# Repentigny (federal electoral district)

Repentigny (French pronunciation: ) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. It consists of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption, except the city and parish of L'Épiphanie.

## Demographics

    According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 83.9% White, 8.4% Black, 3.1% Arab, 2.0% Latin American, 1.2% Indigenous Languages: 87.9% French, 1.9% Spanish, 1.6% Arabic, 1.5% English, 1.4% Haitian Creole Religions: 69.6% Christian (59.2% Catholic, 10.4% other), 4.7% Muslim, 25.2% none
Median income: $44,800 (2020)
Average income: $52,400 (2020)

## Political geography

Repentigny had long been one of the most separatist ridings in Quebec. In the 2006 election, every single poll was won by the Bloc Québécois. However, the riding was caught up in the New Democratic Party tsunami that swept through the province five years later.

## History

It was created in 1996 from parts of Joliette and Terrebonne ridings. It consisted initially of the cities of Charlemagne, Lachenaie, Mascouche and Repentigny; and the Parish Municipality of La Plaine in the County Regional Municipality of Les Moulins. This riding lost territory to Montcalm during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

### Members of Parliament

| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Repentigny Riding created from Joliette and Terrebonne |||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Benoît Sauvageau | Bloc Québécois |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Benoît Sauvageau | Bloc Québécois |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Benoît Sauvageau | Bloc Québécois |
| 39th | 2006–2006 | Benoît Sauvageau | Bloc Québécois |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Raymond Gravel | Bloc Québécois |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Nicolas Dufour | Bloc Québécois |
| 41st | 2011–2014 | Jean-François Larose | New Democratic |
| 41st | 2014–2015 | Jean-François Larose | Strength in Democracy |
| 42nd | 2015–2018 | Monique Pauzé | Bloc Québécois |
| 42nd | 2018–2018 | Monique Pauzé | Groupe parlementaire québécois |
| 42nd | 2018–2019 | Monique Pauzé | Bloc Québécois |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Monique Pauzé | Bloc Québécois |
| 44th | 2021–present | Monique Pauzé | Bloc Québécois |

## Electoral history
### 2021 federal election

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Monique Pauzé | 30,858 | 51.70 | -1.53 | $26,104.21 |
| | Liberal | Yvelie Kernizan | 16,471 | 27.59 | -0.08 | $83,019.73 |
| | Conservative | Pascal Bapfou Vozang Siewe | 5,332 | 8.93 | +1.48 | $5,834.62 |
| | New Democratic | Naomie Mathieu Chauvette | 4,489 | 7.52 | +0.69 | $0.00 |
| | Free | Pierre Duval | 2,026 | 3.39 | – | $1,674.32 |
| | Indépendance du Québec | Micheline Boucher Granger | 516 | 0.86 | +0.33 | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,692 | – | – | $121,018.96 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.30 | -7.75 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 92,838 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -0.73 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Bloc Québécois | 28,822 | 51.37 |
| Liberal | 15,788 | 28.14 |
| Conservative | 4,961 | 8.84 |
| New Democratic | 4,187 | 7.46 |
| Others | 2,354 | 4.20 |

### 2019 federal election

vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Monique Pauzé | 34,837 | 53.22 | +18.54 | $30,732.10 |
| | Liberal | Josée Larose | 18,111 | 27.67 | +0.38 | $49.196.96 |
| | Conservative | Pierre Branchaud | 4,878 | 7.45 | -3.37 | $15,427.48 |
| | New Democratic | Meryem Benslimane | 4,470 | 6.83 | -16.43 | $0.33 |
| | Green | Diane Beauregard | 2,289 | 3.50 | +1.60 | $0.00 |
| | People's | Samuel Saint-Laurent | 524 | 0.80 | - | none listed |
| | Indépendence du Québec | Micheline Boucher Granger | 347 | 0.53 | - | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,456 | 98.03 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,316 | 1.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,772 | 72.04 | -0.17 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 92,684 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | +9.08 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||

### 2015 federal election

2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Monique Pauzé | 22,618 | 34.68 | +3.85 | $34,690.68 |
| | Liberal | Adriana Dudas | 17,798 | 27.29 | +19.37 | $14,244.15 |
| | New Democratic | Réjean Bellemare | 15,167 | 23.26 | -28.81 | $54,858.57 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Lefebvre | 7,053 | 10.82 | +3.37 | $1,747.31 |
| | Strength in Democracy | Johnathan Cloutier | 1,333 | 2.04 | – |
| | Green | Yoland Gilbert | 1,242 | 1.9 | +0.17 | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,211 | 100.0 | | $234,508.21 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,179 | – | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,390 | 72.21 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 91,986 |
| | Bloc Québécois gain from Strength in Democracy | Bloc Québécois gain from Strength in Democracy | Swing | Swing | +16.32 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| New Democratic | 30,339 | 52.07 |
| Bloc Québécois | 17,963 | 30.83 |
| Liberal | 4,613 | 7.92 |
| Conservative | 4,342 | 7.45 |
| Green | 1,006 | 1.73 |

### 2011 federal election

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Jean-François Larose | 32,131 | 51.92 | +36.77 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Nicolas Dufour | 19,242 | 31.09 | -21.97 |
| | Liberal | Chantal Perreault | 4,830 | 7.81 | -7.17 |
| | Conservative | Christophe Royer | 4,606 | 7.44 | -6.54 |
| | Green | Michel Duchaine | 1,078 | 1.74 | -1.11 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,887 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 934 | 1.49 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,821 | 66.91 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 93,882 | – | – |

### 2008 federal election

Fr. Gravel chose not to run again, citing pressure from the Church. Party activist Nicolas Dufour secured the Bloc nomination, becoming one of their youngest candidates. Réjean Bellemare ran again for the NDP. The Bloc held the riding handily, with the NDP securing one of the party's four second-place finishes in the province.
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Nicolas Dufour | 31,005 | 53.06 | -13.20 | $90,525 |
| | New Democratic | Réjean Bellemare | 8,853 | 15.15 | +8.13 | $5,448 |
| | Liberal | Robert Semegen | 8,746 | 14.97 | +8.74 | $7,684 |
| | Conservative | Bruno Royer | 8,168 | 13.98 | -4.72 | $46,962 |
| | Green | Paul W. Fournier | 1,666 | 2.85 | – | – | $4,967 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,438 | 100.00 | $91,738 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | – | 53.3 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -10.7 |

### 2006 by-election

MP Benoît Sauvageau was killed in a car accident on August 28, 2006. Prime Minister Stephen Harper called for a by-election on October 22, 2006 with a polling day of November 27, 2006.
There had been a lot of pressure from opposition parties for Public Works Minister Michael Fortier, a Conservative senator, to run in the riding; however, he declined. Fortier was appointed to the Senate and the Cabinet to represent Greater Montreal which elected no Conservatives in the last federal election, while Fortier pledged to resign from the Senate and seek election to the House of Commons in the next federal election. Instead, the Conservative candidate was Stéphane Bourgon, a lawyer. The Bloc Québécois, of which Sauvageau was a member, ran Raymond Gravel, a Roman Catholic priest. The New Democratic Party candidate was union activist and former Canadian Navy member Réjean Bellemare, who had also run for the NDP in the previous general election.
The Green Party of Canada had announced that Marc-André Gadoury would be their candidate, but he did not complete and submit paperwork to Elections Canada in sufficient time to get on the ballot. Gadoury suggested that the Greens did not submit the paperwork on purpose and on November 25, 2006, La Presse reported that Gadoury was endorsing the NDP candidate, Réjean Bellemare.
Raymond Gravel of the Bloc Québécois won the by-election with an approximately two-thirds majority of votes.
Canadian federal by-election, 27 November 2006 Death of Benoît Sauvageau :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Raymond Gravel | 20,635 | 66.26 | +3.84 | $84,032 |
| | Conservative | Stéphane Bourgon | 5,822 | 18.69 | +0.61 | $46,980 |
| | New Democratic | Réjean Bellemare | 2,187 | 7.02 | -0.72 | $34,699 |
| | Liberal | Christian Turenne | 1,940 | 6.23 | -2.42 | $15,043 |
| | Independent | Jocelyne Leduc | 390 | 1.25 | n/a | $45 |
| | Canadian Action | Mahmood Raza Baig | 91 | 0.29 | n/a | $5,641 |
| | Independent | Régent Millette | 78 | 0.25 | n/a | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 31,143 | 100.00 | $85,285 |
| Called because of the death of M. Sauvageau on 28 August 2006 |||||||

### 1997-2006

2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Benoît Sauvageau | 34,958 | 62.42 | -7.64 | $66,386 |
| | Conservative | Claude Lafortune, Jr. | 10,124 | 18.08 | +13.31 | $4,967 |
| | Liberal | Josyanne Forest | 4,847 | 8.65 | -9.6 | $8,129 |
| | New Democratic | Réjean Bellemare | 4,337 | 7.74 | +4.76 | $7,511 |
| | Green | Adam Jastrzebski | 1,742 | 3.11 | +0.22 | $0 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,008 | 100.00 | $82,825 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Benoît Sauvageau | 35,907 | 70.06 | +12.26 | |
| | Liberal | Lévis Brien | 9,353 | 18.25 | -8.63 | $76,485 |
| | Conservative | Allen F. Mackenzie | 2,447 | 4.77 | -5.69 | $5,725 |
| | New Democratic | André Cardinal | 1,526 | 2.98 | +1.55 | |
| | Green | Jean-François Lévêque | 1,482 | 2.89 | n/a | $0 |
| | Marijuana | François Boudreau | 539 | 1.05 | -2.38 | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,254 | 100.00 | $79,823 |
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Benoît Sauvageau | 33,627 | 57.80 | +1.51 |
| | Liberal | David Veillette | 15,635 | 26.88 | +5.75 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Michel Carignan | 3,122 | 5.37 | -15.66 |
| | Alliance | Michel Paulette | 2,964 | 5.09 | n/a |
| | Marijuana | Lise Dufour | 1,997 | 3.43 | n/a |
| | New Democratic | Pierre Péclet | 831 | 1.43 | -0.12 |
| Total | Total | Total | 58,176 | 100.00 |
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Bloc Québécois | Benoît Sauvageau | 33,283 | 56.29 |
| | Liberal | Robert Tranchemontagne | 12,495 | 21.13 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Michel Carignan | 12,436 | 21.03 |
| | New Democratic | Normand Caplette | 916 | 1.55 |
| Total | Total | Total | 59,130 | 100.00 |