Huntingdon (provincial electoral district)

Huntingdon is a provincial electoral district in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

. The riding was created in 2001 from parts of Beauharnois-Huntingdon and Saint-Jean

Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)

Saint-Jean is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec. Located in the Montérégie region south of Montreal, the riding was created in 1853. During the Liberal term under Adelard Godbout, it was part of the riding of Saint-Jean-Napierville between 1939 and 1944...

. It also existed from 1867 to 1989. It includes the cities or municipalities of Huntingdon

Huntingdon, Quebec

Huntingdon is a small town in Huntingdon County in the Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality and the Montérégie region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,587...

, Saint-Anicet

Saint-Anicet, Quebec

Saint-Anicet is a parish municipality of Quebec, located within the Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region...

, Hemmingford

Hemmingford (township), Quebec

Hemmingford is a township in south-west Quebec, founded in 1799. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,763. The township completely surrounds the Village of Hemmingford. The two entities are locally referred to collectively as Hemmingford...

, Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec

Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle is a municipality in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative area of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,537. Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle was established officially in 1855...

, Napierville

Napierville, Quebec

Napierville is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 3,352. It is the location of the seat of the Jardins de Napierville Regional County...

, Ormstown

Ormstown, Quebec

Ormstown is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, which is situated on the Chateauguay River in the heart of the Chateauguay Valley. It is approximately one hour southwest of Montreal and 20 minutes north of New York State in the United States...

and Saint-Remi

Saint-Rémi, Quebec

Saint-Remi is a city in the municipality of Les Jardins-de-Napierville in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was around 7000.-Population:Population trend -Population:...

Members of Legislative Assembly

Julius Scriver
Julius Scriver
Julius Scriver was a politician in Quebec, Canada.Born in Hemmingford, Lower Canada , the son of John Scriver and Lucretia Manning, he studied at the Workman's School in Montreal and the University of Vermont...

, Conservative Party
Parti conservateur du Québec
The Parti conservateur du Québec was a political party in Quebec, Canada.-Origins:The party originated as the Parti bleu which was formed around 1850 by the followers of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine...

(1867-1869)
William Cantwell
William Cantwell
William Cantwell was a merchant, land owner and political figure in Quebec. He represented Huntingdon in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1869 to 1872 as a Conservative member....

, Conservative Party (1869-1871)
Thomas Sanders
Thomas Sanders (politician)
Thomas Sanders was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Huntingdon in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1871 to 1874 as a Conservative....

, Conservative Party (1871-1874)
Alexander Cameron
Alexander Cameron (politician)
Alexander Cameron was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented Huntingdon in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1874 to 1892 as a Conservative and then Liberal member....

, Conservative Party - Liberal (1874-1892)
George Washington Sanders (Sr.), Liberal (1892-1900)
William H. Walker, Liberal (1900-1913)
Andrew Philps, Liberal (1913-1929)
Martin Fisher
Martin Fisher
Martin Beattie Fisher was a Canadian politician. He was a Member of the provincial legislature in Quebec.-Background:He was born in Hemmingford, Montérégie on January 2, 1881.-Member of the legislature:...

, Conservative Party - Union Nationale (1930-1939)
James Walker Ross, Liberal (1939-1941)
Dennis James O'Connor
Dennis James O'Connor
Dennis James O'Connor was a Quebec politician.An Irish Quebecer, O'Connor was born in Godmanchester, Quebec to farmer Andrew O'Connor and his wife, Mary Walsh...

, Liberal (1941-1946)
John Gillies Rennie, Union Nationale (1947-1952)
Henry Alister Darby Somerville, Union Nationale (1952-1966)

Huntingdon

Kenneth Fraser, Liberal (1966-1976)
Claude Dubois
Claude Dubois (politician)
Claude Dubois was a politician in Quebec, Canada. -Political career:Dubois was elected as a Union Nationale candidate to the provincial legislature in the district of Huntingdon with 42% of the vote in 1976, against Liberal incumbent Kenneth Fraser....

, Union Nationale - Liberal (1976-1989)
André Chenail
André Chenail
André Chenail is a farmer and former political figure in Quebec. He represented Huntingdon in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2007 as a Liberal....

, Liberal (2003-2007)
Albert De Martin
Albert De Martin
Albert De Martin is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Huntingdon from 2007 to 2008....

, ADQ
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

(2007-2008)
Stéphane Billette
Stéphane Billette
Stéphane Billette is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Huntingdon in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party....

, Liberal (2008-present)

Election results

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|Liberal
|Stéphane Billette

Stéphane Billette

Stéphane Billette is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Huntingdon in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party....

|align="right"|11178
|align="right"|44.01
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|-

|Parti québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

Action démocratique du Québec

The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

Québec Solidaire

Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...

|Stephane Thellen
|align="right"|863
|align="right"|3.40
|align="right"|
|}
|-

|Action démocratique

Action démocratique du Québec

|Albert De Martin
|align="right"|13480
|align="right"|42.90
|align="right"|+25.08
|-

|Liberal
|André Chenail
|align="right"|9883
|align="right"|31.45
|align="right"|-21.08
|-

|Parti québécois

Parti Québécois

|Éric Pigeon
|align="right"|7070
|align="right"|22.50
|align="right"|-5.62
|-

|Québec solidaire

Québec Solidaire

|Marc Pronovost
|align="right"|693
|align="right"|2.21
|align="right"|
|-

|Independent
|Jean Siouville
|align="right"|295
|align="right"|0.94
|align="right"|
|}
|-

|Liberal
|André Chenail
|align="right"|15512
|align="right"|52.53
|align="right"|
|-

|Parti québécois

Parti Québécois

Action démocratique du Québec

Bloc pot

The Bloc Pot is a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada that is dedicated to ending cannabis prohibition. It has contested three provincial elections but it has failed to win any seats in the National Assembly of Quebec. The party was launched in 1997 by Marc-Boris St-Maurice as a way to...

|Kenneth Rimmer
|align="right"|452
|align="right"|1.53
|align="right"|
|}

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