Berthier—Montcalm

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

Berthier—Montcalm

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
District abolished	2003
First contested	1988
Last contested	2002 by-election

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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Berthier—Montcalm Riding created from Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière
34th	1988–1993		Robert de Cotret	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Michel Bellehumeur	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2002
	2002–2004		Roger Gaudet
Riding dissolved into Berthier—Maskinongé, Laurentides—Labelle, Montcalm and Rivière-du-Nord

Electoral history

1988 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert de Cotret	29,370
	Liberal	Maurice Roberge	13,624
	New Democratic	Pierre Arès	5,883
	Green	Roberte Sylvestre	2,084
	No affiliation	Antonio Yanakis	1,292

1993 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Bellehumeur	36,065
	Liberal	Madeleine Bélanger	16,133
	Progressive Conservative	Réal Naud	5,358
	Natural Law	Réal Croteau	804
	New Democratic	Jean-Pierre de Billy	591
	National	Laurent Harvey	276

1997 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Bellehumeur	32,707
	Liberal	Lise Perreault	15,073
	Progressive Conservative	Réal Naud	13,338
	New Democratic	Jean-Pierre de Billy	1,009

2000 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Bellehumeur	31,703
	Liberal	Jean-Carle Hudon	16,675
	Alliance	Réal Naud	2,853
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Lavigne	2,014
	Marijuana	Sébastien Hénault	1,460
	New Democratic	Jean-Pierre de Billy	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	François Rivest	977
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Lafleur	598
	Alliance	Réal Naud	475

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada