France Bonsant
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=France Bonsant
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| term_start=2004
| term_end=2011
| predecessor= David Price
| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1952|8|18}}
| 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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References
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External links
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=9149}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060215193838/http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=36 How'd They Vote?: France Bonsant's voting history and quotes]
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Category:Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Category:Politicians from Estrie
Category:Women in Quebec politics
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
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