Laviolette (electoral district)

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Laviolette
National Assembly Member Julie Boulet
Quebec Liberal Party
Electors, 2007 34,279 [1]
Electoral district created 1931
Region Mauricie

Laviolette is a provincial electoral riding in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Mauricie region, it was created in 1931. It includes the entire La Tuque area as well as the municipalities of Hérouxville and Saint-Tite and some portions of the city of Shawinigan.

The riding was named after the founder of Trois-Rivières in 1634, Nicolas Goupil de Laviolette.

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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (1931-1968) and the National Assembly of Quebec (since 1968)

  Name Assignments [1] Party Election [2] Popular Vote [3]
     Joseph-Alphida Crête [4] Government MLA Liberal 1931 56%
     Romulus Ducharme Opposition MLA Action libérale nationale 1935 61%
     Romulus Ducharme [5] Government MLA Union Nationale 1936 65%
     Edmond Guibord Government MLA Liberal 1939 49%
     Romulus Ducharme Government MLA Union Nationale 1944 55%
     Romulus Ducharme Government MLA Union Nationale 1948 54%
     Romulus Ducharme Government MLA
Parliamentary Secretary (after 1956)		 Union Nationale 1952 53%
     Romulus Ducharme Parliamentary Secretary Union Nationale 1956 59%
     Romulus Ducharme Official Opposition MLA Union Nationale 1960 52%
     Romulus Ducharme Official Opposition MLA Union Nationale 1962 54%
     André Leduc Government MLA Union Nationale 1966 54%
     Prudent Carpentier Government MNA Liberal 1970 29%
     Prudent Carpentier [6] Government MNA Liberal 1973 46%
     Jean-Pierre Jolivet Government MNA
Deputy Speaker (after 1980)		 Parti Québécois 1976 39%
     Jean-Pierre Jolivet Deputy Speaker (before 1984)
Cabinet Member (after 1984)		 Parti Québécois 1981 56%
     Jean-Pierre Jolivet Official Opposition MNA Parti Québécois 1985 56%
     Jean-Pierre Jolivet Official Opposition MNA Parti Québécois 1989 66%
     Jean-Pierre Jolivet Government House Whip (until 1997)
Government House Leader (after 1997)
Cabinet Member (after 1997)		 Parti Québécois 1994 64%
     Jean-Pierre Jolivet [7] Cabinet Member Parti Québécois 1998 54%
     Julie Boulet Official Opposition MNA Liberal 2001 61%
     Julie Boulet [8] Cabinet Member Liberal 2003 53%
     Julie Boulet Cabinet Member Liberal 2007 41%

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.
  2. ^ By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.
  3. ^ Elections par circonscriptions - Laviolette
  4. ^ Crête resigned in 1935 to become Member of the Canadian House of Commons.
  5. ^ Ducharme lost the 1939 election.
  6. ^ Carpentier lost the 1976 election.
  7. ^ Jolivet resigned in 2001.
  8. ^ Boulet was excluded from the Cabinet from May 30 to September 10, 2003.

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[edit] See also

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts

Ungava, Roberval
v • d • e
 
Abitibi-Est, Gatineau North Lac-Saint-Jean, Chauveau, Portneuf
West   Laviolette    East
South
Labelle, Berthier, Maskinongé, Saint-Maurice, Champlain
v • d • e
Quebec provincial electoral districts
Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
and Côte-Nord
Capitale-Nationale
Mauricie
Chaudière-Appalaches
and Centre-du-Québec
Estrie (Eastern Townships)
Eastern Montérégie
South Shore
East Montreal
                          Central Montreal
West Montreal
North Montreal
Laval
Lanaudière
Laurentians
Outaouais
Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec
See also: 2007 election • List of elections • Politics of Quebec
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