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Drummond (electoral district)

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Legislature
  
House of Commons

First contested
  
1968

District webpage
  
profile, map

Elector
  
80,750

District created
  
1966

Last contested
  
2015

Province
  
Québec

Drummond (electoral district)

MP
  
François Choquette New Democratic

Census divisions
  
Drummond Regional County Municipality

Drummond is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It was created in 1966 from Drummond—Arthabaska, Nicolet—Yamaska and Richmond—Wolfe.

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Geography

The riding, located along the Saint-François River in the Quebec region of Centre-du-Québec, consists of the RCM of Drummond. The largest city is Drummondville.

The neighbouring ridings are Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Richmond—Arthabaska, Shefford, and Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot.

There were no changes to this riding from the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

References

Drummond (electoral district) Wikipedia