The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Rimouski—La Matapédia
Federal riding · QC · No. 24062 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Québécois
- 2025 result
- Bloc Québécois hold by 5,746 votes
- Turnout
- 65.0% of 84,254 electors
- Population
- 102,020 2021 census
- Area
- 14,002 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Most candidates on the ballot in Canada9 candidates stood · 5th of 343
- Most French mother tongue97.9% have French as a mother tongue, 4th highest of 343 (Share with French as a mother tongue, 2021 census)
- Area, largest first14,002 km² · 60th of 343 in Canada
In brief
- Maxime Blanchette-Joncas held the seat for the Bloc Québécoiss by 5,746 votes (+10.7 points).
- 38% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 67.6% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share with French as a mother tongue is the 4th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas
- Member: Health
- Member: Science and Research
- Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 38% of today's Rimouski—La Matapédia came from ridings other than the old Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
62.2%Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia 48% of it kept
37.8%Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques 57% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Bloc Québécois hold
Elected
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas
Bloc Québécois
24,947
46.2% of valid votes
Margin
5,746
votes · +10.7 pts
Runner-up
Alexander Reford
Liberal
19,201
35.5% of valid votes
Bloc Québécois 46.2% · Liberal 35.5% · Conservative 13.6% · New Democratic 1.8% · Independent 1.1%
Turnout65.0% of 84,254 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxime Blanchette-Joncas | Bloc Québécois | 24,947 | 46.2% | 53.2% | −7.0 |
| Alexander Reford | Liberal | 19,201 | 35.5% | 21.6% | +13.9 |
| Nancy Joannette | Conservative | 7,324 | 13.6% | 11.0% | +2.6 |
| Salomé Salvain | New Democratic | 974 | 1.8% | 5.7% | −3.9 |
| Noémi Bureau-Civil | Independent | 620 | 1.1% | 2.7% | −1.0 |
4 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Taraneh Javanbakht | People's | 338 | 0.6% |
| Lysane Picker-Paquin | Other | 295 | 0.5% |
| Raphaël Arsenault | Independent | 242 | 0.4% |
| Tommy Lefebvre | Independent | 99 | 0.2% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
5.3 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
7,324 votes
Conservative took more than the 5,746-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
19 of 231
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 2,874 voters switching from Bloc Québécois to Liberal — 5.3% of the 54,040 valid votes, 5.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Bloc Québécois24,947
Liberal19,201
Still Bloc Québécois by 5,746 votes. Actual margin: 5,746.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 67.6% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Bloc Québécois47.4%43.6%−3.8
Liberal32.0%42.8%+10.8
Conservative15.3%9.8%−5.5
Independent2.0%1.3%−0.7
New Democratic1.9%1.5%−0.4
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $61,600 — about 73 percent of the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest21st lowest of 343
- Median age is 49.6 — about 1.2 times the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest28th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.1% — about 75 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest109th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 1.5% — about 9 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest15th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 68.9% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest143rd lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 97.9% — about 61.2 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest4th highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 24062QC · 2025
Rimouski—La Matapédia
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas
- Result
- Bloc Québécois hold by 5,746
- Turnout
- 65.0%
- Population
- 102,020
- Area
- 14,002 km²
Most candidates on the ballot in CanadaMost French mother tongueArea, largest first
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