Drummond (federal electoral district)

Drummond
Quebec electoral district
Coordinates:	45°54′00″N 72°27′00″W / 45.900°N 72.450°W
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Martin Champoux; Bloc Québécois
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District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	103,397
Electors (2019)	83,916
Area (km²)	1,670
Pop. density (per km²)	61.9
Census division(s)	Drummond RCM
Census subdivision(s)	Drummondville, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Wickham, Saint-Lucien, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Saint-Guillaume, Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham, L'Avenir

Drummond is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It was created in 1966 from Drummond—Arthabaska, Nicolet—Yamaska and Richmond—Wolfe.

Geography

The riding, located along the Saint-François River in the Quebec region of Centre-du-Québec, consists of the RCM of Drummond. The largest city is Drummondville.

The neighbouring ridings are Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Richmond—Arthabaska, Shefford, and Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot.

There were no changes to this riding from the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Drummond Riding created from Drummond—Arthabaska, Nicolet—Yamaska and Richmond—Wolfe
28th	1968–1972	Jean-Luc Pépin	Liberal
29th	1972–1974	Jean-Marie Boisvert	Social Credit
30th	1974–1979	Yvon Pinard	Liberal
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988	Jean-Guy Guilbault	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Jean-Guy Guilbault	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Pauline Picard	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Roger Pomerleau
41st	2011–2015	François Choquette	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019	François Choquette	New Democratic
43rd	2019–2021	Martin Champoux	Bloc Québécois
44th	2021–present	Martin Champoux	Bloc Québécois

Election results

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Martin Champoux	23,866	46.62	+1.80	$25,502.47
	Liberal	Mustapha Berri	9,614	18.78	+1.36	$7,431.67
	Conservative	Nathalie Clermont	9,179	17.93	+1.36	$26,169.29
	New Democratic	François Choquette	5,709	11.15	-4.75	$2,464.36
	Free	Josée Joyal	1,728	3.38	–	$737.73
	Animal Protection	Lucas Munger	674	1.32	+0.86	$6,472.17
	No affiliation	Sylvain Marcoux	419	0.82	–	$1,820.27
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,189	97.54	–	$114,998.66
Total rejected ballots			1,289	2.46	–
Turnout			52,478	61.33	-5.22
Registered voters			85,569
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+0.22
Source: Elections Canada^[2]^[3]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Martin Champoux	24,574	44.82	+22	$18,378.63
	Liberal	William Morales	9,552	17.42	-9.1	$17,277.86
	Conservative	Jessica Ebacher	9,086	16.57	-1.1	none listed
	New Democratic	François Choquette	8,716	15.90	-14.6	none listed
	Green	Frédérik Bernier	1,856	3.39	+1	$3,099.20
	People's	Steeve Paquet	525	0.96		$2,460.77
	Rhinoceros	Réal Batrhino	270	0.49		$2,215.01
	Animal Protection	Lucas Munger	248	0.45		$2,484.77
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,824	97.99
Total rejected ballots			1,126	2.01
Turnout			55,950	66.55
Eligible voters			84,074
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+15.55
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Choquette	15,833	30.5	-21.1	$46,839.41
	Liberal	Pierre Côté	13,793	26.5	+18.1	$17,306.35
	Bloc Québécois	Diane Bourgeois	11,862	22.8	+0.8	$34,502.97
	Conservative	Pascale Déry	9,221	17.7	+1.8	$58,680.41
	Green	Émile Coderre	1,270	2.4	+0.3	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,979	100.0		$217,456.41
Total rejected ballots			1,098	–	–
Turnout			53,077	–	–
Eligible voters			81,303
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-19.6
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Choquette	24,489	51.6	+34.8
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Pomerleau	10,410	22.0	-16.8
	Conservative	Normand W. Bernier	7,555	15.9	-9.4
	Liberal	Pierre Côté	3,979	8.4	-8.4
	Green	Robin Fortin	987	2.1	-0.4
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,420	100.0
Total rejected ballots			878	1.82	-0.38
Turnout			48,298	62.59	–
Eligible voters			77,162	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Pomerleau	17,613	38.8	-10.9	$41,200
	Conservative	André Komlosy	11,490	25.3	+3.0	$77,182
	Liberal	Jean Courchesne	7,697	17.0	+0.6	$13,625
	New Democratic	Annick Corriveau	7,640	16.8	+10.5	$6,172
	Green	Réginald Gagnon	1,144	2.5	-2.8
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,404	100.0	$82,531
Total rejected ballots			1,022	2.20
Turnout			–	–

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	22,575	49.7	-6.6	$38,371
	Conservative	Jean-Marie Pineault	10,134	22.3	+5.4	$51,057
	Liberal	Éric Cardinal	7,437	16.4	-6.4	$75,543
	New Democratic	François Choquette	2,870	6.3	+4.5	$1,903
	Green	Jean-Benjamin Milot	2,418	5.3	+3.1	$865
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,434	100.0	$76,054

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	23,670	56.3	+11.2	$55,860
	Liberal	Roger Gougeon	9,591	22.8	-11.4	$60,104
	Conservative	Lyne Boisvert	7,123	16.9	-2.7	$72,925
	Green	Louis Lacroix	921	2.2	–
	New Democratic	Blake Evans	745	1.8	+0.8
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,050	100.0	$73,968

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

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	18,843	45.1	+2.9
	Liberal	André Béliveau	14,285	34.2	+11.1
	Progressive Conservative	Lyne Boisvert	6,593	15.8	-17.8
	Alliance	Jacques Laurin	1,606	3.8
	New Democratic	Julie Philion	424	1.0	0.0
Total valid votes			41,751	100.0

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	18,577	42.3	-12.5
	Progressive Conservative	Lyne Boisvert	14,777	33.6	+13.7
	Liberal	Christian Méthot	10,165	23.1	-0.9
	New Democratic	Alexandra Philoctéte	441	1.0	-0.3
Total valid votes			43,960	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Picard	24,930	54.8
	Liberal	Bernard Boudreau	10,935	24.0	-10.7
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Guilbault	9,041	19.9	-33.7
	New Democratic	Ferdinand Berner	600	1.3	-10.4
Total valid votes			45,506	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Guilbault	23,703	53.5	-2.7
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Lagacé	15,380	34.7	+1.2
	New Democratic	Ferdinand Berner	5,204	11.8	5.6
Total valid votes			44,287	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Guy Guilbault	23,693	56.2	+41.5
	Liberal	Michel Yip	14,137	33.6	-39.2
	New Democratic	Louis G. Garreau	2,610	6.2	-0.2
	Parti nationaliste	Camillien Belhumeur	1,057	2.5
	Independent	Joseph Richard Miller	338	0.8
	Social Credit	René Martineau	301	0.7	-4.6
Total valid votes			42,136	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvon Pinard	26,082	72.8	+15.6
	Progressive Conservative	Gilbert Lapointe	5,265	14.7	+0.4
	New Democratic	André Lefebvre	2,305	6.4	+4.8
	Social Credit	Henri Farley	1,916	5.3	-19.6
	Union populaire	Gaétan Giroux	180	0.5	+0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	J.-P. Ginchereau	97	0.3	+0.1
Total valid votes			35,845	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvon Pinard	22,989	57.2	+15.0
	Social Credit	Robert Biron	10,010	24.9	-17.2
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Lavigne	5,746	14.3	+0.2
	Rhinoceros	Normand Blanchette	641	1.6
	New Democratic	Patricia Lamarre	639	1.6	-0.1
	Union populaire	Marc Rochefort	106	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	J.-P. Ginchereau	67	0.2
Total valid votes			40,198	100.0

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yvon Pinard	15,561	42.1	+0.1
	Social Credit	Jean-Marie Boisvert	15,548	42.1	-0.1
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Cyrenne	5,186	14.0	-0.1
	New Democratic	Gisel Marotte	630	1.7	+0.1
Total valid votes			36,925	100.0

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Jean-Marie Boisvert	15,923	42.2	+10.7
	Liberal	Jean-Luc Pépin	15,853	42.0	+3.5
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Rousseau	5,351	14.2	-13.4
	New Democratic	Ann Dewitt	590	1.6	-0.8
Total valid votes			37,717	100.0

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

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Luc Pépin	11,667	38.5
	Ralliement créditiste	Claude Proulx	9,545	31.5
	Progressive Conservative	André Biron	8,342	27.6
	New Democratic	Pierre Gagné	723	2.4
Total valid votes			30,277	100.0

References

"Drummond (federal electoral district) (Code 24018) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
2011 Results from Elections Canada at archive.today (archived January 15, 2013)
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 2016
^ "Confirmed candidates — Drummond". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Drummond, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[s1-1] Statistics Canada: 2016

[2] "Confirmed candidates — Drummond". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.

[3] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 15, 2024.

[4] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[5] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.

[6] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Drummond, 30 September 2015

[7] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

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Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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