Berthier (provincial electoral district)

Berthier
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 		 

André Villeneuve
Parti Québécois

District created 1867
First contested 1867
Last contested 2012
Demographics
Population (2006) 68,669
Electors (2012)[1] 55,819
Area (km²)[2] 10,354.1
Pop. density (per km²) 6.6
Census divisions D'Autray (all), Matawinie (part)
Census subdivisions Berthierville, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie, Mandeville, Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Saint-Barthélemy, Sainte-Béatrix, Saint-Cléophas-de-Brandon, Saint-Côme, Saint-Cuthbert, Saint-Damien, Saint-Didace, Sainte-Élisabeth, Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Saint-Gabriel, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare, Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Saint-Norbert, Saint-Zénon; Manawan; Baie-Atibenne, Baie-de-la-Bouteille, Baie-Obaoca, Lac-Cabasta, Lac-Devenyns, Lac-du-Taureau, Lac-Legendre, Lac-Matawin, Lac-Minaki, Lac-Santé, Saint-Guillaume-Nord

Berthier is a provincial electoral district in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the municipalities of Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Saint-Come and Mandeville.

It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada).

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Sainte-Mélanie to the Joliette electoral district but gained Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare from that same electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

  1. Louis-Joseph Moll, Conservative (1867–1871)
  2. Louis Sylvestre, Liberal (1871–1878)
  3. Joseph Robillard, Conservative (1878–1886)
  4. Louis Sylvestre, Liberal (1886–1889)
  5. Omer Dostaler, Liberal (1890)
  6. Cuthbert-Alphonse Chenevert, Liberal (1890–1892)
  7. Victor Allard, Conservative (1892–1897)
  8. Cuthbert-Alphonse Chenevert, Liberal (1897–1903)
  9. Joseph Lafontaine, Liberal (1904–1912)
  10. Joseph-Olivier Gadoury, Conservative (1912–1916)
  11. Joseph Lafontaine, Liberal (1916–1919)
  12. Simeon Lafrenière, Liberal (1919–1925)
  13. Amédée Sylvestre, Liberal (1925–1927)
  14. Cléophas Bastien, Liberal (1927–1944)
  15. Armand Sylvestre, Liberal (1944–1948)
  16. Azéllus Lavallée, Union nationale (1948–1962)
  17. Lucien McGuire, Liberal (1962–1966)
  18. Guy Gauthier, Union nationale (1966–1973)
  19. Michel Denis, Liberal (1973–1976)
  20. Jean-Guy Mercier, Parti Québécois (1976–1981)
  21. Albert Houde, Liberal (1981–1994)
  22. Gilles Baril, Parti Québécois (1994–2002)
  23. Marie Grégoire, Action démocratique (2002–2003)
  24. Alexandre Bourdeau, Parti Québécois (2003–2007)
  25. François Benjamin, Action démocratique (2007–2008)
  26. André Villeneuve, Parti Québécois (2008–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Parti QuébécoisAndré Villeneuve 19,584 46.94 +4.33
Coalition Avenir QuébecFrançois Benjamin 13,454 32.25 +6.54
LiberalCatherine Haulard 5,477 13.13 -12.88
Québec solidaireLouise Beaudry 2,015 4.83 +1.90
GreenDany Ouellet 518 1.24 -1.48
Option nationaleRaymond Guay 452 1.08 –
Coalition pour la constituantePierre Baril 221 0.53 –
Total valid votes 41,72198.53–
Total rejected ballots 6241.47–
Turnout 42,34575.69+15.26
Electors on the lists 55,944––

^ Change is based on redistributed results. Coalition Avenir change is from Action démocratique.

Quebec general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Parti QuébécoisAndré Villeneuve 13,776 42.50 +7.77
LiberalNorman Blackburn 8,435 26.02 +8.63
Action démocratiqueFrançois Benjamin 8,358 25.79 -16.45
Québec solidaireJocelyne Dupuis 934 2.88 +0.05
GreenYan Beaudry 911 2.81 -0.01
Total valid votes 32,41498.16–
Total rejected ballots 6081.84–
Turnout 33,02260.43-12.30
Electors on the lists 54,647––
Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Action démocratiqueFrançois Benjamin 16,242 42.24 +10.38
Parti QuébécoisAlexandre Bourdeau 13,354 34.73 -0.27
LiberalCarole Majeau 6,687 17.39 -13.93
Québec solidaireJocelyne Dupuis 1,087 2.83 +1.00*
GreenAndré Chauvette 1,084 2.82 –
Total valid votes 38,45498.89–
Total rejected ballots 4321.11–
Turnout 38,88672.73+3.36
Electors on the lists 53,464––

* Result compared to UFP

Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Parti QuébécoisAlexandre Bourdeau 12,101 35.00 +7.08
Action démocratiqueMarie Grégoire 11,014 31.86 -19.14
LiberalCarole Majeau 10,828 31.32 +10.25
UFPPierre Gravel 632 1.83 –
Total valid votes 34,57598.45–
Total rejected ballots 5461.55–
Turnout 35,12169.37+4.00
Electors on the lists 50,631––
Quebec provincial by-election, June 17, 2002
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Action démocratiqueMarie Grégoire 16,389 51.00 +37.35
Parti QuébécoisDavid Levine 8,973 27.92 -25.66
LiberalCarole Majeau 6,771 21.07 -10.19
Total valid votes 32,13398.42–
Total rejected ballots 5151.58–
Turnout 32,64865.37-14.14
Electors on the lists 49,941––
Quebec general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Parti QuébécoisGilles Baril 20,074 53.58 −0.08
LiberalSylvie Thouin 11,710 31.26 −5.04
Action démocratiqueRobert Robitaille 5,113 13.65 +5.31
Socialist DemocracyFrançois Rivest 297 0.79 –
Natural LawLouise Roy 268 0.72 +0.01
Total valid votes 37,46298.59–
Rejected and declined votes 5351.41–
Turnout 37,99779.51−2.51
Electors on the lists 47,790––
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 25,986 63.02
Non 15,249 36.98

References

  1. ↑ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=353&section=population
  2. ↑ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=353&section=superficie

External links

Information
Election results
Maps

Neighbouring electoral districts

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