Verchères—Les Patriotes
 Quebec electoral district
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Verchères—Les Patriotes in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts.
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1976 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011) | 104,355 |
| Electors (2011) | 76,596 |
| Area (km²) | 659.70 |
| Census divisions | Longueuil, Marguerite-D'Youville, La Vallée-du-Richelieu |
| Census subdivisions | Boucherville, Sainte-Julie, Varennes, Saint-Amable, Contrecœur, Verchères, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu |
Verchères—Les Patriotes (formerly Verchères) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until the 2012 electoral redistribution.
The riding runs along the Saint Lawrence River east of Montreal, in the Quebec region of Montérégie. It consists of the Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality, the northern part of the La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, and the eastern part of the city of Boucherville.
The neighbouring ridings are Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, La Pointe-de-l'Île, Repentigny and Berthier—Maskinongé.
Verchères riding was created by the British North America Act in 1867. In 1893, it was merged into Chambly—Verchères.
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