Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup

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Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska
—Rivière-du-Loup
Quebec electoral district


Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Paul Crête
BQ
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006) 97,492
Electors (2006) 78,382
Area (km²) 7,495
Pop. density (per km²) 13
Census divisions Kamouraska, L'Islet, Montmagny, Rivière-du-Loup
Census subdivisions Rivière-du-Loup, Montmagny, La Pocatière, L'Islet, Saint-Antonin, Saint-Pascal, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Saint-Pamphile

Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (formerly Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 97,492.

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[edit] Geography

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Kamouraska, L'Islet, Montmagny and Rivière-du-Loup

The neighbouring ridings are Lévis—Bellechasse, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created as "Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny" in 2003 55.5% from Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques and 44.5% from Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet ridings.

Its name was changed after the 2004 election to "Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup".

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

  1. Paul Crête, Bloc Québécois (2004–)

[edit] Election results

[edit] Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes
     Bloc Québécois Paul Crête 24,117
     Conservative Daniel Nadeau 11,529
     Liberal Lise M. Vachon 6,466
     New Democrat Myriam Leblanc 2,107
     Green Serge Lemay 1,768

[edit] Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
     Bloc Québécois Paul Crête 25,327
     Liberal Isabelle Mignault 13,124
     Conservative Marc-André Drolet 4,040
     Green André Clermont 962
     New Democrat Frédérick Garon 876

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