Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les-Basques (formerly known as Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata) 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 |
This riding was created in 1996 as "Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata" from parts of Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup riding. Its name was changed in 1997 to "Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques".
It consisted of:
- the cities of Cabano, Dégelis, La Pocatière, Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Pohénégamook, Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Pascal and Trois-Pistoles;
- the County Regional Municipality of Rivière-du-Loup, including Cacouna Indian Reserve No. 22 and Whitworth Indian Reserve; and
- the county regional municipalities of Kamouraska, Les Basques and Témiscouata.
It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny and Rimouski—Témiscouata ridings. Its only Member of Parliament was Paul Crête of the Bloc Québécois.
Members of Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Riding created from Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup |
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36th | 1997–2000 | Paul Crête | Bloc Québécois | |
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
Riding dissolved into Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny and Rimouski—Témiscouata |
Election results
1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Bloc Québécois | Paul Crête | 16,518 | ||||||
Liberal | France Dionne | 14,119 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | André Plourde | 11,623 | ||||||
Natural Law | Armand Pouliot | 480 | ||||||
New Democratic | Élaine Côté | 420 |
2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Bloc Québécois | Paul Crête | 23,319 | ||||||
Liberal | Helen Ouellet | 11,794 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | André Plourde | 1,382 | ||||||
Alliance | René Théberge | 1,373 | ||||||
New Democratic | Elaine Côté | 836 | ||||||
Marxist–Leninist | Normand Fournier | 170 |
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