Rivière-du-Loup (electoral district)

Rivière-du-Loup
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
District created	1930
District abolished	1939
District re-created	1944
District re-abolished	2011
First contested	1931
Last contested	2009 (by-election)
Demographics
Population (2006)	42,780
Electors (2008)^[1]	33,981
Area (km²)^[2]	2,481.21
Census divisions	Les Basques (all), Rivière-du-Loup (all)
Census subdivisions	Cacouna, L'Isle-Verte, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Antonin, Saint-Arsène, Saint-Clément, Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Éloi, Saint-Épiphane, Sainte-Françoise, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger, Saint-Guy, Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, Saint-Médard, Saint-Modeste, Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix, Sainte-Rita, Saint-Simon, Trois-Pistoles; Cacouna (Indian reserve), Whitworth; Lac-Boisbouscache

Rivière-du-Loup is a former provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.

It was created for the 1931 election from a portion of the electoral district of Témiscouata. It disappeared in the 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup; however, it was re-created for the 1944 election.

Its final general election was in 2008; there was a by-election in 2009. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Léon Casgrain, Liberal (1931–1939)
did not exist (1939–1944), see Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup
Léon Casgrain, Liberal (1944–1948)
Roméo Gagné, Union Nationale (1948–1956)
Alphonse Couturier, Liberal (1956–1966)
Gérard Lebel, Union Nationale (1966–1970)
Paul Lafrance, Liberal (1970–1976)
Jules Boucher, Parti Québécois (1976–1985)
Albert Côté, Liberal (1985–1994)
Mario Dumont, Action démocratique (1994-2009)
Jean D'Amour, Liberal (2009, 2009–2012), Independent (2009)

Linguistic demographics

Francophone: 99.5%
Anglophone: 0.4%
Allophone: 0.2%

Election results

Quebec provincial by-election, June 22, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean D'Amour	9,959	47.49	+20.50
	Parti Québécois	Paul Crête	7,514	35.83	+21.63
	Action démocratique	Gilberte Côté	3,089	14.73	−37.04
	Green	Martin Poirier	151	0.72	−1.67
	Independent	Victor-Lévy Beaulieu	93	0.44	−2.34
	Québec solidaire	Benoît Renaud	89	0.42	−1.44
	Finance Reform	Denis Couture	40	0.19	–
	Parti indépendantiste	Éric Tremblay	37	0.18	–
Total valid votes			20,972	99.44
Total rejected ballots			119	0.56
Turnout			21,091	61.64	−2.34
Electors on the lists			34,219
Called upon the resignation of Mario Dumont.

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	11,115	51.77	-6.70
	Liberal	Jean-Pierre Rioux	5,795	26.99	-1.29
	Parti Québécois	Stephan Shields	3,048	14.20	+3.40
	Independent	Victor-Lévy Beaulieu	597	2.78	–
	Green	Alain Gagnon	513	2.39	-0.06
	Québec solidaire	Stacy Larouche	400	1.86	–
Total valid votes			21,468	98.74	–
Total rejected ballots			273	1.26	–
Turnout			21,741	63.98	-14.29
Electors on the lists			33,981	–	–
	Action démocratique hold		Swing		-2.70

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	15,276	58.47	+1.24
	Liberal	Jean D'Amour	7,390	28.29	+4.53
	Parti Québécois	Hugues Belzile	2,821	10.80	-6.88
	Green	Martin Poirier	639	2.45	+1.12
Total valid votes			26,126	99.20	–
Total rejected ballots			210	0.80	–
Turnout			26,336	78.27	+5.61
Electors on the lists			33,648	–	–

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	13,452	57.23	+10.89
	Liberal	Jacque Morin	5,585	23.76	-1.55
	Parti Québécois	Carol Gilbert	4,155	17.68	-9.15
	Green	Julie Morin	312	1.33	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	10,897	46.34	-8.43
	Parti Québécois	Lise Chouinard	6,308	26.83	-0.37
	Liberal	Jean Morin	5,952	25.31	+7.92
	Bloc Pot	Léo Legault	197	0.84	–
	Independent	Daniel Morin	98	0.42	–
	Socialist Democracy	Louis Leroux	61	0.26	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	14,561	54.59
	No	12,114	45.41

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	13,307	54.77	–
	Parti Québécois	Harold LeBel	6,608	27.20	-14.85
	Liberal	Jean D'Amour	4,226	17.39	-37.09
	Independent	L. Richard Cimon	99	0.41	–
	Natural Law	Armand Pouliot	55	0.23	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	13,657	62.28
	Oui	8,272	37.72

Quebec general election, 1989: Rivière-du-Loup
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Albert Côté	11,317	54.48	+1.16
	Parti Québécois	Harold LeBel	8,736	42.05	-0.77
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre-Paul Malenfant	720	3.47	–

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Albert Côté	11,690	53.32	+13.60
	Parti Québécois	Denise M. Levesque	9,386	42.82	-12.50
	New Democratic	Marius Tremblay	711	3.24	–
	Christian Socialist	Evelyne Sévigny	136	0.62	–

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Jules Boucher	12,871	55.32	+16.79
	Liberal	Emilien Michaud	9,242	39.72	+8.98
	Union Nationale	Régent Raymond	1,154	4.96	-16.44

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	No	14,452	56.64
	Yes	11,065	43.36

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Jules Boucher	9,415	38.53	+20.96
	Liberal	Paul Lafrance	7,511	30.74	-19.67
	Union Nationale	Réal Grondin	5,230	21.40	+11.49
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Roy	2,281	9.33	-12.78

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Paul Lafrance	10,827	50.41	+9.01
	Parti créditiste	Gérard Roy	4,748	22.11	+9.77
	Parti Québécois	Frank Lemieux	3,773	17.57	+7.89
	Union Nationale	Réal Grondin	2,129	9.91	-26.67

Quebec general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Paul Lafrance	8,586	41.40	-6.42
	Union Nationale	Gérard Lebel	7,585	36.58	-15.60
	Ralliement créditiste	Robert Bergeron	2,558	12.34	–
	Parti Québécois	Marius Milord	2,008	9.68	–

Quebec general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Union Nationale	Gérard Lebel	9,691	52.18	+3.40
	Liberal	Alphonse Courturier	8,880	47.82	-3.40

Quebec general election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Alphonse Courturier	8,493	51.22	-0.49
	Union Nationale	Gérard Lebel	8,090	48.78	+0.49

Quebec general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Alphonse Courturier	8,671	51.71	+0.47
	Union Nationale	Maurice-Wilfrid Soucy	8,099	48.29	+0.35

Quebec general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Alphonse Courturier	8,623	51.24	+2.76
	Union Nationale	Maurice-Wilfrid Soucy	8,067	47.94	-3.21
	Independent U.N.	Pierre-Hervé Marquis	139	0.83	–

Quebec general election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Union Nationale	Roméo Gagné	8,689	51.15	-5.75
	Liberal	Alphonse Courturier	8,236	48.48	+7.23
	Independent U.N.	Jean-Baptiste Lavoie	62	0.36	–

Quebec general election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Union Nationale	Roméo Gagné	9,391	56.90	+12.96
	Liberal	Léon Casgrain	6,809	41.25	-9.12
	Union des électeurs	Marc Riou	305	1.85	–

Quebec general election, 1944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Léon Casgrain	7,061	50.37
	Union Nationale	Roméo Gagné	6,160	43.94
	Bloc populaire	Thomas Talbot	797	5.69

References

External links

Information

Elections Quebec

Election results

Election results (National Assembly)
Election results (QuébecPolitique)

Maps

2001 map (Flash)
2001–2011 changes (Flash)

1992–2001 changes (Flash)
Electoral map of Bas-Saint-Laurent region (as of 2001)
Quebec electoral map, 2001

Neighbouring electoral districts

René-Lévesque

Charlevoix

Rimouski

Rivière-du-Loup

Kamouraska-Témiscouata

Quebec provincial electoral districts

Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Bonaventure Côte-du-Sud¹ Gaspé Îles-de-la-Madeleine Matane-Matapédia Rimouski Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord	Chicoutimi Dubuc Duplessis Jonquière Lac-Saint-Jean René-Lévesque Roberval

Capitale-Nationale	Charlesbourg Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré Chauveau Jean-Lesage Jean-Talon La Peltrie Louis-Hébert Montmorency Portneuf Taschereau Vanier-Les Rivières

Mauricie	Champlain Laviolette Maskinongé Saint-Maurice Trois-Rivières

Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec	Arthabaska Beauce-Nord Beauce-Sud Bellechasse Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Côte-du-Sud¹ Drummond–Bois-Francs Johnson² Lévis Lotbinière-Frontenac Nicolet-Bécancour

Estrie (Eastern Townships)	Mégantic Orford Richmond Saint-François Sherbrooke

Eastern Montérégie	Borduas Brome-Missisquoi Chambly Granby Iberville Johnson² Richelieu Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Jean Verchères

South Shore	Beauharnois Châteauguay Huntingdon La Pinière Laporte La Prairie Marie-Victorin Montarville Sanguinet Soulanges Taillon Vachon Vaudreuil

East Montreal	Anjou–Louis-Riel Bourassa-Sauvé Bourget Crémazie Gouin Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Jeanne-Mance–Viger LaFontaine Laurier-Dorion Mercier Pointe-aux-Trembles Rosemont Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Viau

West Montreal	Acadie D'Arcy-McGee Jacques-Cartier Marguerite-Bourgeoys Marquette Mont-Royal Nelligan Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Outremont Robert-Baldwin Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Saint-Laurent Verdun Westmount–Saint-Louis

Laval	Chomedey Fabre Laval-des-Rapides Mille-Îles Sainte-Rose Vimont

Lanaudière	Berthier Joliette L'Assomption Masson Repentigny Rousseau Terrebonne

Laurentides	Argenteuil Bertrand Blainville Deux-Montagnes Groulx Labelle Mirabel Saint-Jérôme

Outaouais	Chapleau Gatineau Hull Papineau Pontiac

Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec	Abitibi-Est Abitibi-Ouest Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue Ungava

Eliminated in the 2012 election:	Anjou Kamouraska-Témiscouata Matane Matapédia Rivière-du-Loup Charlevoix Vanier Drummond Frontenac Lotbinière Montmagny-L'Islet Nicolet-Yamaska Mégantic-Compton Shefford Marguerite-D'Youville Prévost

¹Côte-du-Sud is split between Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches ²Johnson is split between Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie See also: 2014 election List of elections Politics of Quebec Federal electoral ridings in Quebec

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