Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata (formerly Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup and Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny) is a federal

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, that has been represented in the

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since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 97,492. It has the highest percentage of

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in Canada (97.1%, 2001 Census).

Geography

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Kamouraska, L'Islet, Montmagny and

Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup (; 2021 population 20,118) is a small city (Quebec), city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and the Judicial districts of Quebec ...

. The neighbouring ridings are Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix, and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques.

Demographics

''According to the

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, 2023 representation order'' Race: 97.0% White, 1.6% Indigenous
Languages: 98.7% French
Religions: 83.5% Christian (76.4% Catholic, 7.0% other), 16.0% none
Median income: $37,600 (2020)
Average income: $43,250 (2020)

History

The electoral district was created as "Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny" in 2003 55.5% from

Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les-Basques (; formerly known as Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 ...

and 44.5% from

Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet (formerly known as Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. It was created as ...

ridings. Its name was changed after the 2004 election to "Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup". The district did not have any boundary changes as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution. Following the

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, the riding was largely replaced by Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata, gaining the

Témiscouata Regional County Municipality Témiscouata () is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Loup, bordering New Brunswick, and is centred on Lake Témiscouata. Its seat is Témiscouata-sur-le-La ...

from Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques in the process.

Riding associations

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s are the local branches of political parties:

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata, 2023 representation order

Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, 2013 representation order

There were no boundary changes for the

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Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, 2003 representation order

Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny, 2003 representation order

References

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Campaign expense data from Elections Canada2011 results from Elections CanadaRiding history from the

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Riding history for Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup from the

Notes

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