Conservative candidate Bernard Généreux is the projected winner in the riding of Montmagny–L’Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup.
The Montmagny–L’Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup riding encompasses the regional county municipalities of Kamouraska, L’Islet, Montmagny and Rivière-du-Loup, including Whitworth Indian Reserve No. 21.
Ninety-nine per cent of the population in the area identified French as their mother tongue, according to the 2016 census. This tourist-friendly riding is home to a number of festivals in the summer.
Voters in this riding re-elected incumbent Conservative MP Bernard Généreux in 2019. The Tory MP collected 41.7 per cent of the vote, with Bloc Québécois candidate Louis Gagnon coming in second with 32.3 per cent.
Généreux was the MP of the district in 2009 and lost in 2011 by just nine votes but was re-elected in 2015 by a close margin.
This riding has elected members from three different parties in the last seven years. It was created in 2004, when it was won by Paul Crête of the Bloc Québécois. He was re-elected in 2006 and 2008, but left to pursue provincial politics in 2009, opening the door for Généreux to win in a byelection that year.
Candidates
Conservative Party: Bernard Généreux (incumbent)
Bloc Québécois: Simon Bérubé
Free Party Canada: Nancy Rochon
Green Party: No Candidate
Liberal Party: François Lapointe
NDP: Sean English
Rhinoceros Party: Thibaud Mony