Gatineau (electoral district)
Quebec electoral district | |||
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Gatineau in relation to districts in the Gatineau/Hull region (2003 boundaries) | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
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District created | 1947 | ||
First contested | 1949 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 106,424 | ||
Electors (2015) | 83,651 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 125 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 851.4 | ||
Census divisions | Gatineau | ||
Census subdivisions | Gatineau |
Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1988 and since 1997.
It consists of part of the former city of Gatineau, Quebec as defined by its pre-2002 boundaries.
The adjacent ridings are Hull—Aylmer, Pontiac, Ottawa—Orléans, and Ottawa—Vanier.
History
The district was created in 1947 from parts of Hull and Wright ridings. In 1987, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Chapleau.
Gatineau electoral district was re-created from Gatineau—La Lièvre ridings in 1996.
Gatineau lost territory to Pontiac during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Gatineau Riding created from Hull and Wright |
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20th | 1945–1949 | Léon Raymond | Liberal | |
21st | 1949–1953 | Joseph-Célestin Nadon | ||
22nd | 1953–1957 | Rodolphe Leduc | ||
23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
24th | 1958–1962 | |||
25th | 1962–1963 | |||
26th | 1963–1965 | |||
27th | 1965–1968 | Joseph Isabelle | ||
28th | 1968–1972 | Gaston Clermont | ||
29th | 1972–1974 | |||
30th | 1974–1979 | |||
31st | 1979–1980 | René Cousineau | ||
32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
33rd | 1984–1988 | Claudy Mailly | Progressive Conservative | |
Riding dissolved into Chapleau (re-named Gatineau—La Lièvre) | ||||
Riding re-created from Gatineau—La Lièvre | ||||
36th | 1997–2000 | Mark Assad | Liberal | |
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
38th | 2004–2006 | Françoise Boivin | ||
39th | 2006–2008 | Richard Nadeau | Bloc Québécois | |
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | Françoise Boivin | New Democratic | |
42nd | 2015–Present | Steve MacKinnon | Liberal |
Assad represented Gatineau—La Lièvre from 1988 to 1997 which was known as Chapleau from 1987 to 1988. This district had similar borders to Gatineau.
Politics
Like most ridings in the Ouatouais, Gatineau had long been safe for the Liberals, save for a lone Progressive Conservative victory in their 1984 nationwide landslide. Even as the rest of Quebec turned its back on the Liberals, a large number of civil servants who worked in Ottawa kept it in Liberal hands.
However, in the 2006 election the Bloc Québécois won the seat. The Bloc managed to hold the seat with just over 29% of the vote in 2008, by far the lowest percentage for a winning candidate nationwide, due to a near-three-way split between themselves, the New Democratic Party and the Liberals. The riding was swept up in the massive NDP wave that swept through the province in the 2011 election.
In the 2015 election, Liberal candidate Steve MacKinnon, running a second time, defeated NDP incumbent Françoise Boivin in an upset with an almost 40-point swing.
Election results
1997–present
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Steve MacKinnon | 31,076 | 53.76 | +39.96 | – | |||
New Democratic | Françoise Boivin | 15,352 | 26.56 | -35.57 | – | |||
Bloc Québécois | Philippe Boily | 5,455 | 9.44 | -5.49 | $36,985.75 | |||
Conservative | Luc Angers | 4,733 | 8.19 | +0.18 | – | |||
Green | Guy Dostaler | 942 | 1.63 | +0.49 | $639.67 | |||
Independent | Guy J. Bellavance | 148 | 0.26 | – | – | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Pierre Soublière | 94 | 0.16 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 57,800 | 100.0 | $221,304.70 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 522 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 58,322 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 83,651 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3][4][5] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 31,894 | 62.13 | |
Bloc Québécois | 7,663 | 14.93 | |
Liberal | 7,082 | 13.80 | |
Conservative | 4,111 | 8.01 | |
Green | 587 | 1.14 |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Françoise Boivin | 35,262 | 61.83 | +35.71 | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Richard Nadeau | 8,619 | 15.11 | -14.04 | ||||
Liberal | Steve MacKinnon | 7,975 | 13.98 | -11.34 | ||||
Conservative | Jennifer Gearey | 4,532 | 7.95 | -8.86 | ||||
Green | Jonathan Meijer | 639 | 1.12 | -1.45 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 57,027 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 365 | 0.64 | ||||||
Turnout | 57,392 | 64.36 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 89,171 |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Richard Nadeau | 15,189 | 29.15 | -10.11 | $78,498 | |||
New Democratic | Françoise Boivin | 13,612 | 26.12 | +16.11 | $87,035 | |||
Liberal | Michel Simard | 13,193 | 25.32 | -5.92 | $40,288 | |||
Conservative | Denis Tassé | 8,762 | 16.81 | +0.07 | $52,464 | |||
Green | David Inglis | 1,342 | 2.57 | -0.12 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,098 | 100.00 | $88,989 | |||||
Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | -13.11 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Richard Nadeau | 21,093 | 39.25 | -1.02 | $72,093 | |||
Liberal | Françoise Boivin | 16,826 | 31.31 | -10.78 | $70,768 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Robert | 9,014 | 16.77 | +9.19 | $62,953 | |||
New Democratic | Anne Levesque | 5,354 | 9.96 | +4.24 | $5,811 | |||
Green | Gail Walker | 1,456 | 2.71 | -0.36 | $5 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 53,743 | 100.00 | $82,260 | |||||
Bloc Québécois gain | Swing |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Françoise Boivin | 19,198 | 42.09 | -9.37 | $46,494 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Richard Nadeau | 18,368 | 40.27 | 14.87 | $20,574 | |||
Conservative | Gérald Nicolas | 3,461 | 7.59 | -9.65 | ||||
New Democratic | Dominique Vaillancourt | 2,610 | 5.72 | +2.24 | ||||
Green | Brian Gibb | 1,402 | 3.07 | $144 | ||||
Marijuana | Stéphane Salko | 453 | 0.99 | – | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Gabriel Girard-Bernier | 125 | 0.27 | 0.00 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,617 | 100.00 | $80,437 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.
Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Mark Assad | 26,054 | 51.45 | +5.04 | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Richard Nadeau | 12,857 | 25.39 | +4.49 | ||||
Alliance | Stéphany Crowley | 5,084 | 10.04 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Michael F. Vasseur | 3,645 | 7.20 | -21.77 | ||||
New Democratic | Carl Hétu | 1,765 | 3.49 | +1.68 | ||||
Natural Law | Jean-Claude Pommet | 472 | 0.93 | +0.11 | ||||
Independent | Ronald Bélanger | 392 | 0.77 | |||||
Independent | Samantha Demers | 228 | 0.45 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Françoise Roy | 139 | 0.27 | 0.00 | ||||
Total valid votes | 50,636 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Mark Assad | 25,298 | 46.42 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Richard Côté | 15,786 | 28.97 | |||||
Bloc Québécois | Christian Picard | 11,391 | 20.90 | |||||
New Democratic | Michelle Bonner | 982 | 1.80 | |||||
Natural Law | Jean-Claude Pommet | 448 | 0.82 | |||||
Christian Heritage | Claude Grant | 445 | 0.82 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Françoise Roy | 150 | 0.28 | |||||
Total valid votes | 54,500 | 100.00 |
1949–1988
Canadian federal election, 1984 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Claudy Mailly | 25,873 | 50.91 | +43.96 | ||||
Liberal | René Cousineau | 17,496 | 34.43 | -44.17 | ||||
New Democratic | Sylvie Rossignol | 6,543 | 12.87 | +2.25 | ||||
Parti nationaliste | Jean Scuvée | 766 | 1.51 | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Jean-Guy Méthot | 142 | 0.28 | |||||
Total valid votes | 50,820 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1980 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | René Cousineau | 35,437 | 78.60 | +6.71 | ||||
New Democratic | Renée Pierre Brisson | 4,792 | 10.63 | +3.72 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jean-Pierre Plouffe | 3,134 | 6.95 | +0.29 | ||||
Social Credit | Marcelle Cormier | 975 | 2.16 | -10.87 | ||||
Rhinoceros | François R. Penzes | 640 | 1.42 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Christine Dandenault | 108 | 0.24 | +0.01 | ||||
Total valid votes | 45,086 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1979 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | René Cousineau | 34,234 | 71.89 | |||||
Social Credit | Gérard Croteau | 6,206 | 13.03 | |||||
New Democratic | André Beaudry | 3,292 | 6.91 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | René Bergeron | 3,174 | 6.66 | |||||
Union populaire | André Côté | 608 | 1.28 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Christine Dandenault | 108 | 0.23 | |||||
Total valid votes | 47,622 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 340 | |||||||
Turnout | 47,962 | 74.80 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 64,124 | |||||||
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-first General Election, 1979. |
Canadian federal election, 1974 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Gaston Clermont | 19,513 | 60.15 | +9.81 | ||||
Social Credit | Marcel Clément | 7,205 | 22.21 | -7.78 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert Moreau | 3,944 | 12.16 | -1.03 | ||||
New Democratic | Lise Ménard | 1,781 | 5.49 | -0.99 | ||||
Total valid votes | 32,443 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1972 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Gaston Clermont | 15,894 | 50.34 | -3.19 | ||||
Social Credit | Jean-Paul Descoeurs | 9,469 | 29.99 | +16.15 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Guy Lafortune | 4,163 | 13.19 | -15.10 | ||||
New Democratic | Mychèle St-Louis | 2,047 | 6.48 | +2.14 | ||||
Total valid votes | 31,573 | 100.00 |
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
Canadian federal election, 1968 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Gaston Clermont | 14,348 | 53.53 | +0.12 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Lévis Larocque | 7,581 | 28.28 | +8.08 | ||||
Ralliement créditiste | Antoine Bédard | 3,711 | 13.85 | -3.25 | ||||
New Democratic | Emile Mongeon | 1,163 | 4.34 | -1.96 | ||||
Total valid votes | 26,803 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Gaston Isabelle | 13,088 | 53.41 | +6.77 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jules Barrière | 4,952 | 20.21 | -3.38 | ||||
Ralliement créditiste | Conrad Beaudoin | 4,189 | 17.09 | -8.24 | ||||
New Democratic | Beverley Morin | 1,543 | 6.30 | +1.86 | ||||
Independent Liberal | Roger Danis | 734 | 3.00 | |||||
Total valid votes | 24,506 | 100.00 |
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Rodolphe Leduc | 11,589 | 46.64 | +4.42 | ||||
Social Credit | Conrad Beaudoin | 6,295 | 25.34 | +4.82 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Thomas Van Dusen | 5,861 | 23.59 | -9.67 | ||||
New Democratic | Roy Laberge | 1,10 | 4.44 | +0.42 | ||||
Total valid votes | 24,847 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Rodolphe Leduc | 10,135 | 42.22 | -10.09 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Thomas Van Dusen | 7,983 | 33.25 | -10.20 | ||||
Social Credit | Henri Meunier | 4,925 | 20.52 | +16.28 | ||||
New Democratic | Charles J. De Breyne | 963 | 4.01 | |||||
Total valid votes | 24,006 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Rodolphe Leduc | 10,840 | 52.31 | -6.48 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Réjean Patry | 9,004 | 43.45 | +13.31 | ||||
Social Credit | Léo Joannisse | 878 | 4.24 | |||||
Total valid votes | 20,722 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Rodolphe Leduc | 10,770 | 58.79 | -2.87 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Adrien Cloutier | 5,522 | 30.14 | +5.60 | ||||
Independent Liberal | J. Robert Proulx | 2,028 | 11.07 | |||||
Total valid votes | 18,320 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal by-election, 22 March 1954 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Nadon's death, 17 December 1953 | ||||||||
Liberal | Rodolphe Leduc | 6,568 | 61.66 | -4.13 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ernest-Anastase St-Jean | 2,614 | 24.54 | -5.62 | ||||
Independent | Marcel-Bernard Bonnier | 796 | 7.47 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Roger Boucher | 674 | 6.33 | +2.28 | ||||
Total valid votes | 10,652 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Joseph-Célestin Nadon | 10,759 | 65.79 | +7.21 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ernest-Anastase St-Jean | 4,932 | 30.16 | +1.02 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Janet H.H. Morgan | 662 | 4.05 | |||||
Total valid votes | 16,353 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal by-election, 24 October 1949 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Raymond appointed House of Commons Clerk, 5 August 1949 | ||||||||
Liberal | Joseph-Célestin Nadon | 5,438 | 58.58 | -7.14 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ernest-Anastase St-Jean | 2,705 | 29.14 | -0.49 | ||||
Independent | Marcel-Bernard Bonnier | 1,140 | 12.28 | |||||
Total valid votes | 9,283 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Léon-Joseph Raymond | 9,865 | 65.72 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Ernest-Anastase St-Jean | 4,448 | 29.63 | |||||
Union des électeurs | Joseph-Eugène Rochon | 697 | 4.64 | |||||
Total valid votes | 15,010 | 100.00 |
See also
References
- "(Code 24020) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- Riding history 1947-1987 from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history 1996-present from the Library of Parliament