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'''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]]}}
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{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/PQ/row}}
|[[Parti Québécois|Parti québécois]]
|Andre Villeneuve
|align="right"|13,650
|align="right"|42.50
|align="right"|
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{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Norman Blackburn
|align="right"|8,393
|align="right"|26.13
|align="right"|
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{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/ADQ/row}}
|[[Action démocratique du Québec|Action démocratique]]
|Francois Benjamin
|align="right"|8,239
|align="right"|25.65
|align="right"|
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{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/QS/row}}
|[[Québec solidaire]]
|Jocelyne Dupuis
|align="right"|931
|align="right"|2.90
|align="right"|
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{{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}}
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