The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Rivière-du-Nord
Federal riding · QC · No. 24064 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Rhéal Éloi Fortin Bloc Québécois
- 2025 result
- Bloc Québécois hold by 7,093 votes
- Turnout
- 63.3% of 93,725 electors
- Population
- 113,515 2021 census
- Area
- 306 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Fewest university degrees13.4% of 25–64s hold a bachelor's or higher, 9th lowest of 343 (Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher, 2021 census)
- Turnout, lowest first63.3% of 93,725 electors voted · 52nd of 343 in Canada
- Closeness of the raceWon by 7,093 votes (12.2 pts) · 153rd of 343 in Canada
In brief
- Rhéal Fortin held the seat for the Bloc Québécoiss by 7,093 votes (+12.2 points).
- 32% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 59.2% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is the 9th lowest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Rhéal Éloi Fortin
- Member of the
- Member: Justice and Human Rights
- Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Vice-Chair: Justice and Human Rights
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 32% of today's Rivière-du-Nord came from ridings other than the old Rivière-du-Nord.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
68.3%Rivière-du-Nord 55% of it kept
31.3%Mirabel 10% of it kept
0.2%Terrebonne 0% 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
Rhéal Fortin
Bloc Québécois
25,438
43.8% of valid votes
Margin
7,093
votes · +12.2 pts
Runner-up
Mary-Helen Walton
Liberal
18,345
31.6% of valid votes
Bloc Québécois 43.8% · Liberal 31.6% · Conservative 21.0% · New Democratic 3.5%
Turnout63.3% of 93,725 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhéal Fortin | Bloc Québécois | 25,438 | 43.8% | 50.3% | −6.5 |
| Mary-Helen Walton | Liberal | 18,345 | 31.6% | 21.9% | +9.7 |
| Patricia Morrissette | Conservative | 12,203 | 21.0% | 11.7% | +9.3 |
| Christel Marchand | New Democratic | 2,032 | 3.5% | 6.7% | −3.2 |
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
6.1 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
12,203 votes
Conservative took more than the 7,093-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
22 of 231
No poll ended in a tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 3,547 voters switching from Bloc Québécois to Liberal — 6.1% of the 58,018 valid votes, 6.1 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Bloc Québécois25,438
Liberal18,345
Still Bloc Québécois by 7,093 votes. Actual margin: 7,093.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 59.2% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Bloc Québécois43.3%44.7%+1.4
Liberal28.1%36.7%+8.6
Conservative24.6%15.8%−8.8
New Democratic4.0%2.8%−1.2
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 $67,500 — about 80 percent of the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest51st lowest of 343
- Median age is 42.8 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest132nd highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.4% — about 48 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest9th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 5.0% — about 29 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest57th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 57.0% — about 80 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest75th lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 92.8% — about 58.0 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest22nd 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. 24064QC · 2025
Rivière-du-Nord
Rhéal Éloi Fortin
- Result
- Bloc Québécois hold by 7,093
- Turnout
- 63.3%
- Population
- 113,515
- Area
- 306 km²
Fewest university degreesTurnout, lowest firstCloseness of the race
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