Berthier—Montcalm was a federal

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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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 Berthier—Maskinongé (formerly known as Berthier and Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953, from 1968 to 1988, and ...

Laurentides—Labelle Laurentides—Labelle is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Geography The district is located north of Gatineau and northwest of ...

, 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

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Electoral history

, - , Progressive Conservative ,

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, align="right", 29,370 ,

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, Maurice Roberge , align="right", 13,624 , New Democratic , Pierre Arès , align="right", 5,883 , No affiliation , Antonio Yanakis , align="right", 1,292 ,

, Madeleine Bélanger , align="right", 16,133 , Progressive Conservative , Réal Naud , align="right", 5,358 ,

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, Réal Croteau , align="right", 804 , New Democratic , Jean-Pierre de Billy , align="right", 591 ,

, Lise Perreault , align="right", 15,073 , Progressive Conservative , Réal Naud , align="right", 13,338 , New Democratic , Jean-Pierre de Billy , align="right", 1,009 ,

, Jean-Carle Hudon , align="right", 16,675 , Progressive Conservative , Paul Lavigne , align="right", 2,014 , New Democratic , Jean-Pierre de Billy , align="right", 829 ,

, Richard Giroux , align="right", 11,646 , New Democratic , François Rivest , align="right", 977 , Progressive Conservative , Richard Lafleur , align="right", 598

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Riding history from the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berthier-Montcalm Former federal electoral districts of Quebec

Members of Parliament

Electoral history

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