# Verchères (provincial electoral district)

Verchères (French pronunciation:) is a provincial riding in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It corresponds exactly to the territory of Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality.
It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). It disappeared in the 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Richelieu-Verchères; however, it was re-created for the 1944 election.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu to the riding of Richelieu, La Présentation to the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe, and several municipalities to the riding of Borduas, but gained Sainte-Julie from the defunct riding of Marguerite-D'Youville. Sainte-Julie is now the biggest municipality in the district

## Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | André-Boniface Craig | Conservative |
| 2nd | 1871–1875 | Joseph Daigle | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1875–1878 | Joseph Daigle | Liberal |
| 4th | 1878–1879 | Jean-Baptiste Brousseau | Liberal |
| 4th | 1879–1881 | Achille Larose | Liberal |
| 5th | 1881–1886 | Abraham Bernard | Liberal |
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Albert-Alexandre Lussier | Liberal |
| 7th | 1890–1892 | Albert-Alexandre Lussier | Liberal |
| 8th | 1892–1897 | Albert-Alexandre Lussier | Liberal |
| 9th | 1897–1900 | Étienne Blanchard | Liberal |
| 10th | 1900–1904 | Étienne Blanchard | Liberal |
| 11th | 1904–1908 | Étienne Blanchard | Liberal |
| 12th | 1908–1912 | Amédée Geoffrion | Liberal |
| 13th | 1912–1916 | Joseph-Léonide Perron | Liberal |
| 14th | 1916–1919 | Adrien Beaudry | Liberal |
| 15th | 1919–1921 | Adrien Beaudry | Liberal |
| 15th | 1921–1923 | Jean-Marie Richard | Liberal |
| 16th | 1923–1927 | Jean-Marie Richard | Liberal |
| 17th | 1927–1931 | Felix Messier | Liberal |
| 18th | 1931–1935 | Felix Messier | Liberal |
| 19th | 1935–1936 | Felix Messier | Liberal |
| 20th | 1936–1939 | Felix Messier | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Richelieu-Verchères |||||
| Riding re-created from Richelieu-Verchères |||||
| 22nd | 1944–1948 | Arthur Dupré | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1948–1952 | Arthur Dupré | Liberal |
| 24th | 1952–1956 | Arthur Dupré | Liberal |
| 25th | 1956–1960 | Clodomir Ladouceur | Union Nationale |
| 26th | 1960–1962 | Guy Lechasseur | Liberal |
| 27th | 1962–1966 | Guy Lechasseur | Liberal |
| 28th | 1966–1970 | Guy Lechasseur | Liberal |
| 29th | 1970–1973 | Guy Saint-Pierre | Liberal |
| 30th | 1973–1976 | Marcel Ostiguy | Liberal |
| 31st | 1976–1981 | Jean-Pierre Charbonneau | Parti Québécois |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Jean-Pierre Charbonneau | Parti Québécois |
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Jean-Pierre Charbonneau | Parti Québécois |
| 34th | 1989–1994 | Luce Dupuis | Parti Québécois |
| 35th | 1994–1998 | Bernard Landry | Parti Québécois |
| 36th | 1998–2003 | Bernard Landry | Parti Québécois |
| 37th | 2003–2005 | Bernard Landry | Parti Québécois |
| 37th | 2005–2007 | Stéphane Bergeron | Parti Québécois |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | Stéphane Bergeron | Parti Québécois |
| 39th | 2008–2012 | Stéphane Bergeron | Parti Québécois |
| 40th | 2012–2014 | Stéphane Bergeron | Parti Québécois |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Stéphane Bergeron | Parti Québécois |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Suzanne Dansereau | Coalition Avenir Québec |
| 43rd | 2022–Present | Suzanne Roy | Coalition Avenir Québec |

## Election results

vte2022 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Suzanne Roy | | |
| | Parti Québécois | Cédric Gagnon-Ducharme | | |
| | Québec solidaire | Manon Harvey | | |
| | Conservative | Pascal Déry | | |
| | Liberal | Gabriel Lévesque | | |
| | Green | Nadim Saikali | | |
| | Climat Québec | Germain Dallaire | | – |
| | Independent | Lucien Beauregard | | – |
| | Démocratie directe | Pauline Boisvert | | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | – | – |
vte2018 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Suzanne Dansereau | 17,073 | 37.49 | +7.14 |
| | Parti Québécois | Stéphane Bergeron | 16,246 | 35.67 | -6.92 |
| | Québec solidaire | Jean-René Péloquin | 6,723 | 14.76 | +7.67 |
| | Liberal | Agnieszka Wnorowska | 4,017 | 8.82 | -10.12 |
| | Green | Pierre-Olivier Downey | 701 | 1.54 | |
| | New Democratic | Vincent Hillel | 403 | 0.88 | |
| | Conservative | Lisette Benoit | 380 | 0.83 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 45,543 | 98.47 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 708 | 1.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,251 | 77.38 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 59,769 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | Swing | +7.03 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Stéphane Bergeron | 18,467 | 42.59 | -4.68 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Yves Renaud | 13,160 | 30.35 | -1.12 |
| | Liberal | Simon Rocheleau | 8,213 | 18.94 | +5.18 |
| | Québec solidaire | Céline Jarrousse | 3,074 | 7.09 | +3.02 |
| | Option nationale | Mathieu Coulombe | 450 | 1.04 | -1.18 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,364 | 98.08 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 850 | 1.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,214 | 76.96 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 57,448 |
| | Parti Québécois hold | Parti Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -1.78 |
2014 results reference:
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Stéphane Bergeron | 22,052 | 47.27 | -8.15 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Chantal Soucy | 14,682 | 31.47 | +15.98 |
| | Liberal | Maxime St-Onge | 6,419 | 13.76 | -9.11 |
| | Québec solidaire | Marie-Thérèse Toutant | 1,900 | 4.07 | +1.42 |
| | Option nationale | Diane Massicotte | 1,035 | 2.22 | – |
| | Independent | Steven Terranova | 297 | 0.64 | – |
| | CC | Mario Geoffrion | 269 | 0.58 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 46,654 | 98.71 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 608 | 1.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,262 | 84.14 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 56,169 |
| | Parti Québécois hold | Parti Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -12.06 |
* Coalition Avenir Québec change is from the Action démocratique.
2012 results reference:
2008 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Stéphane Bergeron | 15,664 | 55.42 | +14.17 |
| Liberal | Vincent Sabourin | 6,464 | 22.87 | +8.68 |
| Action démocratique | Daniel Castonguay | 4,377 | 15.49 | -21.83 |
| Green | Christine Hayes | 845 | 2.99 | -1.21 |
| Québec solidaire | Lynda Gadoury | 749 | 2.65 | -0.40 |
| Parti indépendantiste | Yvon Sylva Aubé | 164 | 0.58 | – |
2007 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Stéphane Bergeron | 13,811 | 41.25 | -27.95 |
| Action démocratique | Luc Robitaille | 12,495 | 37.32 | +27.20 |
| Liberal | Paul Verret | 4,751 | 14.19 | -3.45 |
| Green | Geneviève Ménard | 1,407 | 4.20 | - |
| Québec solidaire | Michelle Hudon-David | 1,020 | 3.05 | +0.01* |
* Increase is from UFP
Verchères by-election, December 12, 2005 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Stéphane Bergeron | 13,118 | 69.20 | +14.42 |
| Liberal | Jean Robert | 3,344 | 17.64 | -10.52 |
| Action démocratique | Denise Graveline | 1,919 | 10.12 | -4.69 |
| UFP | Jean-François Lessard | 576 | 3.04 | +2.41 |
2003 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Bernard Landry | 16,963 | 54.78 | -5.86 |
| Liberal | Mario Lebrun | 8,720 | 28.16 | +4.97 |
| Action démocratique | François Pratte | 4,585 | 14.81 | -0.30 |
| Bloc Pot | Sébastien Drouin | 505 | 1.63 | - |
| UFP | Marc-André Morvan | 195 | 0.63 | - |