Kamouraska-Témiscouata

Kamouraska-Témiscouata
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1972
District abolished2011
First contested1973
Last contested2010 (by-election)
Demographics
Population (2006)44,307
Electors (2008)[1]34,426
Area (km²)[2]6,153.87
Census division(s)Kamouraska, Témiscouata
Census subdivision(s)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 (French pronunciation: [kamuʁaska temiskwata]) 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 was dissolved prior to the 2012 election and replaced by the Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata and Côte-du-Sud electoral districts.[3]

Members of the National Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Kamouraska,
L'Islet and Témiscouata
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
36th  1998–2003
37th  2003–2007
38th  2007–2008
39th  2008–2010
 2010–2012     André Simard Parti Québécois
Dissolved into Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata
and Côte-du-Sud

Electoral results

Quebec provincial 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
Green Frédéric Brophy Nolan 314 1.60 –
Total valid votes 19,575 98.51 –
Rejected and declined votes 296 1.49 –
Turnout 19,871 57.65 -2.90
Electors on the lists 34,470 – –
Parti Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +16.78
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2008 Quebec general election
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 –
Total valid votes 20,573 – –
Liberal hold Swing +14.55
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2007 Quebec general election
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 -
Green Louise Lebel 515 2.08 +0.89


2003 Quebec general election
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
Green Guy Duguay 293 1.19 -
Independent Raymond Robert 238 0.97 -
1998 Quebec general election
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
Quebec provincial 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
1994 Quebec general election
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 Democratic André Bourgoin 717 2.95 –
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side Votes %
Non 14,734 62.12
Oui 8,985 37.88
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal France Dionne 12,354 55.67 -1.72
Parti Québécois Claudette Dorval 8,233 37.10 +0.92
Green Marie-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 [dead link‍]
  2. ^ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=692&section=superficie [dead link‍]
  3. ^ Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2012.
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