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Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques

Formerly Rimouski—La Matapédia; renamed by S.C. 2026, c. 20, s. 88. The 2025 election here was fought under the former name.

Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques is a federal riding in Quebec, renamed from Rimouski—La Matapédia on . Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Bloc Québécois, first elected to the House in 2019) represents Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques. Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Bloc Québécois) held Rimouski—La Matapédia (now Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques) for the Bloc Québécois in the 2025 election by 5,746 votes (10.7 points), with 46.2% of the vote. Alexander Reford (Liberal) was second with 35.5%, on a turnout of 65.0% of 84,254 electors. Member as of .

Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan · Bloc QuébécoisCôte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata · ConservativeGaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj · Bloc QuébécoisMadawaska—Restigouche · LiberalRimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques
Fig. 1 — Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques

BMaxime Blanchette-Joncas
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Maxime Blanchette-Joncas

Member of Parliament for Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques

Bloc Québécois

MP since · 3 terms

  • Health committee
  • Science and Research committee
  • Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
  • Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure

214 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Building Canada Strong Act.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result, as Rimouski—La Matapédia: 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% · of 54,040 valid votes

Turnout 65.0% of 84,254 electors54,764 ballots cast, 54,040 valid9 candidates

Since 2021BQ −7.0 ptsLPC +13.9 ptsCPC +2.6 ptsNDP −3.9 ptsIND −1.0 pts2021 transposed onto the 2023 boundaries by Elections Canada.
Before 2025
  • 2021 Bloc Québécois · Maxime Blanchette-Joncas, by 10,175 votes (24.1 pts)
  • 2019 Bloc Québécois · Maxime Blanchette-Joncas, by 4,264 votes (9.3 pts)
  • 2015 New Democratic · Guy Caron, by 6,780 votes (15.1 pts)

In Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques lived in; Elections Canada's official results. The elections from 2004, carried onto today's lines, are below.

Since 2004

No party has held it since 2004: the Bloc Québécois were first at six of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the NDP at two; it changed hands twice. In 2025 the Bloc Québécois took 46.2% of the vote here, 4.2 points above their average of 42.0% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

What kind of place Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques is

Population
102,0202021 census
Area
14,002km²
Density
7.3people per km²
Electors
84,254on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 5th-most candidates on the ballot in Canada: 9 candidates stood · 5th of 3435th
    5th-most candidates on the ballot in Canada
    9 candidates stood · 5th of 343
  • 4th-most French mother tongue: 97.9% have French as a mother tongue, 4th highest of 343 (Share with French as a mother tongue, 2021 census)4th
    4th-most French mother tongue
    97.9% have French as a mother tongue, 4th highest of 343 (Share with French as a mother tongue, 2021 census)
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 97.9% — about 61.2 times the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest4th highest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 1.5% — about 9 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest15th lowest of 343
  • 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 of households that own their home is 68.9% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest143rd lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 65% of the 2025 electors in today's Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques lived in the old Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques; by area, 62% of the riding came from the old Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
64.9%Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques 37.8% of the area · 57% of it kept
35.1%Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia 62.2% of the area · 48% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result, as Rimouski—La Matapédia

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Maxime Blanchette-JoncasBloc Québécois24,94746.2%53.2%−7.0
Alexander RefordLiberal19,20135.5%21.6%+13.9
Nancy JoannetteConservative7,32413.6%11.0%+2.6
Salomé SalvainNew Democratic9741.8%5.7%−3.9
Noémi Bureau-CivilIndependent6201.1%2.7%−1.0
4 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
Taraneh JavanbakhtPeople's3380.6%
Lysane Picker-PaquinOther2950.5%
Raphaël ArsenaultIndependent2420.4%
Tommy LefebvreIndependent990.2%
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

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.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Bloc Québécois (211) · ■ won by another party (19) · ▨ tied (1).
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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-03.

"Rimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/rimouski-neigette-mitis-matapedia-les-basques/ Accessed 2026-11-03.