France Bonsant
Canadian politician
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France Bonsant (born August 18, 1952 in Waterville, Quebec) is a Canadian politician.
France Bonsant | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Compton—Stanstead | |
| In office 2004–2011 | |
| Preceded by | David Price |
| Succeeded by | Jean Rousseau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 18, 1952 |
| Party | Bloc Québécois |
| Profession | Engineer, regional councillor |
Biography
She was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada. She represented the district of Compton—Stanstead from 2004 to 2011. From 1991 to 1999 she was a regional councillor in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality representing the municipality of Ascot Corner.
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Marie-Claude Bibeau | 20,582 | 36.88 | +24.89 | $30,817.38 | |||
| New Democratic | Jean Rousseau | 15,300 | 27.41 | -19.86 | $22,398.05 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | France Bonsant | 11,551 | 20.70 | -5.73 | $41,452.44 | |||
| Conservative | Gustavo Labrador | 6,978 | 12.50 | +0.65 | $24,135.57 | |||
| Green | Korie Marshall | 1,085 | 1.94 | -0.49 | – | |||
| Rhinoceros | Kévin Côté | 315 | 0.56 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,811 | 100.00 | $218,288.13 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 748 | 1.32 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 56,559 | 69.09 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 81,867 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +22.37 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[1][2] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jean Rousseau | 24,097 | 47.59 | +36.31 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | France Bonsant | 13,179 | 26.03 | - 15.82 | ||||
| Liberal | William Hogg | 6,132 | 12.09 | -10.44 | ||||
| Conservative | Sandrine Gressard Bélanger | 5,982 | 11.72 | -7.72 | ||||
| Green | Gary Caldwell | 1,241 | 2.57 | -2.30 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,631 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 580 | 1.13 | -0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,211 | 64.59 | +2.61 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,382 | – | – | |||||
| Percentage changes are in comparison to 2008 voting after adjusting for redistribution | ||||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | France Bonsant | 20,332 | 41.85 | -0.9 | $42,534 | |||
| Liberal | William Hogg | 10,946 | 22.53 | +0.2 | $17,476 | |||
| Conservative | Michel Gagné | 9,445 | 19.44 | -4.9 | $57,862 | |||
| New Democratic | Jean Rousseau | 5,483 | 11.28 | +5.1 | $1,820 | |||
| Green | Gary Caldwell | 2,368 | 4.87 | +0.5 | $11,114 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,574 | 100.00 | $84,153 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 572 | 1.16 | ||||||
| Turnout | 49,146 | 62.97 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | France Bonsant | 21,316 | 42.8 | -3.9 | $38,909 | |||
| Conservative | Gary Caldwell | 12,131 | 24.3 | +13.9 | $44,452 | |||
| Liberal | David Price | 11,126 | 22.3 | -13.7 | $56,653 | |||
| New Democratic | Stéphane Bürgi | 3,099 | 6.2 | +2.9 | $1,674 | |||
| Green | Gaétan Perreault | 2,171 | 4.4 | +0.8 | $310 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,843 | 100.0 | $77,428 | |||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | France Bonsant | 20,450 | 46.7 | +7.8 | $36,450 | |||
| Liberal | David Price | 15,752 | 36.0 | -10.6 | $55,575 | |||
| Conservative | Gary Caldwell | 4,589 | 10.5 | -1.3 | $13,713 | |||
| Green | Laurier Busque | 1,546 | 3.5 | $540 | ||||
| New Democratic | Martin Baller | 1,451 | 3.3 | +1.8 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,788 | 100.0 | $75,354 | |||||
