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Nicolet Yamaska (electoral district)

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District created
  
1972

District re-abolished
  
2011

Last contested
  
2008

District abolished
  
1980

District re-created
  
1988

First contested
  
1973

Province
  
Québec

Elector
  
34,889

Legislature
  
National Assembly of Quebec

Nicolet-Yamaska is a former provincial electoral district in the Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie regions of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.

As of its final election, it included the cities or municipalities of Pierreville, Nicolet, Bécancour, Sainte-Eulalie, Daveluyville, Saint-Leonard-d'Aston, Saint-Wenceslas and Saint-Gerard-Majella as well as portions of the city of Drummondville.

It was created for the 1973 election from parts of Nicolet and its final election was in 1976. It disappeared in the 1981 election and Nicolet was recreated. Nicolet disappeared again in the 1989 election, for which Nicolet-Yamaska was recreated. Nicolet-Yamaska's final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Nicolet-Bécancour.

Members of the National Assembly

  1. Benjamin Faucher, Liberal (1973–1976)
  2. Serge Fontaine, Union Nationale (1976–1981)
  3. did not exist (1981–1989), see Nicolet
  4. Maurice Richard, Liberal (1989–1994)
  5. Michel Morin, Parti Québécois (1994–2007)
  6. Éric Dorion, Action démocratique (2007–2008)
  7. Jean-Martin Aussant, Parti Québécois (2008–2011); Independent (2011); Option nationale (2011–2012)

References

Nicolet-Yamaska (electoral district) Wikipedia