Nicolet-Yamaska is a former provincial electoral district in the Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie regions of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec |
District created | 1972 |
District abolished | 1980 |
District re-created | 1988 |
District re-abolished | 2011 |
First contested | 1973 |
Last contested | 2008 |
Demographics | |
Population (2006) | 43,849 |
Electors (2008)[1] | 34,889 |
Area (km²)[2] | 2,389.52 |
Census division(s) | Arthabaska (part), Bécancour (part), Drummond (part), Nicolet-Yamaska (part) |
Census subdivision(s) | Drummondville (part), Yamaska (part), Aston-Jonction, Baie-du-Febvre, Bécancour, Daveluyville, Grand-Saint-Esprit, La Visitation-de-Yamaska, Maddington, Nicolet, Pierreville, Sainte-Anne-du-Sault, Saint-Bonaventure, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, Saint-Célestin (municipality), Saint-Célestin (village), Saint-David, Saint-Elphège, Sainte-Eulalie, Saint-François-du-Lac, Saint-Gérard-Majella, Saint-Guillaume, Saint-Joachim-de-Courval, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Sainte-Monique, Sainte-Perpétue, Saint-Pie-de-Guire, Saint-Sylvère, Saint-Wenceslas, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval; Odanak, Wôlinak |
As of its final election, it included the cities or municipalities of Pierreville, Nicolet, Bécancour, Sainte-Eulalie, Daveluyville, Saint-Leonard-d'Aston, Saint-Wenceslas and Saint-Gerard-Majella as well as portions of the city of Drummondville.
It was created for the 1973 election from parts of Nicolet and its final election was in 1976. It disappeared in the 1981 election and Nicolet was recreated. Nicolet disappeared again in the 1989 election, for which Nicolet-Yamaska was recreated. Nicolet-Yamaska's final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Nicolet-Bécancour.[3]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Parti Québécois | Jean-Martin Aussant | 8,131 | 35.24 | |||||
Liberal | Mario Landry | 7,956 | 34.48 | |||||
Action démocratique | Éric Dorion (incumbent) | 6,044 | 26.20 | |||||
Québec solidaire | Marianne Mathis | 940 | 4.07 | |||||
Total valid votes | 23,071 | 98.14 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 438 | 1.86 | ||||||
Turnout | 23,509 | 67.38 | −10.35 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 34,889 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Action démocratique | Éric Dorion | 10,839 | 41.18 | |||||
Parti Québécois | Donald Martel | 7,455 | 28.32 | |||||
Liberal | Yves Baril | 6,770 | 25.72 | |||||
Québec solidaire | Jean Proulx | 1,121 | 4.26 | |||||
Independent | Simonne Lizotte | 138 | 0.52 | |||||
Total valid votes | 26,323 | 98.73 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 339 | 1.27 | ||||||
Turnout | 26,662 | 77.73 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 34,301 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Parti Québécois | Michel Morin | 10,783 | 41.21 | |||||
Liberal | Jean Rousseau | 8,927 | 34.12 | |||||
Action démocratique | Lise Blanchette | 5,899 | 22.54 | |||||
Bloc Pot | Blak D. Blackburn | 417 | 1.59 | |||||
Independent | Simonne Lizotte | 141 | 0.54 | |||||
Total valid votes | 26,167 | 98.49 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 401 | 1.51 | ||||||
Turnout | 26,568 | 77.82 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 34,140 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Parti Québécois | Michel Morin | 14,166 | 50.23 | |||||
Liberal | Daniel McMahon | 10,369 | 36.77 | |||||
Action démocratique | Frédéric Lajoie | 3,509 | 12.44 | |||||
Socialist Democracy | Robert Poirier | 157 | 0.56 | |||||
Total valid votes | 28,201 | 98.70 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 372 | 1.30 | ||||||
Turnout | 28,573 | 84.59 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 33,777 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Parti Québécois | Michel Morin | 13,427 | 50.13 | +14.67 | ||||
Liberal | Maurice Richard | 12,520 | 46.74 | −13.40 | ||||
Natural Law | Jacques Houde | 840 | 3.14 | |||||
Total valid votes | 26,787 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 816 | |||||||
Turnout | 27,603 | 84.85 | +3.84 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 32,530 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Maurice Richard | 15,164 | 60.14 | |||||
Parti Québécois | Guy Vachon | 8,941 | 35.46 | |||||
Green | Jean-Léon Deschênes | 1,111 | 4.41 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 25,216 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 508 | |||||||
Turnout | 25,724 | 81.01 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 31,753 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
Neighbouring electoral districts | ||||||||||||||||
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Quebec provincial electoral districts | |
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Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord |
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Capitale-Nationale | |
Mauricie | |
Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec | |
Estrie (Eastern Townships) | |
Eastern Montérégie | |
South Shore | |
East Montreal | |
West Montreal | |
Laval | |
Lanaudière | |
Laurentides | |
Outaouais | |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec | |
Eliminated in the 2012 election: | |
1Côte-du-Sud is split between Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches
2Johnson is split between Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie
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