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.

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-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

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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

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2022 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Amélie Dionne 18,183 52.06 +12.88
Parti Québécois Félix Rioux 6,141 17.58 +2.33
Québec solidaire Myriam Lapointe-Gagnon 5,102 14.61 +3.58
Conservative Louise Moreault 3,937 11.27 +10.18
Liberal Louis Bellemare 1,388 3.97 –29.49
Climat Québec Carole Sierpien 174 0.50 New
Total valid votes 34,925 98.95
Total rejected ballots 369 1.05 –0.62
Turnout 35,294 68.89 –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 Québec Denis Tardif 13,439 39.18 +22.62
Liberal Jean D'Amour 11,477 33.46 -18.23
Parti Québécois Vincent Couture 5,230 15.25 -8.70
Québec solidaire Goulimine Sylvie Cadôret 3,783 11.03 +4.94
Conservative Martin Perron 373 1.09
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 % ±%
Liberal Jean D'Amour 18,086 51.69 +10.78
Parti Québécois Michel Lagacé 8,378 23.95 -10.42
Coalition Avenir Québec Charles Roy 5,794 16.56 -2.00
Québec solidaire Louis Gagnon 2,129 6.09 +3.11
Parti des sans Parti Frank Malenfant 354 1.01 +0.65*
Option nationale Étienne Massé 245 0.70 -0.39
Total valid votes 34,986 98.61
Total rejected ballots 494 1.39
Turnout 35,480 70.00 -4.56
Electors on the lists 50,688
* Result compared to Coalition pour la constituante
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jean D'Amour 15,317 40.91 -4.12
Parti Québécois Michel Lagacé 12,870 34.37 -2.03
Coalition Avenir Québec Gaétan Lavoie 6,949 18.56 +2.59
Québec solidaire Stacy Larouche 1,116 2.98 +1.93
Green Nadia Pelletier 647 1.73 +0.74
Option nationale Jonathan St-Pierre 410 1.09
Coalition pour la constituante Sylvain Potvin 135 0.36
Total valid votes 37,444 98.86
Total rejected ballots 430 1.14
Turnout 37,874 74.56  
Electors on the lists 50,795
^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.
Liberal hold Swing -1.04

References

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Maps

47°38′N 68°52′W / 47.64°N 68.86°W / 47.64; -68.86