Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
Quebec electoral district
	Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Maxime Blanchette-Joncas; Bloc Québécois
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	84,809
Electors (2015)	69,631
Area (km²)	8,061
Pop. density (per km²)	10.5
Census division(s)	Rimouski-Neigette, Les Basques, Témiscouata
Census subdivision(s)	Rimouski, Trois-Pistoles, Dégelis, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Pohénégamook, Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard,

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques (formerly known as Rimouski—Témiscouata) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Geography[]

This eastern Quebec riding includes the regional county municipalities of Rimouski-Neigette, Les Basques and Témiscouata, in the Quebec region of Bas-Saint-Laurent.

The neighbouring ridings are Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, and Madawaska—Restigouche.

History[]

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques was created in 2003 as "Rimouski—Témiscouata" from parts of Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques and Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis ridings. The district was given its present name in 2004.

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques was a safe seat for Bloc Québécois until 2011, when New Democrat Guy Caron, an unsuccessful candidate in 2004, 2006 and 2008, unexpectedly won the riding in an NDP wave that swept throughout Quebec.^[3]

There was a proposal to change the riding's name to Centre-du-Bas-Saint-Laurent following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012; however, Parliament voted against this change.^[4] There were no territory changes to this riding as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques Riding created from Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques and Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis
38th	2004–2006	Louise Thibault	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2007		Bloc Québécois
39th	2007–2008		Independent
40th	2008–2011	Claude Guimond	Bloc Québécois
41st	2011–2015	Guy Caron	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019	Guy Caron	New Democratic
43rd	2019–present	Maxime Blanchette-Joncas	Bloc Québécois

Election results[]

hide v 2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maxime Blanchette-Joncas
	Independent	Noémi Bureau-Civil
	Conservative	France Gagnon
	Rhinoceros	Megan Hodges
	Liberal	Léonie Lajoie
	New Democratic	Sylvain Lajoie
	Free	Michel Raymond
	People's	Jean Tardy
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

hide v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maxime Blanchette-Joncas	17,314	37.8	+18.50	$13,984.50
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	13,050	28.5	-14.61	none listed
	Liberal	Chantal Pilon	10,095	22.1	-5.92	$42,899.50
	Conservative	Nancy Brassard-Fortin	4,073	8.9	+1.42	$13,507.19
	Green	Jocelyn Rioux	824	1.8	+0.31	none listed
	People's	Pierre Lacombe	232	0.50	New	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Lysane Picker-Paquin	179	0.4	-0.21	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,767	100.0
Total rejected ballots			758
Turnout			46,525	66.5
Eligible voters			69,939
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+16.56
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

There were no territory changes for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

hide2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	19,374	43.11	+0.13	$35,673.90
	Liberal	Pierre Cadieux	12,594	28.02	+18.42	$17,003.50
	Bloc Québécois	Johanne Carignan	8,673	19.30	-11.53	$16,944.09
	Conservative	Francis Fortin	3,361	7.48	-7.08	$4,751.28
	Green	Louise Boutin	669	1.49	-0.54	–
	Rhinoceros	Sébastien CôRhino Côrriveau	274	0.61	–	$41.32
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,837	100.0		$211,200.56
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			69,631
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.02
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

hide2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	18,360	42.98	+32.65	$1,454.82
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Guimond	13,170	30.83	-13.85	$37,084.15
	Conservative	Bertin Denis	6,218	14.56	-3.70	$48,523.44
	Liberal	Pierre Cadieux	4,101	9.60	-10.49	$12,947.19
	Green	Clément Pelletier	867	2.03	+0.40	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,716	100.0		$86,716.92
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			449	1.04	-0.13
Turnout			43,165	62.90	+4.17
Eligible voters			68,625
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+23.25
Sources:^[10]^[11]

hide2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Guimond	17,652	44.68	-1.70	$26,530.06
	Liberal	Pierre Béland	7,937	20.09	+0.76	$16,213.11
	Conservative	Gaston Noël	7,216	18.26	-3.94	$50,736.77
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	4,085	10.33	+0.53	$8,921.06
	Independent	Louise Thibault	1,966	4.97	–	$10,441.59
	Green	James D. Morrison	645	1.63	-0.65	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,501	100.0		$83,533
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			468	1.17	-0.05
Turnout			39,969	58.73	-5.03
Eligible voters			68,055
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-1.23
Independent candidate Louise Thibault was previously elected as a member of the Bloc Québécois, and lost 41.41 percentage points from her results in the 2006 election.

hide2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louise Thibault	19,804	46.38	-11.25	$37,738.52
	Conservative	Roger Picard	9,481	22.20	+13.26	$15,575.69
	Liberal	Michel Tremblay	8,254	19.33	-4.44	$54,457.05
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	4,186	9.80	+2.75	$15,288.40
	Green	François Bédard	973	2.28	-0.34	$30.76
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,698	100.0		$77,697
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			529	1.22	-0.68
Turnout			43,227	63.76	+5.71
Eligible voters			67,793
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-12.26

hide2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louise Thibault	22,215	57.63	-2.77	$37,917.81
	Liberal	Côme Roy	9,161	23.77	-5.96	$52,950.93
	Conservative	Denis Quimper	3,445	8.94	+2.10	$14,150.40
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	2,717	7.05	+5.10	$6,486.64
	Green	Marjolaine Delaunière	1,008	2.62	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,546	100.0		$75,927
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			747	1.90
Turnout			39,293	58.05	-0.46
Eligible voters			67,686
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+1.60
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined total of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	23,583	60.40
	Liberal	11,609	29.73
	Progressive Conservative	1,343	3.44
	Alliance	1,327	3.40
	New Democratic	762	1.95
	Others	418	1.07

References[]

"(Code 24056) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history Rimouski--Témiscouata, Quebec (2003 - 2004) from the Library of Parliament
Riding history Rimouski-Neigette--Témiscouata--Les Basques, Quebec (2004 - 2008) from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes[]

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Rimouski-Neigette - Témiscouata - Les Basques Archived 2011-09-05 at the Wayback Machine The Globe and Mail. (accessed 14 January 2012)
^ "Government Bill (House of Commons) C-37 (41-2) - Third Reading - Riding Name Change Act, 2014 - Parliament of Canada".
^ "Confirmed candidates — Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

Coordinates: 47°56′N 68°31′W / 47.94°N 68.51°W / 47.94; -68.51

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] Rimouski-Neigette - Témiscouata - Les Basques Archived 2011-09-05 at the Wayback Machine The Globe and Mail. (accessed 14 January 2012)

[4] "Government Bill (House of Commons) C-37 (41-2) - Third Reading - Riding Name Change Act, 2014 - Parliament of Canada".

[5] "Confirmed candidates — Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[6] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[7] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[8] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, 30 September 2015

[9] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[10] Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011

[11] Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

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