Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Quebec electoral district Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Legislature House of Commons District created 1993 District abolished 2013 First contested 1935 Last contested 2011 District webpage profile , map Population (2011 )[1] 71,389 Electors (2011)59,340 Area (km²)[2] 16,038.24 Census division(s) La Haute-Gaspésie RCM , Matane RCM , La Matapédia RCM , La Mitis RCM Census subdivision(s) Amqui , Cap-Chat , Causapscal , Matane , Mont-Joli , Sayabec , Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine , Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis , Mont-Saint-Pierre , Rivière-à-Claude , Marsoui , La Martre , Sainte-Anne-des-Monts , Coulée-des-Adolphe , Mont-Albert , Albertville , Lac-au-Saumon , Sainte-Florence , Sainte-Marguerite , Saint-Vianney , Val-Brillant , Saint-Noël , Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs , Saint-Cléophas , Saint-Damase , Sainte-Irène , Saint-Léon-le-Grand , Saint-Moïse , Saint-Tharcisius , Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui , Lac-Alfred , Lac-Casault , Lac-Matapédia , Rivière-Patapédia-Est , Rivière-Vaseuse , Routhierville , Ruisseau-des-Mineurs , Baie-des-Sables , Grosses-Roches , Les Méchins , Sainte-Félicité , Sainte-Paule , Saint-René-de-Matane , Saint-Ulric , Saint-Adelme , Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg , Saint-Léandre , Rivière-Bonjour , Métis-sur-Mer , Grand-Métis , Les Hauteurs , Padoue , Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici , Sainte-Luce , Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski , Price , La Rédemption , Saint-Charles-Garnier , Saint-Donat , Sainte-Flavie , Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc , Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage , Saint-Octave-de-Métis , Lac-à-la-Croix , Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia (formerly known as Matapédia—Matane ) was a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until 2013. It has the lowest percentage of visible minorities among all Canadian electoral districts (0.3%).
Geography [ ]
The district consists of the Regional County Municipalities of La Haute-Gaspésie , La Matapédia , Matane and La Mitis .
The neighbouring ridings are Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques , Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord , Manicouagan , Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine , and Madawaska—Restigouche .
History [ ]
The riding was created in 1933 as "Matapédia—Matane" from parts of Matane riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Matane and Rimouski ridings.
It was created in 1976 as "Matapédia—Matane" from parts of Matane and Rimouski ridings. The name of the riding was changed in 2004 to "Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia".
As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution , this riding will be dissolved, and most will become part of Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia and the remainder will join Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine .
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Election results [ ]
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, 2003 Representation Order [ ]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Jean-François Fortin
12,633
36.05
-1.48
$83,313.68
Liberal
Nancy Charest
8,964
25.58
-10.02
$57,826.03
New Democratic
Joanie Boulet
7,484
21.36
+16.67
$24.16
Conservative
Allen Cormier
5,253
14.99
-3.08
$52,135.20
Green
Louis Drainville
707
2.02
-1.55
$3,418.82
Total valid votes/Expense limit
35,041
100.0
$86,709.81
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
393
1.11
+0.07
Turnout
35,434
59.81
+5.43
Eligible voters
59,397
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
+4.27
Sources:[3] [4]
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Jean-Yves Roy
11,984
37.53
-8.51
$27,685.06
Liberal
Nancy Charest
11,368
35.60
+22.53
$33,059.08
Conservative
Jérôme Landry
5,771
18.07
-11.68
$36,135.20
New Democratic
Julie Demers
1,497
4.69
-1.51
none listed
Green
Louis Drainville
1,139
3.57
+0.90
$5,771.18
Independent
Liliane Potvin
175
0.55
–
$995.72
Total valid votes/Expense limit
31,934
100.0
$83,890
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
334
1.04
-0.07
Turnout
32,268
54.38
-3.74
Eligible voters
59,340
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
-15.52
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Jean-Yves Roy
15,721
46.04
-10.41
$37,418.83
Conservative
Rodrigue Drapeau
10,157
29.75
+23.52
$9,382.28
Liberal
Kim Leclerc
4,463
13.07
-17.41
$16,825.39
New Democratic
Stéphane Ricard
2,116
6.20
+1.21
$6,369.99
Green
Sarah Desjardins
910
2.67
+0.82
none listed
Independent
Yvan Côté
778
2.28
–
$145.46
Total valid votes/Expense limit
34,145
100.0
$78,148
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
384
1.11
-0.56
Turnout
34,529
58.12
+3.92
Eligible voters
59,403
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
-16.96
Matapédia—Matane, 2003 Representation Order [ ]
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Jean-Yves Roy
17,878
56.45
+5.64
$33,104.30
Liberal
Marc Bélanger
9,653
30.48
-10.00
$43,493.59
Conservative
Vahid Fortin-Vidah
1,972
6.23
+0.96
$7,100.94
New Democratic
Jean-Guy Côté
1,581
4.99
+2.53
$1,189.95
Green
Nicolas Deville
585
1.85
–
none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit
31,669
100.0
$76,262
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
536
1.67
Turnout
32,205
54.20
-1.77
Eligible voters
59,416
Bloc Québécois notional hold
Swing
+7.82
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance.
2000 federal election redistributed results
Party
Vote
%
Bloc Québécois
16,584
50.81
Liberal
13,213
40.48
Progressive Conservative
1,326
4.06
New Democratic
804
2.46
Alliance
397
1.21
Others
314
0.96
Matapédia—Matane, 1979–2000 [ ]
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
Jean-Yves Roy
14,678
46.6
+1.8
Liberal
Marc Bélanger
14,402
45.8
+15.6
Progressive Conservative
Germain Dumas
1,456
4.6
-18.2
New Democratic
Karine Paquet-Gauthier
935
3.0
+1.8
Total valid votes
31,471
100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
René Canuel
15,694
44.8
-12.6
Liberal
Robert Boulay
10,558
30.1
-2.3
Progressive Conservative
Darryl Gray
7,991
22.8
+15.1
New Democratic
Anny-Jos Paquin
417
1.2
+0.5
Natural Law
Miville Couture
377
1.1
-0.7
Total valid votes
35,037
100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
René Canuel
18,331
57.4
Liberal
Maurice Gauthier
10,345
32.4
-4.0
Progressive Conservative
Jean-Luc Joncas
2,446
7.7
-42.5
Natural Law
Pierre Gauthier
573
1.8
New Democratic
Robert McKoy
219
0.7
-12.7
Total valid votes
31,914
100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Pierre De Bané
21,116
77.8
+5.4
Progressive Conservative
Roland Paquin
3,095
11.4
+0.4
Social Credit
Léonard Boulay
1,137
4.2
-9.0
Rhinoceros
Michel Bélair
892
3.3
New Democratic
Thérèse Beaulieu
888
3.3
+1.3
Total valid votes
27,128
100.0
Matapédia—Matane, 1933 - 1968 [ ]
1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
René Tremblay
10,435
51.8
+8.8
Progressive Conservative
Roland-L. English
5,568
27.6
+2.4
Ralliement créditiste
J.-Gérard Pelletier
3,383
16.8
-14.5
New Democratic
H.-Aubin Dussault
769
3.8
Total valid votes
20,155
100.0
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
1963 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
René Tremblay
10,265
43.0
+6.2
Social Credit
Eudore Allard
7,237
30.3
-1.4
Progressive Conservative
J.-Alfred Belzile
6,021
25.2
-11.6
Independent Social Credit
Gérard Ratté
344
1.4
Total valid votes
23,867
100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
J.-Alfred Belzile
8,484
36.8
-22.1
Social Credit
Eudore Allard
7,299
31.7
Liberal
Wilfrid Lafontaine
6,304
27.4
-13.7
Independent Liberal
Amable Ouellet
633
2.7
New Democratic
H.-Aubin Dussault
328
1.4
Total valid votes
23,048
100.0
1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
J.-Alfred Belzile
14,969
58.9
+10.6
Liberal
Roland Bergeron
10,433
41.1
-10.6
Total valid votes
25,402
100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Léandre Thibault
11,642
51.7
-2.4
Progressive Conservative
Alfred Belzile
10,889
48.3
-2.4
Total valid votes
22,531
100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Léandre Thibault
12,689
54.1
+4.1
Progressive Conservative
J.-Donat Brulé
10,765
45.9
+3.2
Total valid votes
23,454
100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
A.-Philéas Coté
11,546
50.3
+2.8
Progressive Conservative
Adélard Fortin
9,811
42.7
Union des électeurs
Jean-Charles Gosselin
678
3.0
Independent Liberal
Louis-Philippe Rioux
558
2.4
-6.8
Independent Liberal
David Ratté
368
1.6
Total valid votes
22,961
100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Independent Liberal
A.-Philéas Coté
8,500
47.5
Independent
Oscar Drouin
7,208
40.3
Bloc populaire
Louis-Philippe Rioux
1,648
9.2
Independent
Arthur Lepage
546
3.0
Total valid votes
17,902
100.0
1940 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Arthur-Joseph Lapointe
9,956
63.2
+28.3
National Government
Joseph-Ernest-Henri Larue
5,804
36.8
+3.0
Total valid votes
15,760
100.0
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
1935 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Arthur-Joseph Lapoine
4,987
34.9
Conservative
Joseph-Ernest-Henri Larue
4,834
33.8
Reconstruction
Georges-Léonidas Dionne
4,476
31.3
Total valid votes
14,297
100.0
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Notes [ ]
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Coordinates : 48°47′49″N 66°59′53″W / 48.797°N 66.998°W / 48.797; -66.998