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Montmagny–L'Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup (Quebec)

Today we're in eastern Quebec with Montmagny–L'Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup!

Montmagny–L'Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup has existed as a riding since 2004. The population of the riding was 96,724 in 2021. The riding contains the communities of Rivière-du-Loup (20,118 in 2021), Montmagny (10,999 in 2021), and Saint-Antonin (4,338 in 2021).

Politically, this seat has had some very close calls during the 2011 and 2015 elections. In 2011, NDP MP François Lapointe won by just 9 votes over the incumbent Bernard Généreux. In 2015, Généreux took the seat back by just 272 votes, totaling just 28.99% of votes in the riding. Pre-2009, the seat was safe Bloc, post-2019 it's been safe for the Conservatives. This seat is currently held by Conservative MP Bernard Généreux. 

Provincially, the seat in the east of the riding actually had a solid performance for the Liberals, largely due to former mayor Jean D'Amour serving as the successful candidate in the 2009 by-election. He fended off the PQ in 2009 and 2012, and winning a sizeable majority in 2014, despite some controversies prior to his provincial career. He lost by just under 2,000 votes in 2018. In 2019, this seat was 24/78 in Quebec and 90/338 in Canada by margin.

The name. It speaks for itself. I say just name it Rivière-du-Loup–Montmagny like it was in 2004. The shape is honestly not that bad, maybe not the biggest fan of the eastern part, but not too bad. As for individuality, not every day does someone win by just 9 votes.

Tomorrow we're back in Saskatchewan with Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan!