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.

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Témiscouata (electoral district).
Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 		 
Denis Tardif
Independent
District created2011
First contested2012
Last contested2018
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, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Trois-Pistoles; Cacouna (Indian reserve), Whitworth; 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–present     Denis Tardif Coalition Avenir Québec

Election results
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecDenis Tardif13,43939.18+22.62
LiberalJean D'Amour11,47733.46-18.24
Parti QuébécoisVincent Couture5,23015.25-8.70
Québec solidaireGoulimine Sylvie Cadôret3,78311.03+4.94
ConservativeMartin Perron3731.09
Total valid votes 34,30298.33
Total rejected ballots 5831.67+0.28
Turnout 34,88569.41-0.59
Eligible voters 50,261
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal Swing +20.43
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.
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