Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet (formerly known as Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.
Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1996 |
District abolished | 2003 |
First contested | 1997 |
Last contested | 2000 |
It was created as "Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1996 from Bellechasse electoral district. It was renamed "Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1997. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Lévis—Bellechasse and Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny ridings.
The district consisted of the cities of L'Islet, Lac-Etchemin, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the Regional County Municipalities of Bellechasse, L'Islet, Montmagny and Les Etchemins (except the municipalities of Saint-Benjamin, Saint-Prosper, Saint-Zacharie and Sainte-Aurélie).
Members of Parliament
This riding elected only one Member of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Riding created from Bellechasse |
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36th | 1997–2000 | Gilbert Normand | Liberal | |
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
Riding dissolved into Lévis—Bellechasse and Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny |
Normand won the 1997 election narrowly over François Langlois of the Bloc Québécois, but beat him in 2000 handily.
Election results
1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Gilbert Normand | 14,100 | ||||||
Bloc Québécois | François Langlois | 14,053 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Denis Roy | 12,840 | ||||||
Reform | Gaétan Pouliot | 611 | ||||||
New Democratic | Branda Michaud | 520 |
2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Gilbert Normand | 19,163 | ||||||
Bloc Québécois | François Langlois | 14,973 | ||||||
Alliance | Jean-Claude Roy | 4,224 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Suzanne Lafond | 1,636 |
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament