Vachon (electoral district)

Vachon is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located within the city of Longueuil and includes most of the borough of Saint-Hubert.

Vachon
Quebec electoral district
Location in Longueuil
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Ian Lafrenière
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created1980
First contested1981
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2006)48,470
Electors (2012)[1]48,095
Area (km²)[2]61.9
Pop. density (per km²)783
Census division(s)Longueuil (part)
Census subdivision(s)Longueuil (part)

It was created for the 1981 election from a part of Taillon electoral district and is named after early Quebec aviation pioneer Roméo Vachon, who worked at Trans-Canada Airlines; the district includes Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport.[3]

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.

Members of the National Assembly

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This riding has elected the following members of the National Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Taillon
32nd  1981–1985     David Payne Parti Québécois
33rd  1985–1989     Christiane Pelchat Liberal
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1998     David Payne Parti Québécois
36th  1998–2003
37th  2003–2007 Camil Bouchard
38th  2007–2008
39th  2008–2010
 2010–2012 Martine Ouellet
40th  2012–2014
41st  2014–2017
 2017–2018     Independent
42nd  2018–2022     Ian Lafrenière Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd  2022–Present

Election results

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2022 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Ian Lafrenière
Liberal Yves Mbattang
Québec solidaire Jean-Philippe Samson
Parti Québécois Adam Wrzesien
Conservative Martine Boucher
Green Juan Carlos Nino Caita
Climat Québec Jean-Pierre Lacombe
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Electors on the lists
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Ian Lafrenière 15,625 43.61 +18.33
Liberal Linda Caron 7,536 21.03 -11.55
Parti Québécois Patrick Ney 6,106 17.04 -16.02
Québec solidaire André Vincent 5,194 14.5 +7.21
New Democratic Ian Lecourtois 453 1.26
Conservative Lise des Greniers 436 1.22
Bloc Pot Hugo Bluntss 278 0.78
Citoyens au pouvoir Stéphane Marginean 200 0.56
Total valid votes 35,828 98.15
Total rejected ballots 676 1.85
Turnout 36,504 70.86
Eligible voters 51,519
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois Swing +14.94
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Martine Ouellet 11,983 33.06 -6.53
  Liberal Michel Bienvenu 11,809 32.58 +11.37
Coalition Avenir Québec Stephane Robichaud 9,164 25.28 -4.38
Québec solidaire Sebastien Robert 2,644 7.29 +2.24
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Martine Ouellet 14,723 39.59
Coalition Avenir Québec Jean-François Roberge 11,030 29.66
  Liberal Linda Langlois Saulnier 7,885 21.21
Québec solidaire Sebastien Robert 1,878 5.05


Quebec provincial by-election, July 5, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Martine Ouellet 7,863 59.15 +10.51
Liberal Simon-Pierre Diamond 3,236 24.34 −7.94
Action démocratique Alain Dépatie 879 6.61 −7.06
Québec solidaire Sébastien Robert 727 5.47 +3.23
Green Yvon Rudolphe 419 3.15 −0.01
Independent Denis Durand 98 0.74 −2.42
Independent Régent Millette 71 0.53 -
Total valid votes 13,293 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 174
Turnout 13,467 29.25 −32.23
Electors on the lists 46,046

Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Camil Bouchard 13,312 48.64 +13.76
  Liberal Georges Painchaud 8,835 32.28 +7.59
Action démocratique Jean-François Denis 3,742 13.67 -20.53
Green Denis Durand 866 3.16 -0.79
Québec solidaire Vincent Lagacé 613 2.24 -0.04
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Camil Bouchard 11,560 34.88 -5.57
Action démocratique Maro Akoury 11,333 34.20 +16.91
  Liberal Brigitte Mercier 8,184 24.69 -15.08
Green Denis Durand 1,309 3.95 +2.33
Québec solidaire Richard St-Onge 755 2.28 +1.41
2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Camil Bouchard 12,960 40.45 -9.30
  Liberal Brigitte Mercier 12,741 39.77 +5.36
Action démocratique Joëlle Lescop 5,540 17.29 +2.22
Bloc Pot Denis Durand 519 1.62 -
UFP Richard St-Onge 279 0.87 +0.40
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois David Payne 16,993 49.75 +0.89
  Liberal Sophie Joncas 11,755 34.41 -3.45
Action démocratique Rose Paquet Cyr 5,147 15.07 +4.05
  Independent Richard St-Onge 161 0.47 -
  Innovator André Plante 103 0.30 -
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 21,374 56.76
Non 16,284 43.24
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois David Payne 15,685 48.86 +3.70
  Liberal André Nadeau 12,154 37.86 -7.64
Action démocratique Alain Riendeau 3,536 11.02 -
  Natural Law Robert Turgeon 300 0.93 -
  Economic Denis Gagnon 254 0.79 -
  Sovereignty Guillaume Pereira 170 0.53 -
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side Votes %
Non 26,333 64.14
Oui 14,721 35.86
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Christiane Pelchat 15,468 45.50 -3.97
Parti Québécois David Payne 15,354 45.16 -1.71
Green Yvon Rudolphe 1,216 3.58 -
  Independent Daniel Dufour 979 2.88 -
  New Democrat Réjean Benoit 620 1.82 -0.26
  Parti 51 Paul Ducharme 223 0.66 -
  United Social Credit Yves Rioux 138 0.41 -
1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Christiane Pelchat 16,011 49.47 +10.27
Parti Québécois David Payne 15,169 46.87 -10.98
  New Democrat Michael Kakura Jr. 673 2.08 -
  Parti indépendantiste Daniel Courville 511 1.58 -
1981 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois David Payne 17,671 57.85
  Liberal Jacques Roy 11,972 39.20
Union Nationale Jean Paul Côté 901 2.95

References

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Maps

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