Chambly—Borduas Explained

Province:Quebec
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-District-Number:24012
Fed-Created:1867
Fed-Election-First:1867
Fed-Election-Last:2011
Fed-Rep:Matthew Dubé
Fed-Rep-Party:NDP
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:129315
Demo-Electors:93922
Demo-Electors-Date:2011
Demo-Area:453.24
Demo-Cd:Rouville RCM, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
Demo-Csd:Belœil, Carignan, Chambly, Marieville, McMasterville, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Otterburn Park, Richelieu, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu

Chambly—Borduas (also previously known as Chambly and Chambly—Verchères) was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935, and from 1968 to 2015. Created by the British North America Act of 1867, its name was changed in 1893 to "Chambly—Verchères". In 1933, it was amalgamated into the Chambly—Rouville and Richelieu—Verchères electoral districts. The district was re-created in 1966 from Chambly—Rouville, Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie, and Richelieu—Verchères. Its name was changed in 2003 to "Chambly—Borduas".[3] In 2015, most of the district became part of Beloeil—Chambly, while small parts of it joined Montarville and Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères.

History

It initially comprised the Parishes of Boucherville, Longueuil, St. Bruno and Chambly.

In 1892, it was redefined to consist of the town of Longueuil, the villages of Verchères, Boucherville, Chambly Basin, Chambly Canton and Varennes, the municipality of St. Lambert, and the parishes of Boucherville, Chambly, Longueuil, St. Basile le Grand, St. Bruno, St. Hubert, Varennes, Ste. Julie, Verchères, Contrecoeur, Ste. Théodosie, St. Antoine, St. Marc and Beloeil.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the Counties of Chambly and Verchères including the Cities of Longueuil and St. Lambert.

When it was recreated in 1966, it was defined to consist of:

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of:

Geography

This riding is located southwest of Montreal in the Quebec region of Montérégie. The neighbouring ridings are Brossard—La Prairie, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Verchères—Les Patriotes, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, Shefford, and Saint-Jean.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Chambly—Borduas, 2003–2015

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

Chambly, 1966–2003

See main article: 1990 Chambly by-election.

Chambly, 1867–1893

See also

References

Notes

External links

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Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. https://archive.today/20120730152232/http://www.elections.ca/scripts/fedrep/searchengine/search_by_listofed.asp Search