Vachon (electoral district)

Vachon
Quebec electoral district
	Location in Longueuil
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Ian Lafrenière; Coalition Avenir Québec
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District created	1980
First contested	1981
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2006)	48,470
Electors (2012)	48,095
Area (km²)	61.9
Pop. density (per km²)	783
Census division(s)	Longueuil (part)
Census subdivision(s)	Longueuil (part)

Vachon is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located within the city of Longueuil and includes most of the borough of Saint-Hubert.

It was created for the 1981 election from a part of Taillon electoral district and is named after early Quebec aviation pioneer Roméo Vachon, who worked at Trans-Canada Airlines; the district includes Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport.^[3]

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.

Members of the National Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the National Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
Riding created from Taillon
32nd	1981–1985	David Payne	Parti Québécois
33rd	1985–1989	Christiane Pelchat	Liberal
34th	1989–1994	Christiane Pelchat	Liberal
35th	1994–1998	David Payne	Parti Québécois
36th	1998–2003	David Payne
37th	2003–2007	Camil Bouchard
38th	2007–2008
39th	2008–2010
39th	2010–2012	Martine Ouellet
40th	2012–2014
41st	2014–2017
41st	2017–2018		Independent
42nd	2018–2022	Ian Lafrenière	Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd	2022–Present	Ian Lafrenière	Coalition Avenir Québec

v t e 2018 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Ian Lafrenière	15,625	43.61	+18.33
	Liberal	Linda Caron	7,536	21.03	-11.55
	Parti Québécois	Patrick Ney	6,106	17.04	-16.02
	Québec solidaire	André Vincent	5,194	14.5	+7.21
	New Democratic	Ian Lecourtois	453	1.26
	Conservative	Lise des Greniers	436	1.22
	Bloc Pot	Hugo Bluntss	278	0.78
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Stéphane Marginean	200	0.56
Total valid votes			35,828	98.15
Total rejected ballots			676	1.85
Turnout			36,504	70.86
Eligible voters			51,519
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+14.94
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Parti Québécois	Martine Ouellet	11,983	33.06	-6.53
Liberal	Michel Bienvenu	11,809	32.58	+11.37
Coalition Avenir Québec	Stephane Robichaud	9,164	25.28	-4.38
Québec solidaire	Sebastien Robert	2,644	7.29	+2.24

2012 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Parti Québécois	Martine Ouellet	14,723	39.59
Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean-François Roberge	11,030	29.66
Liberal	Linda Langlois Saulnier	7,885	21.21
Québec solidaire	Sebastien Robert	1,878	5.05

v t e Quebec provincial by-election, July 5, 2010
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Martine Ouellet	7,863	59.15	+10.51
	Liberal	Simon-Pierre Diamond	3,236	24.34	−7.94
	Action démocratique	Alain Dépatie	879	6.61	−7.06
	Québec solidaire	Sébastien Robert	727	5.47	+3.23
	Green	Yvon Rudolphe	419	3.15	−0.01
	Independent	Denis Durand	98	0.74	−2.42
	Independent	Régent Millette	71	0.53	-
Total valid votes			13,293	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			174
Turnout			13,467	29.25	−32.23
Electors on the lists			46,046

2008 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Parti Québécois	Camil Bouchard	13,312	48.64	+13.76
Liberal	Georges Painchaud	8,835	32.28	+7.59
Action démocratique	Jean-François Denis	3,742	13.67	-20.53
Green	Denis Durand	866	3.16	-0.79
Québec solidaire	Vincent Lagacé	613	2.24	-0.04

2007 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Parti Québécois	Camil Bouchard	11,560	34.88	-5.57
Action démocratique	Maro Akoury	11,333	34.20	+16.91
Liberal	Brigitte Mercier	8,184	24.69	-15.08
Green	Denis Durand	1,309	3.95	+2.33
Québec solidaire	Richard St-Onge	755	2.28	+1.41

2003 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Parti Québécois	Camil Bouchard	12,960	40.45	-9.30
Liberal	Brigitte Mercier	12,741	39.77	+5.36
Action démocratique	Joëlle Lescop	5,540	17.29	+2.22
Bloc Pot	Denis Durand	519	1.62	-
UFP	Richard St-Onge	279	0.87	+0.40

1998 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Parti Québécois	David Payne	16,993	49.75	+0.89
Liberal	Sophie Joncas	11,755	34.41	-3.45
Action démocratique	Rose Paquet Cyr	5,147	15.07	+4.05
Independent	Richard St-Onge	161	0.47	-
Innovator	André Plante	103	0.30	-

1994 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Parti Québécois	David Payne	15,685	48.86	+3.70
Liberal	André Nadeau	12,154	37.86	-7.64
Action démocratique	Alain Riendeau	3,536	11.02	-
Natural Law	Robert Turgeon	300	0.93	-
Economic	Denis Gagnon	254	0.79	-
Sovereignty	Guillaume Pereira	170	0.53	-

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	26,333	64.14
	Oui	14,721	35.86

1989 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Christiane Pelchat	15,468	45.50	-3.97
Parti Québécois	David Payne	15,354	45.16	-1.71
Green	Yvon Rudolphe	1,216	3.58	-
Independent	Daniel Dufour	979	2.88	-
New Democrat	Réjean Benoit	620	1.82	-0.26
Parti 51	Paul Ducharme	223	0.66	-
United Social Credit	Yves Rioux	138	0.41	-

1985 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Christiane Pelchat	16,011	49.47	+10.27
Parti Québécois	David Payne	15,169	46.87	-10.98
New Democrat	Michael Kakura Jr.	673	2.08	-
Parti indépendantiste	Daniel Courville	511	1.58	-