Berthier—Montcalm

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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.

1 Members of Parliament
2 Electoral history
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

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

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	DE COTRET, Robert	29,370
	Liberal	ROBERGE, Maurice	13,624
	New Democratic Party	ARÈS, Pierre	5,883
	Green	SYLVESTRE, Roberte	2,084
	No affiliation	YANAKIS, Antonio	1,292

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	BELLEHUMEUR, Michel	36,065
	Liberal	BÉLANGER, Madeleine	16,133
	Progressive Conservative	NAUD, Réal	5,358
	Natural Law	CROTEAU, Réal	804
	New Democratic Party	DE BILLY, Jean-Pierre	591
	National	HARVEY, Laurent	276

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	BELLEHUMEUR, Michel	32,707
	Liberal	PERREAULT, Lise	15,073
	Progressive Conservative	NAUD, Réal	13,338
	New Democratic Party	DE BILLY, Jean-Pierre	1,009

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	BELLEHUMEUR, Michel	31,703
	Liberal	HUDON, Jean-Carle	16,675
	Canadian Alliance	NAUD, Réal	2,853
	Progressive Conservative	LAVIGNE, Paul	2,014
	Marijuana	HÉNAULT, Sébastien	1,460
	New Democratic Party	DE BILLY, Jean-Pierre	829

By-election on Mr. Bellehumeur's resignation, 18 May 2002:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Gaudet	13,747
	Liberal	Richard Giroux	11,646
	New Democratic Party	François Rivest	977
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Lafleur	598
	Canadian Alliance	Réal Naud	475