Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia

Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
Quebec electoral district
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1993
District abolished	2013
First contested	1935
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	71,389
Electors (2011)	59,340
Area (km²)^[2]	16,038.24
Census divisions	La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Matane RCM, La Matapédia RCM, La Mitis RCM
Census subdivisions	Amqui, Cap-Chat, Causapscal, Matane, Mont-Joli, Sayabec, Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine, Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, Mont-Saint-Pierre, Rivière-à-Claude, Marsoui, La Martre, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Coulée-des-Adolphe, Mont-Albert, Albertville, Lac-au-Saumon, Sainte-Florence, Sainte-Marguerite, Saint-Vianney, Val-Brillant, Saint-Noël, Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, Saint-Cléophas, Saint-Damase, Sainte-Irène, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Moïse, Saint-Tharcisius, Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui, Lac-Alfred, Lac-Casault, Lac-Matapédia, Rivière-Patapédia-Est, Rivière-Vaseuse, Routhierville, Ruisseau-des-Mineurs, Baie-des-Sables, Grosses-Roches, Les Méchins, Sainte-Félicité, Sainte-Paule, Saint-René-de-Matane, Saint-Ulric, Saint-Adelme, Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg, Saint-Léandre, Rivière-Bonjour, Métis-sur-Mer, Grand-Métis, Les Hauteurs, Padoue, Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, Sainte-Luce, Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski, Price, La Rédemption, Saint-Charles-Garnier, Saint-Donat, Sainte-Flavie, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Lac-à-la-Croix, Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes

Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia (formerly known as Matapédia—Matane) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It has the lowest percentage of visible minorities among all Canadian electoral districts (0.3%).

Geography

The district consists of the Regional County Municipalities of La Haute-Gaspésie, La Matapédia, Matane and La Mitis.

The neighbouring ridings are Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, Manicouagan, Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and Madawaska—Restigouche.

History

The riding was created in 1933 as "Matapédia—Matane" from parts of Matane riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Matane and Rimouski ridings.

It was created in 1976 as "Matapédia—Matane" from parts of Matane and Rimouski ridings. The name of the riding was changed in 2004 to "Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia".

As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be dissolved, and most will become part of Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia and the remainder will join Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Matapédia—Matane Riding created from Matane
18th	1935–1940	Arthur-Joseph Lapointe	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	Arthur-Joseph Lapointe	Liberal
20th	1945–1949	Philéas Côté	Independent Liberal
21st	1949–1953	Philéas Côté	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Léandre Thibault
23rd	1957–1958	Léandre Thibault
24th	1958–1962	Alfred Belzile	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	Alfred Belzile	Progressive Conservative
26th	1963–1965	René Tremblay	Liberal
27th	1965–1968	René Tremblay	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Matane and Rimouski
Riding re-created from Matane and Rimouski
31st	1979–1980	Pierre de Bané	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Pierre de Bané	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Jean-Luc Joncas	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Jean-Luc Joncas	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	René Canuel	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	René Canuel
37th	2000–2004	Jean-Yves Roy
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
38th	2004–2006	Jean-Yves Roy	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2010
41st	2011–2014	Jean-François Fortin
	2014–2014		Independent
	2014–2015		Strength in Democracy
Riding dissolved into Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia and Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Election results

Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-François Fortin	12,633	36.05	-1.48	$83,313.68
	Liberal	Nancy Charest	8,964	25.58	-10.02	$57,826.03
	New Democratic	Joanie Boulet	7,484	21.36	+16.67	$24.16
	Conservative	Allen Cormier	5,253	14.99	-3.08	$52,135.20
	Green	Louis Drainville	707	2.02	-1.55	$3,418.82
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,041	100.0		$86,709.81
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			393	1.11	+0.07
Turnout			35,434	59.81	+5.43
Eligible voters			59,397
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+4.27
Sources:^[3]^[4]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Roy	11,984	37.53	-8.51	$27,685.06
	Liberal	Nancy Charest	11,368	35.60	+22.53	$33,059.08
	Conservative	Jérôme Landry	5,771	18.07	-11.68	$36,135.20
	New Democratic	Julie Demers	1,497	4.69	-1.51	none listed
	Green	Louis Drainville	1,139	3.57	+0.90	$5,771.18
	Independent	Liliane Potvin	175	0.55	–	$995.72
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,934	100.0		$83,890
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			334	1.04	-0.07
Turnout			32,268	54.38	-3.74
Eligible voters			59,340
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-15.52

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Roy	15,721	46.04	-10.41	$37,418.83
	Conservative	Rodrigue Drapeau	10,157	29.75	+23.52	$9,382.28
	Liberal	Kim Leclerc	4,463	13.07	-17.41	$16,825.39
	New Democratic	Stéphane Ricard	2,116	6.20	+1.21	$6,369.99
	Green	Sarah Desjardins	910	2.67	+0.82	none listed
	Independent	Yvan Côté	778	2.28	–	$145.46
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,145	100.0		$78,148
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			384	1.11	-0.56
Turnout			34,529	58.12	+3.92
Eligible voters			59,403
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-16.96

Matapédia—Matane, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Roy	17,878	56.45	+5.64	$33,104.30
	Liberal	Marc Bélanger	9,653	30.48	-10.00	$43,493.59
	Conservative	Vahid Fortin-Vidah	1,972	6.23	+0.96	$7,100.94
	New Democratic	Jean-Guy Côté	1,581	4.99	+2.53	$1,189.95
	Green	Nicolas Deville	585	1.85	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,669	100.0		$76,262
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			536	1.67
Turnout			32,205	54.20	-1.77
Eligible voters			59,416
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+7.82
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	16,584	50.81
	Liberal	13,213	40.48
	Progressive Conservative	1,326	4.06
	New Democratic	804	2.46
	Alliance	397	1.21
	Others	314	0.96

Matapédia—Matane, 1979–2000

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Roy	14,678	46.6	+1.8
	Liberal	Marc Bélanger	14,402	45.8	+15.6
	Progressive Conservative	Germain Dumas	1,456	4.6	-18.2
	New Democratic	Karine Paquet-Gauthier	935	3.0	+1.8
Total valid votes			31,471	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Bloc Québécois	René Canuel	15,694	44.8	-12.6
	Liberal	Robert Boulay	10,558	30.1	-2.3
	Progressive Conservative	Darryl Gray	7,991	22.8	+15.1
	New Democratic	Anny-Jos Paquin	417	1.2	+0.5
	Natural Law	Miville Couture	377	1.1	-0.7
Total valid votes			35,037	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Bloc Québécois	René Canuel	18,331	57.4
	Liberal	Maurice Gauthier	10,345	32.4	-4.0
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Luc Joncas	2,446	7.7	-42.5
	Natural Law	Pierre Gauthier	573	1.8
	New Democratic	Robert McKoy	219	0.7	-12.7
Total valid votes			31,914	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Luc Joncas	15,962	50.2	-2.5
	Liberal	Claude Canuel	11,584	36.4	+3.7
	New Democratic	Yves Coté	4,253	13.4	+10.4
Total valid votes			31,799	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Luc Joncas	15,994	52.7	+41.3
	Liberal	Jocelyne Lévesque	9,929	32.7	-45.1
	Parti nationaliste	Pierre Dufort	3,523	11.6
	New Democratic	Frédéric D'Astous	909	3.0	-0.3
Total valid votes			30,355	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Pierre De Bané	21,116	77.8	+5.4
	Progressive Conservative	Roland Paquin	3,095	11.4	+0.4
	Social Credit	Léonard Boulay	1,137	4.2	-9.0
	Rhinoceros	Michel Bélair	892	3.3
	New Democratic	Thérèse Beaulieu	888	3.3	+1.3
Total valid votes			27,128	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pierre De Bané	19,728	72.4
	Social Credit	Roland Paquin	3,602	13.2
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Marie Lévesque	2,993	11.0
	New Democratic	André Noël	548	2.0
	Union populaire	Pierre Demers	374	1.4
Total valid votes			27,245	100.0

Matapédia—Matane, 1933 - 1968

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	René Tremblay	10,435	51.8	+8.8
	Progressive Conservative	Roland-L. English	5,568	27.6	+2.4
	Ralliement créditiste	J.-Gérard Pelletier	3,383	16.8	-14.5
	New Democratic	H.-Aubin Dussault	769	3.8
Total valid votes			20,155	100.0

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

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	René Tremblay	10,265	43.0	+6.2
	Social Credit	Eudore Allard	7,237	30.3	-1.4
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Alfred Belzile	6,021	25.2	-11.6
	Independent Social Credit	Gérard Ratté	344	1.4
Total valid votes			23,867	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Alfred Belzile	8,484	36.8	-22.1
	Social Credit	Eudore Allard	7,299	31.7
	Liberal	Wilfrid Lafontaine	6,304	27.4	-13.7
	Independent Liberal	Amable Ouellet	633	2.7
	New Democratic	H.-Aubin Dussault	328	1.4
Total valid votes			23,048	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Alfred Belzile	14,969	58.9	+10.6
	Liberal	Roland Bergeron	10,433	41.1	-10.6
Total valid votes			25,402	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Léandre Thibault	11,642	51.7	-2.4
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred Belzile	10,889	48.3	-2.4
Total valid votes			22,531	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Léandre Thibault	12,689	54.1	+4.1
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Donat Brulé	10,765	45.9	+3.2
Total valid votes			23,454	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	A.-Philéas Coté	11,546	50.3	+2.8
	Progressive Conservative	Adélard Fortin	9,811	42.7
	Union des électeurs	Jean-Charles Gosselin	678	3.0
	Independent Liberal	Louis-Philippe Rioux	558	2.4	-6.8
	Independent Liberal	David Ratté	368	1.6
Total valid votes			22,961	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent Liberal	A.-Philéas Coté	8,500	47.5
	Independent	Oscar Drouin	7,208	40.3
	Bloc populaire	Louis-Philippe Rioux	1,648	9.2
	Independent	Arthur Lepage	546	3.0
Total valid votes			17,902	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Arthur-Joseph Lapointe	9,956	63.2	+28.3
	National Government	Joseph-Ernest-Henri Larue	5,804	36.8	+3.0
Total valid votes			15,760	100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arthur-Joseph Lapoine	4,987	34.9
	Conservative	Joseph-Ernest-Henri Larue	4,834	33.8
	Reconstruction	Georges-Léonidas Dionne	4,476	31.3
Total valid votes			14,297	100.0

References

Notes

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Eastern Quebec

The Eastern Townships

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)

Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy

Montérégie

Quebec City

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

Historical federal ridings in Quebec

Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie

Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval

Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles

Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri

Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul

Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent

Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic

Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel

Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun

Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount

Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle

Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières

Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Until 1962	Témiscouata

Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle

Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright

Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska

Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri

Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil

Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

Coordinates: 48°47′49″N 66°59′53″W / 48.797°N 66.998°W / 48.797; -66.998

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