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

Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les-Basques (French pronunciation: [kamuʁaska ʁivjɛʁ dy lu temiskwata le bask]; 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.

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

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2003
First contested	1997
Last contested	2000

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:

• the cities of Cabano, Dégelis, La Pocatière, Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Pohénégamook, Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Pascal and Trois-Pistoles;
• the County Regional Municipality of Rivière-du-Loup, including Cacouna Indian Reserve No. 22 and Whitworth Indian Reserve; and
• the county regional municipalities of Kamouraska, Les Basques and Témiscouata.

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

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

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

See also

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