Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel

Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel (formerly Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour and Richelieu) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel

Quebec electoral district
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Coordinates:	46°13′08″N 72°25′59″W / 46.219°N 72.433°W / 46.219; -72.433
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Louis Plamondon Bloc Québécois
District created	1968
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)^[1]	94,588
Electors (2019)	79,165
Area (km²)^[2]	2,749.31
Pop. density (per km²)	34.4
Census division(s)	Bécancour, Pierre-De Saurel, Nicolet-Yamaska
Census subdivision(s)	Sorel-Tracy, Bécancour, Nicolet, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Pierreville, Saint-François-du-Lac, Saint-Robert

Geography

The riding, along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the city of Trois-Rivières, straddles the Quebec regions of Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie.

The riding consists of:

• the Regional County Municipality of Pierre-De Saurel (formerly Le Bas-Richelieu)
• the Regional County Municipality of Nicolet-Yamaska, including Odanak Indian reserve No. 12; and
• the Regional County Municipality of Bécancour, including Wôlinak Indian reserve No. 11.

The neighbouring ridings are Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Mégantic—L'Érable, Richmond—Arthabaska, Drummond, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, Berthier—Maskinongé, Trois-Rivières, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, and Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[3]

Ethnic groups: 96.2% White, 2.1% Indigenous

Languages: 96.8% French, 1.0% English

Religions: 75.9% Christian (70.3% Catholic, 5.6% Other), 23.6% None

Median income: $38,000 (2020)

Average income: $45,320 (2020)

History

It was created as "Richelieu" riding in 1968 from parts of Nicolet—Yamaska and Richelieu—Verchères ridings.

It was renamed "Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour" in 1998.

In 2003, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour was abolished when it was redistributed into a new "Richelieu" riding, which incorporated parts of Lotbinière—L'Érable riding. Richelieu was renamed "Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour" after the 2004 election.

Following the 2012 federal electoral redistribution the riding retained its boundaries but was renamed Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel.

Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution the riding will continue to retain its boundaries, but will be renamed Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak. It will come into effect at the first election held after approximately April 2024.^[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Richelieu Riding created from Nicolet—Yamaska and Richelieu—Verchères
28th	1968–1972		Florian Côté	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980		Jean-Louis Leduc
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Louis Plamondon	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1990
	1990–1990			Independent
	1990–1993			Bloc Québécois
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
37th	2000–2004		Louis Plamondon	Bloc Québécois
Richelieu
38th	2004–2006		Louis Plamondon	Bloc Québécois
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
39th	2006–2008		Louis Plamondon	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel
42nd	2015–2018		Louis Plamondon	Bloc Québécois
	2018–2018			Groupe parlementaire québécois
	2018–2019			Bloc Québécois
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel (parties that never received at least 2% of the vote are omitted)

Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel, 2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	27,403	54.81	-1.85	$65,506.85
	Liberal	Nathalie Rochefort	8,451	16.90	-0.93	none listed
	Conservative	Yanick Caisse	8,404	16.81	+0.69	$0.00
	New Democratic	Catherine Gauvin	2,531	5.06	-0.16	$24.38
	People's	Eric Pettersen	1,224	2.45	+1.51	$814.69
	Free	André Blanchette	1,215	2.43	–	$635.50
	Green	David Turcotte	770	1.54	-1.70	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,998	–	–	$110,921.16
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				62.15	-5.15
Registered voters			80,444
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-0.46
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	29,653	56.66	+16.68	$45,011.99
	Liberal	Nathalie Rochefort	9,332	17.83	-6.43	none listed
	Conservative	Pierre-André Émond	8,434	16.11	+4.7	none listed
	New Democratic	Carole Lennard	2,732	5.22	-16.87	$0.10
	Green	David Turcotte	1,697	3.24	+0.98	$0.00
	People's	Richard Synnott	489	0.93	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,337	98.05
Total rejected ballots			1,042	1.95	+0.15
Turnout			53,379	67.30	-0.33
Eligible voters			79,314
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+11.56
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel retained the same boundaries as its predecessor, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, for the 42nd Canadian federal election:

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	20,871	39.98	+1.68	$130,287.00
	Liberal	Claude Carpentier	12,666	24.26	+14.16	$24,296.48
	New Democratic	Nicholas Tabah	11,531	22.09	-13.51	$78,226.90
	Conservative	Yves Laberge	5,955	11.41	-1.62	$1,826.37
	Green	Corina Bastiani	1,182	2.26	-0.71	$3,552.67
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,205	100.0		$213,094.70
Total rejected ballots			958	1.80	–
Turnout			53,163	67.63	–
Eligible voters			78,607
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+7.60
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, 2003 representation order

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	19,046	38.30	−16.37	$78,417.55
	New Democratic	Krista Lalonde	17,705	35.60	+27.43	none listed
	Conservative	Charles Cartier	6,478	13.03	−5.12	$21,283.89
	Liberal	Rhéal Blais	5,024	10.10	−6.18	$33,774.36
	Green	Anne-Marie Tanguay	1,479	2.97	+0.25	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,732	100.0		$86,248.62
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,058	2.08	+0.24
Turnout			50,790	65.71	+0.26
Eligible voters			77,290
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		−21.90
Sources:^[10]^[11]

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	26,821	54.67	−1.25	$81,799.37
	Conservative	Réjean Bériault	8,904	18.15	−5.21	$36,546.14
	Liberal	Ghislaine Cournoyer	7,987	16.28	+3.30	$12,932.15
	New Democratic	Nourredine Seddiki	4,010	8.17	+3.64	$3,019.73
	Green	Rebecca Laplante	1,334	2.72	−0.50	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,056	100.0		$83,078
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			918	1.84	+0.10
Turnout			49,974	65.45	−1.41
Eligible voters			76,352
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+1.98
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	27,742	55.92	−8.75	$58,032.63
	Conservative	Marie-Ève Hélie-Lambert	11,588	23.36	+15.71	$29,709.34
	Liberal	Ghislaine Provencher	6,438	12.98	−9.70	$49,695.62
	New Democratic	Marie-Claude Roberge Cartier	2,248	4.53	+2.44	none listed
	Green	Louis Lacroix	1,595	3.22	+1.50	$115.96
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,611	100.00		$77,549
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			877	1.74
Turnout			50,488	66.86	+0.80
Eligible voters			75,514
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		−12.23
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Richelieu, 2003 representation order

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	31,497	64.67	+8.50	$62,831.92
	Liberal	Ghislaine Provencher	11,045	22.68	−8.83	$57,727.26
	Conservative	Daniel A. Proulx	3,726	7.65	−1.80	$4,855.32
	New Democratic	Charles Bussières	1,017	2.09	+1.09	none listed
	Green	Jean-Pierre Bonenfant	839	1.72	–	$475.00
	Marijuana	Daniel Blackburn	580	1.19	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,704	100.00		$76,377
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,308	2.62
Turnout			50,012	66.06	+1.18
Electors on the lists			75,702
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative totals from 2000.
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+8.66
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	26,898	56.17
	Liberal	15,089	31.51
	Alliance	2,289	4.78
	Progressive Conservative	2,233	4.67
	Others	896	1.87
	New Democratic	479	1.00

Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, 1996 representation order

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	25,266	56.92	+2.12	$58,797
	Liberal	Roland Paradis	13,781	31.04	+2.13	$50,880
	Alliance	Frédéric Lajoie	2,078	4.68		$882
	Progressive Conservative	Gabriel Rousseau	1,944	4.38	−9.78	$129
	Marijuana	Black D. Blackburn	901	2.03	–	$9
	New Democratic	Raymond Dorion	421	0.95	−1.18	none listed
Total valid votes			44,391	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,229
Turnout			45,620	67.27	−8.80
Electors on the lists			67,815
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Richelieu, 1996 representation order

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	26,421	54.80		$59,298
	Liberal	Jocelyn Paul	13,941	28.91	–	$41,680
	Progressive Conservative	Yves Schelling	6,827	14.16		$1,580
	New Democratic	Sylvain Pelletier	1,028	2.13		$560
Total valid votes			48,217	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,418
Turnout			50,635	76.07
Electors on the lists			66,566
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.

Richelieu, 1968–1996

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louis Plamondon	31,558	66.52		$44,261
	Liberal	Michel Biron	10,933	23.05	+3.78	$46,920
	Progressive Conservative	Lorraine Frappier	4,455	9.39	−59.52	$44,361
	New Democratic	Carl Ethier	337	0.71	−6.06	$0
	Commonwealth of Canada	Paulo da Silva	157	0.33		$0
Total valid votes			47,440	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,878
Turnout			49,318	81.73	+1.89
Electors on the lists			60,340
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from the official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Plamondon	32,104	68.91		$40,540
	Liberal	Yvon Hébert	8,979	19.27	–	$17,953
	New Democratic	Gaston Dupuis	3,154	6.77		$0
	Green	Jacqueline Lacoste	1,896	4.07	–	$133
	Rhinoceros	Paul Poison Hevey	457	0.98	–	$0
Total valid votes			46,590	100.00
Total rejected ballots			869
Turnout			47,459	79.84
Electors on the lists			59,440
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988.

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Plamondon	28,747	59.22	+39.25
	Liberal	Jean-Louis Leduc	14,933	30.76	−37.39
	New Democratic	Gaston Dupuis	2,174	4.48	−2.96
	Parti nationaliste	Guy Vachon	1,463	3.01	-
	Rhinoceros	Yves Pi-oui Banville	945	1.95	−1.02
	Social Credit	Rénald Bibeau	202	0.42	-
	Commonwealth of Canada	Yves Julien	76	0.16	-
Total valid votes			48,540	100.00
Total rejected ballots			661
Turnout			49,201	81.64
Electors on the lists			60,264
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-third General Election, 1984.

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Louis Leduc	27,886	68.15	+12.29
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Rock	8,155	19.97	-4.92
	New Democratic	Julian Heller	3,004	7.34	+4.02
	Rhinoceros	Hélène Moreau	1,215	2.97	+0.67
	Independent	Jean-Paul Cadorette	268	0.65	Ø
	Union populaire	Rolland Cousineau	265	0.65	+0.17
	Marxist–Leninist	Mario Bellavance	124	0.30	-0.02

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Louis Leduc	25,264	55.86	-3.12
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Gervais	11,258	24.89	-9.28
	Social Credit	André Hébert	5,798	12.82	Ø
	New Democratic	Madeleine Martel	1,500	3.32	-1.44
	Rhinoceros	Jean-Serge Baribeau	1,041	2.30	Ø
	Union populaire	Rolland Cousineau	218	0.48	Ø
	Marxist–Leninist	Mario Bellavance	145	0.32	-1.77

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Florian Coté	20,801	58.98	+10.64
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Biron	12,052	34.17	+8.81
	New Democratic	Hans-G. Zimmermann	1,679	4.76	+1.53
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Bibeau	737	2.09	Ø

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Florian Coté	18,087	48.34	-0.42
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Ménard	9,487	25.36	-14.25
	Social Credit	Guy Dufour	8,340	22.30	Ø
	New Democratic	René Bélanger	1,209	3.23	-0.9
	Independent	Guy Mandeville	292	0.78	Ø

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Florian Coté	15,350	48.76	Ø
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Gagné	12,470	39.61	Ø
	Ralliement créditiste	Armand Preston	1,966	6.25	Ø
	New Democratic	Lise Proulx-Morgan	1,300	4.13	Ø
	Independent	Joffre Ritter	395	1.25	Ø

See also

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

References

• "Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel (Code 24054) 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:

• Richelieu 1966-1998
• Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour 1998-2003
• Richelieu 2003- 2004

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2016
2. Statistics Canada: 2016
3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Bécancour--Nicolet--Saurel [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
4. "Quebec's New Federal Electoral Map".
5. "Confirmed candidates — Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
7. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
10. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
11. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

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