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

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 House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 97,492. It has the highest percentage of Catholics in Canada (97.1%, 2001 Census)

Geography

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

The neighbouring ridings are Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix , and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques.

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". There will be no boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Riding Associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address	HQ City
	Conservative	Association du Parti conservateur Montmagny--L'Islet--Kamouraska--Rivière-du-Loup	Soledad Belley	33 Saint-Elzéar Street	Rivière-du-Loup
	Liberal	Association libérale fédérale de Montmagny--L'Islet--Kamouraska--Rivière-du-Loup	Francis Lemieux	260 Louise Avenue	Montmagny
	New Democratic	NPD Montmagny--L'Islet--Kamouraska--Rivière-du-Loup

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Riding created from Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet and Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques
38th	2004–2006	Paul Crête	Bloc Québécois
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
39th	2006–2008	Paul Crête	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2009	Paul Crête	Bloc Québécois
40th	2009–2011	Bernard Généreux	Conservative
41st	2011–2015	François Lapointe	New Democratic
42nd	2015–Present	Bernard Généreux	Conservative

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census

Ethnic groups: 98.9% White
Languages: 98.9% French
Religions: (2001) 97.1% Catholic, 1.8% No religion
Average income: $22,026

The riding is the most Catholic riding in Canada. It is also the most French riding in Canada, by mother tongue, and spoken at home.

Election results

Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, 2013 Representation Order

There will be no boundary changes for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	14,274	28.99	-7.35	–
	Liberal	Marie-Josée Normand	14,002	28.43	+22.66	–
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	11,918	24.2	-12.16	–
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Gagnon	7,939	16.12	-3.97	–
	Green	Chantal Breton	823	1.67	+0.22	–
	Rhinoceros	Bien Gras Gagné	287	0.58	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,243	100.0		$212,731.62
Total rejected ballots			777	1.50	+0.10
Turnout			50,020	63.72	+2.66
Eligible voters			78,489
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+4.81
These results were subject to a judicial recount,^[3] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Bernard Généreux over Marie-Josée Normand increased from 269 votes to 272 votes as a result of the recount.^[4]
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	17,285	36.36	+31.58	$1,995.19
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	17,276	36.34	-6.33	$79,493.77
	Bloc Québécois	Nathalie Arsenault	9,550	20.09	-17.58	$66,461.89
	Liberal	Andrew Caddell	2,743	5.77	-7.55	$11,840.48
	Green	Lynette Tremblay	691	1.45	-0.21	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,545	100.0		$87,227.52
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			677	1.40	+0.48
Turnout			48,222	61.06	+24.13
Eligible voters			78,969
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+18.96
This vote was subject to mandatory judicial recount due to the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes. The validated results resulted in Lapointe's victory by a margin of 5 votes. After the recount by a judge, M. Lapointe was confirmed the winner on 13 May 2011, this time by a margin of 9 votes. Changes are based on results from the 2009 by-election.
Sources:^[7]^[8]

Canadian federal by-election, November 9, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	12,162	42.67	+12.03	$85,278.26
	Bloc Québécois	Nancy Gagnon	10,737	37.67	-8.36	$74,821.57
	Liberal	Marcel Catellier	3,768	13.22	-2.13	$28,252.66
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	1,363	4.78	-0.67	$24,823.51
	Green	Charles Marois	472	1.66	-0.54	none listed
Total valid votes			28,502	100.0		$86,257
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			264	0.92	-0.27
Turnout			28,766	36.93	-20.56
Eligible voters			77,877
	Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+10.20
By-election due to the resignation of Paul Crête

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paul Crête	24,117	52.44	-4.69	$62,315.33
	Conservative	Daniel Nadeau	11,529	25.07	+15.96	$2,633.47
	Liberal	Lise M. Vachon	6,466	14.06	-15.54	$26,095.93
	New Democratic	Myriam Leblanc	2,107	4.58	+2.61	$1,394.64
	Green	Serge Lemay	1,768	3.84	+1.67	$151.25
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,987	100.0		$79,280
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			672	1.44	-0.50
Turnout			46,659	59.53
Eligible voters			78,382
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-10.32

Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paul Crête	25,327	57.13	+8.21	$58,665.91
	Liberal	Isabelle Mignault	13,124	29.60	-9.91	$50,107.79
	Conservative	Marc-André Drolet	4,040	9.11	-1.17	$11,331.38
	Green	André Clermont	962	2.17	–	none listed
	New Democratic	Frédérick Garon	876	1.97	+0.91	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,329	100.0		$77,868
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			877	1.94
Turnout			45,206	57.61	-0.69
Eligible voters			78,473
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+9.06
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined total of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	21,530	48.92
	Liberal	17,390	39.51
	Alliance	2,855	6.49
	Progressive Conservative	1,667	3.79
	New Democratic	468	1.06
	Others	103	0.23

References

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ "Judge orders recount for Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup riding". CBC News. October 27, 2015.
↑ Emily Chan (2 November 2015). "Recount confirms Conservative Bernard Genereux won Quebec riding". CTV News. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
↑ Elections Canada – October 19, 2015 Election Results, Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup. After judicial recount.
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
↑ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

Federal ridings in Eastern Quebec

Liberal	Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Conservative	Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup

New Democratic	Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Eastern Quebec

The Eastern Townships

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)

Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy

Montérégie

Quebec City

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

Historical federal ridings in Quebec

Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie

Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval

Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles

Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri

Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul

Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent

Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic

Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel

Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun

Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount

Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle

Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières

Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Until 1962	Témiscouata

Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle

Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright

Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska

Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri

Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil

Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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