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Berthier—Montcalm

Berthier—Montcalm

Berthier—Montcalm was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2004.

This riding was created in 1987 from Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière riding. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Berthier—Maskinongé, Laurentides—Labelle, Montcalm and Rivière-du-Nord ridings.

Berthier—Montcalm consisted of the towns of Berthierville, Louiseville and Saint-Gabriel; parts of the Counties of Berthier, Joliette, Maskinongé,Montcalm, and Saint-Maurice. In 1996, the riding was redefined to consist of the cities of Berthierville, Laurentides and Saint-Gabriel, the county regional municipalities of Montcalm, D'Autray and Matawinie (including Manouane Indian Reserve No. 26), and the Village Municipality of New Glasgow and the Municipality of Sainte-Sophie in the County Regional Municipality of La Rivière-du-Nord.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

  1. Robert de Cotret, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
  2. Michel Bellehumeur, Bloc Québécois (1993-2002)
  3. Roger Gaudet, Bloc Québécois (2002-2004)

Electoral history

|- |Progressive Conservative |DE COTRET, Robert |align="right"|29,370 |Liberal |ROBERGE, Maurice |align="right"|13,624 |New Democratic Party |ARÈS, Pierre |align="right"|5,883 |Green |SYLVESTRE, Roberte |align="right"|2,084 |No affiliation |YANAKIS, Antonio |align="right"|1,292 |}

|- |Bloc Québécois |BELLEHUMEUR, Michel |align="right"|36,065 |Liberal |BÉLANGER, Madeleine |align="right"|16,133 |Progressive Conservative |NAUD, Réal |align="right"|5,358 |Natural Law |CROTEAU, Réal |align="right"|804 |New Democratic Party |DE BILLY, Jean-Pierre |align="right"|591 |National |HARVEY, Laurent |align="right"|276 |}

|- |Bloc Québécois |BELLEHUMEUR, Michel |align="right"|32,707 |Liberal |PERREAULT, Lise |align="right"|15,073 |Progressive Conservative |NAUD, Réal |align="right"|13,338 |New Democratic Party |DE BILLY, Jean-Pierre |align="right"|1,009 |}

|- |Bloc Québécois |BELLEHUMEUR, Michel |align="right"|31,703 |Liberal |HUDON, Jean-Carle |align="right"|16,675 |Canadian Alliance |NAUD, Réal |align="right"|2,853 |Progressive Conservative |LAVIGNE, Paul |align="right"|2,014 |Marijuana |HÉNAULT, Sébastien |align="right"|1,460 |New Democratic Party |DE BILLY, Jean-Pierre |align="right"|829 |}

|- |Bloc Québécois |Roger Gaudet |align="right"|13,747 |Liberal |Richard Giroux |align="right"|11,646 |New Democratic Party |François Rivest |align="right"|977 |Progressive Conservative |Richard Lafleur |align="right"|598 |Canadian Alliance |Réal Naud |align="right"|475 |}

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