# Rivière-du-Loup (electoral district)

Rivière-du-Loup (French pronunciation:) is a former provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.
It was created for the 1931 election from a portion of the electoral district of Témiscouata. It disappeared in the 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup; however, it was re-created for the 1944 election.
Its final general election was in 2008; there was a by-election in 2009. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

* Léon Casgrain, Liberal (1931–1939)
* did not exist (1939–1944), see Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup
* Léon Casgrain, Liberal (1944–1948)
* Roméo Gagné, Union Nationale (1948–1956)
* Alphonse Couturier, Liberal (1956–1966)
* Gérard Lebel, Union Nationale (1966–1970)
* Paul Lafrance, Liberal (1970–1976)
* Jules Boucher, Parti Québécois (1976–1985)
* Albert Côté, Liberal (1985–1994)
* Mario Dumont, Action démocratique (1994-2009)
* Jean D'Amour, Liberal (2009, 2009–2012), Independent (2009)

## Linguistic demographics

* Francophone: 99.5%
* Anglophone: 0.4%
* Allophone: 0.2%

## Election results

vteQuebec provincial by-election, June 22, 2009 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Jean D'Amour | 9,959 | 47.49 | +20.50 |
| | Parti Québécois | Paul Crête | 7,514 | 35.83 | +21.63 |
| | Action démocratique | Gilberte Côté | 3,089 | 14.73 | −37.04 |
| | Green | Martin Poirier | 151 | 0.72 | −1.67 |
| | Independent | Victor-Lévy Beaulieu | 93 | 0.44 | −2.34 |
| | Québec solidaire | Benoît Renaud | 89 | 0.42 | −1.44 |
| | Finance Reform | Denis Couture | 40 | 0.19 | – |
| | Parti indépendantiste | Éric Tremblay | 37 | 0.18 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,972 | 99.44 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 119 | 0.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,091 | 61.64 | −2.34 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 34,219 |
| Called upon the resignation of Mario Dumont. |||||||
2008 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Action démocratique | Mario Dumont | 11,115 | 51.77 | -6.70 |
| | Liberal | Jean-Pierre Rioux | 5,795 | 26.99 | -1.29 |
| | Parti Québécois | Stephan Shields | 3,048 | 14.20 | +3.40 |
| | Independent | Victor-Lévy Beaulieu | 597 | 2.78 | – |
| | Green | Alain Gagnon | 513 | 2.39 | -0.06 |
| | Québec solidaire | Stacy Larouche | 400 | 1.86 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,468 | 98.74 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 273 | 1.26 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,741 | 63.98 | -14.29 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 33,981 | – | – |
| | Action démocratique hold | Action démocratique hold | Swing | Swing | -2.70 |
vte2007 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Action démocratique | Mario Dumont | 15,276 | 58.47 | +1.24 |
| | Liberal | Jean D'Amour | 7,390 | 28.29 | +4.53 |
| | Parti Québécois | Hugues Belzile | 2,821 | 10.80 | -6.88 |
| | Green | Martin Poirier | 639 | 2.45 | +1.12 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,126 | 99.20 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 210 | 0.80 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,336 | 78.27 | +5.61 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 33,648 | – | – |
2003 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Action démocratique | Mario Dumont | 13,452 | 57.23 | +10.89 |
| Liberal | Jacques Morin | 5,585 | 23.76 | -1.55 |
| Parti Québécois | Carol Gilbert | 4,155 | 17.68 | -9.15 |
| Green | Julie Morin | 312 | 1.33 | – |
1998 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Action démocratique | Mario Dumont | 10,897 | 46.34 | -8.43 |
| Parti Québécois | Lise Chouinard | 6,308 | 26.83 | -0.37 |
| Liberal | Jean Morin | 5,952 | 25.31 | +7.92 |
| Bloc Pot | Léo Legault | 197 | 0.84 | – |
| Independent | Daniel Morin | 98 | 0.42 | – |
| Socialist Democracy | Louis Leroux | 61 | 0.26 | – |
| Action démocratique hold | Action démocratique hold | Swing | Swing | -4.03 |
1995 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Yes | 14,561 | 54.59 |
| | No | 12,114 | 45.41 |
vte1994 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Action démocratique | Mario Dumont | 13,307 | 54.77 | – |
| Parti Québécois | Harold LeBel | 6,608 | 27.20 | -14.85 |
| Liberal | Jean D'Amour | 4,226 | 17.39 | -37.09 |
| Independent | L. Richard Cimon | 99 | 0.41 | – |
| Natural Law | Armand Pouliot | 55 | 0.23 | – |
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 13,657 | 62.28 |
| | Oui | 8,272 | 37.72 |
vte1989 Quebec general election: Rivière-du-Loup :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Albert Côté | 11,317 | 54.48 | +1.16 |
| Parti Québécois | Harold LeBel | 8,736 | 42.05 | -0.77 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Pierre-Paul Malenfant | 720 | 3.47 | – |
1985 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Albert Côté | 11,690 | 53.32 | +13.60 |
| Parti Québécois | Denise M. Levesque | 9,386 | 42.82 | -12.50 |
| New Democratic | Marius Tremblay | 711 | 3.24 | – |
| Christian Socialist | Evelyne Sévigny | 136 | 0.62 | – |
1981 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Jules Boucher | 12,871 | 55.32 | +16.79 |
| Liberal | Emilien Michaud | 9,242 | 39.72 | +8.98 |
| Union Nationale | Régent Raymond | 1,154 | 4.96 | -16.44 |
1980 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | No | 14,452 | 56.64 |
| | Yes | 11,065 | 43.36 |
1976 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Jules Boucher | 9,415 | 38.53 | +20.96 |
| Liberal | Paul Lafrance | 7,511 | 30.74 | -19.67 |
| Union Nationale | Réal Grondin | 5,230 | 21.40 | +11.49 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Gérard Roy | 2,281 | 9.33 | -12.78 |
1973 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Paul Lafrance | 10,827 | 50.41 | +9.01 |
| Parti créditiste | Gérard Roy | 4,748 | 22.11 | +9.77 |
| Parti Québécois | Frank Lemieux | 3,773 | 17.57 | +7.89 |
| Union Nationale | Réal Grondin | 2,129 | 9.91 | -26.67 |
1970 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Paul Lafrance | 8,586 | 41.40 | -6.42 |
| Union Nationale | Gérard Lebel | 7,585 | 36.58 | -15.60 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Robert Bergeron | 2,558 | 12.34 | – |
| Parti Québécois | Marius Milord | 2,008 | 9.68 | – |
1966 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Union Nationale | Gérard Lebel | 9,691 | 52.18 | +3.40 |
| | Liberal | Alphonse Courturier | 8,880 | 47.82 | -3.40 |
1962 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alphonse Courturier | 8,493 | 51.22 | -0.49 |
| | Union Nationale | Gérard Lebel | 8,090 | 48.78 | +0.49 |
1960 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alphonse Courturier | 8,671 | 51.71 | +0.47 |
| | Union Nationale | Maurice-Wilfrid Soucy | 8,099 | 48.29 | +0.35 |
1956 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Alphonse Courturier | 8,623 | 51.24 | +2.76 |
| Union Nationale | Maurice-Wilfrid Soucy | 8,067 | 47.94 | -3.21 |
| Independent U.N. | Pierre-Hervé Marquis | 139 | 0.83 | – |
1952 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Union Nationale | Roméo Gagné | 8,689 | 51.15 | -5.75 |
| Liberal | Alphonse Courturier | 8,236 | 48.48 | +7.23 |
| Independent U.N. | Jean-Baptiste Lavoie | 62 | 0.36 | – |
1948 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Union Nationale | Roméo Gagné | 9,391 | 56.90 | +12.96 |
| Liberal | Léon Casgrain | 6,809 | 41.25 | -9.12 |
| Union des électeurs | Marc Riou | 305 | 1.85 | – |
1944 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Léon Casgrain | 7,061 | 50.37 |
| Union Nationale | Roméo Gagné | 6,160 | 43.94 |
| Bloc populaire | Thomas Talbot | 797 | 5.69 |