Berthier—Maskinongé

Berthier—Maskinongé (formerly known as Berthier and Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953, from 1968 to 1988, and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 103,516.

Berthier—Maskinongé
Quebec electoral district
Berthier—Maskinongé in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Coordinates:46.33°N 73.10°W / 46.33; -73.10
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Yves Perron
Bloc Québécois
District created1924
First contested1925
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]100,371
Electors (2019)84,301
Area (km²)[2]4,150.60
Pop. density (per km²)24.2
Census division(s)D'Autray, Maskinongé, Trois-Rivières
Census subdivision(s)Berthierville, Charette, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie, Louiseville, Mandeville, Maskinongé, Saint-Alexis-des-Mont, Saint-Barnabé, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Saint-Cuthbert, Saint-Didace, Sainte-Angèle-de-Prémont, Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé, Sainte-Élisabeth, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Sainte-Ursule, Saint-Gabriel, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Saint-Justin, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, Saint-Norbert, Saint-Paulin, Saint-Sévère, Trois-Rivières, Yamachiche

Geography

The riding extends along the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River between the north suburbs of Montreal and Trois-Rivières, straddling the Quebec regions of Lanaudière and Mauricie.

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of D'Autray and Maskinongé, and the former cities of Pointe-du-Lac and Trois-Rivières-Ouest in the City of Trois-Rivières.

The neighbouring ridings are Joliette, Repentigny, Verchères—Les Patriotes, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Trois-Rivières, and Saint-Maurice—Champlain.

This riding lost territory to Trois-Rivières and gained territory from Joliette during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

History

The riding was created in 1924 from Berthier and Maskinongé. It consisted of Berthier County and Maskinongé County.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the county of Berthier and the town of Berthierville, the county of Maskinongé and the town of Louiseville, and Gouin township in the county of Joliette.

In 1952, it was abolished when it was merged into Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière riding.

The riding was recreated in 1966 as "Berthier" from the districts of Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière, Chapleau, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm, St-Maurice—Laflèche, and Three Rivers.

In 1975, the name of the riding was changed to "Berthier-Maskinongé". After the 1980 election, the name of the district was changed to Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière.

In the 1984 election, the seat was won by Progressive Conservative Robert de Cotret, who held it until the 1988 election. The riding was abolished in 1987. It was divided between Berthier—Montcalm, Champlain, and Saint-Maurice.

Berthier—Maskinongé was re-created in 2003. 44.8% of the riding came from Trois-Rivières, 36.0% from Berthier—Montcalm, and 19.2% from Saint-Maurice.

In the 2004 election and the 2006 election, Bloc Québécois MP Guy André was elected in the riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Berthier—Maskinongé
Riding created from Berthier and Maskinongé
15th  1925–1926     Joseph-Charles-Théodore Gervais Liberal
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935     Joseph Arthur Barrette Conservative
18th  1935–1940     J.-Émile Ferron Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949 Aldéric Laurendeau
21st  1949–1953 Joseph Langlois
Riding dissolved into Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière
Berthier
Riding re-created from Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière, Chapleau,
Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm, St-Maurice—Laflèche and Three Rivers
28th  1968–1972     Antonio Yanakis Liberal
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
Berthier—Maskinongé
31st  1979–1980     Antonio Yanakis Liberal
32nd  1980–1984
Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière
33rd  1984–1988     Robert de Cotret Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Berthier—Montcalm, Champlain and Saint-Maurice
Berthier—Maskinongé
Riding re-created from Trois-Rivières, Berthier—Montcalm and Saint-Maurice
38th  2004–2006     Guy André Bloc Québécois
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Ruth Ellen Brosseau New Democratic
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–present     Yves Perron Bloc Québécois

Election results

Berthier—Maskinongé, 2004-present
Graph of election results in Berthier—Maskinongé (since 2004, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisYves Perron21,20037.62+11.82none listed
New DemocraticRuth Ellen Brosseau19,69834.95-7.22$35,745.36
LiberalChristine Poirier7,79613.83-6.45$33,806.20
ConservativeJosée Bélanger5,81210.31+0.11$13,544.45
GreenÉric Laferrière1,0081.79+0.23none listed
People'sLuc Massé4280.76–$3,303.24
IndependentAlain Bélanger1540.27–none listed
RhinocerosMartin Acetaria Caesar Jubinville1510.27–none listed
MarijuanaDanny Légaré1070.19–none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 56,354100.0 
Total rejected ballots 9771.16+0.14
Turnout 57,33168.01+1.87
Eligible voters 84,301
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticRuth Ellen Brosseau22,94242.17+0.93$37,968.71
Bloc QuébécoisYves Perron14,03725.80-5.21$30,493.57
LiberalPierre Destrempes11,03220.28+8.21$6,302.22
ConservativeMarianne Foucrault5,54810.20-2.52$6,268.53
GreenVictoria Cate May Burton8471.56-0.78–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 54,406100.0 $219,786.82
Total rejected ballots 8441.02–
Turnout 55,25066.14%–
Eligible voters 82,803
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic20,19341.24
  Bloc Québécois15,18331.01
  Conservative6,22812.72
  Liberal5,91212.07
  Green1,1452.34
  Rhinoceros3040.62
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticRuth Ellen Brosseau22,48439.63+29.19$0
Bloc QuébécoisGuy André16,66829.38−16.45$48,739
LiberalFrancine Gaudet8,10914.29−4.15$32,253
ConservativeMarie-Claude Godue7,90913.94−8.25$23,495
GreenLéonie Matteau1,1932.10−1.01$0
RhinocerosMartin Jubinville3750.66$0
Total votes/Expense limit 56,738100.0   $94,930
Source: "Berthier—Maskinongé election results". Elections Canada. May 2, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisGuy André24,94545.83-3.7$51,026
ConservativeMarie-Claude Godue12,07822.19-8.9$84,917
LiberalJean-Luc Matteau10,03518.44+8.0$27,551
New DemocraticAndré Chauvette5,68410.44+4.1$1,358
GreenDenis Lefebvre1,6913.11-0.5$109
Total valid votes/Expense limit 54,433 100.00 $90,701
Total rejected ballots 9941.8
Turnout 55,427–
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisGuy André25,03248.5-11.4$36,769
ConservativeMarie-Claude Godue16,03931.1+19.8$22,363
LiberalSerge Lafrénière5,38610.4-12.3$24,384
New DemocraticAnne-Marie Aubert3,2746.3+3.0$5
GreenNathalie Gratton1,8393.6+0.9
Total valid votes/Expense limit 51,570 100.0 $83,453
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisGuy André29,43259.9–$47,895
LiberalLaurier Thibault11,19822.8–$35,533
ConservativeAnn Julie Fortier5,53511.3–$13,200
New DemocraticDenis McKinnon1,6533.4–$2,990
GreenEric Labrecque1,3142.7–$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,132 100.0 $81,153

Berthier—Maskinongé, 1975-1988
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRobert De Cotret31,18969.6+26.2
LiberalAntonio Yanakis11,73626.2-26.5
New DemocraticJean Philip Penner1,2002.7
Parti nationalisteMarcel Rocheleau6081.4
Commonwealth of CanadaGermain Rouzioux680.2
Total valid votes 44,801 100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAntonio Yanakis21,23252.7-4.7
Progressive ConservativeRobert De Cotret17,48343.4+11.7
RhinocerosTi-Pit Claude Des Gagne7281.8
Social CreditCamille Schmidt5461.4-6.2
Marxist–LeninistGinette Cardinal1460.4-0.3
Union populaireFrance Guimond1320.3-0.1
Total valid votes 40,267 100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalAntonio Yanakis21,72557.4
Progressive ConservativeFernand Giroux11,99531.7
Social CreditCamille Schmidt2,8517.5
New DemocraticRichard Leclercq8412.2
Marxist–LeninistGinette Cardinal2350.6
Union populaireRéjean Maille1790.5
Total valid votes 37,826 100.0

Berthier—Maskinongé, 1925-1953
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJoseph Langlois11,77058.8-0.7
Progressive ConservativeRené Beland8,24241.2+38.0
Total valid votes 20,012 100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAldéric Laurendeau10,60459.6-15.7
IndependentAzellus Lavallee6,63937.3
Progressive ConservativeJoseph-Edouard Hamelin5623.2-21.6
Total valid votes 17,805 100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJ-Emile Ferron10,11975.3+20.6
National GovernmentJoseph Arthur Barrette3,32324.7-7.8
Total valid votes 13,442 100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJ-Emile Ferron8,45954.7+6.0
ConservativeJoseph Arthur Barrette5,02232.5-18.8
ReconstructionJoseph Desjarlais1,97812.8
Total valid votes 15,459 100.0
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeJoseph Arthur Barrette7,20651.3+10.1
LiberalJean-Charles Théodore Gervais6,85048.7-10.1
Total valid votes 14,056 100.0
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJoseph-Charles-Théodore Gervais6,60658.8-2.2
ConservativeJoseph Arthur Barrette4,62641.2+2.2
Total valid votes 11,232 100.0
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJoseph-Charles-Théodore Gervais6,66461.0
ConservativeJoseph Arthur Barrette4,26439.0
Total valid votes 10,928 100.0

See also

References

Notes
  1. Statistics Canada: 2017
  2. Statistics Canada: 2017
  3. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  4. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  5. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Berthier—Maskinongé, 30 September 2015
  6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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