Châteauguay—Saint-Constant

For other uses, see Chateauguay.

Châteauguay—Saint-Constant was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 107,165.

Châteauguay—Saint-Constant

Quebec electoral district
Châteauguay—Saint-Constant in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2012
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	113,459
Electors (2011)	84,347
Area (km²)	300.30
Census division(s)	Roussillon RCM
Census subdivision(s)	Châteauguay, Delson, Léry, Mercier, Saint-Constant, Saint-Isidore, Sainte-Catherine

Châteauguay—Saint-Constant was created in 2003 from Châteauguay riding, with the exception of a portion of Châteauguay that was transferred in Beauharnois—Salaberry and Saint-Jean ridings.

Geography

The district included all of the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon including Kahnawake Indian Reserve No. 14, but excluding the cities of Candiac and La Prairie and the Municipality of Saint-Philippe in the east of the county municipality. The neighbouring ridings were Vaudreuil—Soulanges, Beauharnois—Salaberry, Brossard—La Prairie, LaSalle—Émard, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, and Lac-Saint-Louis.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Châtueauguay—Saint-Constant Riding created from Châteauguay
38th	2004–2006		Denise Poirier-Rivard	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008		Carole Freeman
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Sylvain Chicoine	New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Châteauguay—Lacolle and La Prairie

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sylvain Chicoine	29,156	52.03	+37.02
	Bloc Québécois	Carole Freeman	14,957	26.69	-18.89
	Conservative	André Turcôt	5,766	10.29	-7.56
	Liberal	Linda Schwey	5,069	9.05	-9.30
	Green	Clara Kwan	923	1.65	-1.53
	Marxist–Leninist	Linda Sullivan	163	0.29	-
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,023	100.00
Total rejected ballots			786	1.38	-0.30
Turnout			56,809	64.02	-2.34
Eligible voters			88,741	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Carole Freeman	25,086	45.58	-5.80	$39,329
	Liberal	Linda Schwey	10,104	18.35	-2.04	$11,741
	Conservative	Pierre-Paul Routhier	9,827	17.85	-0.87	$87,060
	New Democratic	Sonia Jurado	8,261	15.01	+9.80	$6,122
	Green	Brian Sarwer-Foner	1,755	3.18	-1.14
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,033	100.00	$88,185
Rejected ballots			941	1.68
Turnout			55,974	66.36

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Carole Freeman	28,274	51.38	-5.91	$38,718
	Liberal	Charles Ghorayeb	11,219	20.39	-9.65	$40,897
	Conservative	Rosaire Turcot	10,301	18.72	+13.05	$7,222
	New Democratic	Ehsan Mohammadian	2,865	5.21	+1.88	$2,050
	Green	Alain Rioux	2,375	4.3	+0.63	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,034	100.00	$81,631

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Denise Poirier-Rivard	29,337	57.28	–	$65,854
	Liberal	Robert Lanctôt	15,384	30.04	–	$41,537
	Conservative	Rosaire Turcot	2,902	5.67	–	$11,347
	Green	Marc-André Gadoury	1,889	3.69	–	$2,629
	New Democratic	Mélanie Archambault	1,704	3.33	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,216	100.00	$79,916

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Châteauguay—Saint-Constant (Code 24015) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada at archive.today (archived 2013-01-15)
• Riding history for Châteauguay—Saint-Constant from the Library of Parliament

External links

• City of Châteauguay web site at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-03-24)