Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup is a federal electoral district in Quebec,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 97,492. It has the highest percentage of Catholics in Canada.
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques is a federal electoral district in Quebec,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
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.
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les-Basques was a federal electoral district in Quebec,Canada,that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.
Paul Crête is a Canadian politician,who served as a Member of Parliament for the Bloc Québécois in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 until 2009,when he announced that he was moving to provincial politics.
The Union nationale was a conservative and nationalist provincial political party in Quebec,Canada,that identified with Québécois autonomism. It was created during the Great Depression and held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939,and from 1944 to 1960 and from 1966 to 1970. The party was founded by Maurice Duplessis,who led it until his death in 1959.
Nicole Léger is a former Canadian politician and the former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Pointe-aux-Trembles from 1996 to 2006 and elected back as member of the Parti Québécois in a by-election on May 12,2008,serving until the 2018 Quebec provincial election.
Rivière-du-Loup is a former provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec,Canada,which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.
Kamouraska was a provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec,Canada.
The 2008 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on December 8,2008. The Quebec Liberal Party,under incumbent Premier Jean Charest,was re-elected with a majority government,marking the first time since the 1950s that a party or leader was elected to a third consecutive mandate,and the first time for the Liberals since the 1930s,when Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was Premier.
AndréPlourde was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman and industrialist by career.
The 35th National Assembly of Quebec was the provincial legislature in Quebec,Canada that was elected in the 1994 Quebec general election and sat from November 29,1994,to March 13,1996,and from March 25,1996,to October 21,1998. The Parti Québécois led by Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard were in power during this mandate. Jacques Parizeau resigned after the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum which resulted in a narrow victory for the "no" side,and Bouchard succeeded him as PQ leader and Premier in 1996.
Léon Casgrain was a Canadian politician and jurist from Quebec.
The 2012 Quebec general election took place in the Canadian province of Quebec on September 4,2012. Lieutenant Governor Pierre Duchesne dissolved the National Assembly on August 1,2012,following Premier Jean Charest's request. The Parti Québécois were elected to a minority government,with Pauline Marois becoming the first woman to be Premier of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party took second place,with Premier Jean Charest losing his seat. The newly formed party Coalition Avenir Québec led by François Legault took third place,while Québec solidaire took 2 seats out of the 125.
Jean D'Amour is a Canadian politician,who represented the electoral district of Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata in the National Assembly of Quebec. He won the riding in a by-election on 22 June 2009,and previously served as mayor of Rivière-du-Loup from 1999 to 2007.
Bernard Généreux is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the electoral district of Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup in the House of Commons in the federal by-elections on November 9,2009. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
François Lapointe is a Canadian politician who served as MP for the electoral district of Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup. He was defeated in the 2015 election.
The 2011 Bloc Québécois leadership election was held on December 11,2011,to replace Gilles Duceppe,who resigned on May 2 after the party lost 43 of its 47 seats,including his own seat,in the 2011 federal election. It was won by Daniel Paillé.
Harold LeBel is a former Canadian politician and convicted sex offender in Quebec,who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represented the electoral district of Rimouski as a member of the Parti Québécois.
