Argenteuil (provincial electoral district)

Argenteuil is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853.

Members of Parliament of the Province of Canada

* Sydney Robert Bellingham (1854-1860)
* John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (1860-1867)

Members of Legislative Assembly

* Sydney Robert Bellingham, Conservative Party (1867-1878)
* Robert Greenshields Meikle, Liberal (1878-1881)
* William Owens, Conservative Party (1881-1892)
* William John Simpson, Conservative Party (1892-1897)
* William Alexander Weir, Liberal (1897-1910)
* John Hay, Liberal (1910-1912)
* Harry Slater, Conservative Party (1912-1916)
* John Hay , Liberal (1916-1925)
* Joseph-Léon Saint-Jacques, Conservative Party (1925-1927)
* Georges Dansereau, Liberal (1927-1948)
* William McOvat Cottingham, Union Nationale (1948-1966)

Members of the National Assembly

*Zoël Saindon, Liberal (1966-1978)
*Claude Ryan, Liberal (1979-1994)
*Régent L. Beaudet, Liberal (1994-1997)
*David Whissell, Liberal (1998-present)

Geography

It consists of the municipalities of:
*Arundel
*Barkmere
*Brownsburg-Chatham
*Gore
*Grenville
*Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
*Harrington
*Lac-des-Seize-Îles
*Lachute
*Mille-Isles
*Montcalm
*Morin-Heights
*Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard
*Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
*Saint-Colomban
*Wentworth
*Wentworth-Nord

Linguistic demographics

*Francophone: 81.3%
*Anglophone: 16.6%
*Allophone: 2.1%

Electoral results

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Liberal
David Whissell
align="right"|10,025
align="right"|37.59
align="right"|-15.74
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Action démocratique
Georges Lapointe
align="right"|7,906
align="right"|29.65
align="right"|+11.21
-
Parti Québécois
John Saywell
align="right"|6,891
align="right"|25.84
align="right"|+0.93
-
Green
Claude Sabourin
align="right"|1,244
align="right"|4.67
align="right"|+2.58
-
Québec solidaire
Guy Dufresne
align="right"|600
align="right"|2.25
align="right"

-
Liberal
David Whissell
align="right"|12,645
align="right"|53.33
align="right"
-
Parti Québécois
Georges Lapointe
align="right"|5,906
align="right"|24.91
align="right"
-
Action démocratique
Sylvain Demers
align="right"|4,372
align="right"|18.44
align="right"
-
Green
Claude Sabourin
align="right"|496
align="right"|2.09
align="right"
-
Bloc pot
Yannick Charpentier
align="right"|292
align="right"|1.23
align="right"

References

* [http://www.cbc.ca/quebecvotes2007/riding/005 Quebec Votes 2007, Riding Profiles] "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation", retrieved 25 February 2007
* [http://www.monvote.qc.ca/en/infoCirc_resultats.asp?br=br&brs=brs&bvh=bvh&bva=bva&bvo=bvo&onglet=3&langue=fr&lstCirc=518&nomCirc=Argenteuil&codePostal=&nocivique= Information on the Electoral Divisions Holding Elections] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 25 February 2007
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/fr/tableaux/Referendum_1995_8481.asp Référendum du 30 octobre 1995] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 25 February 2007
* [http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-argenteuil.html 1867-2007 Election results]
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/script/affiche_carte.asp?annee=2001&bsq=518 Map of Argenteuil]
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/fr/pdf/carte_recto.pdf Quebec electoral map]

Neighbouring electoral districts

Canadian City Geographic Location
North= Labelle, Bertrand
West= Papineau
Center= Argenteuil
East= Prévost, Mirabel
South=