The Political Record · Federal electoral districts

Richmond—Arthabaska

Federal riding · QC · No. 24061 · 2023 representation order
Fig. 1 — Richmond—Arthabaska, 2023 boundaries.
Member
Eric Lefebvre Conservative
2025 result
Conservative hold by 1,577 votes
Turnout
70.2% of 90,756 electors
Population
110,650 2021 census
Area
3,572 km²
Figures as of
2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Boundaries unchanged in 2023: Covers the same ground as its predecessor · one of 59 of 343 by area59
    Boundaries unchanged in 2023
    Covers the same ground as its predecessor · one of 59 of 343 by area
  • Length of the ballot: 7 candidates stood · 24th of 343 in Canada24th
    Length of the ballot
    7 candidates stood · 24th of 343 in Canada
  • Closeness of the race: Won by 1,577 votes (2.5 pts) · 34th of 343 in Canada34th
    Closeness of the race
    Won by 1,577 votes (2.5 pts) · 34th of 343 in Canada
In brief
  1. Éric Lefebvre held the seat for the Conservatives by 1,577 votes (+2.5 points).
  2. The boundaries did not change in 2023.
  3. Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 64.1% of votes were cast on the day.
  4. Share with French as a mother tongue is the 15th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Eric Lefebvre
Conservative · first elected 2025-04-28 · first term
  • Member: Finance
170 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on The Economy.

IDid this riding change?

Essentially no. Today's Richmond—Arthabaska covers almost exactly the same ground as the Richmond—Arthabaska riding it replaced.

How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

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%
Turnout70.2% of 90,756 electors
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

Swing needed to flip
1.3 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
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.

VWhat kind of place this is

2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.

VIWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Richmond—Arthabaska and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

The card

No. 24061QC · 2025
Richmond—Arthabaska
Eric Lefebvre
Result
Conservative hold by 1,577
Turnout
70.2%
Population
110,650
Area
3,572 km²
Boundaries unchanged in 2023: Covers the same ground as its predecessor · one of 59 of 343 by area59Boundaries unchanged in 2023Length of the ballot: 7 candidates stood · 24th of 343 in Canada24thLength of the ballotCloseness of the race: Won by 1,577 votes (2.5 pts) · 34th of 343 in Canada34thCloseness of the race
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