Rousseau (electoral district)

Rousseau
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Louis-Charles Thouin; Coalition Avenir Québec
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District created	1980
First contested	1981
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2011)	77,610
Electors (2012)	60,677
Area (km²)	1,298.6
Pop. density (per km²)	59.8
Census division(s)	Montcalm
Census subdivision(s)	Saint-Alexis, Saint-Calixte, Saint-Esprit, Saint-Hippolyte, Sainte-Julienne, Saint-Lin–Laurentides, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Saint-Roch-Ouest, Sainte-Sophie

Rousseau is a provincial electoral district in the Lanaudière and Laurentides regions of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Saint-Lin–Laurentides and Sainte-Julienne.

It was created for the 1981 election from parts of the Prévost, Joliette-Montcalm and L'Assomption electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained Chertsey and Saint-Hippolyte from Bertrand, but lost L'Épiphanie (town), L'Épiphanie (parish), and the part of the city of L'Assomption that it formerly had to the L'Assomption electoral district.

In the change from the 2011 to the 2017 electoral map, it will gain Saint-Jacques, Saint-Liguori and Sainte-Marie-Salomé from Joliette and will lose Chertsey and Rawdon to Bertrand and Sainte-Sophie and Saint-Hippolyte to the new riding of Prévost.

It was named after botany professor Jacques Rousseau.

Members of the National Assembly

Legislature	Years		Party
Riding created from Prévost, Joliette-Montcalm and L'Assomption
32nd	1981–1985	René Blouin	Parti Québécois
33rd	1985–1989	Robert Thérien	Liberal
34th	1989–1994	Robert Thérien	Liberal
35th	1994–1998	Lévis Brien	Parti Québécois
36th	1998–2003	François Legault
37th	2003–2007
38th	2007–2008
39th	2008–2009
39th	2009–2012	Nicolas Marceau
40th	2012–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2021	Louis-Charles Thouin	Coalition Avenir Québec
	2021–2021		Independent
	2021–2022		Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd	2022–Present		Coalition Avenir Québec

v t e 2018 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Louis-Charles Thouin	14,464	53.24	+16.54
	Parti Québécois	Nicolas Marceau	7,160	26.35	-12.38
	Québec solidaire	Hélène Dubé	3,531	13.00	+6.62
	Liberal	Patrick Watson	1,419	5.22	-12.07
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Michel Lacasse	323	1.19
	Conservative	Richard Evanko	271	1.00
Total valid votes			27,168	97.91
Total rejected ballots			580	2.09
Turnout			27,748	66.15
Eligible voters			41,944
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+14.46
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

Quebec provincial by-election, September 21, 2009
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Nicolas Marceau	9,529	57.03	+0.26
	Liberal	Michel Fafard	5,148	30.81	+8.48
	Action démocratique	Jean-Pierre Parrot	782	4.68	-11.73
	Québec solidaire	Francois Lépine	735	4.40	+1.96
	Green	Guy Rainville	514	3.08	+1.03
Total valid votes			16,708	98.72	–
Total rejected ballots			216	1.28	–
Turnout			16,924	30.23	-23.79
Electors on the lists			55,979	–	–

v t e 1994 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Lévis Brien	16,532	53.86	+14.11
	Liberal	Roger Beausoleil	9,833	32.03	-28.22
	Action démocratique	Guy Cloutier	3,595	11.71	–
	New Democratic	Gilles Garneau	631	2.06	–
	Republic of Canada	Christiane Deland-Gervais	106	0.35	–
Total valid votes			30,697	98.04
Rejected and declined votes			613	1.96	-2.11
Turnout			31,310	77.66	+6.03
Electors on the lists			40,316
Source: Results, Government of Quebec
	Parti Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+21.17

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	24,147	65.10
	Oui	12,944	34.90