Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata

Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. It notably includes the municipalities of Rivière-du-Loup, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Saint-Antonin, Trois-Pistoles, Dégelis, Pohénégamook, Cacouna, Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup and L'Isle-Verte.

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Témiscouata (federal electoral district).

Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 		 
Amélie Dionne
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created2011
First contested2012
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2011)64,120
Electors (2012)[1]50,769
Area (km²)[2]7,395.0
Pop. density (per km²)8.7
Census division(s)Les Basques (all), Rivière-du-Loup (all), Témiscouata (all)
Census subdivision(s)Auclair, Biencourt, Cacouna, Dégelis, Lac-des-Aigles, Lejeune, L'Isle-Verte, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Packington, Pohénégamook, Rivière-Bleue, Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Antonin, Saint-Arsène, Saint-Athanase, Saint-Clément, Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Éloi, Saint-Elzéar-de-Témiscouata, Saint-Épiphane, Saint-Eusèbe, Sainte-Françoise, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger, Saint-Guy, Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata, Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, Saint-Juste-du-Lac, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long, Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, Saint-Médard, Saint-Michel-du-Squatec, Saint-Modeste, Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix, Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy, Sainte-Rita, Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Trois-Pistoles; Cacouna (Indian reserve), Kataskomiq; Lac-Boisbouscache

It was created for the 2012 election from all of the former Rivière-du-Loup electoral district and part of the former Kamouraska-Témiscouata electoral districts; it also took Lac-des-Aigles and Biencourt from the Rimouski electoral district. Effectively, the entire territory of the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality was added to the former Rivière-du-Loup electoral district.[3]

Members of National Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Rivière-du-Loup,
Kamouraska-Témiscouata and Rimouski
40th  2012–2014     Jean D'Amour Liberal
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2020     Denis Tardif Coalition Avenir Québec
 2020–2021     Independent
 2021–2022     Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd  2022–Present Amélie Dionne

Election results
2022 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecAmélie Dionne18,18352.06+12.88
Parti QuébécoisFélix Rioux6,14117.58+2.33
Québec solidaireMyriam Lapointe-Gagnon5,10214.61+3.58
ConservativeLouise Moreault3,93711.27+10.18
LiberalLouis Bellemare1,3883.97–29.49
Climat QuébecCarole Sierpien1740.50New
Total valid votes 34,92598.95
Total rejected ballots 3691.05–0.62
Turnout 35,29468.89–0.52
Electors on the lists 51,230
Coalition Avenir Québec hold Swing +5.28
Source: Élections Québec[4]
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecDenis Tardif13,43939.18+22.62
LiberalJean D'Amour11,47733.46-18.23
Parti QuébécoisVincent Couture5,23015.25-8.70
Québec solidaireGoulimine Sylvie Cadôret3,78311.03+4.94
ConservativeMartin Perron3731.09–
Total valid votes 34,302 98.33
Total rejected ballots 583 1.67
Turnout 34,885 69.41 -0.59
Eligible voters 50,261
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal Swing +20.43
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJean D'Amour18,08651.69+10.78
Parti QuébécoisMichel Lagacé8,37823.95-10.42
Coalition Avenir QuébecCharles Roy5,79416.56-2.00
Québec solidaireLouis Gagnon2,1296.09+3.11
Parti des sans PartiFrank Malenfant3541.01+0.65*
Option nationaleÉtienne Massé2450.70-0.39
Total valid votes 34,98698.61–
Total rejected ballots 4941.39–
Turnout 35,48070.00-4.56
Electors on the lists 50,688––
* Result compared to Coalition pour la constituante
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJean D'Amour15,31740.91-4.12
Parti QuébécoisMichel Lagacé12,87034.37-2.03
Coalition Avenir QuébecGaétan Lavoie6,94918.56+2.59
Québec solidaireStacy Larouche1,1162.98+1.93
GreenNadia Pelletier6471.73+0.74
Option nationaleJonathan St-Pierre4101.09–
Coalition pour la constituanteSylvain Potvin1350.36–
Total valid votes 37,44498.86–
Total rejected ballots 4301.14–
Turnout 37,87474.56  
Electors on the lists 50,795––
^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.
Liberal hold Swing -1.04

References
  1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=699&section=population
  2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=699&section=superficie
  3. Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  4. "Résultats des élections générales du 3 octobre 2022". Élections Québec. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
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47.64°N 68.86°W / 47.64; -68.86

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