Rivière-du-Loup (electoral district)

Rivière-du-Loup is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was originally created in 1930 from a portion of the electoral district of Temiscouata.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#Léon Casgrain, Liberal (1931-1948)
#Roméo Gagné, Union Nationale (1948-1956)
#Alphonse Couturier, Liberal (1956-1966)

Members of National Assembly

#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 du Québec (1994-present)

Geography

The riding is located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River.

It consists of the municipalities of:
*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-Georges-de-Cacouna
*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

It also consists of the First Nation reserves of:
*Cacouna
*Whitworth

Linguistic demographics

*Francophone: 99.5%
*Anglophone: 0.4%
*Allophone: 0.2%

Election results

-
Action démocratique
Mario Dumont
align="right"|15,270
align="right"|58.59
align="right"|+2.71
- Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row
Liberal
Jean d'Amour
align="right"|7,337
align="right"|28.15
align="right"|+4.39
-
Parti Québécois
Hugues Belzile
align="right"|2817
align="right"|10.81
align="right"|-6.87
-
Green
Martin Poirier
align="right"|639
align="right"|2.45
align="right"|+1.12
-

-
Action démocratique
Mario Dumont
align="right"|13,452
align="right"|55.88
align="right"
- Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row
Liberal
Jacque Morin
align="right"|5,585
align="right"|23.76
align="right"
-
Parti Québécois
Carol Gilbert
align="right"|4,155
align="right"|17.68
align="right"
-
Green
Julie Morin
align="right"|312
align="right"|1.33
align="right"
-

References

* [http://www.cbc.ca/quebecvotes2007/riding/097 Quebec Votes 2007, Riding Profiles] "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation", retrieved 28 February 2007
* [http://www.monvote.qc.ca/en/infoCirc_resultats.asp?br=br&brs=brs&bva=bva&bvo=bvo&onglet=3&langue=fr&lstCirc=698&nomCirc=Rivi%E8re-du-Loup&codePostal=&nocivique= Information on the Electoral Divisions Holding Elections] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 28 February 2007
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/depcir/qr.html#qr Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription] . "National Assembly of Quebec", retrieved 5 April 2007
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/fr/tableaux/Referendum_1995_8481.asp Référendum du 30 octobre 1995] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 28 February 2007
* [http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-riviere-du-loup.html Rivière-du-Loup election results, "Quebec Politique"]
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/script/affiche_carte.asp?annee=2001&bsq=698 Map of Rivière-du-Loup]
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/fr/pdf/carte_recto.pdf Quebec electoral map]

Neighbouring electoral districts

Canadian City Geographic Location
North=René-Lévesque
West=Charlevoix
Center=Rivière-du-Loup
East=Rimouski
South=Kamouraska-Témiscouata