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Berthier—Maskinongé

Berthier—Maskinongé

Quebec electoral district
Berthier—Maskinongé in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Coordinates:	46°20′N 73°06′W / 46.33°N 73.10°W / 46.33; -73.10
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Yves Perron Bloc Québécois
District created	1924
First contested	1925
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	100,371
Electors (2019)	84,301
Area (km²)[2]	4,150.60
Pop. density (per km²)	24.2
Census division(s)	D'Autray, Maskinongé, Trois-Rivières
Census subdivision(s)	Trois-Rivières (part), Lavaltrie, Louiseville, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Saint-Boniface, Lanoraie, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Berthierville, Saint-Alexis-des-Monts

Berthier—Maskinongé (formerly known as Berthier and Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière) is a federal electoral districtinQuebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953, from 1968 to 1988, and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 103,516.

The riding extends along the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River between the north suburbs of Montreal and Trois-Rivières, straddling the Quebec regions of Lanaudière and Mauricie.

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of D'Autray and Maskinongé, and the former cities of Pointe-du-Lac and Trois-Rivières-Ouest in the City of Trois-Rivières.

The neighbouring ridings are Joliette, Repentigny, Verchères—Les Patriotes, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Trois-Rivières, and Saint-Maurice—Champlain.

This riding lost territory to Trois-Rivières and gained territory from Joliette during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[3]

Ethnic groups: 96.4% White, 1.8% Indigenous

Languages: 96.8% French, 1.0% English

Religions: 75.2% Christian (69.3% Catholic, 5.9% Other), 24.3% None

Median income: $37,600 (2020)

Average income: $44,280 (2020)

The riding was created in 1924 from Berthier and Maskinongé. It consisted of Berthier County and Maskinongé County.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the county of Berthier and the town of Berthierville, the county of Maskinongé and the town of Louiseville, and Gouin township in the county of Joliette.

In 1952, it was abolished when it was merged into Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière riding.

The riding was recreated in 1966 as "Berthier" from the districts of Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière, Chapleau, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm, St-Maurice—Laflèche, and Three Rivers.

In 1975, the name of the riding was changed to "Berthier-Maskinongé". After the 1980 election, the name of the district was changed to Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière.

In the 1984 election, the seat was won by Progressive Conservative Robert de Cotret, who held it until the 1988 election. The riding was abolished in 1987. It was divided between Berthier—Montcalm, Champlain, and Saint-Maurice.

Berthier—Maskinongé was re-created in 2003. 44.8% of the riding came from Trois-Rivières, 36.0% from Berthier—Montcalm, and 19.2% from Saint-Maurice.

In the 2004 election and the 2006 election, Bloc QuébécoisMPGuy André was elected in the riding.

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Graph of election results in Berthier—Maskinongé (since 2004, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

• "Berthier—Maskinongé (Code 24008) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• (1924 - 1952)
• (1975 - 1980)
• (1981 - 1987)
• (2003 - present)