Kamouraska-Témiscouata

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Kamouraska-Témiscouata
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
District created 1972
District abolished 2011
First contested 1973
Last contested 2010 (by-election)
Demographics
Population (2006) 44,307
Electors (2008)[1] 34,426
Area (km²)[2] 6,153.87
Census divisions Kamouraska, Témiscouata
Census subdivisions Auclair, Dégelis, Kamouraska, La Pocatière, Lejeune, Mont-Carmel, Packington, Pohénégamook, Rivière-Bleue, Rivière-Ouelle, Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Saint-André, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Saint-Athanase, Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska, Saint-Denis, Saint-Elzéar-de-Témiscouata, Saint-Eusèbe, Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant, Saint-Germain, Sainte-Hélène, Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata, Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska, Saint-Juste-du-Lac, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Sainte-Louise, Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long, Saint-Michel-du-Squatec, Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth, Saint-Pacôme, Saint-Pascal, Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac; Petit-Lac-Sainte-Anne, Picard

Kamouraska-Témiscouata is a former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it included the municipalities of Kamouraska, La Pocatière, Saint-Athanase, Packington, Dégelis and Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac.

It was created for the 1973 election from Kamouraska and parts of L'Islet and Témiscouata. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral districts were Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata and Côte-du-Sud.[3]

Members of the National Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
30th 1973–1976     Jean-Marie Pelletier Liberal
31st 1976–1981     Léonard Lévesque Parti Québécois
32nd 1981–1985
33rd 1985–1989     France Dionne Liberal
34th 1989–1994
35th 1994–1997
1997–1998     Claude Béchard Liberal
36th 1998–2003
37th 2003–2007
38th 2007–2008
39th 2008–2010
2010–2012     André Simard Parti Québécois

Electoral results

Kamouraska-Témiscouata by-election, November 29, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois André Simard 7,213 36.85 +15.70
     Liberal France Dionne 7,017 35.85 -17.85
     Action démocratique Gérald Beaulieu 4,509 23.03 +1.47
     Québec solidaire Serge Proulx 522 2.67 -0.27
GreenFrédéric Brophy Nolan 314 1.60 -
Quebec general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Claude Béchard 11,048 53.70 +13.98
     Action démocratique Ian Sénéchal 4,436 21.56 -15.12
     Parti Québécois Michel Forget 4,351 21.15 +1.73
     Québec solidaire Manon Côté 604 2.94 +0.83
     Independent Alexis Plourde 134 0.65 -
Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Claude Béchard 9,826 39.72 -6.03
     Action démocratique Gérald Beaulieu 9,074 36.68 +10.27
     Parti Québécois Nancy Gagnon 4,804 19.42 -6.27
     Québec solidaire Céline Tremblay 521 2.11 -
GreenLouise Lebel 515 2.08 +0.89
Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Claude Béchard 11,266 45.75 +2.26
     Action démocratique Pierre Lévesque 6,504 26.41 +14.25
     Parti Québécois Harold LeBel 6,326 25.69 -17.37
GreenGuy Duguay 293 1.19 -
     Independent Raymond Robert 238 0.97 -
Quebec general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Claude Béchard 11,259 43.49 -8.46
     Parti Québécois Denis Simard 11,149 43.06 +5.45
     Action démocratique Arsène Gendron 3,149 12.16 +2.95
     Socialist Democracy Jérôme Frédéric Bouchard 334 1.29 +0.06
Kamouraska-Témiscouata by-election, October 6, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Claude Béchard 9,946 51.95 +9.26
     Parti Québécois Denis Simard 7,201 37.61 -3.49
     Action démocratique Carl Raymond 1,762 9.21 -4.05
     Socialist Democracy Jérôme Frédéric Bouchard 236 1.23 -1.72
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 15,632 52.66
Non 14 055 47.34
Quebec general election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal France Dionne 10,373 42.69 -12.98
     Parti Québécois Hélène Alarie 9,987 41.10 +4.00
     Action démocratique Yvan Ouellet 3,223 13.26 -
     New Democrat André Bourgoin 717 2.95 -
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side Votes %
Non 14,734 62.12
Oui 8,985 37.88
Quebec general election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal France Dionne 12,354 55.67 -1.72
     Parti Québécois Claudette Dorval 8,233 37.10 +0.92
GreenMarie-Hélène Lemieux 1,605 7.23 +4.35
1980 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 13,920 56.03
Oui 10,922 43.97

References

  1. ↑ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=692&section=population
  2. ↑ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=692&section=superficie
  3. ↑ Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report". Retrieved March 21, 2012. 

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Election results
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Neighbouring electoral districts

 Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski
Charlevoix
  Kamouraska-Témiscouata  
Montmagny-L'Islet
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
Laurentides
Outaouais
Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec
Eliminated
in the 2012 election:

1Côte-du-Sud is split between Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches

See also:

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