France Bonsant

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France Bonsant
Member of Parliament
for Compton—Stanstead
In office
2004–2011
Preceded by David Price
Succeeded by Jean Rousseau
Personal details
Born (1952-08-18) August 18, 1952 (age 67)
Waterville, Quebec
Political party Bloc Québécois
Residence Sherbrooke, Quebec
Professionengineer, regional councillor

France Bonsant (born August 18, 1952 in Waterville, Quebec) is a Canadian politician.

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Bonsant 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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Marie-Claude Bibeau 20,58236.88+24.89$30,817.38
New Democratic Jean Rousseau 15,30027.41-19.86$22,398.05
Bloc Québécois France Bonsant11,55120.70-5.73$41,452.44
Conservative Gustavo Labrador6,97812.50+0.65$24,135.57
Green Korie Marshall1,0851.94-0.49
Rhinoceros Kévin Côté3150.56
Total valid votes/Expense limit55,811100.00 $218,288.13
Total rejected ballots7481.32
Turnout56,55969.09
Eligible voters81,867
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +22.37
Source: Elections Canada [1] [2]
2011 Canadian federal election : Compton—Stanstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Jean Rousseau 24,09747.59+36.31
Bloc Québécois France Bonsant13,17926.03- 15.82
Liberal William Hogg6,13212.09-10.44
Conservative Sandrine Gressard Bélanger5,98211.72-7.72
Green Gary Caldwell1,2412.57-2.30
Total valid votes/Expense limit50,631100.00
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois France Bonsant20,33241.85-0.9$42,534
Liberal William Hogg10,94622.53+0.2$17,476
Conservative Michel Gagné9,44519.44-4.9$57,862
New Democratic Jean Rousseau 5,48311.28+5.1$1,820
Green Gary Caldwell2,3684.87+0.5$11,114
Total valid votes/Expense limit48,574 100.00 $84,153
Total rejected ballots572 1.16
Turnout 49,146 62.97
2006 Canadian federal election : Compton—Stanstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois France Bonsant21,31642.8-3.9$38,909
Conservative Gary Caldwell12,13124.3+13.9$44,452
Liberal David Price 11,12622.3-13.7$56,653
New Democratic Stéphane Bürgi3,0996.2+2.9$1,674
Green Gaétan Perreault2,1714.4+0.8$310
Total valid votes/Expense limit49,843100.0 $77,428
2004 Canadian federal election : Compton—Stanstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois France Bonsant20,45046.7+7.8$36,450
Liberal David Price 15,75236.0-10.6$55,575
Conservative Gary Caldwell4,58910.5-1.3$13,713
Green Laurier Busque1,5463.5$540
New Democratic Martin Baller1,4513.3+1.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit43,788100.0 $75,354

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