Rimouski (provincial electoral district)
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This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Rimouski (federal electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Rimouski (Province of Canada electoral district).
Rimouski is a provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Rimouski and Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard.
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Quebec electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec | ||
MNA |
Coalition Avenir Québec | ||
District created | 1867 | ||
First contested | 1867 | ||
Last contested | 2022 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2012)[1] | 43,920 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 3,723.2 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Esprit-Saint, La Trinité-des-Monts, Rimouski, Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière, Saint-Fabien, Saint-Marcellin, Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski, Saint-Valérien; Lac-Huron |
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It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada).
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Lac-des-Aigles and Biencourt to the newly created Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata electoral district.