First contested 1997 District webpage profile, map Elector 85,118 | District created 1996 Last contested 2015 Province Québec | |
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MP Alain RayesConservative Census divisions Arthabaska Regional County Municipality | ||
Richmond—Arthabaska is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.
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Geography
The riding, north of the city of Sherbrooke, straddles the Quebec regions of Centre-du-Québec and Estrie. It consists of the Regional County Municipalities (RCM) of Les Sources and Arthabaska and the centre of the RCM of Le Val-Saint-François. It includes in particular the towns of Victoriaville and Asbestos.
The neighbouring ridings are Drummond, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Mégantic—L'Érable, Compton—Stanstead, Sherbrooke, Brome—Missisquoi, and Shefford.
Its population is 100,116, including 82,663 voters, and its area is 3,563 km².
History
The riding was created in 1996 from portions of Drummond, Richmond—Wolfe, Compton—Stanstead and Lotbinière—L'Érable ridings.
There were no territory changes to this riding from the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party votes.