Rimouski—La Matapédia (formerly known as Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques and 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 La Matapédia, La Mitis, Les Basques and Rimouski-Neigette, in the Quebec region of Bas-Saint-Laurent.
The neighbouring ridings are Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata, Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, 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.
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. There were no territory changes to this riding as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding was merged with Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, becoming Rimouski—La Matapédia. The new riding consisted of Les Basques and Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipalities (taken from Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) and La Mitis and La Matapédia Regional County Municipalities from Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.
It is proposed that the riding's name be changed to Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques as part of Bill C-25 of the 45th Canadian Parliament.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
Rimouski—La Matapédia
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! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
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| Bloc Québécois ||align=right| 26,658 ||align=right| 54.30
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| Liberal ||align=right| 10,842 ||align=right| 22.08
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| Conservative ||align=right| 5,497 ||align=right| 11.20
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| New Democratic ||align=right| 2,876 ||align=right| 5.86
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| People's ||align=right| 1,010 ||align=right| 2.06
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| Others ||align=right| 2,215 ||align=right| 4.51
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Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
There were no territory changes for the 42nd Canadian federal election.
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2000 federal election redistributed results
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="230px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| Bloc Québécois || 23,583 || 60.40
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| Liberal || 11,609 || 29.73
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| Progressive Conservative || 1,343 || 3.44
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| Alliance || 1,327 || 3.40
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| New Democratic || 762 || 1.95
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| Others || 418 || 1.07
|}
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
- 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