Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot (formerly known as Saint-Hyacinthe and St. Hyacinthe—Bagot) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It is located in Quebec, Canada. Its population in 2006 was 95,983. In the 2015 election, the winner received the lowest vote percentage of any winning candidate in the country.

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

Quebec electoral district
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Québécois
District created	1933
First contested	1935
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	99,629
Electors (2015)	80,577
Area (km²)[2]	1,948
Pop. density (per km²)	51.1
Census division(s)	Acton, Les Maskoutains
Census subdivision(s)	Saint-Hyacinthe, Acton-Vale, Saint-Pie, Saint-Liboire, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Saint-Dominique, La Présentation, Saint-Damase, Sainte-Madeleine, Upton

Geography

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Acton and Les Maskoutains. It includes the communities of Saint-Hyacinthe, Acton Vale, Saint-Pie, Sainte-Madeleine, and Saint-Dominique.

Political geography

Almost all of the riding voted for the Bloc in 2006 except for parts of Roxton Falls and its surrounding township, Roxton which voted Conservative.

History

The electoral district was created in 1933 from Bagot and St. Hyacinthe—Rouville ridings as "St. Hyacinthe—Bagot". In 1947, the name was changed to "Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot".

In 1966, the riding was abolished. Parts of the riding were combined with parts of Chambly—Rouville and Richelieu—Verchères riding into a new riding named "Saint-Hyacinthe". Saint-Hyacinthe was renamed "Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot" after the 1980 election.

After the resignation of Yvan Loubier on 21 February 2007, a by-election occurred on 17 September 2007.

This riding was not changed as a result of the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton.^[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
St. Hyacinthe—Bagot Riding created from Bagot and St. Hyacinthe—Rouville
18th	1935–1940		Adélard Fontaine	Liberal
19th	1940–1944
	1944–1945		Joseph Fontaine
20th	1945–1949
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
21st	1949–1953		Joseph Fontaine	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Théogène Ricard	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Saint-Hyacinthe
28th	1968–1972		Théogène Ricard	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974		Claude Wagner
30th	1974–1978
	1978–1979		Marcel Ostiguy	Liberal
31st	1979–1980
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
32nd	1980–1984		Marcel Ostiguy	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		Andrée Champagne	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Yvan Loubier	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2007
	2007–2008		Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Marie-Claude Morin	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019		Brigitte Sansoucy
43rd	2019–2021		Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay	Bloc Québécois
44th	2021–present

Election results

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1981–present

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay	25,165	47.5	+6.1	$42,791.75
	Liberal	Caroline-Joan Boucher	12,030	22.7	+1.4	$13,920.17
	Conservative	André Lepage	7,166	13.5	-0.9	$48,511.65
	New Democratic	Brigitte Sansoucy	6,170	11.6	-6.8	$17,351.86
	People's	Sylvain Pariseau	1,445	2.7	+1.8	$0.00
	Free	Sébastien Desautels	1,055	2.0	N/A	$1,439.69
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,031	97.4	–	$112,852.48
Total rejected ballots			1,439	2.6
Turnout			54,470	65.6
Eligible voters			83,086
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+2.4
Source: Elections Canada[4]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay	23,143	41.4	+17.1	$26,447.17
	Liberal	René Vincelette	11,903	21.3	-6.3	$49,472.90
	New Democratic	Brigitte Sansoucy	10,297	18.4	-10.3	$48,330.94
	Conservative	Bernard Barré	8,062	14.4	-2.3	$44,085.44
	Green	Sabrina Huet-Côté	2,031	3.6	+1.3	none listed
	People's	Jean-François Bélanger	478	0.9	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,914	97.57
Total rejected ballots			1,391	2.43	+0.25
Turnout			57,305	70.1	+1.3
Eligible voters			81,792
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+11.7
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Brigitte Sansoucy	15,578	28.7	-23.7	$44,896.57
	Liberal	René Vincelette	14,980	27.6	+22.2	$11,710.04
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Filion	13,200	24.3	-0.3	$36,012.54
	Conservative	Réjean Léveillé	9,098	16.7	+1.0	$75,448.51
	Green	Lise Durand	1,243	2.3	+0.4	–
	Independent	Ugo Ménard	270	0.5	–	$950.32
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,369	100.0		$216,387.97
Total rejected ballots			1,214	2.18	+0.58
Turnout			55,583	68.80	+2.20
Eligible voters			80,787
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-22.95

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Marie-Claude Morin	26,963	52.4	+38.4
	Bloc Québécois	Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac	12,651	24.6	-22.7
	Conservative	Jean-Guy Dagenais	8,108	15.7	-5.5
	Liberal	Denis Vallée	2,784	5.4	-8.4
	Green	Johany Beaudoin-Bussières	994	1.9	-1.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,500	100.0
Total rejected ballots			863	1.6	–
Turnout			52,363	66.2	–
Eligible voters			79,085	–	–
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+30.55

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac	22,719	47.3	+5.2	$42,031
	Conservative	René Vincelette	10,203	21.2	-16.2	$72,405
	New Democratic	Brigitte Sansoucy	6,721	14.0	+6.0	$2,914
	Liberal	Denise Tremblay	6,638	13.8	+6.4	$577
	Green	Jacques Tétreault	1,771	3.7	–	$2,351
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,052	100.0	$83,812
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+10.7

Canadian federal by-election, September 17, 2007
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac	13,443	42.1	-13.9	$67,621
	Conservative	Bernard Barré	11,965	37.5	+12.7	$78,919
	New Democratic	Brigitte Sansoucy	2,538	7.9	+2.5	$13,886
	Liberal	Jean Caumartin	2,379	7.4	-2.4	$29,337
	Green	Jacques Tétreault	1,169	3.7	-0.2	$2,022
	Rhinoceros	Christian Willie Vanasse	384	1.2	–	$303
	Canadian Action	Michel St-Onge	61	0.2	–	$706
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,949	100.0	$81,624
By-election due to the resignation of Yvan Loubier.

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	27,838	56.0	-6.4	$42,216
	Conservative	Huguette Guilhaumon	12,323	24.8	+13.8	$17,176
	Liberal	Stéphane Deschênes	4,884	9.8	-12.3	$13,839
	New Democratic	Joëlle Chevrier	2,723	5.5	+3.0	$1,787
	Green	Jacques Tétreault	1,925	3.9	+1.9	$2,091
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,693	100.0	$77,907
Total rejected ballots			827	1.6
Turnout			50,520

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	29,789	62.4	+7.0	$64,430
	Liberal	Michel Gaudette	10,558	22.1	-12.7	$74,967
	Conservative	Andrée Champagne	5,240	11.0	+2.2	$26,672
	New Democratic	Joëlle Chevrier	1,204	2.5	+1.1	$442
	Green	Bruno Godbout	948	2.0	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,739	100.0	$76,246

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	25,916	55.4	+12.5
	Liberal	Michel Gaudette	16,265	34.8	+12.5
	Alliance	Jacques Bousquet	2,161	4.6
	Progressive Conservative	Frédéric Mantha	1,932	4.1	-29.0
	New Democratic	Rachel Dicaire	499	1.1	-0.6
Total valid votes			46,773	100.0

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	21,116	42.9	-14.5
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-François Milette	16,313	33.2	+13.0
	Liberal	Antoine Locas	10,970	22.3	+1.6
	New Democratic	Jacques Bousquet	809	1.6	-0.1
Total valid votes			49,208	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Yvan Loubier	28,014	57.4
	Liberal	Hélène Riendeau	10,124	20.7	-13.2
	Progressive Conservative	Andrée Champagne	9,834	20.1	-32.5
	New Democratic	Luc Chamberland	848	1.7	-11.7
Total valid votes			48,820	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrée Champagne	25,267	52.6	+5.3
	Liberal	Michel Gaudette	16,289	33.9	-10.1
	New Democratic	Hélène Lortie-Narayana	6,442	13.4
Total valid votes			47,998	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrée Champagne	22,984	47.3	+23.5
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	21,394	44.1	-22.9
	New Democratic	Claude R. Gagnon	2,196	4.5	-0.8
	Rhinoceros	Serge Alexis Lemoyne	998	2.1	0.0
	Parti nationaliste	Bertrand Desrosiers	940	1.9
	Commonwealth of Canada	Laurent Gauthier	33	0.1
Total valid votes			48,545	100.0

Saint-Hyacinthe, 1966–1980

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	28,130	67.0	13.0
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Danis	10,033	23.9	-4.2
	New Democratic	Diane Lemieux	2,257	5.4	+3.5
	Rhinoceros	André Chamberland	868	2.1	+0.2
	Independent	Sylvain Trudeau	540	1.3
	Union populaire	Louis Fournier De Kinder	114	0.3	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Dubois	66	0.2	+0.0
Total valid votes			42,008	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	23,666	54.0	0.5
	Progressive Conservative	Grégoire Girard	12,327	28.1	-13.0
	Social Credit	Raymonde Parent	6,087	13.9	+11.7
	New Democratic	Richard Sylvestre	802	1.8	-1.3
	Rhinoceros	Mario Bousquet	444	1.0
	Rhinoceros	Serge André Lemoyne	362	0.8
	Union populaire	Louis De Kinder	79	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Dubois	68	0.2
Total valid votes			43,835	100.0

Canadian federal by-election, 16 October 1978
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
On Mr. Wagner's resignation, 21 April 1978
	Liberal	Marcel Ostiguy	21,515	53.5	+15.6
	Progressive Conservative	Charles-Auguste Gauvin	16,559	41.2	-9.8
	New Democratic	Richard Sylvestre	1,259	3.1	+1.1
	Social Credit	Laurier Grenon	889	2.2	-4.8
Total valid votes			40,222	100.0

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Wagner	21,453	51.0	+12.0
	Liberal	Honorius Charbonneau	15,965	37.9	+0.6
	Social Credit	Jean-Claude Caron	2,940	7.0	-13.4
	Independent	Gaston Caron	883	2.1
	New Democratic	Ann Dewitt	861	2.0	+0.1
Total valid votes			42,102	100.0

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Wagner	16,680	38.9	-8.5
	Liberal	Paul Foster	15,982	37.3	-7.8
	Social Credit	Yvon Descoteaux	8,716	20.3	+15.5
	New Democratic	Henri Mons	814	1.9	-0.6
	Independent	Martha Adams	540	1.3
	Independent	Arthur Vachon	106	0.2
Total valid votes			42,838	100.0

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

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	16,389	47.4	-5.8
	Liberal	Maurice Sauvé	15,601	45.2	+4.0
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean-Baptiste Auger	1,682	4.9	+1.4
	New Democratic	André Lacombe	878	2.5	+0.5
Total valid votes			34,550	100.0

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1947–1966

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	15,127	53.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Michel Dumaine	11,690	41.2	+8.8
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean-Baptiste Auger	994	3.5	-12.1
	New Democratic	Léon Graub	591	2.1
Total valid votes			28,402	100.0

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

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	13,716	52.0	+5.7
	Liberal	Jean Leduc	8,540	32.4	-0.5
	Social Credit	François Even	4,122	15.6	-5.2
Total valid votes			26,378	100.0

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	12,586	46.3	-12.6
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Lemoine	8,945	32.9	-7.7
	Social Credit	Ernest Mongeau	5,663	20.8
Total valid votes			27,194	100.0

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	15,761	58.9	+4.8
	Liberal	Charles-Édouard Hébert	10,857	40.5	-5.4
	Independent Liberal	Wilfrid Flibotte	157	0.6
Total valid votes			26,775	100.0

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Théogène Ricard	13,865	54.1
	Liberal	Louis-Joseph Fontaine	11,771	45.9
Total valid votes			25,636	100.0

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	acclaimed

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	14,702	87.6	+29.2
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Lionel Lévesque	1,105	6.6	-26.3
	Union des électeurs	Napoléon Hamel	981	5.8	+4.7
Total valid votes			16,788	100.0

Note: Union des Electeurs popular vote is compared to Social Credit vote in 1945 general election.

St. Hyacinthe—Bagot, 1933–1947

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Fontaine	12,781	58.3	-25.2
	Progressive Conservative	Séraphin-Adélard Cyr	7,197	32.9
	Independent	Liboire Beauregard	884	4.0
	Independent	Louis-Homère Marcotte	441	2.0
	Independent PC	Raoul Lassonde	346	1.6
	Social Credit	Joseph Blanchette	258	1.2
Total valid votes			21,907	100.0

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Adélard Fontaine	13,220	83.6	+11.2
	Independent	J.-Wilfrid Gaudette	2,599	16.4
Total valid votes			15,819	100.0

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Adélard Fontaine	11,547	72.4
	Conservative	Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-Eugène Bousquet	3,268	20.5
	Reconstruction	Hector Grenon	1,138	7.1
Total valid votes			15,953	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot (Code 24063) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Statistics Canada: 2012
3. "Quebec's New Federal Electoral Map".
4. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
5. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
6. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
7. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, 30 September 2015
8. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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