Rimouski—La Matapédia

For homonymy, see Rimouski (disambiguation).

Rimouski—La Matapédia (formerly known as Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques and Rimouski—Témiscouata) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Rimouski—La Matapédia

Quebec electoral district
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques from the 2015 federal election to 2025 From the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Québécois
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	84,809
Electors (2015)	69,631
Area (km²)[2]	8,061
Pop. density (per km²)	10.5
Census division(s)	La Matapédia, La Mitis, Les Basques, Rimouski-Neigette
Census subdivision(s)	Rimouski, Mont-Joli, Amqui, Trois-Pistoles, Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Sainte-Luce, Causapscal, Saint-Fabien, Price, Sayabec

Geography

This eastern Quebec riding includes the regional county municipalities of La Matapédia, La Mitis, Les Basques and Rimouski-Neigette, in the Quebec region of Bas-Saint-Laurent.

The neighbouring ridings are Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata, Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, and Madawaska—Restigouche.

History

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques was created in 2003 as "Rimouski—Témiscouata" from parts of Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques and Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis ridings. The district was given its present name in 2004.

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques was a safe seat for Bloc Québécois until 2011, when New Democrat Guy Caron, an unsuccessful candidate in 2004, 2006 and 2008, unexpectedly won the riding in an NDP wave that swept throughout Quebec.^[3]

There was a proposal to change the riding's name to Centre-du-Bas-Saint-Laurent following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012; however, Parliament voted against this change.^[4] There were no territory changes to this riding as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding was merged with Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, becoming Rimouski—La Matapédia. The new riding consisted of Les Basuqes and Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipalities (taken from Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) and La Mitis and La Matapédia Regional County Municipalities from Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques Riding created from Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques and Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis
38th	2004–2006		Louise Thibault	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2007
	2007–2008			Independent
40th	2008–2011		Claude Guimond	Bloc Québécois
41st	2011–2015		Guy Caron	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021		Maxime Blanchette-Joncas	Bloc Québécois
44th	2021–2025
Rimouski—La Matapédia incorporating parts of Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
45th	2025–present		Maxime Blanchette-Joncas	Bloc Québécois

Election results

Rimouski—La Matapédia

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maxime Blanchette-Joncas	24,608	46.28	–8.02
	Liberal	Alexander Reford	18,846	35.44	+13.36
	Conservative	Nancy Joannette	7,201	13.54	+2.34
	New Democratic	Salomé Salvain	946	1.78	–4.08
	Independent	Noémi Bureau-Civil	608	1.14	–1.87
	People's	Taraneh Javanbakht	337	0.63	–1.43
	Rhinoceros	Lysane Picker-Paquin	295	0.55	N/A
	Independent	Raphaël Arsenault	239	0.45	N/A
	Independent	Tommy Lefebvre	95	0.18	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			53,175	63.20
Eligible voters			84,140
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		–10.69
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	26,658	54.30
	Liberal	10,842	22.08
	Conservative	5,497	11.20
	New Democratic	2,876	5.86
	People's	1,010	2.06
	Others	2,215	4.51

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maxime Blanchette-Joncas	20,657	49.0	+11.2	$29,861.18
	Liberal	Léonie Lajoie	10,482	24.9	+2.8	$9,539.74
	Conservative	France Gagnon	5,569	13.2	+4.3	$3,704.22
	New Democratic	Sylvain Lajoie	2,641	6.3	-22.2	$621.60
	Independent	Noémi Bureau-Civil	1,467	3.5	N/A	$2,245.90
	People's	Jean Tardy	700	1.7	+1.2	$2,383.86
	Free	Michel Raymond	430	1.0	N/A	$301.03
	Rhinoceros	Megan Hodges	192	0.5	+0.1	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,138	98.0	–	$110,576.53
Total rejected ballots			881	2.0
Turnout			43,019	61.1
Registered voters			70,467
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+4.2
Source: Elections Canada[8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maxime Blanchette-Joncas	17,314	37.8	+18.50	$13,984.50
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	13,050	28.5	-14.61	none listed
	Liberal	Chantal Pilon	10,095	22.1	-5.92	$42,899.50
	Conservative	Nancy Brassard-Fortin	4,073	8.9	+1.42	$13,507.19
	Green	Jocelyn Rioux	824	1.8	+0.31	none listed
	People's	Pierre Lacombe	232	0.50	New	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Lysane Picker-Paquin	179	0.4	-0.21	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,767	100.0
Total rejected ballots			758
Turnout			46,525	66.5
Eligible voters			69,939
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+16.56
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

There were no territory changes for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	19,374	43.11	+0.13	$35,673.90
	Liberal	Pierre Cadieux	12,594	28.02	+18.42	$17,003.50
	Bloc Québécois	Johanne Carignan	8,673	19.30	-11.53	$16,944.09
	Conservative	Francis Fortin	3,361	7.48	-7.08	$4,751.28
	Green	Louise Boutin	669	1.49	-0.54	–
	Rhinoceros	Sébastien CôRhino Côrriveau	274	0.61	–	$41.32
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,837	100.0		$211,200.56
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			69,631
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.02
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	18,360	42.98	+32.65	$1,454.82
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Guimond	13,170	30.83	-13.85	$37,084.15
	Conservative	Bertin Denis	6,218	14.56	-3.70	$48,523.44
	Liberal	Pierre Cadieux	4,101	9.60	-10.49	$12,947.19
	Green	Clément Pelletier	867	2.03	+0.40	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,716	100.0		$86,716.92
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			449	1.04	-0.13
Turnout			43,165	62.90	+4.17
Eligible voters			68,625
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+23.25
Sources:[13][14]

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Guimond	17,652	44.68	-1.70	$26,530.06
	Liberal	Pierre Béland	7,937	20.09	+0.76	$16,213.11
	Conservative	Gaston Noël	7,216	18.26	-3.94	$50,736.77
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	4,085	10.33	+0.53	$8,921.06
	Independent	Louise Thibault	1,966	4.97	–	$10,441.59
	Green	James D. Morrison	645	1.63	-0.65	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,501	100.0		$83,533
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			468	1.17	-0.05
Turnout			39,969	58.73	-5.03
Eligible voters			68,055
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-1.23
Independent candidate Louise Thibault was previously elected as a member of the Bloc Québécois, and lost 41.41 percentage points from her results in the 2006 election.

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louise Thibault	19,804	46.38	-11.25	$37,738.52
	Conservative	Roger Picard	9,481	22.20	+13.26	$15,575.69
	Liberal	Michel Tremblay	8,254	19.33	-4.44	$54,457.05
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	4,186	9.80	+2.75	$15,288.40
	Green	François Bédard	973	2.28	-0.34	$30.76
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,698	100.0		$77,697
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			529	1.22	-0.68
Turnout			43,227	63.76	+5.71
Eligible voters			67,793
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-12.26

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louise Thibault	22,215	57.63	-2.77	$37,917.81
	Liberal	Côme Roy	9,161	23.77	-5.96	$52,950.93
	Conservative	Denis Quimper	3,445	8.94	+2.10	$14,150.40
	New Democratic	Guy Caron	2,717	7.05	+5.10	$6,486.64
	Green	Marjolaine Delaunière	1,008	2.62	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,546	100.0		$75,927
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			747	1.90
Turnout			39,293	58.05	-0.46
Eligible voters			67,686
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+1.60
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined total of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	23,583	60.40
	Liberal	11,609	29.73
	Progressive Conservative	1,343	3.44
	Alliance	1,327	3.40
	New Democratic	762	1.95
	Others	418	1.07

See also

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