Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour

Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour

Quebec electoral district
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Louis Plamondon BQ
District created	1968
First contested	1968
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	91,745
Electors (2011)	76,352
Area (km²)	2,870
Pop. density (per km²)	32
Census divisions	Bécancour,
Census subdivisions	Bécancour, Nicolet, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Saint-Ours, Sorel-Tracy

Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour (formerly Richelieu) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

Geography

The riding, along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the city of Trois-Rivières, straddles the Quebec regions of Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie.

The riding consists of:

• the Regional County Municipality of Nicolet-Yamaska, including Odanak Indian reserve No. 12;
• the Regional County Municipality of Pierre-De Saurel (formerly Le Bas-Richelieu) and
• the Regional County Municipality of Bécancour, including Wôlinak Indian reserve No. 11.

The neighbouring ridings are Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Mégantic—L'Érable, Richmond—Arthabaska, Drummond, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, Verchères—Les Patriotes, Berthier—Maskinongé, Trois-Rivières, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, and Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier.

History

It was created as "Richelieu" riding in 1968 from parts of Nicolet—Yamaska and Richelieu—Verchères ridings.

It was renamed "Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour" in 1998.

In 2003, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour was abolished when it was redistributed into a new "Richelieu" riding, which incorporated parts of Lotbinière—L'Érable riding. Richelieu was renamed "Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour" after the 2004 election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Nicolet—Yamaska and Richelieu—Verchères prior to 1968
Richelieu
28th	1968–1972		Florian Côté	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980		Jean-Louis Leduc	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Louis Plamondon	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1990
	1990			Independent
	1990–1993			Bloc Québécois
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
37th	2000–2004		Louis Plamondon	Bloc Québécois
Richelieu
38th	2004–2006		Louis Plamondon	Bloc Québécois
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
39th	2006–2008		Louis Plamondon	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, 2004-present

Canadian federal election, 2011: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	(x)Louis Plamondon	19,046	38.30	-16.37
	New Democratic Party	Krista Lalonde	17,705	35.60	+27.43
	Conservative	Charles Cartier	6,478	13.03	-5.12
	Liberal	Rhéal Blais	5,024	10.10	-6.18
	Green	Anne-Marie Tanguay	1,479	2.97	+0.25
Total valid votes			49,732	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,058
Turnout			50,790
Source: Official Results, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 2008: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	(x)Louis Plamondon	26,821	54.67	-1.25	$81,799
	Conservative	Réjean Bériault	8,904	18.15	-5.21	$36,546
	Liberal	Ghislaine Cournoyer	7,987	16.28	+3.30	$12,932
	New Democratic Party	Nourredine Seddiki	4,010	8.17	+3.64	$3,020
	Green	Rebecca Laplante	1,334	2.72	-0.50
Total valid votes			49,056	100.00
Total rejected ballots			918
Turnout			49,974	65.45	-1.41
Electors on the lists			76,352
'Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 2006: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	(x)Louis Plamondon	27,742	55.92	-8.75	$58,033
	Conservative	Marie-Ève Hélie-Lambert	11,588	23.36	+15.71	$29,709
	Liberal	Ghislaine Provencher	6,438	12.98	-9.70	$49,696
	New Democratic Party	Marie-Claude Cartier	2,248	4.53	+2.44	none listed
	Green	Louis Lacroix	1,595	3.22	+1.50	$116
Total valid votes			49,611	100.00
Total rejected ballots			877
Turnout			50,488	66.86	+0.80
Electors on the lists			75,514
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Richelieu, 2003-2004

Canadian federal election, 2004: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	(x)Louis Plamondon	31,497	64.67	+8.50	$62,832
	Liberal	Ghislaine Provencher	11,045	22.68	-8.83	$57,727
	Conservative	Daniel A. Proulx	3,726	7.65	-1.79	$4,855
	New Democratic Party	Charles Bussières	1,017	2.09		none listed
	Green	Jean-Pierre Bonenfant	839	1.72		$475
	Marijuana	Daniel Blackburn	580	1.19		none listed
Total valid votes			48,704	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,308
Turnout			50,012	66.06
Electors on the lists			75,702
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative figures from 2000. Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, 1998 - 2003

Canadian federal election, 2000: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	(x)Louis Plamondon	25,266	56.92	+2.12	$58,797
	Liberal	Roland Paradis	13,781	31.04	+2.13	$50,880
	Canadian Alliance	Frédéric Lajoie	2,078	4.68		$882
	Progressive Conservative	Gabriel Rousseau	1,944	4.38	-9.78	$129
	Marijuana	Black D. Blackburn	901	2.03		$9
	New Democratic Party	Raymond Dorion	421	0.95	-1.18	none listed
Total valid votes			44,391	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,229
Turnout			45,620	67.27	-8.80
Electors on the lists			67,815
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Richelieu, 1968 - 1998

Canadian federal election, 1997: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	(x)Louis Plamondon	26,421	54.80		$59,298
	Liberal	Jocelyn Paul	13,941	28.91		$41,680
	Progressive Conservative	Yves Schelling	6,827	14.16		$1,580
	New Democratic Party	Sylvain Pelletier	1,028	2.13		$560
Total valid votes			48,217	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,418
Turnout			50,635	76.07
Electors on the lists			66,566
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1993: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	(x)Louis Plamondon	31,558	66.52		$44,261
	Liberal	Michel Biron	10,933	23.05	+3.78	$46,920
	Progressive Conservative	Lorraine Frappier	4,455	9.39	-59.52	$44,361
	New Democratic Party	Carl Ethier	337	0.71	-6.06	$0
	Commonwealth	Paulo da Silva	157	0.33		$0
Total valid votes			47,440	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,878
Turnout			49,318	81.73	+1.89
Electors on the lists			60,340
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from the official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1988: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	(x)Louis Plamondon	32,104	68.91		$40,540
	Liberal	Yvon Hébert	8,979	19.27		$17,953
	New Democratic Party	Gaston Dupuis	3,154	6.77		$0
	Green	Jacqueline Lacoste	1,896	4.07		$133
	Rhinoceros	Paul Poison Hevey	457	0.98		$0
Total valid votes			46,590	100.00
Total rejected ballots			869
Turnout			47,459	79.84
Electors on the lists			59,440
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988.

Canadian federal election, 1984: Richelieu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Plamondon	28,747	59.22	+39.25
	Liberal	Jean-Louis Leduc	14,933	30.76	-37.39
	New Democratic	Gaston Dupuis	2,174	4.48	-2.96
	Parti nationaliste	Guy Vachon	1,463	3.01	-
	Rhinoceros	Yves Pi-oui Banville	945	1.95	-1.02
	Social Credit	Rénald Bibeau	202	0.42	-
	Commonwealth of Canada	Yves Julien	76	0.16	-
Total valid votes			48,540	100.00
Total rejected ballots			661
Turnout			49,201	81.64
Electors on the lists			60,264
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-third General Election, 1984.

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Jean-Louis Leduc	27,886	68.15	+12.29
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Rock	8,155	19.97	-4.92
	New Democratic	Julian Heller	3,004	7.34	+4.02
	Rhinoceros	Hélène Moreau	1,215	2.97	+0.67
	Independent	Jean-Paul Cadorette	268	0.65	Ø
	Union populaire	Rolland Cousineau	265	0.65	+0.17
	Marxist–Leninist	Mario Bellavance	124	0.30	-0.02

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Jean-Louis Leduc	25,264	55.86	-3.12
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Gervais	11,258	24.89	-9.28
	Social Credit	André Hébert	5,798	12.82	Ø
	New Democratic	Madeleine Martel	1,500	3.32	-1.44
	Rhinoceros	Jean-Serge Baribeau	1,041	2.30	Ø
	Union populaire	Rolland Cousineau	218	0.48	Ø
	Marxist–Leninist	Mario Bellavance	145	0.32	-1.77

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Florian Coté	20,801	58.98	+10.64
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Biron	12,052	34.17	+8.81
	New Democratic	Hans-G. Zimmermann	1,679	4.76	+1.53
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Bibeau	737	2.09	Ø

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Florian Coté	18,087	48.34	-0.42
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Ménard	9,487	25.36	-14.25
	Social Credit	Guy Dufour	8,340	22.30	Ø
	New Democratic	René Bélanger	1,209	3.23	-0.9
	Independent	Guy Mandeville	292	0.78	Ø

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Florian Coté	15,350	48.76	Ø
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Gagné	12,470	39.61	Ø
	Ralliement créditiste	Armand Preston	1,966	6.25	Ø
	New Democratic	Lise Proulx-Morgan	1,300	4.13	Ø
	Independent	Joffre Ritter	395	1.25	Ø

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Richelieu 1966-1998
• Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour 1998-2003
• Richelieu 2003- 2004
• Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour 2004-present

External links

• Atlas of Canada