Gatineau

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Richard Nadeau BQ
District created	1947
First contested	1949
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	108,742
Electors (2006)	83,480
Area (km²)	156
Pop. density (per km²)	697.1
Census divisions	Gatineau
Census subdivisions	Gatineau

Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1988 and since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 108,742.

It consists of the former city of Gatineau, Quebec as defined by its pre-2002 boundaries. It has an area of 156 km².

The adjacent ridings are Hull—Aylmer, Pontiac, Ottawa—Orléans, and Ottawa—Vanier.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Politics 3 Election results 3.1 1997 - present 3.2 1949 - 1988 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Hull and Wright prior to 1947
20th	1945-1949		Léon-Joseph Raymond	Liberal
21st	1949-1953		Joseph-Célestin Nadon	Liberal
22nd	1953-1957		Rodolphe Leduc	Liberal
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968		Gaston Isabelle	Liberal
28th	1968-1972		Gaston Clermont	Liberal
29th	1972-1974
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980		René Cousineau	Liberal
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Claudy Mailly	Progressive Conservative
see Chapleau / Gatineau—La Lièvre from 1987-1996
36th	1997-2000		Mark Assad	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006		Françoise Boivin	Liberal
39th	2006-present		Richard Nadeau	Bloc Québécois

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.

[edit] Politics

The riding had long been safe for the Liberals save for a lone Progressive Conservative victory in their 1984 nationwide landslide. 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 NDP and the Liberals.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1997 - present

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Richard Nadeau	15,050	29.13	-10.11
	New Democrat	Françoise Boivin	13,467	26.07	+16.11
	Liberal	Michel Simard	13,111	25.38	-5.92
	Conservative	Denis Tassé	8,700	16.84	+0.07
	Green	David Inglis	1,334	2.58	-0.12
Total valid votes			51,462
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				%
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing	-13.11%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Richard Nadeau	21,093	39.24%
	Liberal	Françoise Boivin	16,826	31.30%
	Conservative	Patrick Robert	9,014	16.77%
	New Democrat	Anne Levesque	5,354	9.96%
	Green	Gail Walker	1,456	2.70%
Total valid votes			53,743

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Françoise Boivin	19,198
	Bloc Québécois	Richard Nadeau	18,368
	Conservative	Gérald Nicolas	3,461
	New Democrat	Dominique Vaillancourt	2,610
	Green	Brian Gibb	1,402
	Marijuana	Stéphane Salko	453
	Marxist-Leninist	Gabriel Girard-Bernier	125

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Mark Assad	26,054
	Bloc Québécois	Richard Nadeau	12,857
	Canadian Alliance	Stéphany Crowley	5,084
	Progressive Conservative	Michael F. Vasseur	3,645
	New Democrat	Carl Hétu	1,765
	Natural Law	Jean-Claude Pommet	472
	Independent	Ronald Bélanger	392
	Not affiliated	Samantha Demers	228
	Marxist-Leninist	Françoise Roy	139

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Mark Assad	25,298
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Côté	15,786
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Picard	11,391
	New Democrat	Michelle Bonner	982
	Natural Law	Jean-Claude Pommet	448
	Christian Heritage	Claude Grant	445
	Marxist-Leninist	Françoise Roy	150

[edit] 1949 - 1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Claudy Mailly	25,873
	Liberal	René Cousineau	17,496
	New Democrat	Sylvie Rossignol	6,543
	Nationaliste	Jean Scuvée	766
	Commonwealth	Jean-Guy Méthot	142

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	René Cousineau	35,437
	New Democrat	Renée Pierre Brisson	4,792
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Plouffe	3,134
	Social Credit	Marcelle Cormier	975
	Rhino	François R. Penzes	640
	Marxist-Leninist	Christine Dandenault	108

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	René Cousineau	34,234
	Social Credit	Gérard Croteau	6,206
	New Democrat	André Beaudry	3,292
	Progressive Conservative	René Bergeron	3,174
	Union Populaire	André Coté	608
	Marxist-Leninist	Christine Dandenault	108

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	19,513
	Social Credit	Marcel Clément	7,205
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Moreau	3,944
	New Democrat	Lise Ménard	1,781

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	15,894
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Descoeurs	9,469
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Lafortune	4,163
	New Democrat	Mychèle St-Louis	2,047

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gaston Clermont	14,348
	Progressive Conservative	Lévis Larocque	7,581
	Ralliement créditiste	Antoine Bédard	3,711
	New Democrat	Emile Mongeon	1,163

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gaston Isabelle	13,088
	Progressive Conservative	Jules Barrière	4,952
	Ralliement créditiste	Conrad Beaudoin	4,189
	New Democrat	Beverley Morin	1,543
	Independent Liberal	Roger Danis	734

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc	11,589
	Social Credit	Conrad Beaudoin	6,295
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Van Dusen	5,861
	New Democrat	Roy Laberge	1,102

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc	10,135
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Van Dusen	7,983
	Social Credit	Henri Meunier	4,925
	New Democrat	Charles J. De Breyne	963

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc	10,840
	Progressive Conservative	Réjean Patry	9,004
	Social Credit	Léo Joannisse	878

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc	10,770
	Progressive Conservative	Adrien Cloutier	5,522
	Independent Liberal	J. Robert Proulx	2,028

By-election on 22 March 1954 Nadon's death, 17 December 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc	6,568
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest-Anastase St-Jean	2,614
	Independent	Marcel-Bernard Bonnier	796
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roger Boucher	674

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Célestin Nadon	10,759
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest-Anastase St-Jean	4,932
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Janet H.H. Morgan	662

By-election on 24 October 1949 Raymond appointed House of Commons Clerk, 5 August 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Célestin Nadon	5,438
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest-Anastase St-Jean	2,705
	Independent	Marcel-Bernard Bonnier	1,140

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Léon-Joseph Raymond	9,865
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest-Anastase St-Jean	4,448
	Union des électeurs	Joseph-Eugène Rochon	697

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history 1947-1987 from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history 1996-present from the Library of Parliament

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