Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

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**Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot**
Quebec electoral district
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac BQ
District created	1933
First contested	1935
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	95,983
Electors (2006)	76,005
Area (km²)	1,948
Pop. density (per km²)	49.3
Census divisions	Acton, Les Maskoutains
Census subdivisions	Acton Vale, Béthanie, La Présentation, Roxton, Roxton Falls, Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville, Saint-Damase, Saint-Dominique, Sainte-Christine, Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Sainte-Madeleine, Saint-Marie-Madeleine, Saint-Hughes, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jude, Saint-Liboire, Saint-Louis, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Saint-Pie, Saint-Pie Parish, Saint-Simon, Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, Saint-Valérien-de-Milton, Upton

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot (formerly known as Saint-Hyacinthe) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It is located in Quebec, Canada. Its population in 2006 was 95,983.

1 Geography
2 Political geography
3 History
4 2007 by-election
5 Members of Parliament
6 Election results
7 See also
8 External links

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 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.

2007 by-election

Main article: Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot by-election, 2007

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

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: St. Hyacinthe—Bagot

Joseph-Théophile-Adélard Fontaine, Liberal, (1935-1944)
Joseph Fontaine, Liberal, (1945-1949)

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

Joseph Fontaine, Liberal, (1949-1957)
J.-H.-Théogène Ricard, Progressive Conservative, (1957-1968)

Saint-Hyacinthe

J.-H.-Théogène Ricard, Progressive Conservative, (1968-1972)
Claude Wagner, Progressive Conservative, (1972-1978)
Marcel Ostiguy, Liberal (1978-1980)

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

Marcel Ostiguy, Liberal (1981-1984)
Andrée Champagne, Progressive Conservative, (1984-1993)
Yvan Loubier, Bloc Québécois (1993-2007)
Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac, Bloc Québécois (2007-present)

Election results

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1981-present

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot by-election, 17 September, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Bloc Québécois	Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac	13,443	42.1%	-13.9
	Conservative Party	Bernard Barré	11,965	37.5%	+12.7
	New Democratic Party	Brigitte Sansoucy	2,538	7.9%	+2.4
	Liberal Party	Jean Caumartin	2,379	7.4%	-2.4
	Green Party	Jacques Tétreault	1,169	3.7%	-0.2
	Neorhino.ca	Christian Willie Vanasse	384	1.2%
	Canadian Action Party	Michel St-Onge	71	0.2%
Total			31,949
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing	-13.3

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	27,838	56.0%	-6.4%
	Conservative	Huguette Guilhaumon	12,323	24.8%	+13.8%
	Liberal	Stéphane Deschênes	4,884	9.8%	-12.2%
	New Democrat	Joëlle Chevrier	2,723	5.5%	+3%
	Green	Jacques Tétreault	1,925	3.9%	+1.9%
Total valid votes			49,693	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			827
Turnout			50,520

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	29,789	62.4%	{{{5}}}
	Liberal	Michel Gaudette	10,558	22.1%	{{{5}}}
	Conservative	Andrée Champagne	5,240	11.0%	{{{5}}}
	New Democrat	Joëlle Chevrier	1,204	2.5%	{{{5}}}
	Green	Bruno Godbout	948	2.0%	{{{5}}}

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	25,916
	Liberal	Michel Gaudette	16,265
	Canadian Alliance	Jacques Bousquet	2,161
	Progressive Conservative	Frédéric Mantha	1,932
	New Democrat	Rachel Dicaire	499

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	21,116
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-François Milette	16,313
	Liberal	Antoine Locas	10,970
	New Democrat	Jacques Bousquet	809

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	28,014
	Liberal	Hélène Riendeau	10,124
	Progressive Conservative	Andrée Champagne	9,834
	New Democrat	Luc Chamberland	848

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Andrée Champagne	25,267
	Liberal	Michel Gaudette	16,289
	New Democrat	Hélène Lortie-Narayana	6,442

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Andrée Champagne	22,984
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	21,394
	New Democrat	Claude R. Gagnon	2,196
	Rhino	Serge Alexis Lemoyne	998
	Nationaliste	Bertrand Desrosiers	940
	Commonwealth	Laurent Gauthier	33

Saint-Hyacinthe, 1966-1980

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	28,130
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Danis	10,033
	New Democrat	Diane Lemieux	2,257
	Rhino	André Chamberland	868
	Independent	Sylvain Trudeau	540
	Union Populaire	Louis Fournier De Kinder	114
	Marxist-Leninist	Claude Dubois	66

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	23,666
	Progressive Conservative	Grégoire Girard	12,327
	Social Credit	Raymonde Parent	6,087
	New Democrat	Richard Sylvestre	802
	Rhino	Mario Bousquet	444
	Rhino	Serge André Lemoyne	362
	Union Populaire	Louis De Kinder	79
	Marxist-Leninist	Claude Dubois	68

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 16 October 1978 On Mr. Wagner's resignation, 21 April 1978
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	21,515
	Progressive Conservative	Charles-Auguste Gauvin	16,559
	New Democrat	Richard Sylvestre	1,259
	Social Credit	Laurier Grenon	889

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Wagner	21,453
	Liberal	Honorius Charbonneau	15,965
	Social Credit	Jean-Claude Caron	2,940
	Independent	Gaston Caron	883
	New Democrat	Ann Dewitt	861

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Wagner	16,680
	Liberal	Paul Foster	15,982
	Social Credit	Yvon Descoteaux	8,716
	New Democrat	Henri Mons	814
	Independent	Martha Adams	540
	Not affiliated	Arthur Vachon	106

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	16,389
	Liberal	Maurice Sauvé	15,601
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean-Baptiste Auger	1,682
	New Democrat	André Lacombe	878

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1947-1966

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	15,127
	Liberal	Michel Dumaine	11,690
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean-Baptiste Auger	994
	New Democrat	Léon Graub	591

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	13,716
	Liberal	Jean Leduc	8,540
	Social Credit	François Even	4,122

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	12,586
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Lemoine	8,945
	Social Credit	Ernest Mongeau	5,663

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	15,761
	Liberal	Charles-Édouard Hébert	10,857
	Independent Liberal	Wilfrid Flibotte	157

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	13,865
	Liberal	Louis-Joseph Fontaine	11,771

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	14,702
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Lionel Lévesque	1,105
	Union des électeurs	Napoléon Hamel	981

St. Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1933-1947

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	12,781
	Progressive Conservative	Séraphin-Adélard Cyr	7,197
	Independent	Liboire Beauregard	884
	Independent	Louis-Homère Marcotte	441
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	Raoul Lassonde	346
	Social Credit	Joseph Blanchette	258

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	13,220
	Independent	J.-Wilfrid Gaudette	2,599

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	11,547
	Conservative	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-Eugène Bousquet	3,268
	Reconstruction	Hector Grenon	1,138

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• • e Federal ridings in the Eastern Townships
Bloc Québécois	Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Richmond—Arthabaska • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke
Conservative	Beauce • Mégantic—L'Érable

• • e Federal ridings in Quebec
Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour • Berthier—Maskinongé • Joliette • Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière • Montcalm • Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier • Repentigny • Saint-Maurice—Champlain • Trois-Rivières
Côte-Nord and Saguenay	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord • Jonquière—Alma • Manicouagan • Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord • Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Eastern Quebec	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine • Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia • Lévis—Bellechasse • Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup • Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
The Eastern Townships	Beauce • Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Mégantic—L'Érable • Richmond—Arthabaska • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke
The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou • Abitibi—Témiscamingue • Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel • Gatineau • Hull—Aylmer • Laurentides—Labelle • Pontiac • Rivière-des-Mille-Îles • Rivière-du-Nord • Terrebonne—Blainville
Montreal (East, West, North & Laval)	Ahuntsic • Alfred-Pellan • Bourassa • Hochelaga • Honoré-Mercier • Jeanne-Le Ber • Lac-Saint-Louis • La Pointe-de-l'Île • LaSalle—Émard • Laurier—Sainte-Marie • Laval • Laval—Les Îles • Marc-Aurèle-Fortin • Mount Royal • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine • Outremont • Papineau • Pierrefonds—Dollard • Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie • Saint-Laurent—Cartierville • Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel • Westmount—Ville-Marie
Montérégie	Beauharnois—Salaberry • Brossard—La Prairie • Chambly—Borduas • Châteauguay—Saint-Constant • Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher • Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert • Saint-Jean • Saint-Lambert • Vaudreuil-Soulanges • Verchères—Les Patriotes
Quebec City	Beauport—Limoilou • Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles • Louis-Hébert • Louis-Saint-Laurent • Québec