Bertrand was the name of a defunct provincial electoral district in the province of
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. It
was located in the
Montérégie
Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
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region, and is not to be confused with the later, entirely different
Bertrand
Bertrand may refer to:
Places
* Bertrand, Missouri, US
* Bertrand, Nebraska, US
* Bertrand, New Brunswick, Canada
* Bertrand Township, Michigan, US
* Bertrand, Michigan
* Bertrand, Virginia, US
* Bertrand Creek, state of Washington
* Saint-Bertr ...
electoral district located in the
Lanaudière
Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census.
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and
Laurentides
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regions, which re-used the name but otherwise has nothing in common.
It was created for the
1981 election from parts of the existing
Chambly and
Verchères districts. Its final election was in
1989
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. It disappeared in the
1994 election and its successor electoral district was
Marguerite-D'Youville
Marguerite-D'Youville is a former provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it consisted of the cities of Boucherville and Sain ...
.
It was in this electoral district that
Robert Bourassa was elected in a by-election on June 3, 1985 as part of his political comeback after returning as
Quebec Liberal Party leader, only to be defeated by the
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois (; ; PQ) is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishin ...
candidate in the
1985 general election a few months later. Bourassa subsequently ran in a by-election in
Saint-Laurent on January 20, 1986 and won there.
Members of National Assembly
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Denis Lazure
Denis Lazure (October 12, 1925 – February 23, 2008) was a Canadian psychiatrist and politician. Lazure was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) from 1976 to 1984 and from 1989 to 1996. He is the father of actress Gabrielle La ...
, Parti Québécois (1981–1984)
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Robert Bourassa, Liberal (1985 by-election)
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Jean-Guy Parent, Parti Québécois (1985–1989)
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François Beaulne, Parti Québécois (1989–1994)
Election results
External links
Election results(National Assembly)
Election results(Quebecpolitique.com)
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Former provincial electoral districts of Quebec