This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Gatineau (provincial electoral district) .
Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from since 1949. Between 1987 and 1996, it was known as "Gatineau—La Lièvre".
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 renamed to Chapleau , and then to Gatineau—La Lièvre in 1988. It was renamed back to "Gatineau" in 1996.
Gatineau lost territory to Pontiac during the 2012 electoral redistribution .
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
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 Outaouais , 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 [ ]
Graph of election results in Gatineau (since 1997, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
hide 2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Steven MacKinnon
29,084
52.1
-1.66
$67,009.65
Bloc Québécois
Geneviève Nadeau
11,926
21.4
+11.96
none listed
New Democratic
Eric Chaurette
6,128
11.0
-15.56
$24,553.38
Conservative
Sylvie Goneau
5,745
10.3
+2.11
$16,427.02
Green
Guy Dostaler
2,264
4.1
+2.47
$0.00
People's
Mario-Roberto Lam
560
1.0
$1,439.79
Marxist–Leninist
Pierre Soublière
76
0.1
-0.06
$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit
55,783
100.0
Total rejected ballots
787
Turnout
56,570
67.0
Eligible voters
84,463
Liberal hold
Swing
-6.81
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
hide 2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Steven MacKinnon
31,076
53.76
+39.96
$97,491.72
New Democratic
Françoise Boivin
15,352
26.56
-35.57
$52,920.78
Bloc Québécois
Philippe Boily
5,455
9.44
-5.49
$37,224.72
Conservative
Luc Angers
4,733
8.19
+0.18
$15,531.17
Green
Guy Dostaler
942
1.63
+0.49
$639.67
Independent
Guy J. Bellavance
148
0.26
–
$1,637.23
Marxist–Leninist
Pierre Soublière
94
0.16
–
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
57,800
100.0
$221,893.30
Total rejected ballots
522
–
–
Turnout
58,322
–
–
Eligible voters
83,651
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7] [8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
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
hide 2011 Canadian federal election
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
hide 2008 Canadian federal election
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
hide 2006 Canadian federal election
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
hide 2004 Canadian federal election
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.
hide 2000 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1997 Canadian federal election
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
Gatineau—La Lièvre (1988-1993) [ ]
1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Mark Assad
23,507
Progressive Conservative
Claudy Mailly
21,385
New Democratic
Marius Tremblay
8,394
Rhinoceros
Daniel Le Lièvre Villeneuve
660
No affiliation
Nicole Leblanc
364
1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Mark Assad
39,274
Bloc Québécois
Jules Fournier
25,006
Progressive Conservative
Jérôme P. Falardeau
4,464
New Democratic
Elizabeth Holden
1,096
Natural Law
Danièle Bélair
736
Marxist–Leninist
Nicole Leblanc
200
1949–1988 [ ]
hide 1980 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1979 Canadian federal election
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.
hide 1974 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1972 Canadian federal election
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.
hide 1968 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1965 Canadian federal election
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.
hide 1963 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1962 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1958 Canadian federal election
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
hide 1957 Canadian federal election
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
hide Canadian federal by-election, 22 March 1954
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
hide 1953 Canadian federal election
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
hide Canadian federal by-election, 24 October 1949
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
hide 1949 Canadian federal election
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
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