| Province: | Quebec |
| Fed-Status: | active |
| Fed-District-Number: | 24018 |
| Fed-Created: | 2003 |
| Fed-Election-First: | 2004 |
| Fed-Election-Last: | 2021 |
| Fed-Rep: | Maxime Blanchette-Joncas |
| Fed-Rep-Party: | BQ |
| Fed-Rep-Party-Link: | Bloc Quebecois |
| Demo-Pop-Ref: | [1] |
| Demo-Area-Ref: | [2] |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2011 |
| Demo-Pop: | 84809 |
| Demo-Electors: | 69631 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2015 |
| Demo-Area: | 8061 |
| Demo-Cd: | Rimouski-Neigette, Les Basques, Témiscouata |
| Demo-Csd: | Rimouski, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Trois-Pistoles, Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Dégelis, Pohénégamook, Saint-Fabien, Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Rivière-Bleue |
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques (formerly known as Rimouski—Témiscouata) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
This eastern Quebec riding includes the regional county municipalities of Rimouski-Neigette, Les Basques and Témiscouata, in the Quebec region of Bas-Saint-Laurent.
The neighbouring ridings are Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, and Madawaska—Restigouche.
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques was created in 2003 as "Rimouski—Témiscouata" from parts of Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques and Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis ridings. The district was given its present name in 2004.
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques was a safe seat for Bloc Québécois until 2011, when New Democrat Guy Caron, an unsuccessful candidate in 2004, 2006 and 2008, unexpectedly won the riding in an NDP wave that swept throughout Quebec.[3]
There was a proposal to change the riding's name to Centre-du-Bas-Saint-Laurent following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012; however, Parliament voted against this change.[4] There were no territory changes to this riding as a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding will be merged with Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia to become Rimouski—La Matapédia. It will consist of Les Basuqes and Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipalities (taken from Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) and La Mitis and La Matapédia Regional County Municipalities from Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 26,658 | 54.30 | ||||
| 10,842 | 22.08 | ||||
| 5,497 | 11.20 | ||||
| 2,876 | 5.86 | ||||
| 1,010 | 2.06 | ||||
| Others | 2,215 | 4.51 | |||
There were no territory changes for the 42nd Canadian federal election.
| 2000 federal election redistributed results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 23,583 | 60.40 | ||||
| 11,609 | 29.73 | ||||
| 1,343 | 3.44 | ||||
| 1,327 | 3.40 | ||||
| 762 | 1.95 | ||||
| Others | 418 | 1.07 | |||