Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet (formerly known as Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.
It was created as "Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1996 from Bellechasse electoral district. It was renamed "Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1997. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Lévis—Bellechasse and Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny ridings.
The district consisted of the cities of L'Islet, Lac-Etchemin, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the Regional County Municipalities of Bellechasse, L'Islet, Montmagny and Les Etchemins (except the municipalities of Saint-Benjamin, Saint-Prosper, Saint-Zacharie and Sainte-Aurélie).
Members of Parliament
This riding elected only one Member of Parliament:
- Gilbert Normand, Liberal (1997–2004)
Normand won the 1997 election narrowly over François Langlois of the Bloc Québécois, but beat him in 2000 handily.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | NORMAND, Gilbert | 14,100 | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | LANGLOIS, François | 14,053 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | ROY, Denis | 12,840 | ||||||
| Reform | POULIOT, Gaétan | 611 | ||||||
| New Democratic | MICHAUD, Branda | 520 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | NORMAND, Gilbert | 19,163 | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | LANGLOIS, François | 14,973 | ||||||
| Alliance | ROY, Jean-Claude | 4,224 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | LAFOND, Suzanne | 1,636 | ||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Riding history from the] Library of Parliament