Rivière-du-Loup_(provincial_electoral_district)
Rivière-du-Loup (electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada
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.
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 Quebec electoral district | |
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| 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 division(s) | Les Basques (all), Rivière-du-Loup (all) |
| Census subdivision(s) | 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 |
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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]
- 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)
- Francophone: 99.5%
- Anglophone: 0.4%
- Allophone: 0.2%
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| 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. | ||||||||
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More information 2008 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 2008 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2007 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | – | |||||
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More information 2003 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 2003 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Action démocratique | Mario Dumont | 13,452 | 57.23 | +10.89 | ||||
| Liberal | Jacques Morin | 5,585 | 23.76 | -1.55 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Carol Gilbert | 4,155 | 17.68 | -9.15 | ||||
| Green | Julie Morin | 312 | 1.33 | – | ||||
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More information 1998 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1998 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | ||||
| Action démocratique hold | Swing | -4.03 | ||||||
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More information 1995 Quebec referendum, Side ...
| 1995 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Yes | 14,561 | 54.59 | |
| No | 12,114 | 45.41 | |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 1994 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | ||||
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More information 1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum, Side ...
| 1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Non | 13,657 | 62.28 | |
| Oui | 8,272 | 37.72 | |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 1989 Quebec general election: Rivière-du-Loup | ||||||||
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| 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 | – | ||||
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More information 1985 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1985 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | ||||
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More information 1981 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1981 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
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More information 1980 Quebec referendum, Side ...
| 1980 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| No | 14,452 | 56.64 | |
| Yes | 11,065 | 43.36 | |
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More information 1976 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1976 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||
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More information 1973 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1973 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||
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More information 1970 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1970 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| 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 | – | ||||
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More information 1966 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1966 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Union Nationale | Gérard Lebel | 9,691 | 52.18 | +3.40 | ||||
| Liberal | Alphonse Courturier | 8,880 | 47.82 | -3.40 | ||||
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More information 1962 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1962 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alphonse Courturier | 8,493 | 51.22 | -0.49 | ||||
| Union Nationale | Gérard Lebel | 8,090 | 48.78 | +0.49 | ||||
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More information 1960 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1960 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alphonse Courturier | 8,671 | 51.71 | +0.47 | ||||
| Union Nationale | Maurice-Wilfrid Soucy | 8,099 | 48.29 | +0.35 | ||||
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More information 1956 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1956 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| 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 | – | ||||
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More information 1952 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1952 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| 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 | – | ||||
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More information 1948 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1948 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| 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 | – | ||||
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More information 1944 Quebec general election, Party ...
| 1944 Quebec general election | ||||||||
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| 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 | |||||
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- Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2012.
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