Provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Nicolet-Yamaska Quebecelectoral district Defunct provincial electoral district Legislature National Assembly of Quebec District created 1972 District abolished 1980 District re-created 1988 District re-abolished 2011 First contested 1973 Last contested 2008 Demographics Population (2006) 43,849 Electors (2008)[ 1] 34,889 Area (km²)[ 2] 2,389.52 Census division(s) Arthabaska (part),Bécancour (part),Drummond (part),Nicolet-Yamaska (part)Census subdivision(s) Drummondville (part),Yamaska (part),Aston-Jonction ,Baie-du-Febvre ,Bécancour ,Daveluyville ,Grand-Saint-Esprit ,La Visitation-de-Yamaska ,Maddington ,Nicolet ,Pierreville ,Sainte-Anne-du-Sault ,Saint-Bonaventure ,Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults ,Saint-Célestin (municipality) ,Saint-Célestin (village) ,Saint-David ,Saint-Elphège ,Sainte-Eulalie ,Saint-François-du-Lac ,Saint-Gérard-Majella ,Saint-Guillaume ,Saint-Joachim-de-Courval ,Saint-Léonard-d'Aston ,Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu ,Sainte-Monique ,Sainte-Perpétue ,Saint-Pie-de-Guire ,Saint-Sylvère ,Saint-Wenceslas ,Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval ; Odanak, Wôlinak
Nicolet-Yamaska (French pronunciation: [nikɔlɛ(t) jamaska] ) is a former provincial electoral district in theCentre-du-Québec andMontérégie regions ofQuebec ,Canada that elected members to theNational Assembly of Quebec .
As of its final election, it included the cities or municipalities ofPierreville ,Nicolet ,Bécancour ,Sainte-Eulalie ,Daveluyville ,Saint-Leonard-d'Aston ,Saint-Wenceslas andSaint-Gerard-Majella as well as portions of the city ofDrummondville .
It was created for the1973 election from parts ofNicolet and its final election was in1976 . It disappeared in the1981 election and Nicolet was recreated. Nicolet disappeared again in the1989 election , for which Nicolet-Yamaska was recreated. Nicolet-Yamaska's final election was in2008 . It disappeared in the2012 election and the successor electoral district wasNicolet-Bécancour .[ 3]
Members of the National Assembly [ edit ] Benjamin Faucher ,Liberal (1973–1976)Serge Fontaine ,Union Nationale (1976–1981)did not exist (1981–1989), seeNicolet Maurice Richard , Liberal (1989–1994)Michel Morin ,Parti Québécois (1994–2007)Éric Dorion ,Action démocratique (2007–2008)Jean-Martin Aussant , Parti Québécois (2008–2011); Independent (2011);Option nationale (2011–2012)Information Election results Maps
Neighbouring electoral districts
Quebec provincial electoral districts
Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord Capitale-Nationale Mauricie Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec Estrie (Eastern Townships) Eastern Montérégie South Shore East Montreal West Montreal Laval Lanaudière Laurentides Outaouais Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec Eliminated in the 2012 election: 1 Côte-du-Sud is split between Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches
2 Johnson is split between Centre-du-Québec and MontérégieSee also :
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