Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les-Basques (; formerly known as Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata) was a federal

electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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from 1997 to 2004. This riding was created in 1996 as "Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata" from parts of

Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup () was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Kamouraska and Rivière-du-Loup—T ...

riding. Its name was changed in 1997 to "Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques". It consisted of: *the cities of

Cabano Cabano is a former city in Témiscouata Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is situated on Lake Témiscouata on Autoroute 85. On May 5, 2010, it merged with Notre-Dame-du-Lac to form the new ci ...

Dégelis Dégelis () is a city in Témiscouata Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 2,884. The Madawaska River flows from Lake Témiscouata, through Degelis, to join ...

La Pocatière La Pocatière () is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Pocatière had a population of l ...

, Notre-Dame-du-Lac,

Pohénégamook Pohénégamook (; pop. 2481) is a Canadian town on the Canada–United States border in Quebec's Témiscouata Regional County Municipality. The town shares the border with Estcourt Station, Maine, the northernmost point in New England. As of ...

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 ...

Saint-Pascal Saint-Pascal () is a city in Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. It has a population of 3,530. It is the second biggest city in the RCM, after La Pocatière. The city is crossed by the Kamouraska ...

and

Trois-Pistoles Trois-Pistoles () is a city in Les Basques Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is also the county seat. The town is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. A ferry crosses the rive ...

; * the County Regional Municipality of Rivière-du-Loup, including Cacouna Indian Reserve No. 22 and Whitworth Indian Reserve; and * the county regional municipalities of Kamouraska, Les Basques and Témiscouata. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques ridings. Its only Member of Parliament was Paul Crête of the

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Riding history for Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Temiscouata from the

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Riding history for Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Temiscouata—Les Basques from the

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup-Temiscouata-Les Basques Former federal electoral districts of Quebec Rivière-du-Loup

Members of Parliament

Election results

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