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

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

Quebec electoral district
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	François Lapointe NDP
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	97,492
Electors (2011)	77,851
Area (km²)	7,495
Pop. density (per km²)	13
Census divisions	Kamouraska, L'Islet, Montmagny, Rivière-du-Loup
Census subdivisions	Rivière-du-Loup, Montmagny, La Pocatière, L'Islet, Saint-Antonin, Saint-Pascal, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Saint-Pamphile

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 Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 97,492.

Geography

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

The neighbouring ridings are Lévis—Bellechasse, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, 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".

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet prior to 2003
Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny
38th	2004–2006		Paul Crête	Bloc Québécois
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
39th	2006–2008		Paul Crête	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2009
	2009–2011		Bernard Généreux	Conservative
41st	2011–present		François Lapointe	New Democratic

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. [1]

Election results

Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, 2004 - present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	17,285	36.36	+31.58
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	17,276	36.34	-6.33
	Bloc Québécois	Nathalie Arsenault	9,550	20.09	-17.58
	Liberal	Andrew Caddell	2,743	5.77	-7.55
	Green	Lynette Tremblay	691	1.45	-0.21
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,545	100.00
Total rejected ballots			677
Turnout			48,222	61.11

Note: 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.

By-election on November 9, 2009 resignation of Paul Crête
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	12,162	42.67	+12.03	$85,278
	Bloc Québécois	Nancy Gagnon	10,737	37.67	-8.36	$74,822
	Liberal	Marcel Catellier	3,768	13.22	-2.13	$28,253
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	1,363	4.78	-0.67	$24,824
	Green	Charles Marois	472	1.66	-0.54
Total valid votes			28,502	100.00	–	$86,257
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			28,502	36.60

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paul Crête	20,494	46.03	-6.41	$81,764
	Conservative	Denis Laflamme	13,640	30.63	+5.57	$53,202
	Liberal	Jean Bouchard	6,835	15.35	+1.29	$35,425
	New Democratic	Gaston Hervieux	2,428	5.45	+0.87	$2,065
	Green	Claude Gaumond	978	2.19	-1.65
	Christian Heritage	Aubert Côté	147	0.33	$130
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,522	100.00	$84,417
Total rejected ballots			535	1.19	-0.25
Turnout			45,057	57.49
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing	-6.0

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paul Crête	24,117	52.44	-4.69	$70,328
	Conservative	Daniel Nadeau	11,529	25.07	+15.96	$2,633
	Liberal	Lise M. Vachon	6,466	14.06	-15.54	$25,795
	New Democratic	Myriam Leblanc	2,107	4.58	+2.61	$1,395
	Green	Serge Lemay	1,768	3.84	+1.67	$151
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,987	100.00	$79,280
Total rejected ballots			672	1.44	-0.50
Turnout			46,659	59.53

Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny, 2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paul Crête	25,327	57.13	+8.21	$58,666
	Liberal	Isabelle Mignault	13,124	29.60	-9.91	$50,838
	Conservative	Marc-André Drolet	4,040	9.11	-1.17
	Green	André Clermont	962	2.17	–
	New Democratic	Frédérick Garon	876	1.97	+0.91
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,329	100.00	$77,868
Total rejected ballots			877	1.94
Turnout			45,206	57.61

^ % change is from redistributed results. Conservative change is from total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

See also

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

Sources

• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup from the Library of Parliament