France Bonsant

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

France Bonsant
Member of Parliament for Compton—Stanstead
In office 2004–2011
Preceded by	David Price
Succeeded by	Jean Rousseau
Personal details
Born	August 18, 1952 Waterville, Quebec
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Residence	Sherbrooke, Quebec
Profession	engineer, regional councillor

Bonsant 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

2015 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marie-Claude Bibeau	20,582	36.88	+24.89	$30,817.38
	New Democratic	Jean Rousseau	15,300	27.41	-19.86	$22,398.05
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	11,551	20.70	-5.73	$41,452.44
	Conservative	Gustavo Labrador	6,978	12.50	+0.65	$24,135.57
	Green	Korie Marshall	1,085	1.94	-0.49	–
	Rhinoceros	Kévin Côté	315	0.56	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,811	100.00		$218,288.13
Total rejected ballots			748	1.32	–
Turnout			56,559	69.09	–
Eligible voters			81,867
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+22.37
Source: Elections Canada[1][2]

2011 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jean Rousseau	24,097	47.59	+36.31
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	13,179	26.03	- 15.82
	Liberal	William Hogg	6,132	12.09	-10.44
	Conservative	Sandrine Gressard Bélanger	5,982	11.72	-7.72
	Green	Gary Caldwell	1,241	2.57	-2.30
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,631	100.00
Total rejected ballots			580	1.13	-0.03
Turnout			51,211	64.59	+2.61
Eligible voters			80,382	–	–
Percentage changes are in comparison to 2008 voting after adjusting for redistribution

2008 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	20,332	41.85	-0.9	$42,534
	Liberal	William Hogg	10,946	22.53	+0.2	$17,476
	Conservative	Michel Gagné	9,445	19.44	-4.9	$57,862
	New Democratic	Jean Rousseau	5,483	11.28	+5.1	$1,820
	Green	Gary Caldwell	2,368	4.87	+0.5	$11,114
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,574	100.00	$84,153
Total rejected ballots			572	1.16
Turnout			49,146	62.97

2006 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	21,316	42.8	-3.9	$38,909
	Conservative	Gary Caldwell	12,131	24.3	+13.9	$44,452
	Liberal	David Price	11,126	22.3	-13.7	$56,653
	New Democratic	Stéphane Bürgi	3,099	6.2	+2.9	$1,674
	Green	Gaétan Perreault	2,171	4.4	+0.8	$310
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,843	100.0	$77,428

2004 Canadian federal election: Compton—Stanstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	France Bonsant	20,450	46.7	+7.8	$36,450
	Liberal	David Price	15,752	36.0	-10.6	$55,575
	Conservative	Gary Caldwell	4,589	10.5	-1.3	$13,713
	Green	Laurier Busque	1,546	3.5		$540
	New Democratic	Martin Baller	1,451	3.3	+1.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,788	100.0	$75,354

References

1. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Compton—Stanstead, 30 September 2015
2. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• France Bonsant – Parliament of Canada biography
• How'd They Vote?: France Bonsant's voting history and quotes