Johnson (electoral district)
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Johnson is a provincial electoral district in Quebec
, Canada
that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec
. The riding was created in 1972 from parts of Bagot
, Drummond
, Richmond
and Shefford
. It includes the cities or municipalities of Windsor
, Roxton Pond
, Acton Vale
, Durham-Sud and Ulverton
as well as portions of the City of Sherbrooke.
The riding named in honour of former Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson, Sr. who served as leader of the province from 1966 until his death in 1968.
|Parti Québécois
|Etienne-Alexis Boucher
|align="right"|11,012
|align="right"|40.25
|align="right"|
|-
|Liberal
|Denis Morin
|align="right"|8,478
|align="right"|30.99
|align="right"|
|-
|Action démocratique
|Éric Charbonneau
|align="right"|6,318
|align="right"|23.09
|align="right"|
|-
|Green Party
|Pierre-Olivier Jette
|align="right"|919
|align="right"|3.36
|align="right"|
|-
|Québec solidaire
|Colombe Landry
|align="right"|634
|align="right"|2.32
|align="right"|
|}
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...
. The riding was created in 1972 from parts of Bagot
Bagot (provincial electoral district)
Bagot is a former provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Created in 1867, the Estrie region district existed until 1972, when it was included in the new riding of Johnson in honour of former Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson who was a Member of the Legislative and National...
, Drummond
Drummond (provincial electoral district)
Drummond is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Centre-du-Quebec region, the district was created in 1890. From 1867 to 1886, it was part of the riding of Drummond-Arthabaska...
, Richmond
Richmond (Quebec provincial electoral district)
Richmond is a provincial electoral riding in Quebec, Canada. Located in the Estrie region, the district was created in 1890. Between 1867 and 1890, it was part of the riding of Richmond et Wolfe...
and Shefford
Shefford (provincial electoral district)
Shefford is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Montérégie region, the riding was created in 1829. The riding includes the cities of Granby and Waterloo.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...
. It includes the cities or municipalities of Windsor
Windsor, Quebec
Windsor is a town of 5,300 people, part of the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada, for which it is the seat....
, Roxton Pond
Roxton Pond, Quebec
Roxton Pond is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 3,599...
, Acton Vale
Acton Vale, Quebec
Acton Vale is an industrial town in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Acton and is in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 7,797...
, Durham-Sud and Ulverton
Ulverton, Quebec
Ulverton is a municipality in Quebec....
as well as portions of the City of Sherbrooke.
The riding named in honour of former Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson, Sr. who served as leader of the province from 1966 until his death in 1968.
Members of the National Assembly
- Jean-Claude Boutin, Liberal (1973–1974)
- Maurice BellemareMaurice BellemareMaurice Bellemare, OC was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was known as Le Vieux Lion de la Politique Québécoise because of his colourful style and his many years of public office...
, Union nationale (1974–1979) - Camille Picard, Liberal (1980–1981)
- Carmen Juneau, Parti QuébécoisParti QuébécoisThe Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
(1981–1994) - Claude BoucherClaude Boucher (politician)Claude Boucher is a former Quebec political figure. He represented Johnson in the Quebec National Assembly from 1994 to 2007 as a member of the Parti Québécois....
, Parti Québécois (1994–2007) - Éric CharbonneauÉric CharbonneauÉric Charbonneau is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Johnson from 2007 to 2008....
, Action démocratiqueAction démocratique du QuébecThe Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....
(2007–2008) - Étienne-Alexis BoucherÉtienne-Alexis BoucherÉtienne-Alexis Boucher is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Johnson in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election...
, Parti Québécois (2008–present)
Election results
|-|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
|Etienne-Alexis Boucher
|align="right"|11,012
|align="right"|40.25
|align="right"|
|-
|Liberal
|Denis Morin
|align="right"|8,478
|align="right"|30.99
|align="right"|
|-
|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....
|Éric Charbonneau
|align="right"|6,318
|align="right"|23.09
|align="right"|
|-
|Green Party
|Pierre-Olivier Jette
|align="right"|919
|align="right"|3.36
|align="right"|
|-
|Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...
|Colombe Landry
|align="right"|634
|align="right"|2.32
|align="right"|
|}