Maskinongé (provincial electoral district)

Maskinongé

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Jean-Paul Diamond Liberal
District created	1853
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007)	49,150 [1]
Area (km²)
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Maskinongé is a provincial electoral district that is located in the province of Quebec. Situated in the Mauricie region, it was created in 1853. It includes western portions of the city of Trois-Rivières as well as the cities or municipalities of Maskinongé, Yamachiche, Saint-Etienne-des-Gres, Louiseville, Saint-Paulin and Saint-Alexis-des-Monts

Members of the Legislative Assembly (1867–1968) and the National Assembly of Quebec (since 1968)

	Name	Assignments [1]	Party	Election [2]	Popular Vote [3]
	Alexis Lesieur Desaulniers [4]	Government MLA	Conservative	1867	54%
	Moïse Houde	Official Opposition MLA	Liberal	1871	56%
	Moïse Houde [5]	Government MLA (until 1878) Official Opposition MLA (after 1878)	Conservative	1875	59%
	Édouard Caron	Official Opposition MLA (until 1879) Government MLA (after 1879)	Conservative	1878	51%
	Édouard Caron	Government MLA	Conservative	1881	72%
	Édouard Caron [6]	Government MLA (until 1887) Official Opposition MLA (after 1887)	Conservative	1886	49%
	Joseph-Hormisdas Legris [7]	Government MLA	Parti National	1888	51%
	Joseph Lessard [8]	Official Opposition MLA (until 1891) Government MLA (after 1891)	Conservative	1890	51%
	Hector Caron	Official Opposition MLA	Liberal	1892	51%
	Hector Caron	Government MLA	Liberal	1897	60%
	Hector Caron [9]	Government MLA	Liberal	1900	unopposed
	Georges Lafontaine	Official Opposition MLA	Conservative	1904	52%
	Georges Lafontaine	Official Opposition MLA	Conservative	1904	55%
	Georges Lafontaine [10]	Official Opposition MLA	Conservative	1908	52%
	Rodolphe Tourville	Government MLA	Liberal	1912	52%
	Rodolphe Tourville	Government MLA	Liberal	1916	56%
	Rodolphe Tourville	Government MLA	Liberal	1919	67%
	Rodolphe Tourville	Government MLA	Liberal	1923	55%
	Joseph-William Gagnon [11]	Government MLA	Liberal	1927	60%
	Louis-Joseph Thisdel	Government MLA	Liberal	1930	56%
	Louis-Joseph Thisdel	Government MLA	Liberal	1931	61%
	Louis-Joseph Thisdel [12]	Government MLA	Liberal	1935	64%
	Joseph-Napoléon Caron	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1936	55%
	Louis-Joseph Thisdel [13]	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1939	58%
	Germain Caron	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1944	55%
	Germain Caron	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1948	56%
	Germain Caron	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1952	54%
	Germain Caron	Government MLA Deputy Speaker (after 1958) Government House Whip (after 1959)	Union Nationale	1956	57%
	Germain Caron	Official Opposition MLA	Union Nationale	1960	54%
	Germain Caron [14]	Official Opposition MLA	Union Nationale	1962	54%
	Rémi Paul	Speaker (until 1968) Cabinet Member (after 1968) Government House Leader (after 1969)	Union Nationale	1966	53%
	Rémi Paul [15]	Official Opposition House Leader	Union Nationale	1970	43%
	Yvon Picotte	Government MNA	Liberal	1973	49%
	Yvon Picotte	Official Opposition MNA	Liberal	1976	36%
	Yvon Picotte	Official Opposition MNA	Liberal	1981	47%
	Yvon Picotte	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1985	62%
	Yvon Picotte	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1989	64%
	Rémy Désilets	Government MNA	Parti Québécois	1994	48%
	Rémy Désilets [16]	Government MNA Parliamentary Secretary (after 2002)	Parti Québécois	1998	48%
	Francine Gaudet [17]	Parliamentary Secretary	Liberal	2003	38%
	Jean Damphousse	Official Opposition MNA	Action démocratique du Québec	2007	40%
	Jean-Paul Diamond	Government MNA	Liberal	2008	42%

Footnotes

1. ^ Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.
2. ^ By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.
3. ^ Elections par circonscriptions - Maskinongé
4. ^ Desaulniers lost the 1871 election.
5. ^ Houde lost the 1878 election.
6. ^ The election was cancelled in 1887. Édouard Caron lost the 1888 by-election.
7. ^ The election was cancelled in 1890. Legris lost the 1890 election.
8. ^ The election was cancelled in 1892. Lessard lost the 1892 election.
9. ^ Hector Caron resigned to become superintendent in 1903.
10. ^ Lafontaine lost the 1912 election.
11. ^ Gagnon died in office in 1929.
12. ^ Thisdel lost the 1936 election.
13. ^ Thisdel died in office in 1943.
14. ^ Germain Caron died in office in 1966.
15. ^ Paul lost the 1973 election.
16. ^ Désilets lost the 2003 election.
17. ^ Gaudet lost the 2007 election.

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Diamond	13,277	42.18
	Parti québécois	Remy Desilets	10,841	34.44
	Action démocratique	Jean Damphousse	6,252	19.86
	Québec solidaire	Mariannick Mercure	709	2.25
	Independent	Michel Thibeault	395	1.26

See also

• Berthier—Maskinongé Federal Electoral District
• History of Canada
• History of Quebec
• Louiseville, Quebec
• District of Maskinongé (Province of Canada)
• Mauricie
• Politics of Canada
• Politics of Quebec

References

• Elections results
• Map of Maskinonge
• Quebec electoral map

Neighbouring electoral districts