Canadian federal election results in Eastern Quebec

Seats obtained by party

Liberal Conservative New Democratic Bloc Québécois Social Credit (defunct) Progressive Conservative (defunct) Independents

Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Eastern Quebec.

Regional profile

Until 1984, this region of Quebec was Liberal territory. Social Credit also did well here, winning in Rimouski and in Bellechasse in 1979. Brian Mulroney, a native of this area, was able to sweep this region for the Conservatives in 1984 and 1988, using the strong nationalist sentiment in the area.

That nationalist support transferred to the Bloc Québécois, which dominated this region for the better part of two decades; the Liberals only won Montmagny in 1997 and the Bonaventure region in 1993. When the BQ experienced a decline in 2000, the Liberals were able to win in the Gaspé, and took Lévis in a by-election. When the Liberals collapsed in Quebec, the Bloc regained all their lost seats in 2004. One of those seats, however was lost to the Conservatives in 2006, and the Tories got another in a 2009. Hopes of further Bloc gains were dashed in 2011, as they were cut down to only one seat, with the NDP seizing one seat each from the Bloc and the Tories (the latter on a judicial recount).

Liberal support recovered strongly in 2015 allowing them to gain 2 seats, at the expense of the NDP, their first in the region since 2000. The Bloc was shut out as the Conservatives made a gain (on judicial recount) in Montmagny.

The Bloc reappeared in the region in 2019, picking up two seats from the Liberal. No seat exchanged hands in 2021, with all the outgoing MPs reelected. The only change was in Bellechasse where Dominique Vien, former provincial cabinet minister, succeeded Steven Blaney who was not seeking reelection.

Votes by party throughout time

Election	Liberal	Bloc Québécois	New Democratic	Conservative	Green	PC	Reform / Alliance	Social Credit	Others
Election
1979	131,716 52.4%	—	7,441 3.0%	—	—	44,299 17.6%	—	63,991 25.4%	4,033 1.6%
1980	154,909 61.7%	—	11,818 4.7%	—	—	30,951 12.3%	—	44,114 17.6%	9,293 3.7%
1984	92,772 33.2%	—	19,556 7.0%	—	No candidate	152,486 54.5%	—	367 0.1%	14,435 5.2%
1988	75,824 29.1%	—	27,240 10.5%	—	1,695 0.7%	153,222 58.8%	—	—	2,557 1.0%
1993	72,282 26.8%	139,592 51.7%	3,486 1.3%	—	292 0.1%	51,678 19.1%	No candidate	—	2,818 1.0%
1997	81,291 31.4%	113,236 43.7%	4,222 1.6%	—	No candidate	58,003 22.4%	No candidate	—	2,466 1.0%
2000	95,889 39.5%	114,659 47.2%	4,320 1.8%	—	No candidate	9,846 4.1%	16,796 6.9%	—	1,217 1.5%
2004	58,181 28.7%	108,796 53.7%	7,889 3.9%	21,518 10.6%	5,987 3.0%	Merged into Conservative Party		—	163 0.1%
2006	31,741 14.4%	93,518 42.5%	12,206 5.5%	70,454 32.0%	7,125 3.2%			—	5,053 2.3%
2008	44,091 21.3%	78,962 38.2%	16,412 7.9%	59,665 28.9%	5,265 2.5%			—	2,401 1.2%
2011	24,762 11.2%	55,760 25.2%	75,446 34.1%	60,889 27.6%	4,091 1.8%			—	No candidate
2015	69,280 29.8%	39,759 17.1%	60,033 25.8%	54,135 23.6%	4,289 1.8%			—	5,264 2.3%
2019	57,523 24.5%	82,488 35.1%	22,944 9.8%	63,123 26.9%	5,608 2.4%			—	3,264 1.4%
2021	53,111 24.5%	82,133 36.8%	10,281 4.6%	67,847 30.4%	918 0.4%			—	8,775 3.9%

Election statistics in Eastern Quebec

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Green

Social Credit (defunct)

Alliance (defunct)

Progressive Conservative (defunct)

2019

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Electoral district	Candidates														Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Conservative		BQ		NDP		Green		PPC		Other		Incumbent
Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia		Rémi Massé 12,188 33.89%		Natasha Tremblay 2,756 7.66%		Kristina Michaud 18,500 51.43%		Rémi-Jocelyn Côté 1,435 3.99%		James Morrison 699 1.94%		Éric Barnabé 210 0.58%		Mathieu Castonguay (Rhino.) 180 0.50%		Rémi Massé
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis		Laurence Harvey 10,734 16.66%		Steven Blaney 32,283 50.09%		Sébastien Bouchard-Théberge 14,754 22.89%		Khuon Chamroeun 3,256 5.05%		André Voyer 1,925 2.99%		Marc Johnston 1,307 2.03%		Yves Gilbert (CHP) 188 0.29%		Steven Blaney
Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Diane Lebouthillier 16,296 42.46%		Jean-Pierre Pigeon 3,022 7.87%		Guy Bernatchez 15,659 40.80%		Lynn Beaulieu 1,722 4.49%		Dennis Drainville 1,130 2.94%		Eric Hébert 198 0.52%		Jay Cowboy (Rhino.) 353 0.92%		Diane Lebouthillier
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup		Aladin Legault d'Auteuil 8,210 16.29%		Bernard Généreux 20,989 41.65%		Louis Gagnon 16,261 32.27%		Hugo Latulippe 3,481 6.91%		Denis Ducharme 1,030 2.04%		Serge Haché 417 0.83%				Bernard Généreux
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques		Chantal Pilon 10,095 22.06%		Nancy Brassard-Fortin 4,073 8.90%		Maxime Blanchette-Joncas 17,314 37.83%		Guy Caron 13,050 28.51%		Jocelyn Rioux 824 1.80%		Pierre Lacombe 232 0.51%		Lysane Picker-Paquin (Rhino.) 179 0.39%		Guy Caron

2015

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Electoral district	Candidates														Incumbent
Electoral district	Conservative		NDP		Liberal		BQ		Green		Rhinoceros		Strength in Democracy		Incumbent
Avignon—La Mitis— Matane—Matapédia		André Savoie 2,228 6.13%		Joël Charest 7,340 20.19%		Rémi Massé 14,378 39.55%		Kédina Fleury-Samson 7,641 21.02%		Sherri Springle 365 1.00%		Éric Normand 175 0.48%		Jean-François Fortin 4,229 11.63%		Jean-François Fortin Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis		Steven Blaney 31,872 50.92%		Jean-Luc Daigle 8,516 13.60%		Jacques Turgeon 12,961 20.71%		Antoine Dubé 7,217 11.53%		André Bélisle 2,032 3.25%						Steven Blaney Lévis—Bellechasse
Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Jean-Pierre Pigeon 2,398 6.05%		Philip Toone 12,885 32.52%		Diane Lebouthillier 15,345 38.73%		Nicolas Roussy 8,289 20.92%		Jim Morrison 400 1.01%		Max Boudreau 300 0.76%				Philip Toone Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Montmagny—L'Islet— Kamouraska— Rivière-du-Loup (judicial recount)		Bernard Généreux 14,274 28.99%		François Lapointe 11,918 24.20%		Marie-Josée Normand 14,002 28.43%		Louis Gagnon 7,939 16.12%		Chantal Breton 823 1.67%		Bien Gras Gagné 287 0.58%				François Lapointe
Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques		Francis Fortin 3,363 7.48%		Guy Caron 19,374 43.11%		Pierre Cadieux 12,594 28.02%		Johanne Carignan 8,673 19.30%		Louise Boutin 669 1.49%		Sébastien CôRhino Côrriveau 273 0.61%				Guy Caron

2011

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Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
Electoral district	BQ		Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Incumbent
Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Daniel Côté 11,650 31.64%		Régent Bastien 6,292 17.09%		Jules Duguay 5,533 15.03%		Philip Toone 12,427 33.76%		Julien Leblanc 913 2.48%		Raynald Blais†
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis— Matane—Matapédia		Jean-François Fortin 12,633 36.05%		Allen Cormier 5,253 14.99%		Nancy Charest 8,964 25.58%		Joanie Boulet 7,484 21.36%		Louis Drainville 707 2.02%	Vacant
Lévis—Bellechasse		Danielle-Maude Gosselin 8,757 14.89%		Steven Blaney 25,850 43.95%		Francis Laforesterie 3,421 5.82%		Nicole Laliberté 19,890 33.81%		Sacha Douge 903 1.54%		Steven Blaney
Montmagny—L'Islet— Kamouraska— Rivière-du-Loup		Nathalie Arsenault 9,550 20.09%		Bernard Généreux 17,276 36.34%		Andrew Caddell 2,743 5.77%		François Lapointe 17,285 36.36%		Lynette Tremblay 691 1.45%		Bernard Généreux
Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques		Claude Guimond 13,170 30.83%		Bertin Denis 6,218 14.56%		Pierre Cadieux 4,101 9.60%		Guy Caron 18,360 42.98%		Clément Pelletier 867 2.03%		Claude Guimond

2008

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Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	BQ		Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other		Incumbent
Gaspésie— Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Raynald Blais 14,636 40.10%		Darryl Gray 8,334 22.84%		Denis Gauvreau 9,840 26.96%		Gaston Langlais 2,549 6.98%		Julien Leblanc 1,136 3.11%				Raynald Blais
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia		Jean-Yves Roy 11,984 37.53%		Jérôme Landry 5,771 18.07%		Nancy Charest 11,368 35.60%		Julie Demers 1,497 4.69%		Louis Drainville 1,139 3.57%		Liliane Potvin (Ind.) 175 0.55%		Jean-Yves Roy
Lévis—Bellechasse		Guy Bergeron 13,747 25.46%		Steven Blaney 24,785 45.90%		Pauline Côté 8,130 15.06%		Gabriel Biron 5,856 10.84%		Lynne Champoux-Williams 1,370 2.54%		Normand Fournier (M-L) 113 0.21%		Steven Blaney
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup		Paul Crête 20,494 46.03%		Denis Laflamme 13,640 30.64%		Jean Bouchard 6,835 15.35%		Gaston Hervieux 2,428 5.45%		Claude Gaumond 978 2.20%		Aubert Côté (CHP) 147 0.33%		Paul Crête
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques		Claude Guimond 17,652 44.69%		Gaston Noël 7,216 18.27%		Pierre Béland 7,937 20.09%		Guy Caron 4,084 10.34%		James D. Morrison 645 1.63%		Louise Thibault (Ind.) 1,966 4.98%		Louise Thibault

2006

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Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	BQ		Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		Independent		Incumbent
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Raynald Blais 17,678 42.69%		Mario Lévesque 7,977 19.26%		Gaston Langlais 13,347 32.23%		Sylvie Dauphinais 1,225 2.96%		Bob Eichenberger 1,183 2.86%				Raynald Blais
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia		Jean-Yves Roy 15,721 46.04%		Kim Leclerc 4,463 13.07%		Rodrigue Drapeau 10,157 29.75%		Stéphane Ricard 2,116 6.20%		Sarah Desjardins 910 2.67%		Yvan Côté 778 2.28%		Jean-Yves Roy
Lévis—Bellechasse		Réal Lapierre 16,223 29.02%		Shirley Baril 4,581 8.19%		Steven Blaney 25,940 46.40%		Eric Boucher 2,590 4.63%		Mathieu Castonguay 2,293 4.10%		Normand Cadrin 4,275 7.65%		Réal Lapierre
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup		Paul Crête 24,117 52.44%		Lise M. Vachon 6,466 14.06%		Daniel Nadeau 11,529 25.07%		Myriam Leblanc 2,107 4.58%		Serge Lemay 1,768 3.84%				Paul Crête
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques		Louise Thibault 19,804 46.38%		Michel Tremblay 8,254 19.33%		Roger Picard 9,481 22.20%		Guy Caron 4,186 9.80%		François Bédard 973 2.28%				Louise Thibault

2004

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Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		BQ		Conservative		NDP		Green		Communist		Incumbent
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Georges Farrah 12,579 32.65%		Raynald Blais 21,446 55.67%		Guy De Coste 2,636 6.84%		Philip Toone 805 2.09%		Bob Eichenberger 1,060 2.75%				Georges Farrah Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok
Lévis—Bellechasse		Christian Jobin 13,664 27.62%		Réal Lapierre 21,930 44.34%		Gilles Vézina 9,425 19.05%		Louise Foisy 1,910 3.86%		Sylvain Castonguay 2,372 4.80%		Christophe Vaillancourt 163 0.33%		Christian Jobin Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Matapédia—Matane		Marc Bélanger 9,653 30.48%		Jean-Yves Roy 17,878 56.45%		Vahid Fortin-Vidah 1,972 6.23%		Jean-Guy Côté 1,581 4.99%		Nicolas Deville 585 1.85%				Jean-Yves Roy
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques		Côme Roy 9,161 23.77%		Louise Thibault 22,215 57.63%		Denis Quimper 3,445 8.94%		Guy Caron 2,717 7.05%		Marjolaine Delaunière 1,008 2.62%				Suzanne Tremblay† Rimouski—Neigette-et-La-Mitis
Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny		Isabelle Mignault 13,124 29.61%		Paul Crête 25,327 57.13%		Marc-André Drolet 4,040 9.11%		Frédérick Garon 876 1.98%		André Clermont 962 2.17%				Paul Crête Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques
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														Gilbert Normand† Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet

Maps

Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Lévis-Bellechasse
Matapédia-Matane
Rimouski-Témiscouata
Rivière-du-Loup-Montmagny

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Conservative Party of Canada
Green Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
New Democratic Party

2000

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Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
Electoral district	BQ		Liberal		Canadian Alliance		NDP		PC		Other		Incumbent
Bellechasse—Etchemins— Montmagny—L'Islet		François Langlois 14,973 37.44%		Gilbert Normand 19,163 47.91%		Jean-Claude Roy 4,224 10.56%				Suzanne Lafond 1,636 4.09%				Gilbert Normand
Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles- de-la-Madeleine—Pabok		Raynald Blais 15,532 43.00%		Georges Farrah 19,213 53.19%		Linda Fournier 764 2.12%		Fred Kraenzel 613 1.70%						Yvan Bernier
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup— Témiscouata—Les Basques		Paul Crête 23,319 59.99%		Helen Ouellet 11,794 30.34%		René Théberge 1,373 3.53%		Elaine Côté 836 2.15%		André Pacquet 1,382 3.56%		Normand Fournier (M-L) 170 0.44%		Paul Crête
Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière		Antoine Dubé 26,398 41.85%		Shirley Baril 21,522 34.12%		Jacques Bergeron 9,152 14.51%		France Michaud 1,411 2.24%		Réal St-Laurent 4,222 6.69%		André Cloutier (Comm.) 374 0.59%		Antoine Dubé Lévis
Matapédia—Matane		Jean-Yves Roy 14,678 46.64%		Marc Bélanger 14,402 45.76%				Karine Paquet-Gauthier 935 2.97%		Germain Dumas 1,456 4.63%				René Canuel
Rimouski—Neigette-et-La-Mitis		Suzanne Tremblay 19,759 59.55%		Réal Marmen 9,795 29.52%		Gerard Gosselin 1,280 3.86%		René Lemieux 525 1.58%		Réal Blais 1,150 3.47%		Lyse Beauchemin (NLP) 673 2.03%		Suzanne Tremblay Rimouski—Mitis

1997

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Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
Electoral district	BQ		Liberal		PC		NDP		Other		Incumbent
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet		François Langlois 14,053		Gilbert Normand 14,100		Denis Roy 12,840		Branda Michaud 520		Gaétan Pouliot (Reform) 611		François Langlois Bellechasse
Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok		Yvan Bernier 15,983		Patrick Gagnon 15,804		Yves Quinton 6,297		Dennis P. Drainville 649				Patrick Gagnon Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
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												Yvan Bernier Gaspé
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques		Paul Crête 16,518		France Dionne 14,119		André Plourde 11,623		Elaine Côté 420		Armand Pouliot (NL) 480		Paul Crête Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Lévis		Antoine Dubé 27,870		Jocelyne Gosselin 17,256		Thérèse Boucher 14,630		France Michaud 1,881				Antoine Dubé
Matapédia—Matane		René Canuel 15,694		Robert Boulay 10,558		Darryl Gray 7,991		Anny-Jos Paquin 417		Miville Couture (NL) 377		René Canuel
Rimouski—Mitis		Suzanne Tremblay 17,282		Réal Marmen 11,112		Jean Roy 7,901		Elizabeth Clark 479				Suzanne Tremblay Rimouski—Témiscouata

1993

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Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
Electoral district	BQ		Liberal		PC		NDP		Other		Incumbent
Bellechasse		François Langlois 17,098		Eric Lemieux 8,352		Pierre Blais 15,952		Robert Leclerc 695				Pierre Blais
Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Michel Saint-Pierre 9,228		Patrick Gagnon 12,334		Darryl Gray 6,019		Germaine Poirier 377				Darryl Gray
Gaspé		Yvan Bernier 13,123		Delton Sams 10,074		Charles-Eugène Marin 5,424		Germaine Poirier 202		Michel Limoges (Green) 292		Charles-Eugène Marin
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup		Paul Crête 18,510		Maurice Tremblay 7,479		André Plourde 8,052		Hélène Bois 476		Pierre-Paul Malenfant (Ind.) 542		André Plourde
Lévis		Antoine Dubé 40,184		Jean-Marc Gagnon 14,254		Serge Léveillé 9,163		Marie-France Renaud 1,182		Carole Carrier (Abol.) 705		Gabriel Fontaine
Matapédia—Matane		René Canuel 18,331		Maurice Gauthier 10,345		Jean-Luc Joncas 2,446		Robert McKoy 219		Pierre Gauthier (NL) 573		Jean-Luc Joncas
Rimouski—Témiscouata		Suzanne Tremblay 23,118		André Reid 9,454		Jean Morin 4,622		Alex En Hwa Ng 335		François-Michel Denis (Ind) 598 Gilles Roussel (NL) 400		Monique Vézina