 Quebec electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec | ||
| MNA |
Coalition Avenir Québec | ||
| District created | 1867 | ||
| District abolished | 1939 | ||
| District re-created | 1944 | ||
| First contested | 1867, 1944 | ||
| Last contested | 1939, 2018 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 53,975 | ||
| Electors (2014)[1] | 44,201 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 880.7 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 61.3 | ||
| Census division(s) | Pierre-De Saurel, Les Maskoutains | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Massueville, Saint-Aimé, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Saint-Bernard-de-Michaudville, Saint-David, Saint-Gérard-Majella, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Saint-Jude, Saint-Louis, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Saint-Ours, Saint-Robert, Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Sorel-Tracy, Yamaska | ||
Richelieu is a provincial electoral riding in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Sorel-Tracy, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu and Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel.
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). Its final election was in 1936. It disappeared in the 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Richelieu-Verchères.
However, Richelieu-Verchères disappeared in the 1944 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Richelieu.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained territory from Nicolet-Yamaska and from Verchères electoral districts.
It is named after former French Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu.