Groulx

For the surname, see Groulx (surname).

Groulx

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Claude Surprenant Coalition Avenir Québec
District created	1980
First contested	1981
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	74,165
Electors (2012)	56,154
Area (km²)	53.9
Pop. density (per km²)	1,376
Census divisions	Thérèse-De Blainville (part)
Census subdivisions	Blainville (part), Boisbriand, Rosemère, Sainte-Thérèse

Groulx is a provincial electoral district in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district includes part of Blainville, as well as a few other small cities.

It was created for the 1981 election from a part of the Terrebonne electoral district.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained a small part of the city of Blainville from the Blainville electoral district; it did not previously include any part of that city.

From its creation in 1981 until 2007, Groulx was a bellwether riding always sending a member from the governing party to the National Assembly. Since the ADQ breakthrough in the suburbs of Montreal in 2007, the riding has been targeted by all major parties and is part of a collection of ridings that determine Quebec elections. The riding is overwhelmingly francophone and white, and has a strong nationalist undercurrent, making it a battleground riding between the Parti Quebecois, ADQ/CAQ, and the Quebec Liberals.

In 2014, the PQ nominated Martine Desjardins, former leader of the FEUQ during the 2012 student strike. She was seen as a star candidate. While the PQ began the campaign with a strong lead among francophones and heavily targeted CAQ-held ridings such as Groulx, the fall of the PQ and rise of the CAQ during the last two weeks of the campaign kept this riding in the hands of the CAQ, albeit in a tight 3-way split with no candidate receiving more than 31% of the vote.

Members of the National Assembly

1. Élie Fallu, Parti Québécois (1981–1985)
2. Madeleine Bleau, Liberal (1985–1994)
3. Robert Kieffer, Parti Québécois (1994–2003)
4. Pierre Descoteaux, Liberal (2003–2007)
5. Linda Lapointe, Action démocratique (2007–2008)
6. René Gauvreau, Parti Québécois (2008–2011, 2012) then Independent (2011–2012)
7. Hélène Daneault, Coalition Avenir Québec (2012–2014)
8. Claude Surprenant, Coalition Avenir Québec (2014–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Claude Surprenant	12,776	30.85	-7.17
	Liberal	Vicki Emard	12,520	30.24	+10.27
	Parti Québécois	Martine Desjardins	12,424	30.00	-4.01
	Québec solidaire	Sylvie Giguère	2,810	6.79	+2.49
	Parti nul	Jonathan Davis	493	1.19	–
	Option nationale	Alain Marginean	384	0.93	-1.11
Total valid votes			41,407	98.49	–
Total rejected ballots			635	1.51	–
Turnout			42,042	73.48	-5.60
Electors on the lists			57,216	–	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Hélène Daneault	16,711	38.02	+17.57
	Parti Québécois	Raymond Archambault	14,948	34.01	-4.05
	Liberal	Linda Lapointe	8,776	19.97	-15.70
	Québec solidaire	Sylvie Giguère	1,892	4.30	+1.92
	Option nationale	Alain Marginean	895	2.04	–
	Green	Alec Ware	591	1.34	-1.80
	Independent	Alex Munteanu	140	0.32	–
Total valid votes			43,953	98.85	–
Total rejected ballots			511	1.15	–
Turnout			44,464	79.08
Electors on the lists			56,228	–	–
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+10.81

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

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	René Gauvreau	11,226	37.62	+8.73
	Liberal	Monique Laurin	10,823	36.27	+9.07
	Action démocratique	Linda Lapointe	6,036	20.23	-17.22
	Green	Carmen Brisebois	955	3.20	-0.93
	Québec solidaire	Adam Veilleux	701	2.35	+0.01
	Parti indépendantiste	Sébastien Hotte	102	0.34	–
Total valid votes			29,843	98.41	–
Total rejected ballots			481	1.59	–
Turnout			30,324	61.33	-14.02
Electors on the lists			49,441	–	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Action démocratique	Linda Lapointe	13,630	37.45	+18.07
	Parti Québécois	Rachel Gagnon	10,513	28.89	-9.78
	Liberal	Pierre Descoteaux	9,898	27.20	-12.34
	Green	Robert Harenclak	1,503	4.13	–
	Québec solidaire	Adam Veilleux	850	2.34	+1.09*
Total valid votes			36,394	99.15	–
Total rejected ballots			311	0.85	–
Turnout			36,705	75.35	+1.83
Electors on the lists			48,715	–	–

* Result compared to UFP

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (QuébecPolitique)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Laurentides region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011