Lemire	13,131	59.42
	Union Nationale	Benny Bell	972	2.36
Total valid votes			21,417	99.40
Total rejected ballots			130	0.60
Turnout			21,547	86.14
Electors on the lists			25,013	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	12,371	59.58
	Oui	8,393	40.42

1976 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Yvon Brochu	7,778	39.15
	Liberal	Yvon Vallières	5,871	29.55
	Parti Québécois	Maurice Tremblay	5,294	26.65
	Ralliement créditiste	Serge Lepage	925	4.65
Total valid votes			19,868	98.01
Total rejected ballots			404	1.99
Turnout			20,272	86.17
Electors on the lists			23,525	–

1973 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Yvon Vallières	7,569	40.69
	Ralliement créditiste	Yvon Brochu	7,214	38.79
	Parti Québécois	Denis Morel	3,130	16.83
	Union Nationale	Jacqueline Drouin Pelletier	686	3.69
Total valid votes			18,599	98.01
Total rejected ballots			182	0.97
Turnout			18,781	82.28
Electors on the lists			22,827	–

1970 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ralliement créditiste	Yvon Brochu	7,485	36.02
	Liberal	Raymond Allaire	6,348	30.55
	Parti Québécois	Maurice Tremblay	3,655	17.59
	Union Nationale	Marc-André Gosselin	3,290	15.83
Total valid votes			20,778	98.55
Total rejected ballots			305	1.45
Turnout			21,083	86.70
Electors on the lists			24,316	–

1966 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émilien Lafrance	8,258	47.56
	Union Nationale	Lucien Bachand	7,995	46.04
	Ralliement national	André Bergeron	1,112	6.40
Total valid votes			17,365	97.03
Total rejected ballots			531	2.97
Turnout			17,896	77.79
Electors on the lists			23,007	–

1962 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émilien Lafrance	9,932	57.88
	Union Nationale	Raynald Fréchette	7,229	42.12
Total valid votes			17,161	99.00
Total rejected ballots			174	1.00
Turnout			17,335	85.16
Electors on the lists			20,356	–

1960 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émilien Lafrance	9,691	53.50
	Union Nationale	Charles-Émile Gosselin	8,422	46.50
Total valid votes			18,113	98.79
Total rejected ballots			222	1.21
Turnout			18,335	90.57
Electors on the lists			20,244	–

1956 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émilien Lafrance	9,470	51.49
	Union Nationale	Éphrem Jacques	8,278	47.46
	Labor–Progressive	Jacques Messier	194	1.05
Total valid votes			18,392	99.28
Total rejected ballots			134	0.72
Turnout			18,526	90.47
Electors on the lists			20,477	–

1952 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émilien Lafrance	8,156	51.07
	Union Nationale	Albert Goudreau	7,815	48.93
Total valid votes			15,971	99.20
Total rejected ballots			129	0.80
Turnout			16,100	87.33
Electors on the lists			18,435	–

1948 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Albert Goudreau	7,135	50.00
	Liberal	Albert Paquette	4,351	30.49
	Union des électeurs	Roland Pelletier	2,783	19.50
Total valid votes			14,269	99.23
Total rejected ballots			111	0.77
Turnout			14,380	84.70
Electors on the lists			16,978	–

1944 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Albert Goudreau	5,626	45.03
	Liberal	Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais	5,344	42.77
	Bloc populaire	Joseph-Fidèle Lavigne	1,525	12.20
Total valid votes			12,495	99.19
Total rejected ballots			102	0.81
Turnout			12,597	81.48
Electors on the lists			15,461	–

1939 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais	2,998	52.55
	Union Nationale	Albert Goudreau	2,314	40.56
	Action libérale nationale	Alfred Laflamme	393	6.89
Total valid votes			5,705	99.06
Total rejected ballots			54	0.94
Turnout			5,759	82.92
Electors on the lists			6,945	–

1935 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Goudreau	3,170	55.58
	Liberal	Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais	2,533	44.42
Total valid votes			5,703	99.74
Total rejected ballots			15	0.26
Turnout			5,718	83.23
Electors on the lists			6,870	–

1931 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais	2,915	59.81
	Conservative	Albert Goudreau	1,959	40.19
Total valid votes			4,874	99.49
Total rejected ballots			25	0.51
Turnout			4,899	79.93
Electors on the lists			6,129	–

1927 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais	2,505	58.64
	Conservative	Joseph-Noé Ponton	1,767	41.36
Total valid votes			4,272	99.37
Total rejected ballots			27	0.63
Turnout			4,299	74.65
Electors on the lists			5,766	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais	2,165	55.71
	Conservative	Joseph-Hilaire Côté	1,721	44.29
Total valid votes			3,886	98.21
Total rejected ballots			71	1.79
Turnout			3,957	73.58
Electors on the lists			5,378	–

1923 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Georges-Ervé Denault	1,571	41.47
	Conservative	John Hayes	1,268	44.29
	Farmer	Alcide Roy	949	25.05
Total valid votes			3,788	99.01
Total rejected ballots			38	0.99
Turnout			3,826	71.14
Electors on the lists			5,378	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacob Nicol	Acclaimed

1919 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walter George Mitchell	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			5,009

1916 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walter George Mitchell	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			5,065

Quebec provincial by-election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Walter George Mitchell	Acclaimed

1912 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Peter Samuel George Mackenzie	2,605	69.56
	Conservative	William Evander McIver	1,140	30.44
Total valid votes			3,745	99.21
Total rejected ballots			30	0.79
Turnout			3,775	68.36
Electors on the lists			5,522	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Samuel George Mackenzie	Acclaimed

1908 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Samuel George Mackenzie	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			5,031

1904 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Samuel George Mackenzie	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			4,700

1900 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Peter Samuel George Mackenzie	1,561	51.08
	Conservative	Joseph Bédard	1,495	48.92
Total valid votes			3,056	98.64
Total rejected ballots			42	1.36
Turnout			3,098	67.95
Electors on the lists			4,559	–

1897 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Bédard	1,748	52.97
	Liberal	Charles A. Miller	1,552	47.03
Total valid votes			3,300	98.92
Total rejected ballots			36	1.08
Turnout			3,336	71.13
Electors on the lists			4,690	–

1892 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Bédard	1,370	53.49
	Liberal	Joseph R. Denison	1,191	46.51
Total valid votes			2,561	99.11
Total rejected ballots			23	0.89
Turnout			2,584	65.70
Electors on the lists			3,933	–

1892 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Bédard	1,276	54.67
	Liberal	Henry Aylmer	1,058	45.33
Total valid votes			2,334	99.07
Total rejected ballots			22	0.93
Turnout			2,356	64.06
Electors on the lists			3,678	–

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=283&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=283&section=superficie

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (QuébecPolitique)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Estrie region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011