Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Témiscouata (federal electoral district).

Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. It notably includes the municipalities of Rivière-du-Loup, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Saint-Antonin, Trois-Pistoles, Dégelis, Pohénégamook, Cacouna, Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup and L'Isle-Verte.

Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Amélie Dionne Coalition Avenir Québec
District created	2011
First contested	2012
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2011)	64,120
Electors (2012)[1]	50,769
Area (km²)[2]	7,395.0
Pop. density (per km²)	8.7
Census division(s)	Les Basques (all), Rivière-du-Loup (all), Témiscouata (all)
Census subdivision(s)	Auclair, Biencourt, Cacouna, Dégelis, Lac-des-Aigles, Lejeune, L'Isle-Verte, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Packington, Pohénégamook, Rivière-Bleue, Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Antonin, Saint-Arsène, Saint-Athanase, Saint-Clément, Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Éloi, Saint-Elzéar-de-Témiscouata, Saint-Épiphane, Saint-Eusèbe, Sainte-Françoise, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger, Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata, Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, Saint-Juste-du-Lac, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long, Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, Saint-Médard, Saint-Michel-du-Squatec, Saint-Modeste, Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix, Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy, Sainte-Rita, Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Trois-Pistoles; Cacouna (Indian reserve), Kataskomiq; Lac-Boisbouscache

It was created for the 2012 election from all of the former Rivière-du-Loup electoral district and part of the former Kamouraska-Témiscouata electoral districts; it also took Lac-des-Aigles and Biencourt from the Rimouski electoral district. Effectively, the entire territory of the Témiscouata Regional County Municipality was added to the former Rivière-du-Loup electoral district.^[3]

Members of National Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Rivière-du-Loup, Kamouraska-Témiscouata and Rimouski
40th	2012–2014		Jean D'Amour	Liberal
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2020		Denis Tardif	Coalition Avenir Québec
	2020–2021			Independent
	2021–2022			Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd	2022–Present		Amélie Dionne

Election results

v t e 2022 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Amélie Dionne	18,183	52.06	+12.88
	Parti Québécois	Félix Rioux	6,141	17.58	+2.33
	Québec solidaire	Myriam Lapointe-Gagnon	5,102	14.61	+3.58
	Conservative	Louise Moreault	3,937	11.27	+10.18
	Liberal	Louis Bellemare	1,388	3.97	–29.49
	Climat Québec	Carole Sierpien	174	0.50	New
Total valid votes			34,925	98.95
Total rejected ballots			369	1.05	–0.62
Turnout			35,294	68.89	–0.52
Electors on the lists			51,230
	Coalition Avenir Québec hold		Swing		+5.28
Source: Élections Québec[4]

v t e 2018 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Denis Tardif	13,439	39.18	+22.62
	Liberal	Jean D'Amour	11,477	33.46	-18.23
	Parti Québécois	Vincent Couture	5,230	15.25	-8.70
	Québec solidaire	Goulimine Sylvie Cadôret	3,783	11.03	+4.94
	Conservative	Martin Perron	373	1.09	–
Total valid votes			34,302	98.33
Total rejected ballots			583	1.67
Turnout			34,885	69.41	-0.59
Eligible voters			50,261
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal		Swing		+20.43
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

v t e 2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean D'Amour	18,086	51.69	+10.78
	Parti Québécois	Michel Lagacé	8,378	23.95	-10.42
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Charles Roy	5,794	16.56	-2.00
	Québec solidaire	Louis Gagnon	2,129	6.09	+3.11
	Parti des sans Parti	Frank Malenfant	354	1.01	+0.65*
	Option nationale	Étienne Massé	245	0.70	-0.39
Total valid votes			34,986	98.61	–
Total rejected ballots			494	1.39	–
Turnout			35,480	70.00	-4.56
Electors on the lists			50,688	–	–
* Result compared to Coalition pour la constituante

v t e 2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean D'Amour	15,317	40.91	-4.12
	Parti Québécois	Michel Lagacé	12,870	34.37	-2.03
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Gaétan Lavoie	6,949	18.56	+2.59
	Québec solidaire	Stacy Larouche	1,116	2.98	+1.93
	Green	Nadia Pelletier	647	1.73	+0.74
	Option nationale	Jonathan St-Pierre	410	1.09	–
	Coalition pour la constituante	Sylvain Potvin	135	0.36	–
Total valid votes			37,444	98.86	–
Total rejected ballots			430	1.14	–
Turnout			37,874	74.56
Electors on the lists			50,795	–	–
^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.04