Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (formerly Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 97,492. It has the highest percentage of Catholics in Canada (97.1%, 2001 Census).
Quick Facts Quebec electoral district, Federal electoral district ...
 Quebec electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 96,724 | ||
| Electors (2021) | 78,533 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 7,310.10 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 13.2 | ||
| Census division(s) | Kamouraska, L'Islet, Montmagny, Rivière-du-Loup | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Rivière-du-Loup, Montmagny, Saint-Antonin, La Pocatière, L'Islet, Saint-Pascal, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Saint-Pamphile, Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska | ||
Close
The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Kamouraska, L'Islet, Montmagny and Rivière-du-Loup.
The neighbouring ridings are Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix, and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques.
- According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2013 representation[2]
- Ethnic groups: 97.1% White, 1.4% Indigenous
- Languages: 98.2% French
- Religions: 82.6% Christian (75.1% Catholic), 16.8% no religion
- Median income (2020): $38,000
- Average income (2020): $44,120
Historical
- According to the 2006 Canadian census
- Ethnic groups: 98.9% White
- Languages: 98.9% French
- Religions: (2001) 97.1% Catholic, 1.8% no religion
- Average income: $22,026
The riding is the most Catholic riding in Canada. It is also the most French riding in Canada, by mother tongue, and spoken at home.[3]
The electoral district was created as "Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny" in 2003 55.5% from Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques and 44.5% from Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet ridings.
Its name was changed after the 2004 election to "Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup". The district did not have any boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:
| Party | Association name | CEO | HQ address | HQ city | |
| Conservative | Association du Parti conservateur Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Soledad Belley | 33 Saint-Elzéar Street | Rivière-du-Loup | |
| Liberal | Association libérale fédérale de Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Francis Lemieux | 260 Louise Avenue | Montmagny | |
| New Democratic | NPD Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Duncan Salvain | |||
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
More information Parliament, Years ...
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Riding created from Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet and Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques |
||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Paul Crête | Bloc Québécois | |
| Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | ||||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Paul Crête | Bloc Québécois | |
| 40th | 2008–2009 | |||
| 2009–2011 | Bernard Généreux | Conservative | ||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | François Lapointe | New Democratic | |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Bernard Généreux | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–present | |||
Close
Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata, 2023 representation order
More information 2021 federal election redistributed results, Party ...
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 25,691 | 44.88 | |
| Bloc Québécois | 17,062 | 29.81 | |
| Liberal | 10,906 | 19.05 | |
| New Democratic | 1,933 | 3.38 | |
| People's | 202 | 0.35 | |
| Others | 1,445 | 2.52 | |
Close
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, 2013 representation order
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 24,118 | 50.46 | +8.80 | $57,587.54 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Simon Bérubé | 12,523 | 26.20 | -6.07 | $0.00 | |||
| Liberal | François Lapointe | 8,371 | 17.51 | +1.22 | $18,377.55 | |||
| New Democratic | Sean English | 1,597 | 3.34 | -3.57 | $181.66 | |||
| Free | Nancy Rochon | 919 | 1.92 | – | $806.33 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Thibaud Mony | 269 | 0.56 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,797 | – | – | $110,137.98 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 60.86 | -4.69 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 78,533 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.44 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5] | ||||||||
Close
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 20,989 | 41.65 | +11.66 | $60,089.97 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Louis Gagnon | 16,261 | 32.27 | +16.15 | $19,069.27 | |||
| Liberal | Aladin Legault d'Auteuil | 8,210 | 16.29 | -12.14 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Hugo Latulippe | 3,481 | 6.91 | -17.29 | none listed | |||
| Green | Denis Ducharme | 1,030 | 2.04 | +0.37 | none listed | |||
| People's | Serge Haché | 417 | 0.83 | - | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,388 | 98.10 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 976 | 1.90 | ||||||
| Turnout | 51,364 | 65.46 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 78,461 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.74 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
Close
More information 2015 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 14,274 | 28.99 | -7.35 | $77,412.02 | |||
| Liberal | Marie-Josée Normand | 14,002 | 28.43 | +22.66 | $14,137.69 | |||
| New Democratic | François Lapointe | 11,918 | 24.20 | -12.16 | $42,243.41 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Louis Gagnon | 7,939 | 16.12 | -3.97 | $23,835.49 | |||
| Green | Chantal Breton | 823 | 1.67 | +0.22 | – | |||
| Rhinoceros | Bien Gras Gagné | 287 | 0.58 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,243 | 100.0 | $212,861.18 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 777 | 1.50 | +0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 50,020 | 63.72 | +2.66 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,489 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +4.81 | ||||||
| These results were subject to a judicial recount,[8] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Bernard Généreux over Marie-Josée Normand increased from 269 votes to 272 votes as a result of the recount.[9] | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
Close
There were no boundary changes for the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, 2003 representation order
More information 2011 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | François Lapointe | 17,285 | 36.36 | +31.58 | $1,995.19 | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 17,276 | 36.34 | -6.33 | $79,493.77 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nathalie Arsenault | 9,550 | 20.09 | -17.58 | $66,461.89 | |||
| Liberal | Andrew Caddell | 2,743 | 5.77 | -7.55 | $11,840.48 | |||
| Green | Lynette Tremblay | 691 | 1.45 | -0.21 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,545 | 100.0 | $87,227.52 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 677 | 1.40 | +0.48 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,222 | 61.06 | +24.13 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,969 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.96 | ||||||
| This vote was subject to mandatory judicial recount due to the margin of win being less than 1/1000 of the total votes. The validated results resulted in Lapointe's victory by a margin of 5 votes. After the recount by a judge, M. Lapointe was confirmed the winner on 13 May 2011, this time by a margin of 9 votes. Changes are based on results from the 2009 by-election. | ||||||||
| Sources:[12][13] | ||||||||
Close
More information Canadian federal by-election, November 9, 2009, Party ...
| Canadian federal by-election, November 9, 2009 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Généreux | 12,162 | 42.67 | +12.03 | $85,278.26 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nancy Gagnon | 10,737 | 37.67 | -8.36 | $74,821.57 | |||
| Liberal | Marcel Catellier | 3,768 | 13.22 | -2.13 | $28,252.66 | |||
| New Democratic | François Lapointe | 1,363 | 4.78 | -0.67 | $24,823.51 | |||
| Green | Charles Marois | 472 | 1.66 | -0.54 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 28,502 | 100.0 | $86,257 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 264 | 0.92 | -0.27 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,766 | 36.93 | -20.56 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 77,877 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +10.20 | ||||||
| By-election due to the resignation of Paul Crête | ||||||||
Close
More information 2006 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Paul Crête | 24,117 | 52.44 | -4.69 | $62,315.33 | |||
| Conservative | Daniel Nadeau | 11,529 | 25.07 | +15.96 | $2,633.47 | |||
| Liberal | Lise M. Vachon | 6,466 | 14.06 | -15.54 | $26,095.93 | |||
| New Democratic | Myriam Leblanc | 2,107 | 4.58 | +2.61 | $1,394.64 | |||
| Green | Serge Lemay | 1,768 | 3.84 | +1.67 | $151.25 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,987 | 100.0 | $79,280 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 672 | 1.44 | -0.50 | |||||
| Turnout | 46,659 | 59.53 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 78,382 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | -10.32 | ||||||
Close
Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny, 2003 representation order
More information 2004 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Paul Crête | 25,327 | 57.13 | +8.21 | $58,665.91 | |||
| Liberal | Isabelle Mignault | 13,124 | 29.60 | -9.91 | $50,107.79 | |||
| Conservative | Marc-André Drolet | 4,040 | 9.11 | -1.17 | $11,331.38 | |||
| Green | André Clermont | 962 | 2.17 | – | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Frédérick Garon | 876 | 1.97 | +0.91 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,329 | 100.0 | $77,868 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 877 | 1.94 | ||||||
| Turnout | 45,206 | 57.61 | -0.69 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,473 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois notional hold | Swing | +9.06 | ||||||
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined total of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party. | ||||||||
Close
More information 2000 federal election redistributed results, Party ...
| 2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Bloc Québécois | 21,530 | 48.92 | |
| Liberal | 17,390 | 39.51 | |
| Alliance | 2,855 | 6.49 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 1,667 | 3.79 | |
| New Democratic | 468 | 1.06 | |
| Others | 103 | 0.23 | |
Close
- "Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (Code 24058) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup from the Library of Parliament
Notes
- Statistics Canada: 2022
- "Pundits' Guide -- Montmagny – l'Islet – Kamouraska – Rivière-du-Loup (2003 Rep Order)". Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
- "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- "Judge orders recount for Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup riding". CBC News. October 27, 2015.
- Emily Chan (November 2, 2015). "Recount confirms Conservative Bernard Genereux won Quebec riding". CTV News. Retrieved November 3, 2015.