Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Pontiac Quebec electoral district Pontiac in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Legislature House of Commons MP Sophie Chatel Liberal District created 1867 First contested 1867 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2011 )[1] 106,499 Electors (2015)86,585 Area (km²)[2] 27,588.31 Pop. density (per km²) 3.9 Census division(s) Gatineau , La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau , Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais , Pontiac Census subdivision(s) Alleyn-et-Cawood , Aumond , Blue Sea , Bryson , Bois-Franc , Bouchette , Bristol , Campbell's Bay , Cantley , Cascades-Malignes , Cayamant , Chelsea , Chichester , Clarendon , Déléage , Denholm , Dépôt-Échouani , Egan-Sud , Fort Coulonge , Gatineau , Gracefield , Grand-Remous , Kazabazua , Kitigan Zibi , Lac-Lenôtre , Lac-Moselle , Lac-Nilgaut , Lac-Pythonga , Lac-Rapide , Lac-Sainte-Marie , La Pêche , L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet , L'Isle-aux-Aullumettes , Litchfield , Low , Maniwaki , Mansfield-et-Pontefract , Messines , Montcerf-Lytton , Otter Lake , Pontiac , Portage-du-Fort , Rapides-des-Joachims , Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau , Shawville , Sheenboro , Thorne , Val-des-Monts , Waltham
Pontiac (formerly known as Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle ) is a federal electoral district in western Quebec , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968.
In every election since its creation except 1979 and 2011 , Pontiac has been a bellwether electoral district whose electoral winner also was a member of the winning party.
History [ ]
The electoral district existed over three distinct periods:
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada . It was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve in 1947.
In 1966, an electoral district of Pontiac was created from Pontiac—Témiscamingue and parts of Gatineau and Labelle . Then, in 1978, it was renamed "Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle".
In 2003, the electoral district of Pontiac was created again during a redistribution of the ridings in western Quebec.
Pontiac lost territory to Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation and gained territory from Hull—Aylmer and Gatineau during the 2012 electoral redistribution .
Geography [ ]
The electoral district includes:
the regional county municipality of Pontiac
the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau , including Rapid Lake and Kitigan Zibi indian reserves
that part of the City of Gatineau northwest of a line following Montée Paiment to Autoroute 50 to Boulevard la Vérendrye Ouest.
that part of the City of Gatineau northwest of a line following Promenade de la Gatineau to Boulevard Saint-Raymond to Chemin Pink to Boulevard des Grives to Boulevard des Allumettières to Chemin Eardley
the regional county municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (excepting L'Ange-Gardien and Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette )
The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Témiscamingue , Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou , Saint-Maurice—Champlain , Laurentides—Labelle , Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation , Hull—Aylmer and Gatineau (in Quebec) and Glengarry—Prescott—Russell , Ottawa—Orléans , Ottawa West—Nepean , Carleton—Mississippi Mills , and Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke (in Ontario).
Linguistic demographics [ ]
Anglophone : 36%
Francophone : 58%
Allophone : 6%
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Election results [ ]
Graph of election results in Pontiac (since 1968, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Pontiac, 2003–present [ ]
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Sophie Chatel
26,899
43.4
-5.5
Conservative
Michel Gauthier
12,804
20.6
+3.8
Bloc Québécois
Gabrielle Desjardins
10,424
16.8
+0.7
New Democratic
Denise Giroux
6,824
11.0
+0.5
People's
David Bruce Gottfred
2,813
4.5
+3.2
Green
Shaughn McArthur
1,711
2.8
-3.3
Free
Geneviève Labonté-Chartrand
480
0.8
N/A
Canada's Fourth Front
James McNair
52
0.1
N/A
Total valid votes
62,007
98.9
Total rejected ballots
723
1.1
Turnout
62,730
65.6
Eligible voters
95,563
Liberal hold
Swing
-4.7
Source: Elections Canada [3]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Will Amos
30,217
48.9
-5.64
$95,087.19
Conservative
Dave Blackburn
10,416
16.8
+2.87
$17,989.25
Bloc Québécois
Jonathan Carreiro-Benoit
9,929
16.1
+9.19
$2,059.60
New Democratic
Denise Giroux
6,503
10.5
-12.01
none listed
Green
Claude Bertrand
3,762
6.1
+4.36
none listed
People's
Mario Belec
775
1.3
$0.00
Veterans Coalition
Shawn Stewart
194
0.3
none listed
Marxist–Leninist
Louis Lang
51
0.1
-0.07
$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit
61,847
100.0
Total rejected ballots
661
Turnout
62,508
68.2
Eligible voters
91,656
Liberal hold
Swing
-4.26
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Will Amos
34,154
54.54
+39.35
$127,717.07
New Democratic
Mathieu Ravignat
14,095
22.51
-24.76
$47,758.81
Conservative
Benjamin Woodman
8,721
13.93
-12.26
$35,653.16
Bloc Québécois
Nicolas Lepage
4,327
6.91
-2.64
–
Green
Colin Griffiths
1,089
1.74
+0.11
$7,418.25
Strength in Democracy
Pascal Médieu
131
0.21
–
$379.41
Marxist–Leninist
Louis Lang
108
0.17
–
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
62,625
100.0
$254,590.45
Total rejected ballots
467
–
–
Turnout
63,092
–
–
Eligible voters
87,365
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party
Vote
%
New Democratic
23,809
47.27
Conservative
13,189
26.19
Liberal
7,649
15.19
Bloc Québécois
4,810
9.55
Green
823
1.63
Others
87
0.17
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
New Democratic
Mathieu Ravignat
22,376
45.71
+30.28
Conservative
Lawrence Cannon
14,441
29.50
-3.20
Liberal
Cindy Duncan McMillan
6,242
12.75
-11.49
Bloc Québécois
Maude Tremblay
4,917
10.05
-12.28
Green
Louis-Philippe Mayrand
849
1.73
-3.28
Marxist–Leninist
Benoit Legros
124
0.25
-0.01
Total valid votes/Expense limit
48,949
100.00
Total rejected ballots
413
0.84
+0.13
Turnout
49,362
60.00
Eligible voters
82,308
–
–
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Lawrence Cannon
14,023
32.70
-0.93
$79,996
Liberal
Cindy Duncan McMillan
10,396
24.24
+0.09
$20,896
Bloc Québécois
Marius Tremblay
9,576
22.33
-6.54
$47,435
New Democratic
Céline Brault
6,616
15.43
+5.47
$12,004
Green
André Sylvestre
2,148
5.01
+1.85
$12,545
Marxist–Leninist
Benoit Legros
112
0.26
+0.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit
42,871
100.00
$96,386
Total rejected ballots
306
0.71
Turnout
43,177
Conservative hold
Swing
-0.51
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Lawrence Cannon
16,067
33.63
+11.48
$71,020
Bloc Québécois
Christine Emond Lapointe
13,790
28.87
-0.32
$47,724
Liberal
David Smith
11,539
24.15
-14.21
$50,925
New Democratic
Celine Brault
4,759
9.96
+4.17
$23,543
Green
Moe Garahan
1,512
3.16
+2.84
$4,974
Marxist–Leninist
Benoit Legros
107
0.22
-0.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit
47,774
100.00
$89,728
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
-12.8
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
David Smith
15,358
38.36
-7.03
$68,705
Bloc Québécois
L. Hubert Leduc
11,685
29.19
-2.89
$15,853
Conservative
Judith Grant
8,869
22.15
+3.70
$62,101
New Democratic
Gretchen Schwarz
2,317
5.79
+3.94
$2,580
Green
Thierry Vicente
1,673
4.18
+2.76
$1,213
Marxist–Leninist
Benoit Legros
132
0.33
+0.13
Total valid votes/Expense limit
40,034
100.00
$87,529
Liberal hold
Swing
-2.07
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, 1979–2003 [ ]
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Robert Bertrand
20,590
45.39
-0.39
Bloc Québécois
Johanne Deschamps
14,552
32.08
0.07
Alliance
Judith Grant
6,587
14.52
Progressive Conservative
Benoit Larocque
1,784
3.93
-14.56
New Democratic
Melissa Hunter
836
1.84
-0.37
Green
Gretchen Schwarz
645
1.42
Natural Law
Eleanor Hyodo
184
0.41
-0.56
Marxist–Leninist
Christian Legeais
92
0.20
Independent
Thomas J. Sabourin
90
0.20
Total valid votes
45,360
100.00
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Robert Bertrand
22,736
45.78
+5.71
Bloc Québécois
Robert Coulombe
15,897
32.01
-1.55
Progressive Conservative
Pierre Miller
9,187
18.50
-3.62
New Democratic
Brenda Lee
1,097
2.21
Natural Law
Marc Lacroix
479
0.96
Christian Heritage
Thomas Sabourin
269
0.54
Total valid votes
49,665
100.00
1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Robert Bertrand
17,377
40.07
+9.83
Bloc Québécois
Claude Radermaker
14,554
33.56
Progressive Conservative
Barry Moore
9,593
22.12
-31.43
National
Brian Corriveau
755
1.74
New Democratic
Nicole Des Roches
682
1.57
-14.63
Independent
Glen Emmett Patrick Kealey
402
0.93
Total valid votes
43,363
100.00
1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Barry Moore
20,522
53.56
-8.40
Liberal
Brian Murphy
11,589
30.24
+1.69
New Democratic
John Trent
6,207
16.20
+8.60
Total valid votes
38,318
100.00
1980 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Lefebvre
21,605
70.39
+6.62
Progressive Conservative
André Benoit
5,151
16.78
-1.64
New Democratic
Jean-Pierre Paillet
2,813
9.16
+3.87
Rhinoceros
Gaston Lagaffe Beauregard
643
2.09
+0.22
Union populaire
Vianney Lehouiller
306
1.00
+0.07
Marxist–Leninist
Alain Charette
176
0.57
Total valid votes
30,694
100.00
1979 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Lefebvre
20,253
63.76
+8.09
Progressive Conservative
Sant Singh
5,851
18.42
-4.82
Social Credit
Rita Jones
3,084
9.71
-5.24
New Democratic
Ida Brown
1,682
5.30
-0.84
Rhinoceros
Gaston Beauregard
597
1.88
Union populaire
Vianney Lehouiller
295
0.93
Total valid votes
31,762
100.00
Pontiac, 1968–1979 [ ]
1974 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Lefebvre
12,642
55.67
+4.91
Progressive Conservative
Sant Singh
5,277
23.24
+6.03
Social Credit
Emmanuel Pétrin
3,394
14.95
-13.15
New Democratic
Raymond Carrier
1,394
6.14
+2.20
Total valid votes
22,707
100.00
1972 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Lefebvre
11,780
50.76
+1.70
Social Credit
L.-P. Larocque
6,519
28.09
+16.51
Progressive Conservative
Octave Vallée
3,993
17.21
-18.18
New Democratic
André Synnott
913
3.93
-0.02
Total valid votes
23,205
100.00
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
1968 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Lefebvre
10,250
49.07
Progressive Conservative
Paul Martineau
7,392
35.39
Ralliement créditiste
Louis-P. Larocque
2,420
11.59
New Democratic
James A. wood Shannon
827
3.96
Total valid votes
20,889
100.00
Pontiac, 1867–1948 [ ]
Canadian federal by-election, 16 September 1946
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
On Mr. McDonald's death, 2 May 1946
Social Credit
Réal Caouette
11,412
35.86
+17.68
Liberal
Lucien Labelle
10,379
32.61
-8.77
Progressive Conservative
Hector-Émile Bélec
7,487
23.53
+4.47
Unknown
Bernard Molloy
1,975
6.21
Unknown
Oscar Roy
572
1.80
Total valid votes
31,825
100.00
1945 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Wallace Reginald McDonald
13,325
41.38
-2.24
Progressive Conservative
Thomas Edward McCool
6,136
19.06
Social Credit
Réal Caouette
5,852
18.17
Bloc populaire
Georges-Antoine Rioux
4,433
13.77
Co-operative Commonwealth
Antoine E. Titley
2,453
7.62
Total valid votes
32,199
100.00
1940 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Wallace Reginald McDonald
13,206
43.62
+12.36
Independent Liberal
Joseph-Édouard Piché
11,941
39.44
Unknown
Ernest Carrier
5,128
16.94
Total valid votes
30,275
100.00
1935 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Wallace Reginald McDonald
5,708
31.26
Liberal
Joseph-Édouard Piché
5,626
30.81
Conservative
Joseph-Aurèle Raymond
4,409
24.14
-16.68
Reconstruction
Dieudonné Lapointe
2,519
13.79
Total valid votes
18,262
100.00
1930 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Charles Bélec
8,884
40.82
+5.41
Independent Liberal
J.-Philippe Coté
6,988
32.11
Liberal
Frank S. Cahill
5,891
27.07
-37.52
Total valid votes
21,763
100.00
1926 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Frank S. Cahill
11,166
64.59
+15.36
Conservative
Lucien-Alfred Ladouceur
6,121
35.41
+5.05
Total valid votes
17,287
100.0
1925 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Frank S. Cahill
7,562
49.23
-17.35
Conservative
Lucien Alfred Ladouceur
4,663
30.36
+7.52
Independent Liberal
Arthur Lepage
3,136
20.42
Total valid votes
15,361
100.00
Note: Conservative vote is compared to Government vote in 1917 election, and Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote
1908 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
George Frederick Hodgins
2,543
58.57
+9.78
Conservative
Gerald Hugh Brabazon
1,799
41.43
-9.78
Total valid votes
4,342
100.00
1900 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Thomas Murray
1,798
52.65
+12.27
Conservative
Gerald Hugh Brabazon
1,617
47.35
-12.27
Total valid votes
3,415
100.00
By-election on 26 June 1892
On election being declared void, 9 May 1892
Party
Candidate
Votes
Conservative
John Bryson
??
Liberal
Thomas Murray
??
1887 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
John Bryson
1,681
63.51
+17.40
Liberal
Thomas Craig
966
36.49
Total valid votes
2,647
100.00
1882 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
John Bryson
1,047
46.10
-7.95
Unknown
N. McCuaig
931
41.00
Unknown
W. Somerville
293
12.90
Total valid votes
2,271
100.00
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Riding history from the Library of Parliament :
Notes [ ]
Federal ridings in the Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec
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Federal ridings in Quebec
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Montérégie Quebec City See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts
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Coordinates : 46°20′N 76°50′W / 46.333°N 76.833°W / 46.333; -76.833