Kamouraska-Témiscouata

Kamouraska-Témiscouata is a former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it included the municipalities of Kamouraska, La Pocatière, Saint-Athanase, Packington, Dégelis and Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac.

Kamouraska-Témiscouata
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1972
District abolished2011
First contested1973
Last contested2010 (by-election)
Demographics
Population (2006)44,307
Electors (2008)[1]34,426
Area (km²)[2]6,153.87
Census divisionsKamouraska, Témiscouata
Census subdivisionsAuclair, Dégelis, Kamouraska, La Pocatière, Lejeune, Mont-Carmel, Packington, Pohénégamook, Rivière-Bleue, Rivière-Ouelle, Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Saint-André, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Saint-Athanase, Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska, Saint-Denis, Saint-Elzéar-de-Témiscouata, Saint-Eusèbe, Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant, Saint-Germain, Sainte-Hélène, Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata, Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska, Saint-Juste-du-Lac, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Sainte-Louise, Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long, Saint-Michel-du-Squatec, Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth, Saint-Pacôme, Saint-Pascal, Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac; Petit-Lac-Sainte-Anne, Picard

It was created for the 1973 election from Kamouraska and parts of L'Islet and Témiscouata. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral districts were Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata and Côte-du-Sud.[3]

Members of the National Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party
30th 1973–1976     Jean-Marie Pelletier Liberal
31st 1976–1981     Léonard Lévesque Parti Québécois
32nd 1981–1985
33rd 1985–1989     France Dionne Liberal
34th 1989–1994
35th 1994–1997
1997–1998     Claude Béchard Liberal
36th 1998–2003
37th 2003–2007
38th 2007–2008
39th 2008–2010
2010–2012     André Simard Parti Québécois

Electoral results
Kamouraska-Témiscouata by-election, November 29, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Parti QuébécoisAndré Simard7,21336.85+15.70
  Liberal France Dionne 7,017 35.85 -17.85
Action démocratiqueGérald Beaulieu4,50923.03+1.47
Québec solidaireSerge Proulx5222.67-0.27
GreenFrédéric Brophy Nolan3141.60-
2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Claude Béchard 11,048 53.70 +13.98
Action démocratiqueIan Sénéchal4,43621.56-15.12
Parti QuébécoisMichel Forget4,35121.15+1.73
Québec solidaireManon Côté6042.94+0.83
 } Independent Alexis Plourde 134 0.65 -
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Claude Béchard 9,826 39.72 -6.03
Action démocratiqueGérald Beaulieu9,07436.68+10.27
Parti QuébécoisNancy Gagnon4,80419.42-6.27
Québec solidaireCéline Tremblay5212.11-
GreenLouise Lebel5152.08+0.89
2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalClaude Béchard11,26645.75+2.26
Action démocratiquePierre Lévesque6,50426.41+14.25
Parti QuébécoisHarold LeBel6,32625.69-17.37
GreenGuy Duguay2931.19-
IndependentRaymond Robert2380.97-
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Claude Béchard 11,259 43.49 -8.46
Parti QuébécoisDenis Simard11,14943.06+5.45
Action démocratiqueArsène Gendron3,14912.16+2.95
  Socialist Democracy Jérôme Frédéric Bouchard 334 1.29 +0.06
Kamouraska-Témiscouata by-election, October 6, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Claude Béchard 9,946 51.95 +9.26
Parti QuébécoisDenis Simard7,20137.61-3.49
Action démocratiqueCarl Raymond1,7629.21-4.05
  Socialist Democracy Jérôme Frédéric Bouchard 236 1.23 -1.72
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 15,632 52.66
Non 14 055 47.34
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal France Dionne 10,373 42.69 -12.98
Parti QuébécoisHélène Alarie9,98741.10+4.00
Action démocratiqueYvan Ouellet3,22313.26-
  New Democrat André Bourgoin 717 2.95 -
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side Votes %
Non 14,734 62.12
Oui 8,985 37.88
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal France Dionne 12,354 55.67 -1.72
Parti QuébécoisClaudette Dorval8,23337.10+0.92
GreenMarie-Hélène Lemieux1,6057.23+4.35
1980 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 13,920 56.03
Oui 10,922 43.97

References
  1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=692&section=population
  2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=692&section=superficie
  3. Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2012.
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