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Nicolet-Bécancour
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Donald Martel
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created2011
First contested2012
Last contested2014
Demographics
Population (2011)49,310
Electors (2012)[1]39,261
Area (km²)[2]2,796.3
Pop. density (per km²)17.6
Census division(s)Arthabaska (part), Bécancour (part), Drummond (part), Nicolet-Yamaska (part)
Census subdivision(s)Aston-Jonction, Baie-du-Febvre, Bécancour, Daveluyville, Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent, Fortierville, Grand-Saint-Esprit, La Visitation-de-Yamaska, Lemieux, Maddington, Manseau, Nicolet, Parisville, Pierreville, Sainte-Anne-du-Sault, Saint-Bonaventure, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Saint-Célestin (municipality), Saint-Célestin (village), Saint-Elphège, Sainte-Eulalie, Saint-François-du-Lac, Sainte-Françoise, Saint-Guillaume, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford, Sainte-Monique, Sainte-Perpétue, Saint-Pie-de-Guire, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard, Saint-Sylvère, Saint-Wenceslas, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval; Odanak, Wôlinak.

Nicolet-Bécancour is a provincial electoral district in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the cities or municipalities of Pierreville, Nicolet, Bécancour, Sainte-Eulalie, Daveluyville, Saint-Leonard-d'Aston, Saint-Wenceslas.

It was created for the 2012 election from parts of the former Nicolet-Yamaska and Lotbinière-Frontenac electoral districts.[3]

Members of the National Assembly

  1. Donald Martel, Coalition Avenir Québec (2012–present)

Election results

2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Donald Martel 11,168 38.64 +6.63
Liberal Denis Vallée 8,038 27.81 +5.34
Parti Québécois Jean-René Dubois 6,433 22.26 +3.72
Québec solidaire Marc Dion 2,290 7.92
Option nationale Marjolaine Lachapelle 638 2.21 -23.64
Conservative Guillaume Laquerre 333 1.15 +0.01
Total valid votes 28,900 98.27
Total rejected ballots 510 1.73
Turnout 29,410 74.20 -4.41
Electors on the lists 39,638
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Donald Martel 9,745 32.01 +4.65
Option nationale Jean-Martin Aussant 7,869 25.85
Liberal Marc Descôteaux 6,840 22.47 -11.51
Parti Québécois Gilles Mayrand 5,644 18.54 -16.24
Conservative Mathieu Benoit 348 1.14
Total valid votes 30,446 98.54
Total rejected ballots 450 1.46
Turnout 30,896 78.61  
Electors on the lists 39,304
  Coalition Avenir Québec notional gain from Parti Québécois Swing +10.44

^ Change is from redistributed results; CAQ change is from ADQ

References

  1. ^ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=329&section=population
  2. ^ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=329&section=superficie
  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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