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Trois-Rivières (formerly known as Three Rivers and Trois-Rivières Métropolitain) is an electoral district in Quebec, Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892 and from 1935 to the present.

Trois-Rivières

Quebec electoral district
Trois-Rivières in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	René Villemure Bloc Québécois
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	108,774
Electors (2015)	90,709
Area (km²)[2]	133
Pop. density (per km²)	817.8
Census division(s)	Trois-Rivières
Census subdivision(s)	Trois-Rivières

It was created as "Three Rivers" riding by the British North America Act of 1867. The electoral district was abolished in 1892 when it was merged into Three Rivers and St. Maurice riding.

The electoral district's English name changed in 1947 to "Trois-Rivières". The riding's name was changed again in 1972 to "Trois-Rivières Métropolitain". Trois-Rivières Métropolitain was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into a new "Trois-Rivières" riding and Champlain riding.

This riding lost territory to Saint-Maurice—Champlain and gained territory from Berthier—Maskinongé during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Geography

The riding, in the Quebec region of Mauricie, consists of most of the city of Trois-Rivières, excepting the former cities of Trois-Rivières-Ouest and Pointe-du-Lac.

The neighbouring ridings are Berthier—Maskinongé, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, and Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour.

History

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Three Rivers
1st	1867–1868		Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville	Conservative
	1868–1872		William McDougall
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1878
	1878–1882		Hector-Louis Langevin
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
Riding dissolved into Three Rivers and St. Maurice
Riding re-created from Three Rivers—St. Maurice
18th	1935–1940		Wilfrid Gariépy	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Robert Ryan
20th	1945–1949		Wilfrid Gariépy	Independent
Trois-Rivières
21st	1949–1953		Léon Balcer	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968		Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	Independent
28th	1968–1971			Liberal
	1971–1972		Claude Lajoie
Trois-Rivières Métropolitain
29th	1972–1974		Claude Lajoie	Liberal
30th	1974–1979
Trois-Rivières
31st	1979–1980		Claude Lajoie	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Pierre H. Vincent	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Yves Rocheleau	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006		Paule Brunelle
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Robert Aubin	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021		Louise Charbonneau	Bloc Québécois
44th	2021–present		René Villemure

Election results

Trois-Rivières, 1979-present

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	René Villemure	17,120	29.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Yves Lévesque	17,027	29.4	+4.2
	Liberal	Martin Francoeur	16,560	28.6	+2.5
	New Democratic	Adis Simidzija	4,658	8.0	-8.7
	People's	Jean Landry	1,112	1.9	N/A
	Green	Andrew Holman	780	1.3	-1.2
	Free	Gilles Brodeur	733	1.3	N/A
Total valid votes			58,110	98.0
Total rejected ballots			1,214	2.0
Turnout			59,324	64.3
Eligible voters			92,335
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-1.6
Source: Elections Canada[3][4][5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louise Charbonneau	17,240	28.48	+11.48	$19,118.47
	Liberal	Valérie Renaud-Martin	15,774	26.06	-4.16	$59,713.01
	Conservative	Yves Lévesque	15,240	25.17	+6.54	none listed
	New Democratic	Robert Aubin	10,090	16.67	-15.16	none listed
	Green	Marie Duplessis	1,492	2.46	+0.75	none listed
	People's	Marc-André Gingras	565	0.93	–	$5,574.25
	Independent	Ronald St-Onge Lynch	137	0.23	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			60,538	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,092	1.77
Turnout			61,630	66.73
Eligible voters			92,362
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+7.82
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Robert Aubin	19,193	31.83	-17.87	$59,109.30
	Liberal	Yvon Boivin	18,224	30.22	+20.19	$33,318.95
	Conservative	Dominic Therrien	11,231	18.63	+5.48	$88,781.37
	Bloc Québécois	André Valois	10,249	17.00	-7.21	$37,874.56
	Green	Éric Trottier	1,032	1.71	-0.18	–
	Libertarian	Maxime Rousseau	360	0.6	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,289	100.0		$232,803.19
Total rejected ballots			940	–	–
Turnout			61,229	–	–
Eligible voters			90,900
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Robert Aubin	26,981	53.57	+44.39
	Bloc Québécois	Paule Brunelle	11,987	23.80	-21.46
	Conservative	Pierre Lacroix	6,205	12.32	-11.92
	Liberal	Patrice Mangin	3,617	7.18	-11.01
	Green	Louis Lacroix	972	1.93	-1.18
	Independent	Marc-André Fortin	346	0.69	–
	Rhinoceros	Francis Arsenault	256	0.51	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,364	100.00
Total rejected ballots			889	1.73	–
Turnout			51,253	64.59	–
Eligible voters			79,346	–	–

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paule Brunelle	22,405	45.26	-0.2	$77,449
	Conservative	Claude Durand	11,998	24.24	-9.1	$76,522
	Liberal	Marcos G. Simard	9,008	18.19	+7.3	$17,099
	New Democratic	Geneviève Boivin	4,544	9.18	+2.5	$2,096
	Green	Ariane Blais	1,540	3.11	+0.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,579	100.0	$84,242

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paule Brunelle	22,331	45.9	-10.6	$52,451
	Conservative	Luc Ménard	15,423	31.7	+22.2	$10,874
	Liberal	Martine Girard	5,268	10.8	-16.5	$19,948
	New Democratic	Geneviève Boivin	3,774	7.8	+4.2	$1,703
	Green	Linda Lavoie	1,513	3.1	-0.1
	Marijuana	Paul Giroux	371	0.8	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,680	100.0	$78,516

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Paule Brunelle	26,240	56.5	+9.8	$52,143
	Liberal	Jean-Éric Guindon	12,703	27.4	-15.6	$69,554
	Conservative	Jean-Guy Mercier	4,381	9.4	+1.6	$9,519
	New Democratic	Marc Tessier	1,635	3.5	2.5	$1,416
	Green	Linda Lavoie	1,476	3.2	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,435	100.0	$77,441

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Rocheleau	22,405	46.7	+4.2
	Liberal	Denis Normandin	20,606	42.9	+11.6
	Alliance	Luc Legaré	2,161	4.5
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Healy	1,599	3.3	-20.8
	Natural Law	Gilles Raymond	538	1.1	+0.1
	New Democratic	David Horlock	512	1.1	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Alexandre Deschênes	184	0.4
Total valid votes			48,005	100.0

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Rocheleau	21,267	42.5	-10.7
	Liberal	Jean-Guy Doucet	15,692	31.3	+10.1
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Charland	12,102	24.2	+0.5
	New Democratic	Dorothy Hénaut	528	1.1	+0.3
	Natural Law	Roger Périgny	503	1.0	-0.1
Total valid votes			50,092	100.0

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Rocheleau	24,882	53.2
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre H. Vincent	11,053	23.6	-45.2
	Liberal	Jean-Pierre Caron	9,937	21.2	+5.5
	Natural Law	Roger Périgny	522	1.1
	New Democratic	Maryse Choquette	374	0.8	-12.0
Total valid votes			46,768	100.0

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre H. Vincent	29,370	68.9	+4.9
	Liberal	Nicholas Papirakis	6,727	15.8	-8.6
	New Democratic	Josée Trudel	5,470	12.8	+8.2
	Rhinoceros	Danielle La Chicane Saint-Laurent	826	1.9	-0.5
	Independent	Lise Éthier	249	0.6
Total valid votes			42,642	100.0

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre H. Vincent	26,843	63.9	+51.0
	Liberal	Françoise C. Drolet	10,217	24.3	-44.1
	New Democratic	John A. Pratt	1,947	4.6	-6.5
	Parti nationaliste	Yves Rocheleau	1,847	4.4
	Rhinoceros	Houblon-oubedon Lemoine	1,018	2.4
	Communist	Paul Gagné	110	0.3
Total valid votes			41,982	100.0

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Claude Lajoie	23,791	68.5	+7.5
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Méthot	4,482	12.9	+2.2
	New Democratic	Denis Faubert	3,870	11.1	+6.7
	Independent	Raymond Lajoie	1,898	5.5
	Independent	Rodolphe Lemieux	283	0.8
	Union populaire	Guy Baillargeon	249	0.7	+0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Lise Éthier	168	0.5	+0.3
Total valid votes			34,741	100.0

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Claude Lajoie	23,311	61.0	-0.2
	Social Credit	Léopold Alarie	7,950	20.8	+1.8
	Progressive Conservative	Roland Julien	4,099	10.7	-4.2
	New Democratic	Roland Auger	1,682	4.4	0.0
	Rhinoceros	Alain Beaupré	947	2.5
	Independent	Gilles Gervais	77	0.2
	Union populaire	Gilles Marier	66	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Lise Éthier	63	0.2	-0.4
	Communist	Jeannette Walsh	36	0.1
Total valid votes			38,231	100.0

Trois-Rivières Métropolitain, 1972-1979

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Claude Lajoie	24,335	61.2	+16.8
	Social Credit	Réal Ménard	7,538	18.9	-19.5
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Massicotte	5,949	15.0	+2.3
	New Democratic	Yvon Roland Chamberland	1,738	4.4	-0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Jacques Auger	221	0.6
Total valid votes			39,781	100.0

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Claude Lajoie	19,892	44.4	-3.3
	Social Credit	Réal Lemay	17,250	38.5	-4.8
	Progressive Conservative	Edgar Lesieur	5,662	12.6	+5.8
	New Democratic	Jacques Hébert	2,022	4.5
Total valid votes			44,826	100.0

Trois-Rivières, 1949-1972

v t e Canadian federal by-election, May 31, 1971 On Mr. Mongrain's death, 23 December 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Claude Lajoie	12,809	47.7	+1.5
	Social Credit	Réal Lemay	11,616	43.3	+24.1
	Progressive Conservative	Thérèse-M. Landry	1,827	6.8	-20.8
	Independent	Henri-Georges Grenier (Espirit social)	422	1.6
	Republican	Joseph Thibodeau	170	0.6
Total valid votes			26,844	100.0
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	17,592	46.2	+12.6
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Gauthier	10,501	27.6	+12.4
	Ralliement créditiste	Émile Fréchette	7,305	19.2	+11.3
	New Democratic	Philippe Daviault	1,724	4.5	+2.2
	Independent	Gaston Pelletier	566	1.5
	Independent	Lucien Bornais	364	1.0
Total valid votes			38,052	100.0

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	12,927	40.9
	Liberal	Pierre Garceau	10,617	33.6	-6.5
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Méthot	4,799	15.2	-29.5
	Ralliement créditiste	Philippe Daviault	2,488	7.9	-5.1
	New Democratic	Joseph Rivard	749	2.4	+0.2
Total valid votes			31,580	100.0

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	14,558	44.7	-4.0
	Liberal	Claude Bisson	13,077	40.1	+3.6
	Social Credit	Lucien Richard	4,224	13.0	-1.8
	New Democratic	Alfred Robindaine	718	2.2
Total valid votes			32,577	100.0

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	15,545	48.7	-11.1
	Liberal	Claude Bisson	11,675	36.6	-0.5
	Social Credit	J.-Donat Dupont	4,715	14.8
Total valid votes			31,935	100.0

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	18,049	59.7	+9.1
	Liberal	Antoine Gauthier	11,193	37.1	-11.6
	Independent	Henri-Georges Grenier (Capital familial)	968	3.2	+2.4
Total valid votes			30,210	100.0

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	15,004	50.6	-2.2
	Liberal	François Nobert	14,412	48.6	+1.4
	Independent	Henri-Georges Grenier (Capital familial)	237	0.8
Total valid votes			29,653	100.0

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	15,556	52.8	+13.8
	Liberal	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	13,905	47.2	+8.4
Total valid votes			29,461	100.0

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Balcer	10,015	39.0	+18.8
	Liberal	Wilfrid Gariépy	9,964	38.8	+26.5
	Independent Liberal	Jules Biron	4,925	19.2
	Union des électeurs	Hector Brunelle	432	1.7	-2.1
	Independent	Henri-Georges Grenier	367	1.4	-0.6
Total valid votes			25,703	100.0

Three Rivers, 1935-1949

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wilfrid Gariépy	6,610	32.0	-15.0
	Independent Liberal	Jean-Louis Marchand	5,947	28.8
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Méthot	4,173	20.2
	Liberal	Robert Ryan	2,525	12.2	-40.8
	Social Credit	Onésime Cormier	787	3.8
	Independent	Henri-Georges Grenier	423	2.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lionel Fortin	186	0.9
Total valid votes			20,651	100.0

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Ryan	9,860	53.0	-2.0
	Independent Liberal	Wilfrid Gariépy	8,734	47.0
Total valid votes			18,594	100.0

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilfrid Gariépy	6,114	30.1
	Conservative	Léon Méthot	5,748	28.3	-30.3
	Liberal	Philippe Bigué	5,070	24.9
	Independent Liberal	Willie Poisson	2,267	11.2
	Reconstruction	Louis-D. Durand	1,049	5.2
	Independent Conservative	Louis Normand	76	0.4
Total valid votes			20,324	100.0

Three Rivers, 1867-1892

1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	682	58.6	+7.4
	Liberal	L.T. Polette	482	41.4	-7.4
Total valid votes			1,164	100.0

1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	640	51.2
	Liberal	L.P. Pelletier	610	48.8
Total valid votes			1,250	100.0

1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	acclaimed

By-election on 21 November 1878 On Mr. McDougall's resignation
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hector-Louis Langevin	acclaimed

1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William McDougall	584	57.3	-20.9
	Unknown	H.G. Malhiot	436	42.7
Total valid votes			1,020	100.0

1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William McDougall	451	78.2
	Unknown	J.N. Bunan	126	21.8
Total valid votes			577	100.0

1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William McDougall	acclaimed

By-election on 17 October 1868 On Mr. Boucher de Niverville's resignation, 30 September 1868
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William McDougall	acclaimed

1867 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville	277	66.0
	Unknown	C. B. Genest	143	34.0
Total valid votes			420	100.0
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[10]

Districts since 1867 that have included Trois-Rivières

The following list contains members of districts that have included Trois-Rivières, since 1867:

	Name	Assignments [11]	Party	Election [12]	Popular Vote [13]
	Charles Boucher de Niverville[14]	Government MP	Conservative	1867	66%
	William McDougall	Government MP	Conservative	1868	unopposed
	William McDougall	Government MP (before 1873) Official Opposition MP (after 1873)	Conservative	1872	unopposed
	William McDougall	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1874	78%
	William McDougall[15]	Government MP	Conservative	1878	57%
	Hector Langevin	Cabinet Member	Conservative	1878	unopposed
	Hector Langevin	Cabinet Member	Conservative	1882	unopposed
	Hector Langevin	Cabinet Member	Conservative	1887	51%
	Hector Langevin	Government MP Cabinet Member (until 1891)	Conservative	1891	59%
	Sir Adolphe-Philippe Caron	Official Opposition MP	Conservative	1896	54%
	Jacques Bureau	Government MP	Liberal	1900	53%
	Jacques Bureau[16]	Government MP	Liberal	1904	54%
	Jacques Bureau	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1907	unopposed
	Jacques Bureau	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1908	64%
	Jacques Bureau	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1911	50%
	Jacques Bureau	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1917	unopposed
	Jacques Bureau[17]	Government MP	Liberal	1921	68%
	Jacques Bureau	Cabinet Member	Liberal	1922	unopposed
	Arthur Bettez	Government MP (until 1926) Official Opposition MP (after 1926)	Liberal	1925	56%
	Arthur Bettez	Government MP	Liberal	1926	66%
	Arthur Bettez[18]	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1930	57%
	Charles Bourgeois	Government MP	Conservative	1931	50%
	Wilfrid Gariépy[19]	Government MP	Liberal	1935	30%
	Robert Ryan[20]	Government MP	Liberal	1940	53%
}	Wilfrid Gariépy[21]	Independent MP	Independent	1945	32%
	Léon Balcer	Official Opposition MP	Progressive Conservative	1949	39%
	Léon Balcer	Official Opposition MP	Progressive Conservative	1953	53%
	Léon Balcer	Cabinet Member	Progressive Conservative	1957	51%
	Léon Balcer	Cabinet Member	Progressive Conservative	1958	60%
	Léon Balcer	Cabinet Member	Progressive Conservative	1962	49%
	Léon Balcer[22]	Official Opposition MP	Progressive Conservative	1963	45%
}	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	Independent MP	Independent	1965	59%
	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain[23]	Government MP	Liberal	1968	46%
	Claude Lajoie	Government MP	Liberal	1971	48%
	Claude Lajoie	Government MP	Liberal	1972	44%
	Claude Lajoie	Government MP Parliamentary Secretary (from 1975 to 1977)	Liberal	1974	61%
	Claude Lajoie	Official Opposition MP	Liberal	1979	61%
	Claude Lajoie	Government MP	Liberal	1980	68%
	Pierre H. Vincent	Parliamentary Secretary	Progressive Conservative	1984	64%
	Pierre H. Vincent[24]	Parliamentary Secretary (until 1993) Cabinet Member (after 1993)	Progressive Conservative	1988	69%
	Yves Rocheleau	Official Opposition MP	Bloc Québécois	1993	53%
	Yves Rocheleau	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	1997	42%
	Yves Rocheleau	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2000	47%
	Paule Brunelle	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2004	57%
	Paule Brunelle	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2006	46%
	Paule Brunelle	Third Party MP	Bloc Québécois	2008	46%

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Mauricie
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 24072) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Three Rivers, Quebec 1867 - 1892
• Three Rivers, Quebec 1933 - 1947
• Trois-Rivières, Quebec 1947 - 1972
• Trois-Rivières Métropolitain 1972 - 1976
• Trois-Rivières, Quebec 1976 - 2008
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

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