The riding, north of the city of
Sherbrooke, straddles the Quebec regions of
Centre-du-Québec and
Estrie. It consists of the Regional County Municipalities (RCM) of
Les Sources and
Arthabaska and the centre of the RCM of
Le Val-Saint-François. It includes in particular the towns of
Victoriaville and
Val-des-Sources. The neighbouring ridings are
Drummond,
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour,
Mégantic—L'Érable,
Compton—Stanstead,
Sherbrooke,
Brome—Missisquoi, and
Shefford. Its population is 100,116, including 82,663 voters, and its area is 3,563 km2. ==History==