Terrebonne (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Terrebonne (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Terrebonne (Province of Canada electoral district).

Terrebonne
Quebec electoral district
Terrebonne in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné
Bloc Québécois
District created1867
First contested1867
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]106,322
Electors (2015)83,775
Area (km²)[1]159
Pop. density (per km²)668.7
Census division(s)Les Moulins
Census subdivision(s)Terrebonne

Terrebonne is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1997, when it was dissolved in an electoral redistribution. It was reconstituted as an electoral district again beginning with the 2015 election.

History[edit]

The riding was originally created by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada. It was abolished in 1996 into Repentigny and Terrebonne—Blainville.

It was recreated during the 2012 federal electoral redistribution from parts of Terrebonne—Blainville (51%) and Montcalm (49%), and consists solely of the city of Terrebonne.

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2021 Canadian census[2]
Ethnic groups: 81.2% White, 11.0% Black, 2.5% Arab, 2.2% Latin American, 1.3% Indigenous
Languages: 83.8% French, 2.6% English, 2.2% Spanish, 2.1% Haitian Creole, 1.5% Arabic, 1.0% Italian
Religions: 68.9% Christian (57.5% Catholic, 1.0% Baptist, 10.4% Other), 4.3% Muslim. 26.0% None
Median income: $45,600 (2020)
Average income: $53,800 (2020)

Members of Parliament[edit]

Parliament Years Member Party
Terrebonne
1st  1867–1872     Louis-Rodrigue Masson Conservative
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1882 Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel
 1882–1887 Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1893
 1893–1896 Pierre-Julien Leclair
8th  1896–1900 Léon Adolphe Chauvin
9th  1900–1903     Raymond Préfontaine Liberal
 1903–1904 Samuel Desjardins
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911     Wilfrid Bruno Nantel Conservative
12th  1911–1915
 1915–1917 Gédéon Rochon
13th  1917–1921     Jules-Édouard Prévost Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925     Liberal
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935 Louis-Étienne Parent
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1945     Lionel Bertrand Independent Liberal
20th  1945–1949     Liberal
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958 Raymond Raymond
24th  1958–1962     Marcel Deschambault Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Léo Cadieux Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972 Joseph-Roland Comtois
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1986     Robert Toupin Progressive Conservative
 1986–1986     Independent
 1986–1987     New Democratic
 1987–1988     Independent
34th  1988–1993     Jean-Marc Robitaille Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Benoît Sauvageau Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Repentigny and Terrebonne—Blainville
Riding re-created from Terrebonne—Blainville and Montcalm
42nd  2015–2018     Michel Boudrias Bloc Québécois
 2018–2018     Groupe parlementaire québécois
 2018–2019     Bloc Québécois
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné

Election results[edit]

Terrebonne, 2015–present[edit]

Graph of election results in Terrebonne (since 2011, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné 24,270 41.2 -9.4 $28,625.35
Liberal Eric Forget 17,475 29.6 +0.3 $6,336.80
Conservative Frédérick Desjardins 6,183 10.5 +2.9 $8,029.08
New Democratic Luke Mayba 3,913 6.6 -0.9 $7,745.37
Independent Michel Boudrias 3,864 6.6 N/A $16,574.97
People's Louis Stinziani 1,594 2.7 +2.0 $0.00
Green Dave Hamelin-Schuilenburg 847 2.4 -2.3 $103.94
Free Nathan Fortin-Dubé 803 1.4 N/A $25.71
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,949 97.8 – $119,339.41
Total rejected ballots 1,355 2.2
Turnout 60,304 66.4
Eligible voters 90,835
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -4.9
Source: Elections Canada[3]
2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
Party Vote %
  Bloc Québécois 23,298 41.40
  Liberal 16,528 29.37
  Conservative 5,886 10.46
  New Democratic 3,742 6.65
  People's 1,506 2.68
  Green 802 1.43
  Others 4,518 8.03
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Michel Boudrias 31,029 50.59 +17.58 $20,129.32
Liberal Frédéric Beauchemin 17,944 29.26 +1.26 none listed
Conservative France Gagnon 4,640 7.57 -3.78 $1,869.33
New Democratic Maxime Beaudoin 4,627 7.54 -18.07 $0.33
Green Réjean Monette 2,277 3.71 +1.97 none listed
People's Jeffrey Barnes 399 0.65 none listed
Rhinoceros Paul Vézina 260 0.42 $0.00
Independent Jade Hébert 159 0.26 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 61,335 97.95
Total rejected ballots 1,282 2.05 -0.06
Turnout 62,617 70.31 -0.15
Eligible voters 89,062
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +8.16
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Michel Boudrias 19,238 33.01 +2.23 $17,316.45
Liberal Michèle Audette 16,316 27.99 +21.07 $28,471.60
New Democratic Charmaine Borg 14,928 25.61 -25.93 $66,226.31
Conservative Michel Surprenant 6,615 11.35 +3.28 $4,734.68
Green Susan Moen 1,016 1.74 -0.95 –
Strength in Democracy Louis Clément Sénat 171 0.29 – $1,208.41
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,284 97.89   $222,232.39
Total rejected ballots 1,256 2.11 –
Turnout 59,540 70.46 –
Eligible voters 84,502
Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic Swing +14.08
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 25,625 51.54
  Bloc Québécois 15,304 30.78
  Conservative 4,011 8.07
  Liberal 3,440 6.92
  Green 1,339 2.69

Terrebonne, 1867–1997[edit]

Graph of election results in Terrebonne (1957-1993, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Benoît Sauvageau 56,235 68.9
Liberal Claire Brouillet 14,623 17.9 -0.6
Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Robitaille 9,496 11.6 -41.1
New Democratic Renée-Claude Lorimier 873 1.1 -9.7
Commonwealth of Canada Christian Chouery 445 0.5
Total valid votes 81,672 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Robitaille 35,345 52.8 -7.5
Liberal Claire Brouillet 12,422 18.5 -7.7
Independent Robert Toupin 10,390 15.5
New Democratic Lauraine Vaillancourt 7,194 10.7 +1.9
Rhinoceros Alain Cowboy De Lagrave 1,647 2.5
Total valid votes 66,998 100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Toupin 43,822 60.30
Liberal Joseph-Roland Comtois (incumbent) 19,040 26.20
New Democratic Brian Umansky 6,454 8.88
Parti nationaliste Jean-A. Bonin 3,060 4.21
Commonwealth of Canada Claude Brosseau 292 0.40
Total valid votes 72,668 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,634
Turnout 74,302 74.93
Electors on the lists 99,162
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-third General Election, 1984.
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph-Roland Comtois 36,089 68.3 +6.0
New Democratic Gilles Bertrand 6,917 13.1 +7.5
Progressive Conservative Jacques Dupuis 4,807 +9.1 -1.4
Social Credit Georgette Grenier 2,839 5.4 -12.9
Rhinoceros Pédro Gervais G.D. Drapeau 1,844 3.5 +1.2
Union populaire Réal Godin 233 0.4 -0.1
Marxist–Leninist Jacques Coderre 131 0.2 0.0
Total valid votes 52,860 100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph-Roland Comtois 34,839 62.3 +7.2
Social Credit Georgette Grenier 10,239 18.3 +14.0
Progressive Conservative Louis-Rhéal Tremblay 5,845 10.5 -23.8
New Democratic Roland Francis 3,114 5.6 +2.7
Rhinoceros Jean-Marie Da Silva 1,306 2.3
Union populaire Réal Godin 298 0.5
Marxist–Leninist André Cousineau 164 0.3
Communist Gaétan Trudel 122 0.2
Total valid votes 55,927 100.0
Canadian federal by-election, 24 May 1977
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
On Mr. Comtois' resignation, 25 October 1976
Liberal Joseph-Roland Comtois 25,006 55.1 -1.1
Progressive Conservative Roger Delorme 15,539 34.2 +14.8
Social Credit Jean Léveillé 1,949 4.3 -11.7
New Democratic Pierre Demers 1,299 2.9 -4.6
Independent Gilles Mélançon 1,151 2.5
Communist Claude Demers 290 0.6 +0.1
Independent J. Noël St-Michel 167 0.4
Total valid votes 45,401 100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph-Roland Comtois 28,652 56.1 +9.1
Progressive Conservative Gilles Mélançon 9,897 19.4 -5.4
Social Credit Guy Meunier 8,138 15.9 -4.6
New Democratic Pierre Demers 3,812 7.5 -0.1
Marxist–Leninist Françoise Daoust 272 0.5
Communist Nicole Ledoux 265 0.5
Total valid votes 51,036 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph-Roland Comtois 24,928 47.1 -15.0
Social Credit Guy Meunier 13,136 24.8 +20.8
Progressive Conservative Michel Coté 10,885 20.5 +0.3
New Democratic Pierre Demers 4,022 7.6 -3.7
Total valid votes 52,971 100.0

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

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph-Roland Comtois 21,191 62.0 +17.8
Progressive Conservative Jacques Vachon 6,934 20.3 -7.1
New Democratic Jean-Maurice Sénécal 3,860 11.3 -2.9
Ralliement créditiste Rosario Therrien 1,363 4.0 -10.2
Démocratisation Économique Pierre Therrien 824 2.4
Total valid votes 34,172 100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Léo Cadieux 16,806 44.2 -1.8
Progressive Conservative André Fauteux 10,417 27.4 +15.8
Ralliement créditiste Jean-Marc Fontaine 5,412 14.2 -18.7
New Democratic Jean-Maurice Sénécal 5,384 14.2 +4.7
Total valid votes 38,019 100.0

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Léo Cadieux 19,015 46.0 +6.8
Social Credit Hubert Murray 13,618 33.0 +9.6
Progressive Conservative Bert Walker 4,798 11.6 -16.5
New Democratic Gérard Gagnon 3,895 9.4 +0.1
Total valid votes 41,326 100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Léo Cadieux 15,547 39.2 -9.4
Progressive Conservative Marcel Deschambault 11,155 28.1 -23.3
Social Credit Lucien Bachand 9,269 23.4
New Democratic Jean Philip 3,680 9.3
Total valid votes 39,651 100.0
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Marcel Deschambault 19,319 51.4 +11.5
Liberal Raymond Raymond 18,241 48.6 -11.5
Total valid votes 37,560 100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Raymond Raymond 19,515 60.1
Progressive Conservative Marcel Deschambault 12,973 39.9
Total valid votes 32,488 100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lionel Bertrand acclaimed
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lionel Bertrand 18,304 66.9 +0.2
Progressive Conservative Lucien Thinel 8,107 29.6
Union des électeurs Jean-Paul Houle 953 3.5
Total valid votes 27,364 100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lionel Bertrand 15,383 66.6 +26.9
Bloc populaire Henri Dionne 6,726 29.1
Independent Charles Aubry 691 3.0
Co-operative Commonwealth Louis-Philippe Lebel 281 1.2
Total valid votes 23,081 100.0
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Lionel Bertrand 7,839 44.9
Liberal Louis-Étienne Parent 6,938 39.8 -25.3
National Government Léopold Lachapelle 2,668 15.3 -11.9
Total valid votes 17,445 100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis-Étienne Parent 9,900 65.1 +8.9
Conservative Léopold Nantel 4,141 27.2 -16.6
Liberal Eugène Léveillé 1,172 7.7
Total valid votes 15,213 100.0
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis-Étienne Parent 8,609 56.1 -19.5
Conservative Guillaume-André Fauteux 6,727 43.9 +19.5
Total valid votes 15,336 100.0
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jules-Édouard Prévost 7,060 75.7 +3.4
Conservative Léopold Nantel 2,270 24.3 -3.4
Total valid votes 9,330 100.0
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jules-Édouard Prévost 6,789 72.2 +1.3
Conservative Léopold Nantel 2,609 27.8 -1.3
Total valid votes 9,398 100.0
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Jules-Édouard Prévost 8,882 71.0
Conservative Guillaume-André Fauteux 3,636 29.0
Total valid votes 12,518 100.0
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Jules-Édouard Prévost acclaimed
Canadian federal by-election, 8 February 1915
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Gédéon Rochon 2,193 53.6
Unknown Joseph-Alphonse Beaulieu 1,895 46.4
Total valid votes 4,088 100.0
Called upon Mr. Nantel being appointed Railway Commissioner, 20 October 1914.
By-election on 27 October 1911

On Mr. Nantel being appointed Minister of Inland Revenue, 10 October 1911

Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Wilfrid-Bruno Nantel acclaimed


1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wilfrid Bruno Nantel 2,727 56.5 +5.7
Liberal Samuel Desjardins 2,101 43.5 -5.7
Total valid votes 4,828 100.0
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wilfrid Bruno Nantel 2,592 50.8 +2.7
Liberal Thibaudeau Rinfret 2,513 49.2 -2.7
Total valid votes 5,105 100.0
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Samuel Desjardins 2,481 51.9 -1.5
Conservative W. Bruno Nantel 2,297 48.1 +1.5
Total valid votes 4,778 100.0
Canadian federal by-election, 24 February 1903
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Préfontaine was appointed Minister of
Marine and Fisheries, 11 November 1902
Liberal Samuel Desjardins 2,325 53.4 +0.3
Conservative A.H. Masson 2,029 46.6 -0.3
Total valid votes 4,354 100.0
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Raymond Préfontaine 2,277 53.1 +4.9
Conservative Léon-Adolphe Chauvin 2,010 46.9 -4.9
Total valid votes 4,287 100.0
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Léon-Adolphe Chauvin 1,862 51.8 -10.1
Liberal P.F.C. Petit 1,734 48.2 +10.1
Total valid votes 3,596 100.0

Note: popular vote is compared to vote in 1891 general election.

By-election on 10 January 1893

Chapleau was appointed Lieutenant-Governor
of Quebec, 7 December 1892

Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Pierre Leclaire acclaimed
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau 1,830 61.9 -1.8
Liberal M.D. Limoges 1,126 38.1 +1.8
Total valid votes 2,956 100.0
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau 1,819 63.8 -1.8
Liberal M.J. Therrien 1,034 36.2
Total valid votes 2,853 100.0
By-election on 16 August 1882

To allow Mr. Chapleau to run for office.

Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau acclaimed

Note: popular vote is compared to vote in 1882 general election.

1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel 1,593 65.6 -21.3
Unknown A.E. Poirier 836 34.4
Total valid votes 2,429 100.0

Note: popular vote is compared to vote in 1878 general election.

By-election on 6 November 1878

Masson was appointed Minister of
Militia and Defence, 19 October 1878

Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Louis-Rodrigue Masson acclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Louis-Rodrigue Masson 1,194 86.8
Unknown B. Longpré A 181 13.2
Total valid votes 1,375 100.0
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Louis-Rodrigue Masson acclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Louis-Rodrigue Masson acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[10]
1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Louis-Rodrigue Masson acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Terrebonne [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  7. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Terrebonne, 30 September 2015
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  9. ^ Pundits' Guide To Canadian Elections
  10. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024.
  11. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024.
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