The riding of Nicolet-Bécancour is located in the Centre-de-Québec administrative region, along the Saint Lawrence River.
It includes two reserves, Odanak and Wôlinak, as well as many municipalities.
The four candidates from parties serving in the National Assembly at dissolution:
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Coalition Avenir Québec: Donald Martel
Parti Québécois: Lucie Allard
Quebec Liberal Party: Marie-Claude Durand
Québec Solidaire: François Poisson
The incumbent heading into the 2018 election was Coalition Avenir Québec MNA Donald Martel.
He was first elected in 2012 and was re-elected in 2014.
History
From 1972 to 2011, Nicolet-Bécancour was known as Nicolet-Yamaska.
It came into being as the result of a merger between the electoral divisions of Nicolet and Yamaska.
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