Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Explained

Province:Quebec
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:24066
Fed-Created:1933
Fed-Election-First:1935
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay
Fed-Rep-Party:BQ
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:99629
Demo-Electors:80577
Demo-Electors-Date:2015
Demo-Area:1948
Demo-Cd:Acton, Les Maskoutains
Demo-Csd:Saint-Hyacinthe, Acton-Vale, Saint-Pie, Saint-Liboire, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Saint-Dominique, La Présentation, Saint-Damase, Sainte-Madeleine, Upton

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot (formerly known as Saint-Hyacinthe and St. Hyacinthe—Bagot) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It is located in Quebec, Canada. Its population in 2006 was 95,983. In the 2015 election, the winner received the lowest vote percentage of any winning candidate in the country.

Geography

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Acton and Les Maskoutains. It includes the communities of Saint-Hyacinthe, Acton Vale, Saint-Pie, Sainte-Madeleine, and Saint-Dominique.

Political geography

Almost all of the riding voted for the Bloc in 2006 except for parts of Roxton Falls and its surrounding township, Roxton which voted Conservative.

History

The electoral district was created in 1933 from Bagot and St. Hyacinthe—Rouville ridings as "St. Hyacinthe—Bagot". In 1947, the name was changed to "Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot".

In 1966, the riding was abolished. Parts of the riding were combined with parts of Chambly—Rouville and Richelieu—Verchères riding into a new riding named "Saint-Hyacinthe". Saint-Hyacinthe was renamed "Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot" after the 1980 election.

After the resignation of Yvan Loubier on 21 February 2007, a by-election occurred on 17 September 2007.

This riding was not changed as a result of the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton.[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1981–present

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

Saint-Hyacinthe, 1966–1980

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

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1947–1966

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

Note: Union des Electeurs popular vote is compared to Social Credit vote in 1945 general election.

St. Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1933–1947

See also

References

Notes

45.6359°N -72.8984°W

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Quebec's New Federal Electoral Map.