Berthier—Maskinongé
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Berthier—Maskinongé in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts | |||
Coordinates: | 46°20′N 73°06′W / 46.33°N 73.10°WCoordinates: 46°20′N 73°06′W / 46.33°N 73.10°W | ||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Bloc Québécois | ||
District created | 1924 | ||
First contested | 1925 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 100,371 | ||
Electors (2019) | 84,301 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 4,150.60 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 24.2 | ||
Census division(s) | D'Autray, Maskinongé, Trois-Rivières | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Berthierville, Charette, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie, Louiseville, Mandeville, Maskinongé, Saint-Alexis-des-Mont, Saint-Barnabé, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Saint-Cuthbert, Saint-Didace, Sainte-Angèle-de-Prémont, Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé, Sainte-Élisabeth, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Sainte-Ursule, Saint-Gabriel, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Saint-Justin, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, Saint-Norbert, Saint-Paulin, Saint-Sévère, Trois-Rivières, Yamachiche |
Berthier—Maskinongé (formerly known as Berthier and Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953, from 1968 to 1988, and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 103,516.
Geography[]
The riding extends along the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River between the north suburbs of Montreal and Trois-Rivières, straddling the Quebec regions of Lanaudière and Mauricie.
The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of D'Autray and Maskinongé, and the former cities of Pointe-du-Lac and Trois-Rivières-Ouest in the City of Trois-Rivières.
The neighbouring ridings are Joliette, Repentigny, Verchères—Les Patriotes, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Trois-Rivières, and Saint-Maurice—Champlain.
This riding lost territory to Trois-Rivières and gained territory from Joliette during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
History[]
The riding was created in 1924 from Berthier and Maskinongé. It consisted of Berthier County and Maskinongé County.
In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the county of Berthier and the town of Berthierville, the county of Maskinongé and the town of Louiseville, and Gouin township in the county of Joliette.
In 1952, it was abolished when it was merged into Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière riding.
The riding was recreated in 1966 as "Berthier" from the districts of Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière, Chapleau, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm, St-Maurice—Laflèche, and Three Rivers.
In 1975, the name of the riding was changed to "Berthier-Maskinongé". After the 1980 election, the name of the district was changed to Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière.
In the 1984 election, the seat was won by Progressive Conservative Robert de Cotret, who held it until the 1988 election. The riding was abolished in 1987. It was divided between Berthier—Montcalm, Champlain, and Saint-Maurice.
Berthier—Maskinongé was re-created in 2003. 44.8% of the riding came from Trois-Rivières, 36.0% from Berthier—Montcalm, and 19.2% from Saint-Maurice.
In the 2004 election and the 2006 election, Bloc Québécois MP Guy André was elected in the riding.
Members of Parliament[]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Berthier—Maskinongé Riding created from Berthier and Maskinongé |
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15th | 1925–1926 | Joseph-Charles-Théodore Gervais | Liberal | |
16th | 1926–1930 | |||
17th | 1930–1935 | Joseph Arthur Barrette | Conservative | |
18th | 1935–1940 | J.-Émile Ferron | Liberal | |
19th | 1940–1945 | |||
20th | 1945–1949 | Aldéric Laurendeau | ||
21st | 1949–1953 | Joseph Langlois | ||
Riding dissolved into Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière | ||||
Berthier Riding re-created from Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière, Chapleau, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm, St-Maurice—Laflèche and Three Rivers |
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28th | 1968–1972 | Antonio Yanakis | Liberal | |
29th | 1972–1974 | |||
30th | 1974–1979 | |||
Berthier—Maskinongé | ||||
31st | 1979–1980 | Antonio Yanakis | Liberal | |
32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière | ||||
33rd | 1984–1988 | Robert de Cotret | Progressive Conservative | |
Riding dissolved into Berthier—Montcalm, Champlain and Saint-Maurice | ||||
Berthier—Maskinongé Riding re-created from Trois-Rivières, Berthier—Montcalm and Saint-Maurice |
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38th | 2004–2006 | Guy André | Bloc Québécois | |
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | Ruth Ellen Brosseau | New Democratic | |
42nd | 2015–2019 | |||
43rd | 2019–2021 | Yves Perron | Bloc Québécois | |
44th | 2021–present |
Election results[]
Berthier—Maskinongé, 2004-present[]
hide2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Alexandre Bellemare | |||||||
New Democratic | Ruth Ellen Brosseau | |||||||
Free | Denis Brown | |||||||
Marijuana | Steven Lamirande | |||||||
Bloc Québécois | Yves Perron | |||||||
Green | Laurence Requilé | |||||||
People's | Geneviève Sénécal | |||||||
Conservative | Léo Soulières | |||||||
Total valid votes | ||||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3] |
hide2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Yves Perron | 21,200 | 37.62 | +11.82 | none listed | |||
New Democratic | Ruth Ellen Brosseau | 19,698 | 34.95 | -7.22 | $35,745.36 | |||
Liberal | Christine Poirier | 7,796 | 13.83 | -6.45 | $33,806.20 | |||
Conservative | Josée Bélanger | 5,812 | 10.31 | +0.11 | $13,544.45 | |||
Green | Éric Laferrière | 1,008 | 1.79 | +0.23 | none listed | |||
People's | Luc Massé | 428 | 0.76 | – | $3,303.24 | |||
Independent | Alain Bélanger | 154 | 0.27 | – | none listed | |||
Rhinoceros | Martin Acetaria Caesar Jubinville | 151 | 0.27 | – | none listed | |||
Marijuana | Danny Légaré | 107 | 0.19 | – | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,354 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 977 | 1.16 | +0.14 | |||||
Turnout | 57,331 | 68.01 | +1.87 | |||||
Eligible voters | 84,301 | |||||||
Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +9.52 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
hide2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Ruth Ellen Brosseau | 22,942 | 42.17 | +0.93 | $37,968.71 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Yves Perron | 14,037 | 25.80 | -5.21 | $30,493.57 | |||
Liberal | Pierre Destrempes | 11,032 | 20.28 | +8.21 | $6,302.22 | |||
Conservative | Marianne Foucrault | 5,548 | 10.20 | -2.52 | $6,268.53 | |||
Green | Victoria Cate May Burton | 847 | 1.56 | -0.78 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,406 | 100.0 | $219,786.82 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 844 | 1.02 | – | |||||
Turnout | 55,250 | 66.14% | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 82,803 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7][8] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 20,193 | 41.24 | |
Bloc Québécois | 15,183 | 31.01 | |
Conservative | 6,228 | 12.72 | |
Liberal | 5,912 | 12.07 | |
Green | 1,145 | 2.34 | |
Rhinoceros | 304 | 0.62 |
hide2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Ruth Ellen Brosseau | 22,484 | 39.63 | +29.19 | $0 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Guy André | 16,668 | 29.38 | −16.45 | $48,739 | |||
Liberal | Francine Gaudet | 8,109 | 14.29 | −4.15 | $32,253 | |||
Conservative | Marie-Claude Godue | 7,909 | 13.94 | −8.25 | $23,495 | |||
Green | Léonie Matteau | 1,193 | 2.10 | −1.01 | $0 | |||
Rhinoceros | Martin Jubinville | 375 | 0.66 | $0 | ||||
Total votes/Expense limit | 56,738 | 100.0 | $94,930 | |||||
Source: "Berthier—Maskinongé election results". Elections Canada. May 2, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011. |
hide2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Guy André | 24,945 | 45.83 | -3.7 | $51,026 | |||
Conservative | Marie-Claude Godue | 12,078 | 22.19 | -8.9 | $84,917 | |||
Liberal | Jean-Luc Matteau | 10,035 | 18.44 | +8.0 | $27,551 | |||
New Democratic | André Chauvette | 5,684 | 10.44 | +4.1 | $1,358 | |||
Green | Denis Lefebvre | 1,691 | 3.11 | -0.5 | $109 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,433 | 100.00 | $90,701 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 994 | 1.8 | ||||||
Turnout | 55,427 | – |
hide2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Guy André | 25,032 | 48.5 | -11.4 | $36,769 | |||
Conservative | Marie-Claude Godue | 16,039 | 31.1 | +19.8 | $22,363 | |||
Liberal | Serge Lafrénière | 5,386 | 10.4 | -12.3 | $24,384 | |||
New Democratic | Anne-Marie Aubert | 3,274 | 6.3 | +3.0 | $5 | |||
Green | Nathalie Gratton | 1,839 | 3.6 | +0.9 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,570 | 100.0 | $83,453 |
hide2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Guy André | 29,432 | 59.9 | – | $47,895 | |||
Liberal | Laurier Thibault | 11,198 | 22.8 | – | $35,533 | |||
Conservative | Ann Julie Fortier | 5,535 | 11.3 | – | $13,200 | |||
New Democratic | Denis McKinnon | 1,653 | 3.4 | – | $2,990 | |||
Green | Eric Labrecque | 1,314 | 2.7 | – | $0 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,132 | 100.0 | $81,153 |
Berthier—Maskinongé, 1975-1988[]
hide1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert De Cotret | 31,189 | 69.6 | +26.2 | ||||
Liberal | Antonio Yanakis | 11,736 | 26.2 | -26.5 | ||||
New Democratic | Jean Philip Penner | 1,200 | 2.7 | |||||
Parti nationaliste | Marcel Rocheleau | 608 | 1.4 | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Germain Rouzioux | 68 | 0.2 | |||||
Total valid votes | 44,801 | 100.0 |
hide1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Antonio Yanakis | 21,232 | 52.7 | -4.7 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert De Cotret | 17,483 | 43.4 | +11.7 | ||||
Rhinoceros | Ti-Pit Claude Des Gagne | 728 | 1.8 | |||||
Social Credit | Camille Schmidt | 546 | 1.4 | -6.2 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Ginette Cardinal | 146 | 0.4 | -0.3 | ||||
Union populaire | France Guimond | 132 | 0.3 | -0.1 | ||||
Total valid votes | 40,267 | 100.0 |
hide1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Antonio Yanakis | 21,725 | 57.4 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Fernand Giroux | 11,995 | 31.7 | |||||
Social Credit | Camille Schmidt | 2,851 | 7.5 | |||||
New Democratic | Richard Leclercq | 841 | 2.2 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Ginette Cardinal | 235 | 0.6 | |||||
Union populaire | Réjean Maille | 179 | 0.5 | |||||
Total valid votes | 37,826 | 100.0 |
Berthier, 1968-1975[]
Berthier—Maskinongé, 1925-1953[]
hide1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Joseph Langlois | 11,770 | 58.8 | -0.7 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | René Beland | 8,242 | 41.2 | +38.0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 20,012 | 100.0 |
hide1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Aldéric Laurendeau | 10,604 | 59.6 | -15.7 | ||||
Independent | Azellus Lavallee | 6,639 | 37.3 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Joseph-Edouard Hamelin | 562 | 3.2 | -21.6 | ||||
Total valid votes | 17,805 | 100.0 |
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
hide1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | J-Emile Ferron | 10,119 | 75.3 | +20.6 | ||||
National Government | Joseph Arthur Barrette | 3,323 | 24.7 | -7.8 | ||||
Total valid votes | 13,442 | 100.0 |
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
hide1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | J-Emile Ferron | 8,459 | 54.7 | +6.0 | ||||
Conservative | Joseph Arthur Barrette | 5,022 | 32.5 | -18.8 | ||||
Reconstruction | Joseph Desjarlais | 1,978 | 12.8 | |||||
Total valid votes | 15,459 | 100.0 |
hide1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Joseph Arthur Barrette | 7,206 | 51.3 | +10.1 | ||||
Liberal | Jean-Charles Théodore Gervais | 6,850 | 48.7 | -10.1 | ||||
Total valid votes | 14,056 | 100.0 |
hide1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Joseph-Charles-Théodore Gervais | 6,606 | 58.8 | -2.2 | ||||
Conservative | Joseph Arthur Barrette | 4,626 | 41.2 | +2.2 | ||||
Total valid votes | 11,232 | 100.0 |
hide1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Joseph-Charles-Théodore Gervais | 6,664 | 61.0 | |||||
Conservative | Joseph Arthur Barrette | 4,264 | 39.0 | |||||
Total valid votes | 10,928 | 100.0 |
See also[]
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References[]
- "(Code 24008) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- (1924 - 1952)
- (1975 - 1980)
- (1981 - 1987)
- (2003 - present)
Notes[]
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
- ^ "Confirmed candidates — Berthier—Maskinongé". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Berthier—Maskinongé, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1]
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
- Louiseville
- Politics of Trois-Rivières
- Quebec federal electoral districts