Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet (formerly known as Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.
 Quebec electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
It was created as "Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1996 from Bellechasse electoral district. It was renamed "Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet" in 1997. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Lévis—Bellechasse and Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny ridings.
The district consisted of the cities of L'Islet, Lac-Etchemin, Montmagny and Saint-Pamphile, the Regional County Municipalities of Bellechasse, L'Islet, Montmagny and Les Etchemins (except the municipalities of Saint-Benjamin, Saint-Prosper, Saint-Zacharie and Sainte-Aurélie).
Members of Parliament
editThis riding elected only one Member of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Riding created from Bellechasse |
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| 36th | 1997–2000 | Gilbert Normand | Liberal | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Lévis—Bellechasse and Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny |
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Normand won the 1997 election narrowly over François Langlois of the Bloc Québécois, but beat him in 2000 handily.
Election results
edit| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Gilbert Normand | 14,100 | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | François Langlois | 14,053 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Denis Roy | 12,840 | ||||||
| Reform | Gaétan Pouliot | 611 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Branda Michaud | 520 | ||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Gilbert Normand | 19,163 | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | François Langlois | 14,973 | ||||||
| Alliance | Jean-Claude Roy | 4,224 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Suzanne Lafond | 1,636 | ||||||
See also
editExternal links
editRiding history from the Library of Parliament