Berthier (provincial electoral district)

'''Berthier''' is a provincial electoral district in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] that elects members to the [[National Assembly of Quebec]]. Situated in the [[Lanaudière]] region and created in 1867, the riding includes the municipalities of [[Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec|Saint-Michel-des-Saints]], [[Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec|Saint-Jean-de-Matha]], [[Saint-Come, Quebec|Saint-Come]] and [[Mandeville, Quebec|Mandeville]]. ==Members of Legislative Assembly== #[[Louis-Joseph Moll]], [[Parti conservateur du Québec|Conservative Party]] (1867–1871) #[[Louis Sylvestre]], [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal]] (1871–1878) #[[Joseph Robillard]], Conservative Party (1878–1886) #Louis Sylvestre, Liberal (1886–1889) #[[Omer Dostaler]], Liberal (1890) #[[Cuthbert-Alphonse Chenevert]], Liberal (1890–1892) #[[Victor Allard]], Conservative Party, Conservative Party (1892–1897) #Cuthbert-Alphonse Chenevert, Liberal (1897–1903) #[[Joseph Lafontaine (Quebec MLA)|Joseph Lafontaine]], Liberal (1904–1912) #[[Joseph-Olivier Gadoury]], Conservative Party (1912–1916) #Joseph Lafontaine, Liberal (1916–1919) #[[Simeon Lafrenière]], Liberal (1919–1925) #[[Amédée Sylvestre]], Liberal (1925–1927) #[[Cléophas Bastien]], Liberal (1927–1944) #[[Armand Sylvestre (Quebec MLA)|Armand Sylvestre]], Liberal (1944–1948) #[[Azéllus Lavallée]], [[Union Nationale (Quebec)|Union nationale]] (1948–1962) #[[Lucien McGuire]], Liberal (1962–1966) ==Members of the National Assembly== #[[Guy Gauthier]], Union nationale (1966–1973) #[[Michel Denis]], Liberal (1973–1976) #[[Jean-Guy Mercier]], [[Parti québécois]] (1976–1981) #[[Albert Houde]], Liberal (1981–1994) #[[Gilles Baril (PQ)|Gilles Baril]], Parti québécois (1994–2002) #[[Marie Grégoire]], [[Action démocratique du Québec|Action démocratique]] (2002–2003) #[[Alexandre Bourdeau]], Parti québécois (2003–2007) #[[François Benjamin]], Action démocratique (2007–2008) #[[André Villeneuve]], Parti québécois (2008–present) ==Election results== {{Election box begin | title=[[Quebec general election, 2008]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/PQ/row}} |[[Parti Québécois|Parti québécois]] |Andre Villeneuve |align="right"|13,650 |align="right"|42.50 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Norman Blackburn |align="right"|8,393 |align="right"|26.13 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/ADQ/row}} |[[Action démocratique du Québec|Action démocratique]] |Francois Benjamin |align="right"|8,239 |align="right"|25.65 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/QS/row}} |[[Québec solidaire]] |Jocelyne Dupuis |align="right"|931 |align="right"|2.90 |align="right"| |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}} |[[Parti vert du Quebec|Green Party]] |Yan Beaudry |align="right"|903 |align="right"|2.81 |align="right"| |- |} ==Neighbouring electoral districts== {{Canadian City Geographic Location| North=[[Laviolette (electoral district)|Laviolette]] | West=[[Labelle (provincial electoral district)|Labelle]], [[Bertrand (electoral district)|Bertrand]]| Center=Berthier| East=[[Maskinongé (provincial electoral district)|Maskinongé]]| South=[[Rousseau (electoral district)|Rousseau]], [[Joliette (provincial electoral district)|Joliette]], [[L'Assomption (provincial electoral district)|L'Assomption]], [[Richelieu (provincial electoral district)|Richelieu]], [[Verchères (provincial electoral district)|Verchères]], [[Nicolet-Yamaska (provincial electoral district)|Nicolet-Yamaska]] }} {{QC-ED}} {{coord missing|Quebec}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berthier (Provincial Electoral District)}}