| CANDIDATE | PARTY |
| Audet, Frédéric | ADQ |
| Giguère, Raymond | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Pelletier, Irvin | Parti Québécois |
| Thibault, Alain | Québec Solidaire |
Riding profile: Located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, Rimouski riding includes the following municipalities: Biencourt, Esprit-Saint, Lac-des-Aigles, La Trinité-des-Monts, Le Bic, Rimouski, Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Saint-Eugène-de-Ladrière, Saint-Fabien, Saint-Marcellin, Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski and Saint-Valérien.
Riding map: From Elections Quebec: Rimouski (PDF) (Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.)
Riding history: The Rimouski electoral district was created in 1829. In the 1992 redistribution, 4,479 electors moved to Matapedia riding. This included the polls of: Luceville; Sainte-Luce; Pointe-au-Pere.
In 2001 redistribution Saint-Guy, Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, Saint-Médard and Saint-Simon moved to Rivière-du-Loup (1,136 electors). Pointe-au-Père moved back to Rimouski from Matapédia (3,050).
Political history: 1956-1973 inclusive - LIB 1976, 1981 - PQ 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998, 2003 - PQ
1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 63.73 per cent; No - 36.27 per cent
Language breakdown: English: 0.5 per cent French: 99.3 per cent Other: 0.2 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census
| 1970 | Liberal Maurice Tessier won in 1966 and 1970. Appointed minister of municipal affairs, 1970; minister of public works, May to October 1970; February to April 1973; minister of public works and supply, April to September 1973. |
| 1973 | Liberal Claude St-Hilaire defeated Parti Québécois's René Daigneault by 4,518 votes. |
| 1976 | Parti Québécois's Alain Marcoux defeated Liberal St-Hilaire by 5,146 votes. |
| 1981 | Parti Québécois's Marcoux defeated Liberal Georges Fafard by 8,963 votes. Appointed minister of public works and supply, 1981; minister of revenue and minister of public works and supply, September 1982; minister of municipal affairs responsible for planning and chair of planning committee, March 1984 to December 1985. |
| 1985 | Liberal Michel Tremblay defeated Parti Québécois's Marcoux by 284 votes. |
| 1989 | Liberal Tremblay defeated Parti Québécois's Jean-Yves Roy by 3,578 votes. |
| 1994 | Parti Québécois's Solange Charest defeated Liberal Tremblay by 2,627 votes. |
| 1998 | Parti Québécois's Charest defeated Liberal Chantal Landry by 7,070 votes. |
| 2003 | Parti Québécois's Charest defeated Liberal Èric Forest by 3,360 votes. |
| 2007 | Parti Québécois's Irvin Pelletier defeated Action Démocratique du Québec's Roger Picard. |
