Gatineau (electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Gatineau (provincial electoral district).
Gatineau
Quebec electoral district

Gatineau in relation to districts in the Gatineau/Hull region (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Steve MacKinnon
Liberal

District created 1947
First contested 1949
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 106,424
Electors (2015) 83,651
Area (km²)[2] 125
Pop. density (per km²) 851.4
Census divisions Gatineau
Census subdivisions Gatineau

Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1988 and since 1997.

It consists of part of the former city of Gatineau, Quebec as defined by its pre-2002 boundaries.

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

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.

Gatineau lost territory to Pontiac during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Gatineau
Riding created from Hull and Wright
20th  1945–1949     Léon Raymond Liberal
21st  1949–1953 Joseph-Célestin Nadon
22nd  1953–1957 Rodolphe Leduc
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968 Joseph Isabelle
28th  1968–1972 Gaston Clermont
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980 René Cousineau
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Claudy Mailly Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Chapleau (re-named Gatineau—La Lièvre)
Riding re-created from Gatineau—La Lièvre
36th  1997–2000     Mark Assad Liberal
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006 Françoise Boivin
39th  2006–2008     Richard Nadeau Bloc Québécois
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Françoise Boivin New Democratic
42nd  2015–Present     Steve MacKinnon Liberal

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.

Politics

Like most ridings in the Ouatouais, Gatineau had long been safe for the Liberals, save for a lone Progressive Conservative victory in their 1984 nationwide landslide. Even as the rest of Quebec turned its back on the Liberals, a large number of civil servants who worked in Ottawa kept it in Liberal hands.

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 New Democratic Party and the Liberals. The riding was swept up in the massive NDP wave that swept through the province in the 2011 election.

In the 2015 election, Liberal candidate Steve MacKinnon, running for a second time, unseated the NDP MP, Françoise Boivin, in what was one of the biggest surprise wins for the Liberals.

Election results

1997–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalSteve MacKinnon 31,076 53.76 +39.96
New DemocraticFrançoise Boivin 15,352 26.56 -35.57
Bloc QuébécoisPhilippe Boily 5,455 9.44 -5.49 $36,985.75
ConservativeLuc Angers 4,733 8.19 +0.18
GreenGuy Dostaler 942 1.63 +0.49 $639.67
IndependentGuy J. Bellavance 148 0.26
Marxist–LeninistPierre Soublière 94 0.16
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,800100.0 $221,304.70
Total rejected ballots 522
Turnout 58,322
Eligible voters 83,651
Source: Elections Canada[3][4][5]
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 31,894 62.13
  Bloc Québécois 7,663 14.93
  Liberal 7,082 13.80
  Conservative 4,111 8.01
  Green 587 1.14
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticFrançoise Boivin 35,262 61.83 +35.71
Bloc QuébécoisRichard Nadeau 8,619 15.11 -14.04
LiberalSteve MacKinnon 7,975 13.98 -11.34
ConservativeJennifer Gearey 4,532 7.95 -8.86
GreenJonathan Meijer 639 1.12 -1.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,027100.00
Total rejected ballots 365 0.64
Turnout 57,39264.36
Eligible voters 89,171
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRichard Nadeau 15,189 29.15 -10.11 $78,498
New DemocraticFrançoise Boivin 13,612 26.12 +16.11 $87,035
LiberalMichel Simard 13,193 25.32 -5.92 $40,288
ConservativeDenis Tassé 8,762 16.81 +0.07 $52,464
GreenDavid Inglis 1,342 2.57 -0.12
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,098 100.00 $88,989
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -13.11
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRichard Nadeau 21,093 39.25 -1.02 $72,093
LiberalFrançoise Boivin 16,826 31.31 -10.78 $70,768
ConservativePatrick Robert 9,014 16.77 +9.19 $62,953
New DemocraticAnne Levesque 5,354 9.96 +4.24 $5,811
GreenGail Walker 1,456 2.71 -0.36 $5
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,743 100.00 $82,260
Bloc Québécois gain Swing
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalFrançoise Boivin 19,198 42.09 -9.37 $46,494
Bloc QuébécoisRichard Nadeau 18,368 40.27 14.87 $20,574
ConservativeGérald Nicolas 3,461 7.59 -9.65
New DemocraticDominique Vaillancourt 2,610 5.72 +2.24
GreenBrian Gibb 1,402 3.07 $144
MarijuanaStéphane Salko 453 0.99
Marxist–LeninistGabriel Girard-Bernier 125 0.27 0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 45,617100.00 $80,437

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalMark Assad 26,054 51.45 +5.04
Bloc QuébécoisRichard Nadeau 12,857 25.39 +4.49
AllianceStéphany Crowley 5,084 10.04
Progressive ConservativeMichael F. Vasseur 3,645 7.20 -21.77
New DemocraticCarl Hétu 1,765 3.49 +1.68
Natural LawJean-Claude Pommet 472 0.93 +0.11
IndependentRonald Bélanger 392 0.77
IndependentSamantha Demers 228 0.45
Marxist–LeninistFrançoise Roy 139 0.27 0.00
Total valid votes 50,636100.00
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMark Assad 25,298 46.42
Progressive ConservativeRichard Côté 15,786 28.97
Bloc QuébécoisChristian Picard 11,391 20.90
New DemocraticMichelle Bonner 982 1.80
Natural LawJean-Claude Pommet 448 0.82
Christian HeritageClaude Grant 445 0.82
Marxist–LeninistFrançoise Roy 150 0.28
Total valid votes 54,500100.00

1949–1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeClaudy Mailly 25,873 50.91 +43.96
LiberalRené Cousineau 17,496 34.43 -44.17
New DemocraticSylvie Rossignol 6,543 12.87 +2.25
Parti nationalisteJean Scuvée 766 1.51
Commonwealth of CanadaJean-Guy Méthot 142 0.28
Total valid votes 50,820100.00
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalRené Cousineau 35,437 78.60 +6.71
New DemocraticRenée Pierre Brisson 4,792 10.63 +3.72
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Plouffe 3,134 6.95 +0.29
Social CreditMarcelle Cormier 975 2.16 -10.87
RhinocerosFrançois R. Penzes 640 1.42
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault 108 0.24 +0.01
Total valid votes 45,086100.00
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRené Cousineau 34,234 71.89
Social CreditGérard Croteau 6,206 13.03
New DemocraticAndré Beaudry 3,292 6.91
     Progressive Conservative René Bergeron 3,174 6.66
Union populaireAndré Côté 608 1.28
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault 108 0.23
Total valid votes 47,622 100.00
Total rejected ballots 340
Turnout 47,962 74.80
Electors on the lists 64,124
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-first General Election, 1979.
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGaston Clermont 19,513 60.15 +9.81
Social CreditMarcel Clément 7,205 22.21 -7.78
Progressive ConservativeRobert Moreau 3,944 12.16 -1.03
New DemocraticLise Ménard 1,781 5.49 -0.99
Total valid votes 32,443100.00
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGaston Clermont 15,894 50.34 -3.19
Social CreditJean-Paul Descoeurs 9,469 29.99 +16.15
Progressive ConservativeGuy Lafortune 4,163 13.19 -15.10
New DemocraticMychèle St-Louis 2,047 6.48 +2.14
Total valid votes 31,573100.00

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGaston Clermont 14,348 53.53 +0.12
Progressive ConservativeLévis Larocque 7,581 28.28 +8.08
Ralliement créditisteAntoine Bédard 3,711 13.85 -3.25
New DemocraticEmile Mongeon 1,163 4.34 -1.96
Total valid votes 26,803100.00
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGaston Isabelle 13,088 53.41 +6.77
Progressive ConservativeJules Barrière 4,952 20.21 -3.38
Ralliement créditisteConrad Beaudoin 4,189 17.09 -8.24
New DemocraticBeverley Morin 1,543 6.30 +1.86
Independent LiberalRoger Danis 734 3.00
Total valid votes 24,506100.00

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalRodolphe Leduc 11,589 46.64 +4.42
Social CreditConrad Beaudoin 6,295 25.34 +4.82
Progressive ConservativeThomas Van Dusen 5,861 23.59 -9.67
New DemocraticRoy Laberge 1,10 4.44 +0.42
Total valid votes 24,847100.00
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalRodolphe Leduc 10,135 42.22 -10.09
Progressive ConservativeThomas Van Dusen 7,983 33.25 -10.20
Social CreditHenri Meunier 4,925 20.52 +16.28
New DemocraticCharles J. De Breyne 963 4.01
Total valid votes 24,006100.00
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalRodolphe Leduc 10,840 52.31 -6.48
Progressive ConservativeRéjean Patry 9,004 43.45 +13.31
Social CreditLéo Joannisse 878 4.24
Total valid votes 20,722100.00
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalRodolphe Leduc 10,770 58.79 -2.87
Progressive ConservativeAdrien Cloutier 5,522 30.14 +5.60
Independent LiberalJ. Robert Proulx 2,028 11.07
Total valid votes 18,320100.00
Canadian federal by-election, 22 March 1954
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Nadon's death, 17 December 1953
LiberalRodolphe Leduc 6,568 61.66 -4.13
Progressive ConservativeErnest-Anastase St-Jean 2,614 24.54 -5.62
IndependentMarcel-Bernard Bonnier 796 7.47
Co-operative CommonwealthRoger Boucher 674 6.33 +2.28
Total valid votes 10,652100.00
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalJoseph-Célestin Nadon 10,759 65.79 +7.21
Progressive ConservativeErnest-Anastase St-Jean 4,932 30.16 +1.02
Co-operative CommonwealthJanet H.H. Morgan 662 4.05
Total valid votes 16,353100.00
Canadian federal by-election, 24 October 1949
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Raymond appointed House of Commons Clerk, 5 August 1949
LiberalJoseph-Célestin Nadon 5,438 58.58 -7.14
Progressive ConservativeErnest-Anastase St-Jean 2,705 29.14 -0.49
IndependentMarcel-Bernard Bonnier 1,140 12.28
Total valid votes 9,283100.00
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalLéon-Joseph Raymond 9,865 65.72
Progressive ConservativeErnest-Anastase St-Jean 4,448 29.63
Union des électeursJoseph-Eugène Rochon 697 4.64
Total valid votes 15,010100.00

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