Berthier—Montcalm

Berthier—Montcalm
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1987
District abolished 2003
First contested 1988
Last contested 2002 by-election

Berthier—Montcalm was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2004.

This riding was created in 1987 from Berthier—Maskinongé—LanaudiĂšre riding. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Berthier—MaskinongĂ©, Laurentides—Labelle, Montcalm and RiviĂšre-du-Nord ridings.

Berthier—Montcalm consisted of the towns of Berthierville, Louiseville and Saint-Gabriel; parts of the Counties of Berthier, Joliette, MaskinongĂ©,Montcalm, and Saint-Maurice. In 1996, the riding was redefined to consist of the cities of Berthierville, Laurentides and Saint-Gabriel, the county regional municipalities of Montcalm, D'Autray and Matawinie (including Manouane Indian Reserve No. 26), and the Village Municipality of New Glasgow and the Municipality of Sainte-Sophie in the County Regional Municipality of La RiviĂšre-du-Nord.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Berthier—Montcalm
Riding created from Berthier—Maskinongé—LanaudiĂšre
34th  1988–1993     Robert de Cotret Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Michel Bellehumeur Bloc QuĂ©bĂ©cois
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2002
 2002–2004 Roger Gaudet
Riding dissolved into Berthier—MaskinongĂ©, Laurentides—Labelle,
Montcalm and RiviĂšre-du-Nord

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative DE COTRET, Robert 29,370
  Liberal ROBERGE, Maurice 13,624
  New Democratic Party ARÈS, Pierre 5,883
GreenSYLVESTRE, Roberte 2,084
  No affiliation YANAKIS, Antonio 1,292
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Bloc QuébécoisBELLEHUMEUR, Michel 36,065
  Liberal BÉLANGER, Madeleine 16,133
  Progressive Conservative NAUD, RĂ©al 5,358
  Natural Law CROTEAU, RĂ©al 804
  New Democratic Party DE BILLY, Jean-Pierre 591
NationalHARVEY, Laurent 276
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Bloc QuébécoisBELLEHUMEUR, Michel 32,707
  Liberal PERREAULT, Lise 15,073
  Progressive Conservative NAUD, RĂ©al 13,338
  New Democratic Party DE BILLY, Jean-Pierre 1,009
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Bloc QuébécoisBELLEHUMEUR, Michel 31,703
  Liberal HUDON, Jean-Carle 16,675
AllianceNAUD, RĂ©al 2,853
  Progressive Conservative LAVIGNE, Paul 2,014
MarijuanaHÉNAULT, SĂ©bastien 1,460
  New Democratic Party DE BILLY, Jean-Pierre 829
By-election on Mr. Bellehumeur's resignation, 18 May 2002:
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Bloc QuébécoisRoger Gaudet 13,747
  Liberal Richard Giroux 11,646
  New Democratic Party François Rivest 977
  Progressive Conservative Richard Lafleur 598
AllianceRĂ©al Naud 475

See also

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