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The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 24061Quebec

Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources

Formerly Richmond—Arthabaska; renamed by S.C. 2026, c. 20, s. 88. The 2025 election here was fought under the former name.

Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources is a federal riding in Quebec, renamed from Richmond—Arthabaska on . Eric Lefebvre (Conservative) has represented Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources since the 2025 election. Éric Lefebvre (Conservative) held Richmond—Arthabaska (now Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources) for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 1,577 votes (2.5 points), with 35.5% of the vote. Alain Saint-Pierre (Liberal) was second with 33.0%, on a turnout of 70.2% of 90,756 electors. Member as of .

Brome—Missisquoi · LiberalBécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak · Bloc QuébécoisCompton—Stanstead · LiberalDrummond · Bloc QuébécoisMégantic—L’Érable—Lotbinière · ConservativeShefford · Bloc QuébécoisRichmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources
Fig. 1 — Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources

CEric Lefebvre
Eric Lefebvre's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Eric Lefebvre

Member of Parliament for Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources

Conservative

MP since · first term

  • Finance committee

191 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on The Economy.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result, as Richmond—Arthabaska: Conservative hold

Elected
Éric Lefebvre
Conservative
22,206
35.5% of valid votes
Margin
1,577
votes · 2.5 pts
Runner-up
Alain Saint-Pierre
Liberal
20,629
33.0% of valid votes

Conservative 35.5% · Liberal 33.0% · Bloc Québécois 27.3% · New Democratic 2.0% · People's 1.1% · of 62,546 valid votes

Turnout 70.2% of 90,756 electors63,723 ballots cast, 62,546 valid7 candidates

Since 2021CPC −13.4 ptsLPC +18.3 ptsBQ +3.0 ptsNDP −2.4 ptsPPC −2.4 pts2021 transposed onto the 2023 boundaries by Elections Canada.
Before 2025
  • 2021 Conservative · Alain Rayes, by 14,363 votes (25.1 pts)
  • 2019 Conservative · Alain Rayes, by 10,014 votes (17.1 pts)
  • 2015 Conservative · Alain Rayes, by 4,042 votes (6.9 pts)

In Richmond—Arthabaska on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources lived in; Elections Canada's official results. The elections from 2004, carried onto today's lines, are below.

Since 2004

No party has held it since 2004: the Bloc Québécois were first at four of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at four; it changed hands once. In 2025 the Conservatives took 35.5% of the vote here, 3.8 points above their average of 31.7% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2011 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

What kind of place Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources is

Population
110,6502021 census
Area
3,572km²
Density
31people per km²
Electors
90,756on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Boundaries unchanged in 2023: Covers the same ground as its predecessor, and the same electors · one of 54 of 343 by area and electors54
    Boundaries unchanged in 2023
    Covers the same ground as its predecessor, and the same electors · one of 54 of 343 by area and electors
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 94.4% — about 59.0 times the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest15th highest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 2.4% — about 14 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest23rd lowest of 343
  • Median total household income is $64,500 — about 77 percent of the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest36th lowest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.9% — about 56 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest45th lowest of 343
  • Median age is 46.4 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest59th highest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 68.0% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest133rd lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Essentially no. Today's Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources covers almost exactly the same ground as the Richmond—Arthabaska riding it replaced, and 100% of its 2025 electors lived in it.

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result, as Richmond—Arthabaska

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Éric LefebvreConservative22,20635.5%48.9%−13.4
Alain Saint-PierreLiberal20,62933.0%14.7%+18.3
Daniel LebelBloc Québécois17,09527.3%24.3%+3.0
Nataël BureauNew Democratic1,2482.0%4.4%−2.4
Philippe D'ArcangeliPeople's7071.1%3.5%−2.4
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
Réal Batrhino MartelOther4380.7%
Henri DonascimentoIndependent2230.4%
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
17,095 votes
Bloc Québécois took more than the 1,577-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
77 of 230
3 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (150) · ■ won by another party (77) · ▨ tied (3).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 789 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 1.3% of the 62,546 valid votes, 1.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Conservative22,206
Liberal20,629
Still Conservative by 1,577 votes. Actual margin: 1,577.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 64.1% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative39.1%29.1%−10.0
Liberal28.7%40.6%+11.9
Bloc Québécois27.4%27.3%−0.1
New Democratic2.3%1.5%−0.8
People's1.3%0.8%−0.5
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-03.

"Richmond—Arthabaska—des-Sources — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/richmond-arthabaska-des-sources/ Accessed 2026-11-03.