Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Temiscouata—Les Basques
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Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Temiscouata—Les-Basques (formerly known as Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Temiscouata) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.
This riding was created in 1996 as "Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Temiscouata" from parts of Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup riding. Its name was changed in 1997 to "Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Temiscouata—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.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Bloc Québécois | CRÊTE, Paul | 16,518 | |||
| Liberal | DIONNE, France | 14,119 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | PLOURDE, André | 11,623 | |||
| Natural Law | POULIOT, Armand | 480 | |||
| New Democrat | CÔTÉ, Élaine | 420 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Bloc Québécois | CRÊTE, Paul | 23,319 | |||
| Liberal | OUELLET, Helen | 11,794 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | PAQUET, André | 1,382 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | THÉBERGE, René | 1,373 | |||
| New Democrat | CÔTÉ, Elaine | 836 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | FOURNIER, Normand | 170 | |||
