For the British constituency, see Hull (UK Parliament constituency) .
Hull—Aylmer (formerly known as Hull ) is a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1917.
It was created as "Hull" in 1914 from parts of Labelle and Wright ridings. It was renamed "Hull—Aylmer" in 1984.
It encompasses the parts of the sectors of Hull and Aylmer located in the city of Gatineau , Quebec . The neighbouring ridings are Gatineau , Pontiac , Ottawa West—Nepean , Ottawa Centre , and Ottawa—Vanier .
With its large percentage of civil servants, the riding was a Liberal stronghold for almost a century, and the safest Liberal riding in the province outside Greater Montreal . Even when the rest of the province was turning its back on the Liberals, they survived in Hull—Aylmer in 1984 , 2004 and 2006 . In 2008, however, it was the only riding in Canada where four candidates received over 15% of the vote, and was the only riding in Quebec outside the Montreal area the Liberals won. In a major turnaround during the 2011 elections , however, the New Democratic Party won the riding as part of its sweep of the Outaouais . To date, this is the only time the Liberals have lost this riding in an election. The winner of that election, Nycole Turmel , was the interim leader of the NDP from July 28, 2011 until March 24, 2012, following the death of NDP leader Jack Layton . The only other time it was out of Liberal hands was from 1990 to 1993, when Gilles Rocheleau crossed the floor to the Bloc Québécois .
Hull—Aylmer lost territory to Pontiac during the 2012 electoral redistribution . It reverted to form at the 2015 election , when Liberal Greg Fergus handily defeated Turmel as part of the Liberals' clean sweep of the Outaouais.
Political geography [ ]
In the 2006 election, only five polls in the Aylmer sector did not vote Liberal. In the Hull sector, the Bloc Québécois performed very well in almost every neighbourhood. The Bloc's support was the most highly concentrated in the , and neighbourhoods of Hull, but they also performed well in , , , , , and Ironside . Liberal support was constrained mostly to the neighbourhood of and the which was generally evenly split between the two parties. The Conservatives did not win a single poll in the riding, despite finishing ahead of the NDP which won two in Aylmer. The NDP won a poll in Lakeview Terrace as well as a poll in , where it received less than 25% of the vote, despite winning it.
The strength of the Liberal party in this riding over so many years stems from the federal government influence generally seen in the city of Gatineau. This was the legacy of the federal bilingualism policy of the 1970s (which saw the liberal government of Pierre Trudeau in power) which resulted in the requirement for federal jobs to be distributed on both sides of the river. This was the impetus for the construction of the Portage complex in downtown Hull, which today dominates the commercial sector of the city. A significant number of residents in the riding work for the federal public service, with many working in the federal departments and agencies based in the Place du Portage buildings of downtown Hull. This is in addition to the residents who commute across the bridge to federal jobs in Ottawa.
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Parliament
Years
Member
Party
HullRiding created from Labelle and Wright
13th
1917–1921 Joseph-Éloi Fontaine Liberal
14th
1921–1925
15th
1925–1926
16th
1926–1930
17th
1930–1935 Alphonse Fournier
18th
1935–1940
19th
1940–1945
20th
1945–1949
21st
1949–1953
22nd
1953–1957 Alexis Caron
23rd
1957–1958
24th
1958–1962
25th
1962–1963
26th
1963–1965
27th
1965–1966
1966–1968 Pierre Caron
28th
1968–1972 Gaston Isabelle
29th
1972–1974
30th
1974–1979
31st
1979–1980
32nd
1980–1984
Hull—Aylmer
33rd
1984–1988 Gaston Isabelle Liberal
34th
1988–1990 Gilles Rocheleau
1990–1990 Independent
1990–1993 Bloc Québécois
35th
1993–1997 Marcel Massé Liberal
36th
1997–1999
1999–2000 Marcel Proulx
37th
2000–2004
38th
2004–2006
39th
2006–2008
40th
2008–2011
41st
2011–2015 Nycole Turmel New Democratic
42nd
2015–2019 Greg Fergus Liberal
43rd
2019–present
Election results [ ]
Hull—Aylmer, 1984–present [ ]
Graph of election results in Hull—Aylmer (since 1984, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
hide 2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Independent
Catherine Dickins
Liberal
Greg Fergus
People's
Eric Fleury
New Democratic
Samuel Gendron
Green
Simon Gnocchini-Messier
Free
Josée Lafleur
Rhinoceros
Mike LeBlanc
Conservative
Sandrine Perion
Bloc Québécois
Simon Provost
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections Canada [3]
hide 2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Greg Fergus
29,732
54.1
+2.73
none listed
Bloc Québécois
Joanie Riopel
8,011
14.6
+8.06
$2,949.94
New Democratic
Nicolas Thibodeau
7,467
13.6
-17.92
$26,504.52
Conservative
Mike Duggan
4,979
9.1
+1.38
$18,923.80
Green
Josée Poirier Defoy
3,869
7.0
+5.13
$9,958.48
People's
Rowen Tanguay
638
1.2
$638.31
Rhinoceros
Sébastien Grenier
195
0.4
$0.00
Marxist–Leninist
Alexandre Deschênes
102
0.2
+0.02
$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit
54,993
100.0
Total rejected ballots
692
Turnout
55,685
70.4
Eligible voters
79,072
Liberal hold
Swing
-2.67
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
hide 2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Greg Fergus
28,478
51.37
+30.88
$77,403.19
New Democratic
Nycole Turmel
17,472
31.52
-27.26
$73,823.88
Conservative
Étienne Boulrice
4,278
7.72
-2.33
$3,208.51
Bloc Québécois
Maude Chouinard-Boucher
3,625
6.54
-2.14
$5,830.63
Green
Roger Fleury
1,035
1.87
-0.14
$6,523.33
Christian Heritage
Sean J. Mulligan
291
0.52
–
$5,299.81
Independent
Luc Desjardins
160
0.3
–
–
Marxist–Leninist
Gabriel Girard
101
0.18
–
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
55,440
100.0
$213,352.22
Total rejected ballots
391
–
–
Turnout
55,831
70.8%
–
Eligible voters
78,773
Liberal gain from New Democratic
Swing
28.92%
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party
Vote
%
New Democratic
29,553
58.78
Liberal
10,302
20.49
Conservative
5,051
10.05
Bloc Québécois
4,362
8.68
Green
1,012
2.01
hide 2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
New Democratic
Nycole Turmel
35,194
59.20
+39.37
Liberal
Marcel Proulx
12,051
20.27
-17.20
Conservative
Nancy Brassard-Fortin
6,058
10.19
-4.94
Bloc Québécois
Dino Lemay
5,019
8.44
-13.63
Green
Roger Fleury
1,125
1.89
-3.37
Total valid votes/Expense limit
59,447
100.00
Total rejected ballots
355
0.59
Turnout
59,802
65.50
Eligible voters
91,302
–
–
hide 2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Marcel Proulx
19,747
37.47
+4.78
$79,069
Bloc Québécois
Raphaël Déry
11,635
22.07
-7.30
$69,055
New Democratic
Pierre Ducasse
10,454
19.83
+4.33
$47,534
Conservative
Paul Fréchette
7,976
15.13
-2.07
$56,752
Green
Frédéric Pouyot
2,774
5.26
+0.26
$3,327
Marxist–Leninist
Gabriel Girard-Bernier
121
0.23
0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit
52,707
100.00
$89,492
Total rejected ballots
–
–
Turnout
–
–
Liberal hold
Swing
+6.04
hide 2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Marcel Proulx
17,576
32.67
$74,347
Bloc Québécois
Alain Charette
15,788
29.35
$36,796
Conservative
Gilles Poirier
9,284
17.26
$57,405
New Democratic
Pierre Laliberté
8,334
15.49
$28,016
Green
Christian Doyle
2,687
4.99
$1,907
Marxist–Leninist
Gabriel Girard-Bernier
125
0.23
$19
Total valid votes/Expenditure limit
53,794
100.00
$82,541
Total rejected ballots
323
Turnout
54,117
64.25
Electors on the lists
84,233
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada .
hide 2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Marcel Proulx
20,135
41.87
-9.53
$61,882
Bloc Québécois
Alain Charette
15,626
32.49
+9.41
$22,285
New Democratic
Pierre Laliberté
5,709
11.87
+8.38
$23,285
Conservative
Pierrette Bellefeuille
3,963
8.24
-9.72
$11,618
Green
Gail Walker
2,561
5.33
–
$2,380
Marxist–Leninist
Christian Legeais
98
0.20
-0.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit
48,092
100.00
$81,460
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
Marcel Proulx
22,385
51.40
-2.63
Bloc Québécois
Caroline Brouard
10,051
23.08
-2.40
Progressive Conservative
Guy Dufort
4,181
9.60
+1.39
Alliance
Michel Geisterfer
3,639
8.36
+7.36
New Democratic
Peter Piening
1,521
3.49
-4.19
Marijuana
Aubert Martins
892
2.05
Natural Law
Rita Bouchard
426
0.98
+0.39
Independent
Ron Gray
184
0.42
Canadian Action
Robert Brooks
167
0.38
Marxist–Leninist
Alexandre Legeais
106
0.24
Total valid votes
43,552
100.00
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1999 by-election.
hide Canadian federal by-election, 15 November 1999
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Resignation of Marcel Massé, 10 September 1999
Liberal
Marcel Proulx
9,532
54.03
-0.08
Bloc Québécois
Robert Bélanger
4,495
25.48
+4.70
Progressive Conservative
Richard St-Cyr
1,448
8.21
-9.51
New Democratic
Alain Cossette
1,356
7.69
+4.93
Green
Gail Walker
307
1.74
+0.51
Christian Heritage
Ron Gray
176
1.00
+0.42
Reform
Luiz Da Silva
175
0.99
-0.97
Natural Law
Jean-Claude Pommet
103
0.58
+0.03
Independent
John C. Turmel
51
0.29
Total valid votes
17,643
100.00
hide 1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Marcel Massé
25,835
54.11
+0.85
Bloc Québécois
Ginette Tétreault
9,922
20.78
-6.42
Progressive Conservative
Stéphane Rondeau
8,461
17.72
+11.55
New Democratic
Peter Piening
1,317
2.76
+0.20
Reform
Camille Fortin
935
1.96
Green
Gail Walker
586
1.23
+0.34
Christian Heritage
Ron Gray
275
0.58
Natural Law
Robert Mayer
266
0.56
-0.21
Marxist–Leninist
Pierre Soublière
151
0.32
+0.01
Total valid votes
47,748
100.00
hide 1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Marcel Massé
27,988
53.26
+3.43
Bloc Québécois
Gilles Rocheleau
14,293
27.20
Independent
Tony Cannavino
4,583
8.72
Progressive Conservative
Pierre Chénier
3,244
6.17
-25.70
New Democratic
Francine Bourque
1,346
2.56
-12.83
Green
George Halpern
468
0.89
Natural Law
Robert Mayer
401
0.76
Marxist–Leninist
Françoise Roy
162
0.31
Abolitionist
Linda Dubois
63
0.12
Total valid votes
52,548
100.00
hide 1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Gilles Rocheleau
23,218
49.83
+9.26
Progressive Conservative
Nicole Moreault
14,849
31.87
-5.15
New Democratic
Danielle Lapointe-Vienneau
7,170
15.39
-4.23
Rhinoceros
Denis Le Citron Patenaude
661
1.42
Independent
Glen Kealey
559
1.20
Independent
Serge Lafortune
134
0.29
Total valid votes
46,591
100.00
Hull, 1917–1984 [ ]
Graph of election results in Hull (1921-1980, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
hide 1980 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Gaston Isabelle
27,938
68.13
-2.04
New Democratic
Michel Légère
10,059
24.53
+7.97
Progressive Conservative
Ronald Lefebvre
2,167
5.28
-0.07
Rhinoceros
Sylvain Dompierre
598
1.46
-0.47
Independent
Marc Bonhomme
174
0.42
Marxist–Leninist
Pierre J.G. Soublière
70
0.17
-0.07
Total valid votes
41,006
100.00
hide 1974 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Gaston Isabelle
26,872
71.21
+6.27
Progressive Conservative
Lucille Hodgins
4,006
10.62
-0.39
Social Credit
René Ouellette
3,292
8.72
-4.13
New Democratic
Carole Campeau Fortin
3,093
8.20
-1.81
Independent
Raoul Gendron
472
1.25
+0.06
Total valid votes
37,735
100.00
hide 1972 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Gaston Isabelle
24,630
64.94
-3.78
Social Credit
Yvon Boisclair
4,874
12.85
-3.03
Progressive Conservative
André Lacroix
4,173
11.00
+0.06
New Democratic
Carole Fortin
3,796
10.01
6.57
Independent
Raoul Gendron
453
1.19
0.19
Total valid votes
37,926
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 Isabelle
22,982
68.72
+16.48
Ralliement créditiste
Joseph-René Villeneuve
5,311
15.88
-22.53
Progressive Conservative
Jean-Marie Séguin
3,661
10.95
+6.81
New Democratic
Richard Thibault
1,151
3.44
-0.56
Independent Liberal
Raoul Gendron
337
1.01
-0.20
Total valid votes
33,442
100.00
hide Canadian federal by-election, 29 May 1967
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
On Mr. Caron's death, 31 August 1966
Liberal
Pierre Caron
11,854
52.25
-2.44
Ralliement créditiste
René Villeneuve
8,715
38.41
+8.36
Progressive Conservative
Jean-Claude Émond
939
4.14
-1.61
New Democratic
Richard Thibault
907
4.00
-2.94
Independent Liberal
Raoul Gendron
274
1.21
Total valid votes
22,689
100.00
hide 1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alexis Caron
17,832
54.68
+1.71
Ralliement créditiste
Marcel Clément
9,798
30.05
-6.59
New Democratic
René Desjardins
2,261
6.93
+4.53
Progressive Conservative
Gérard Girouard
1,873
5.74
-2.24
Independent Liberal
Gertrude Laflèche
692
2.12
Independent Liberal
Robert Lawlis
154
0.47
Total valid votes
32,610
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
Alexis Caron
19,667
52.97
+4.81
Social Credit
Marcel Clément
13,603
36.64
+5.37
Progressive Conservative
Jules Barrière
2,965
7.99
-9.77
New Democratic
Claude Morissette
891
2.40
-0.40
Total valid votes
37,126
100.00
hide 1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alexis Caron
17,932
48.17
-8.02
Social Credit
Marcel Clément
11,642
31.27
+24.34
Progressive Conservative
Armand Turpin
6,612
17.76
-18.15
New Democratic
Hubert Boyer
1,043
2.80
Total valid votes
37,229
100.00
hide 1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alexis Caron
20,132
56.18
+11.52
Progressive Conservative
Lionel Mougeot
12,869
35.91
+21.78
Social Credit
Marcellin Clément
2,484
6.93
+0.15
Independent Liberal
Raoul Gendron
348
0.97
Total valid votes
35,833
100.00
hide 1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alexis Caron
15,551
44.66
-30.46
Independent Liberal
Raymond Brunet
11,981
34.41
Progressive Conservative
Avila Labelle
4,922
14.14
-7.38
Social Credit
Marcellin Clément
2,363
6.79
Total valid votes
34,817
100.00
hide 1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alexis Caron
21,785
75.13
+9.60
Progressive Conservative
Daniel Lafortune
6,239
21.52
-3.57
Co-operative Commonwealth
Laurent Larose
707
2.44
-0.30
Labor–Progressive
Ernest Gervais
266
0.92
Total valid votes
28,997
100.00
hide 1949 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alphonse Fournier
18,446
65.53
+6.30
Progressive Conservative
Jacques Boucher
7,060
25.08
-11.45
Union des électeurs
Cécile Brunet
1,871
6.65
+4.30
Co-operative Commonwealth
Laurent-Joseph Larose
771
2.74
+0.85
Total valid votes
28,148
100.00
hide 1945 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alphonse Fournier
15,012
59.23
+8.66
Progressive Conservative
Armand Turpin
9,258
36.53
Union des électeurs
Alcide Whitmore
596
2.35
-29.48
Co-operative Commonwealth
François-Joseph Gavard
478
1.89
Total valid votes
25,344
100.00
Note: Union des électeurs vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election. Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election. Labour-Progressive vote is compared to Communist vote in 1940 election.
hide 1940 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alphonse Fournier
11,253
50.57
+5.73
New Democracy
Armand Turpin
7,083
31.83
Labour
Théodore Lambert
3,916
17.60
Total valid votes
22,252
100.00
hide 1935 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alphonse Fournier
9,370
44.84
-23.13
Reconstruction
Aimé Guertin
5,244
25.09
Independent Liberal
Joseph Édouard Laflamme
3,390
16.22
Conservative
Rodolphe Moreau
2,894
13.85
-18.18
Total valid votes
20,898
100.00
hide 1930 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Alphonse Fournier
12,543
67.97
-15.33
Conservative
Jean-Noël Beauchamp
5,911
32.03
+15.33
Total valid votes
18,454
100.00
hide 1926 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joseph-Éloi Fontaine
10,899
83.30
+14.10
Conservative
François-Albert Dumas
2,185
16.70
-14.10
Total valid votes
13,084
100.00
hide 1925 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joseph-Éloi Fontaine
10,248
69.20
-13.50
Conservative
Louis Cousineau
4,561
30.80
Total valid votes
14,809
100.00
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