Results, Ridings and Candidates
Verchères - Les Patriotes
2008 Results
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This riding is along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, across from the island of Montreal. It contains the regional county municipality of Lajemmerais, part of La Vallée-du-Richelieu and part of the city of Longueuil north and east of Highway 20 and the St. Lawrence River. The municipalities of St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, St-Denis-sur-Richelieu and St-Marc-sur-Richelieu are in the riding.
The main employers are the manufacturing sector and retail trade. The average family income is $90,489 and unemployment is almost the lowest in Canada at 3.4 per cent.
In the 2006 census less than two per cent of the population cited English as their first language, while almost 96 per cent cited French. The total immigrant population is about three per cent.
The riding of Verchères was established in 1867 and abolished in 1892 with the establishment of Chambly and St-Hyacinthe. Verchères was recreated in 1976 from Chambly and St-Hyacinthe. In 1996, 96 per cent of the riding was retained and it was renamed Verchères-Les-Patriotes in 1998. In 2004, 83 per cent of Verchères-Les-Patriotes was retained.
Population: 97,726 (2006 census; an increase of 9.5% since 2001)
Political History
First-time candidate Luc Malo made a strong showing in 2006 as the Bloc Québécois took the riding again. Malo won 57 per cent of the vote and greatly outdistanced second-place Conservative candidate Jean-Felix Racicot.
In 2004, Bloc candidate Stéphane Bergeron soundly defeated Liberal Nathalie Tousignant to win a fourth term as MP.
Liberal Felix Geoffrion won in Verchères from 1867 to 1891. Chambly and its predecessor riding Chambly-Rouville was Liberal since 1935 except for one Progressive Conservative win in 1958. Liberal Bernard Loiselle, incumbent from Chambly, was elected in 1974 in Verchères. He also won the 1979 and 1980 elections. PC Marcel Danis won in 1984 and 1988. He was appointed minister of state for youth, minister of state for fitness and amateur sport and deputy leader in 1990 and minister of labour in 1991.- 1979, 1980 - LIB
- 1984, 1988 - PC
- 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006 - BQ
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