Iberville (Quebec Provincial Electoral District)
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Iberville is a provincial electoral district 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. The ...
region of the province of
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. It is located south of
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. It includes part of the city of
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal. It is situated on the west bank of the Richelieu River at the northernmost naviga ...
, as well as Marieville,
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and
Mont Saint-Grégoire Mont Saint-Grégoire (height: ) is a mountain in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec, Canada. It is composed of essexite and syenite, strongly contrasting with the surrounding sedimentary rocks. The area around Mont Saint-Grégoire is know ...
. It was created for the 1867 election, and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the
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Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706) or Sieur d'Iberville was a French soldier, explorer, colonial administrator, and trader. He is noted for founding the colony of Louisiana in New France. He was born in Montreal to French ...
. The city of Saint-Pie was lost to the
Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Hyacinthe (; French: ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérég ...
district in the 2011 electoral map, updated from the 2001 map. Since the 1980s, three Iberville MNAs have
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Yvon Lafrance Yvon Lafrance (4 August 1944 – 30 September 2022) was a Canadian politician in Quebec, and was the Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Iberville. Lafrance was born in Iberville, Quebec on 4 August 1944. First electe ...
, elected liberal (1989) becomes in 1994 the first ADQ sitting in history *
André Riedl André Riedl (October 10, 1940 - April 5, 2023) was a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Iberville from 2007 to 2008. Born in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood in Montreal on Octo ...
, elected adéquiste (2007) joins the liberal government in 2008 *
Claire Samson Claire Samson (born April 12, 1955) is a Canadians, Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 Quebec general election, 2014 election. She was elected to represent the electoral district of Ibe ...
, elected in 2014 and 2018 as a member of the CAQ, in 2021 joins the
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, and becomes its first sitting member in the national assembly. Note:
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also has a provincial electoral district named Iberville, and there was also a federal Iberville electoral district.


Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly


Election results

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;Information:
Elections Quebec
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Election results
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2011 map
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2001 map
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2001–2011 changes
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Electoral map of Montérégie region

Quebec electoral map, 2011
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