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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232/232 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| NDP | Réjean Genest | 27,575 | 51.08 |
Elected |
| BQ | Robert Vincent | 12,615 | 23.37 |
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| CON | Mélisa Leclerc | 7,918 | 14.67 |
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| LIB | Bernard Demers | 4,850 | 8.98 |
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| GRN | Patrick Daoust | 1,022 | 1.89 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
This riding in southern Quebec contains parts of the regional county municipalities of La Haute-Yamaska, Rouville and Le Val-St-François. The city of Valcourt, the village of Lawrenceville, the township Valcourt and the municipalities of Bonsecours, Maricourt, Racine and Ste-Anne-de-la-Rochelle fall in the riding.
The riding was established in 1867. The 1996 redistribution kept 87 per cent of the riding and added eight per cent of Richmond-Wolfe.
Population: 100,000 (2006 census; an increase of 5.3% since 2001)
Political History
Bloc Québécois incumbent Robert Vincent won a third term in 2008, beating Liberal Bernard Demers and Conservative Jean Lambert, who were separated by only 883 votes.
The results were similar in 2006, with Vincent defeating Lambert and Liberal candidate Diane St-Jacques, separated by just 715 votes.
The Bloc captured this riding in 2004, when Vincent defeated St-Jacques by 3,243 votes. In 2000, St-Jacques defeated BQ candidate Michel Benoît by 891 votes. In 1997, she had won in this riding as a Progressive Conservative. She left the PC caucus and joined the Liberals in 2000.
Gilbert Rondeau won five elections in this riding in the 1960s and 1970s, first for Social Credit, then for Ralliement des Créditistes. In 1977, he was found guilty of tax evasion, conspiracy and defrauding the unemployment insurance system. The Social Credit party revoked his membership and he ran as an Independent in 1979, losing that election to Liberal Jean Lapierre.
Lapierre won the following four elections, but quit the Liberals in 1990 after Jean Chrétien won the leadership. He was a founding member of the BQ in 1990 and resigned in 1992. He was elected in Outremont in 2004. In 1993, Jean Leroux of the BQ was elected in Shefford, but he lost to St-Jacques in 1997.
- 1867-1878 - LIB
- 1882 - IND LIB
- 1887 - CON
- 1891-1926 - LIB
- 1930 - CON
- 1935-58 - LIB
- 1962, 1963 - SC
- 1965 - LIB
- 1968 - R des C/ 1972-94 - SC
- 1979-1988 - LIB
- 1993 - BQ
- 1997 - PC
- 2000 - LIB
- 2004, 2006, 2008 - BQ
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 7.71% (7,570) |
| French | 30.40% (29,835) |
| Aboriginal | 2.84% (2,785) |
| American | 0.47% (465) |
| Canadian | 77.04% (75,615) |
| Caribbean | 0.10% (95) |
| Latin, Central, South | 0.58% (570) |
| Western European | 2.38% (2,340) |
| Northern European | 0.11% (110) |
| Eastern European | 0.58% (565) |
| S European | 2.02% (1,980) |
| Other European | 0.09% (90) |
| Scandinavian | 0.08% (80) |
| Baltic | 0.07% (65) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.09% (85) |
| African | 0.30% (290) |
| Arab | 0.37% (365) |
| Maghrebi | 0.12% (120) |
| West Asia | 0.29% (285) |
| South Asia | 0.01% (10) |
| East/SE Asia | 0.39% (385) |
| Oceania | 0.00% (0) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 98,155 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 3% (3,060) |
| French | 95% (92,495) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (0) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 0% (160) |
| Portuguese | 0% (0) |
| Romanian | 0% (10) |
| Spanish | 1% (650) |
| Danish | 0% (0) |
| Dutch | 0% (45) |
| Flemish | 0% (0) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (175) |
| Norwegian | 0% (0) |
| Swedish | 0% (0) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (75) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (0) |
| Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Czech | 0% (0) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (85) |
| Russian | 0% (10) |
| Serbian | 0% (35) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (10) |
| Slovak | 0% (10) |
| Slovenian | 0% (0) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (0) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (40) |
| Greek | 0% (10) |
| Armenian | 0% (0) |
| Turkish | 0% (95) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 0% (140) |
| Hebrew | 0% (0) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (0) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (10) |
| Gujarati | 0% (0) |
| Hindi | 0% (0) |
| Kurdish | 0% (0) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (0) |
| Pashto | 0% (0) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (105) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (0) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (0) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (0) |
| Korean | 0% (10) |
| Cantonese | 0% (0) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (50) |
| Mandarin | 0% (20) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (15) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (0) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (40) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (10) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (0) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (25) |
| Creoles | 0% (35) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 97,625 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 0.30 |
| Mining | 0.16 |
| Utilities | 1.98 |
| Construction | 5.85 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 5.67 |
| Retail | 12.61 |
| Transport | 4.60 |
| Info Culture | 3.84 |
| Finance Insurance | 8.57 |
| Real Estate | 2.10 |
| ProSciTech | 6.89 |
| Management | 0.16 |
| Waste/Remediation | 5.04 |
| Education | 5.51 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 8.54 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.62 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 4.20 |
| Public Admin | 4.62 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 67,385 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 4.7%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 13.64%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 25.82%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $65,051
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 3%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 28.63%
34.70% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
We'll be updating these info pages as the campaign progresses. If you have any corrections, suggestions or new information to pass on, please email us.
Réjean Genest | |
 | Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: |
| Marital Status: | Married to Louise |
| Children: | Three |
| Profession: | Writer (specialty: horticultural and agricultural issues) |
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| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
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