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	Bernard Généreux Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	97,261
Electors (2015)	78,291
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 House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 97,492. It has the highest percentage of Catholics in Canada (97.1%, 2001 Census)

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". There will be no boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Riding Associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address	HQ City
	Conservative	Association du Parti conservateur Montmagny--L'Islet--Kamouraska--Rivière-du-Loup	Soledad Belley	33 Saint-Elzéar Street	Rivière-du-Loup
	Liberal	Association libérale fédérale de Montmagny--L'Islet--Kamouraska--Rivière-du-Loup	Francis Lemieux	260 Louise Avenue	Montmagny
	New Democratic	NPD Montmagny--L'Islet--Kamouraska--Rivière-du-Loup	Nicolas Bernier	432 de Gaspé Avenue East	Saint-Jean-Port-Joli

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Riding created from Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet
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	2011–2015		François Lapointe	New Democratic
42nd	2015–Present		Bernard Généreux	Conservative

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, 2013 Representation Order

There will be no boundary changes for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Canadian federal election, 2015
The 2015 general election will be held on October 19.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Green	Chantal Breton	–	–	–	–
	Rhinoceros	Bien Gras Gagné	–	–	–	–
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Gagnon	–	–	–	–
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	–	–	–	–
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	–	–	–	–
	Liberal	Marie-Josée Normand	–	–	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$212,731.62
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			78,291
Source: Elections Canada

Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	17,285	36.36	+31.58	$1,995.19
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	17,276	36.34	-6.33	$79,493.77
	Bloc Québécois	Nathalie Arsenault	9,550	20.09	-17.58	$66,461.89
	Liberal	Andrew Caddell	2,743	5.77	-7.55	$11,840.48
	Green	Lynette Tremblay	691	1.45	-0.21	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,545	100.0		$87,227.52
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			677	1.40	+0.48
Turnout			48,222	61.06	+24.13
Eligible voters			78,969
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+18.96
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. Changes are based on results from the 2009 by-election.
Sources:

Canadian federal by-election, November 9, 2009 Resignation of Paul Crête
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bernard Généreux	12,162	42.67	+12.03	$85,278.26
	Bloc Québécois	Nancy Gagnon	10,737	37.67	-8.36	$74,821.57
	Liberal	Marcel Catellier	3,768	13.22	-2.13	$28,252.66
	New Democratic	François Lapointe	1,363	4.78	-0.67	$24,823.51
	Green	Charles Marois	472	1.66	-0.54	none listed
Total valid votes			28,502	100.0		$86,257
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			264	0.92
Turnout			28,766	36.93	-20.56
Eligible voters			77,877
	Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+10.20

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paul Crête	20,494	46.03	-6.41	$79,545.24
	Conservative	Denis Laflamme	13,640	30.63	+5.57	$53,148.59
	Liberal	Jean Bouchard	6,835	15.35	+1.29	$35,424.87
	New Democratic	Gaston Hervieux	2,428	5.45	+0.87	$2,064.79
	Green	Claude Gaumond	978	2.19	-1.65	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Aubert Côté	147	0.33	–	$129.95
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,522	100.0		$84,417
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			535	1.19	-0.25
Turnout			45,057	57.49	-2.04
Eligible voters			78,377
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-5.99

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paul Crête	24,117	52.44	-4.69	$62,315.33
	Conservative	Daniel Nadeau	11,529	25.07	+15.96	$2,633.47
	Liberal	Lise M. Vachon	6,466	14.06	-15.54	$26,095.93
	New Democratic	Myriam Leblanc	2,107	4.58	+2.61	$1,394.64
	Green	Serge Lemay	1,768	3.84	+1.67	$151.25
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,987	100.0		$79,280
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			672	1.44	-0.50
Turnout			46,659	59.53
Eligible voters			78,382
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-10.32

Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paul Crête	25,327	57.13	+8.21	$58,665.91
	Liberal	Isabelle Mignault	13,124	29.60	-9.91	$50,107.79
	Conservative	Marc-André Drolet	4,040	9.11	-1.17	$11,331.38
	Green	André Clermont	962	2.17	–	none listed
	New Democratic	Frédérick Garon	876	1.97	+0.91	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,329	100.0		$77,868
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			877	1.94
Turnout			45,206	57.61	-0.69
Eligible voters			78,473
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+9.06
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined total of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	21,530	48.92
	Liberal	17,390	39.51
	Alliance	2,855	6.49
	Progressive Conservative	1,667	3.79
	New Democratic	468	1.06
	Others	103	0.23

See also

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

References

• "(Code 24058) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
• 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