Berthier—Maskinongé

Berthier—Maskinongé (formerly known as Berthier and Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1953, from 1968 to 1988, and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 103,516.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 Sources

Geography

The riding extends along the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River between the north suburbs of Montreal and Trois-Rivières, straddling the Quebec regions of Lanaudière and Mauricie.

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of D'Autray and Maskinongé, and the former cities of Pointe-du-Lac and Trois-Rivières-Ouest in the City of Trois-Rivières.

The neighbouring ridings are Joliette, Repentigny, Verchères—Les Patriotes, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Trois-Rivières, and Saint-Maurice—Champlain.

History

The riding was created in 1924 from Berthier and Maskinongé. It consisted of Berthier County and Maskinongé County.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the county of Berthier and the town of Berthierville, the county of Maskinongé and the town of Louiseville, and Gouin township in the county of Joliette.

In 1952, it was abolished when it was merged into Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière riding.

The riding was recreated in 1966 as "Berthier" from the districts of Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière, Chapleau, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm, St-Maurice—Laflèche, and Three Rivers.

In 1975, the name of the riding was changed to "Berthier-Maskinongé". After the 1980 election, the name of the district was changed to Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière.

In the 1984 election, the seat was won by Progressive Conservative Robert de Cotret, who held it until the 1988 election. The riding was abolished in 1987. It was divided between Berthier—Montcalm, Champlain, and Saint-Maurice.

Berthier—Maskinongé was re-created in 2003. 44.8% of the riding came from Trois-Rivières, 36.0% from Berthier—Montcalm, and 19.2% from Saint-Maurice.

In the 2004 election and the 2006 election, Bloc Québécois MP Guy André was elected in the riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Berthier and Maskinongé prior to 1924
Berthier—Maskinongé
15th	1925–1926	Joseph-Charles-Théodore Gervais	Liberal
16th	1926–1930	Joseph-Charles-Théodore Gervais	Liberal
17th	1930–1935	Joseph Arthur Barrette	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	J.-Émile Ferron	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	J.-Émile Ferron	Liberal
20th	1945–1949	Aldéric Laurendeau	Liberal
21st	1949–1953	Joseph Langlois	Liberal
Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière, Chapleau, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm, St-Maurice—Laflèche and Three Rivers from 1952-1966
Berthier
28th	1968–1972	Antonio Yanakis	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Berthier-Maskinongé
31st	1979–1980	Antonio Yanakis	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Antonio Yanakis	Liberal
Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière
33rd	1984–1988	Robert de Cotret	Progressive Conservative
Berthier—Montcalm, Champlain and Saint-Maurice from 1987-2003
Berthier—Maskinongé
38th	2004–2006	Guy André	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present	Ruth Ellen Brosseau	New Democratic

Election results