France Bonsant

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| term_end=2011

| predecessor= David Price

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| birth_place= Waterville, Quebec

| successor=Jean Rousseau

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| profession= Engineer, regional councillor

| party=Bloc Québécois

| residence=Sherbrooke, Quebec

| riding=Compton—Stanstead

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

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

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|Compton—Stanstead|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Marie-Claude Bibeau|20,582|36.88|+24.89|$30,817.38}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jean Rousseau|15,300|27.41|-19.86|$22,398.05}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|France Bonsant|11,551|20.70|-5.73|$41,452.44}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Gustavo Labrador|6,978|12.50|+0.65|$24,135.57}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Korie Marshall|1,085|1.94|-0.49|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Rhinoceros|Kévin Côté|315|0.56|–|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|55,811|100.00| |$218,288.13}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|748|1.32|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|56,559|69.09|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|81,867}}

{{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|NDP|+22.37}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=24023&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=QC&PROVID=24&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Compton—Stanstead, 30 September 2015][http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |date=August 15, 2015 }}|}}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|Compton—Stanstead|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jean Rousseau|24,097|47.59| +36.31 | }}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|France Bonsant|13,179|26.03| - 15.82| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William Hogg |6,132|12.09| -10.44 | }}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Sandrine Gressard Bélanger |5,982|11.72| -7.72 | }}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Gary Caldwell |1,241|2.57| -2.30 | }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|50,631|100.00 | }}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots| 580| 1.13|-0.03 | }}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout| 51,211 | 64.59|+2.61 | }}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters| 80,382|–|–| }}

{{CANelec/note|Percentage changes are in comparison to 2008 voting after adjusting for redistribution}}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|Compton—Stanstead|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|France Bonsant|20,332|41.85 | -0.9| $42,534}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William Hogg|10,946|22.53 |+0.2 | $17,476}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Michel Gagné|9,445|19.44|-4.9 | $57,862}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jean Rousseau|5,483|11.28| +5.1| $1,820 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Gary Caldwell|2,368|4.87 | +0.5| $11,114}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|48,574 | 100.00| $84,153 }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|572 |1.16 |}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 49,146| 62.97|}}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|Compton—Stanstead|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|France Bonsant |21,316 |42.8|-3.9| $38,909}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Gary Caldwell |12,131 |24.3|+13.9| $44,452}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|David Price |11,126 |22.3|-13.7| $56,653}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Stéphane Bürgi |3,099 |6.2|+2.9| $1,674}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Gaétan Perreault |2,171 |4.4|+0.8 | $310}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|49,843|100.0 | $77,428}}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|Compton—Stanstead|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|France Bonsant|20,450 |46.7|+7.8| $36,450}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|David Price|15,752 |36.0|-10.6| $55,575}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Gary Caldwell|4,589|10.5|-1.3 | $13,713}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Laurier Busque| 1,546|3.5| | $540}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Martin Baller| 1,451 |3.3|+1.8| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|43,788|100.0 | $75,354}}

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