Berthier (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Berthier (federal electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Berthier (Province of Canada electoral district).
Berthier
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 		 
Caroline Proulx
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created1867
First contested1867
Last contested2018
Demographics
Population (2006)68,669
Electors (2012)[1]55,819
Area (km²)[2]10,354.1
Pop. density (per km²)6.6
Census division(s)D'Autray (all), Matawinie (part)
Census subdivision(s)Berthierville, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie, Mandeville, Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Saint-Barthélemy, Sainte-Béatrix, Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon, Saint-Côme, Saint-Cuthbert, Saint-Damien, Saint-Didace, Sainte-Élisabeth, Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Saint-Gabriel, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare, Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Saint-Norbert, Saint-Zénon; Manawan; Baie-Atibenne, Baie-de-la-Bouteille, Baie-Obaoca, Lac-Cabasta, Lac-Devenyns, Lac-du-Taureau, Lac-Legendre, Lac-Matawin, Lac-Minaki, Lac-Santé, Saint-Guillaume-Nord

Berthier (French pronunciation: [bɛʁtje] ⓘ) is a provincial electoral district in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Lavaltrie, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Lanoraie, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Berthierville, Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Saint-Gabriel and Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon.

It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada).

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Sainte-Mélanie to the Joliette electoral district but gained Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare from that same electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
1st  1867–1871     Louis-Joseph Moll Conservative
2nd  1871–1875     Louis Sylvestre Liberal
3rd  1875–1878
4th  1878–1881     Joseph Robillard Conservative
5th  1881–1886
6th  1886–1889     Louis Sylvestre Liberal
 1890–1890 Omer Dostaler
7th  1890–1892 Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert
8th  1892–1897     Victor Allard Conservative
9th  1897–1900     Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert Liberal
10th  1900–1903
 1904–1904 Joseph Lafontaine
11th  1904–1908
12th  1908–1912
13th  1912–1916     Joseph-Olivier Gadoury Conservative
14th  1916–1919     Joseph Lafontaine Liberal
15th  1919–1923 Simeon Lafrenière
16th  1923–1925
 1925–1927 Amédée Sylvestre
17th  1927–1931 Cléophas Bastien
18th  1931–1935
19th  1935–1936
20th  1936–1939
21st  1939–1944
22nd  1944–1948 Armand Sylvestre
23rd  1948–1952     Azellus Lavallée Union Nationale
24th  1952–1956
25th  1956–1960
26th  1960–1962
27th  1962–1966     Lucien McGuire Liberal
28th  1966–1970     Guy Gauthier Union Nationale
29th  1970–1973
30th  1973–1976     Michel Denis Liberal
31st  1976–1981     Jean-Guy Mercier Parti Québécois
32nd  1981–1985     Albert Houde Liberal
33rd  1985–1989
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1998     Gilles Baril Parti Québécois
36th  1998–2002
 2002–2003     Marie Grégoire Action démocratique
37th  2003–2007     Alexandre Bourdeau Parti Québécois
38th  2007–2008     François Benjamin Action démocratique
39th  2008–2012     André Villeneuve Parti Québécois
40th  2012–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022     Caroline Proulx Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd  2022–Present

Election results

2022 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Caroline Proulx
Parti Québécois Julie Boucher
Québec solidaire Amélie Drainville
Conservative Benoit Primeau –
Liberal Hassan Abdallah
Climat Québec Claire Aubin –
Total valid votes –
Total rejected ballots –
Turnout
Electors on the lists – –
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Caroline Proulx 18,048 45.13 +14.09
Parti Québécois André Villeneuve 11,567 28.92 -10.68
Québec solidaire Louise Beaudry 6,169 15.43 +4.42
Liberal Robert Magnan 3,052 7.63 -12.26
Green Jérôme St-Jean 687 1.72 +0.45
Citoyens au pouvoir Rémi Bourdon 467 1.17
Total valid votes 39,990 98.15
Total rejected ballots 752 1.85
Turnout 40,742 69.84
Eligible voters 58,335
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois Swing +12.39
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois André Villeneuve 15,070 39.60 -7.34
Coalition Avenir Québec Élizabeth Leclerc 11,814 31.04 -1.20
Liberal Pierre-Luc Bellerose 7,570 19.89 +6.76
Québec solidaire Louise Beaudry 2,666 7.01 +2.18
Green Pierre Baril 483 1.27 +0.03
Option nationale Francis Lamarre 261 0.69 -0.40
Mon pays le Québec Claude Dupré 193 0.51 –
Total valid votes 38,057 98.15 –
Total rejected ballots 718 1.85 +0.38
Turnout 38,775 68.86 -6.83
Electors on the lists 56,312 – –
Parti Québécois hold Swing -3.07
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois André Villeneuve 19,584 46.94 +4.33
Coalition Avenir Québec François Benjamin 13,454 32.25 +6.54
Liberal Catherine Haulard 5,477 13.13 -12.88
Québec solidaire Louise Beaudry 2,015 4.83 +1.90
Green Dany Ouellet 518 1.24 -1.48
Option nationale Raymond Guay 452 1.08 –
Coalition pour la constituante Pierre Baril 221 0.53 –
Total valid votes 41,721 98.53 –
Total rejected ballots 624 1.47 –
Turnout 42,345 75.69 +15.26
Electors on the lists 55,944 – –

^ Change is based on redistributed results. Coalition Avenir change is from Action démocratique.

2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois André Villeneuve 13,776 42.50 +7.77
Liberal Norman Blackburn 8,435 26.02 +8.63
Action démocratique François Benjamin 8,358 25.79 -16.45
Québec solidaire Jocelyne Dupuis 934 2.88 +0.05
Green Yan Beaudry 911 2.81 -0.01
Total valid votes 32,414 98.16 –
Total rejected ballots 608 1.84 –
Turnout 33,022 60.43 -12.30
Electors on the lists 54,647 – –
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Action démocratique François Benjamin 16,242 42.24 +10.38
Parti Québécois Alexandre Bourdeau 13,354 34.73 -0.27
Liberal Carole Majeau 6,687 17.39 -13.93
Québec solidaire Jocelyne Dupuis 1,087 2.83 +1.00*
Green André Chauvette 1,084 2.82 –
Total valid votes 38,454 98.89 –
Total rejected ballots 432 1.11 –
Turnout 38,886 72.73 +3.36
Electors on the lists 53,464 – –

* Result compared to UFP

2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Alexandre Bourdeau 12,101 35.00 +7.08
Action démocratique Marie Grégoire 11,014 31.86 -19.14
Liberal Carole Majeau 10,828 31.32 +10.25
UFP Pierre Gravel 632 1.83 –
Total valid votes 34,575 98.45 –
Total rejected ballots 546 1.55 –
Turnout 35,121 69.37 +4.00
Electors on the lists 50,631 – –
Quebec provincial by-election, June 17, 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Action démocratique Marie Grégoire 16,389 51.00 +37.35
Parti Québécois David Levine 8,973 27.92 -25.66
Liberal Carole Majeau 6,771 21.07 -10.19
Total valid votes 32,133 98.42 –
Total rejected ballots 515 1.58 –
Turnout 32,648 65.37 -14.14
Electors on the lists 49,941 – –
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Gilles Baril 20,074 53.58 −0.08
Liberal Sylvie Thouin 11,710 31.26 −5.04
Action démocratique Robert Robitaille 5,113 13.65 +5.31
Socialist Democracy François Rivest 297 0.79 –
Natural Law Louise Roy 268 0.72 +0.01
Total valid votes 37,462 98.59 –
Rejected and declined votes 535 1.41 –
Turnout 37,997 79.51 −2.51
Electors on the lists 47,790 – –
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 25,986 63.02
Non 15,249 36.98

References

  1. ^ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=353&section=population [dead link‍]
  2. ^ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=353&section=superficie [dead link‍]
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