Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel

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

The 2012 federal electoral redistribution has concluded that this riding will have the same boundaries for the 42nd Canadian federal election, but will be renamed Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Richelieu Riding created from Nicolet—Yamaska and Richelieu—Verchères
28th	1968–1972	Florian Côté	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Jean-Louis Leduc
32nd	1980–1984	Jean-Louis Leduc
33rd	1984–1988	Louis Plamondon	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1990		Progressive Conservative
	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	2011–2015
Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
42nd	2015–Present	Louis Plamondon	Bloc Québécois

Election results

Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel, 2013 Representation Order

Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel will have the same boundaries as its predecessor, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	20,871	39.98	+1.68	$139,669.00
	Liberal	Claude Carpentier	12,666	24.26	+14.16	–
	New Democratic	Nicholas Tabah	11,531	22.09	-13.51	–
	Conservative	Yves Laberge	5,955	11.41	-1.62	–
	Green	Corina Bastiani	1,182	2.26	-0.71	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,205	100.0		$212,219.80
Total rejected ballots			958	–	–
Turnout			53,163	–	–
Eligible voters			78,607
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+7.60
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	19,046	38.30	−16.37	$78,417.55
	New Democratic	Krista Lalonde	17,705	35.60	+27.43	none listed
	Conservative	Charles Cartier	6,478	13.03	−5.12	$21,283.89
	Liberal	Rhéal Blais	5,024	10.10	−6.18	$33,774.36
	Green	Anne-Marie Tanguay	1,479	2.97	+0.25	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,732	100.0		$86,248.62
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,058	2.08	+0.24
Turnout			50,790	65.71	+0.26
Eligible voters			77,290
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		−21.90
Sources:^[5]^[6]

Canadian federal election, 2008: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	26,821	54.67	−1.25	$81,799.37
	Conservative	Réjean Bériault	8,904	18.15	−5.21	$36,546.14
	Liberal	Ghislaine Cournoyer	7,987	16.28	+3.30	$12,932.15
	New Democratic	Nourredine Seddiki	4,010	8.17	+3.64	$3,019.73
	Green	Rebecca Laplante	1,334	2.72	−0.50	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,056	100.0		$83,078
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			918	1.84	+0.10
Turnout			49,974	65.45	−1.41
Eligible voters			76,352
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+1.98
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 2006: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	27,742	55.92	−8.75	$58,032.63
	Conservative	Marie-Ève Hélie-Lambert	11,588	23.36	+15.71	$29,709.34
	Liberal	Ghislaine Provencher	6,438	12.98	−9.70	$49,695.62
	New Democratic	Marie-Claude Cartier	2,248	4.53	+2.44	none listed
	Green	Louis Lacroix	1,595	3.22	+1.50	$115.96
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,611	100.0		$77,549
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			877	1.74
Turnout			50,488	66.86	+0.80
Eligible voters			75,514
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		−12.23
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Richelieu, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2004: Richelieu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	31,497	64.67	+8.50	$62,831.92
	Liberal	Ghislaine Provencher	11,045	22.68	−8.83	$57,727.26
	Conservative	Daniel A. Proulx	3,726	7.65	−1.80	$4,855.32
	New Democratic	Charles Bussières	1,017	2.09	+1.09	none listed
	Green	Jean-Pierre Bonenfant	839	1.72	–	$475.00
	Marijuana	Daniel Blackburn	580	1.19	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,704	100.0		$76,377
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,308	2.62
Turnout			50,012	66.06	+1.18
Electors on the lists			75,702
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative totals from 2000.
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+8.66
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	26,898	56.17
	Liberal	15,089	31.51
	Alliance	2,289	4.78
	Progressive Conservative	2,233	4.67
	Others	896	1.87
	New Democratic	479	1.00

Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, 1996 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2000: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	25,266	56.92	+2.12	$58,797
	Liberal	Roland Paradis	13,781	31.04	+2.13	$50,880
	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	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, 1996 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 1997: Richelieu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	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	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.

Richelieu, 1968–1996

Canadian federal election, 1993: Richelieu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	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	Carl Ethier	337	0.71	−6.06	$0
	Commonwealth of Canada	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: Richelieu
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Plamondon	32,104	68.91		$40,540
	Liberal	Yvon Hébert	8,979	19.27	–	$17,953
	New Democratic	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	%	∆%
	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	%	∆%
	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	%	∆%
	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	%	∆%
	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	%	∆%
	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	%	∆%
	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

References

"(Code 24054) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Notes

External links

Atlas of Canada

Federal ridings in Central Quebec

Bloc Québécois	Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel Joliette Montcalm Repentigny

New Democratic	Berthier—Maskinongé Trois-Rivières

Conservative	Lévis—Lotbinière Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

Liberal	Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Eastern Quebec

The Eastern Townships

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)

Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy

Montérégie

Quebec City

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

Historical federal ridings in Quebec

Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie

Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval

Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles

Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri

Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul

Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent

Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic

Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel

Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun

Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount

Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle

Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières

Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Until 1962	Témiscouata

Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle

Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright

Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska

Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri

Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil

Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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