Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques

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Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2003
First contested1997
Last contested2000

Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les-Basques (formerly known as Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.

This riding was created in 1996 as "Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata" from parts of Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup riding. Its name was changed in 1997 to "Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques".

It consisted of:

It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques ridings. Its only Member of Parliament was Paul Crête of the Bloc Québécois.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Parliament Years Member Party
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques
Riding created from Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
36th  1997–2000     Paul Crête Bloc Québécois
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny
and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

Election results[edit]

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc Québécois Paul Crête 16,518
Liberal France Dionne 14,119
Progressive Conservative André Plourde 11,623
Natural Law Armand Pouliot 480
New Democratic Élaine Côté 420
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc Québécois Paul Crête 23,319
Liberal Helen Ouellet 11,794
Progressive Conservative André Plourde 1,382
Alliance René Théberge 1,373
New Democratic Elaine Côté 836
Marxist–Leninist Normand Fournier 170

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