Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok

Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1996
District abolished 2003
First contested 1997
Last contested 2000

Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok (formerly known as Gaspé—Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.

It was created in 1996 as "Gaspé—Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine" riding from Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Gaspé ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

The district consisted of the cities of Chandler, Gaspé, Grande-Rivière, Murdochville, New Richmond and Percé, and the Regional County Municipalities of Bonaventure, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Pabok.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok
Riding created from Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Gaspé
36th  1997–2000     Yvan Bernier Bloc Québécois
37th  2000–2004     Georges Farrah Liberal
Riding dissolved into Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

The riding was one of the more federalist in eastern Quebec. Bernier only narrowly won in 1997 over Patrick Gagnon of the Liberals, and did not run again in 2000. Farrah won the open seat handily.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisBERNIER, Yvan 15,983
LiberalGAGNON, Patrick 15,804
Progressive ConservativeQUINTON, Yves 6,297
New DemocraticDRAINVILLE, Dennis P. 649
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFARRAH, Georges 19,213
Bloc QuébécoisBLAIS, Raynald 15,532
AllianceFOURNIER, Linda 764
New DemocraticKRAENZEL, Fred 613

See also

External links

Riding history from the] Library of Parliament

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