Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (formerly known as Abitibi, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, and Nunavik—Eeyou) is a federal riding in the province of Quebec, Canada, that have been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1966.

"Abitibi" was created in 1966, and renamed "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik". It was abolished in 2003, and most of its territory was incorporated into "Nunavik—Eeyou", which was renamed "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou" in 2004.

Geography

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou consists of:

the Regional County Municipality of Vallée-de-l'Or, including: Lac-Simon Indian Reserve; the Indian Settlement of Grand-Lac Victoria;
the Equivalent Territory of Jamésie, including: the Cree villages and reserved lands of Chisasibi, Eastmain, Mistissini, Nemiscau, Waskaganish, Waswanipi and Wemindji; the Indian Settlement of Oujé-Bougoumou, excepting that part of the Municipality of Baie-James lying southerly of latitude 50°00′ N and westerly of longitude 79°00′ W; and
the Territory of the Kativik Regional Government, including the Cree village and reserved land of Whapmagoostui; the Nordic village municipalities of Akulivik, Aupaluk, Inukjuak, Ivujivik, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Puvirnituq, Quaqtaq, Salluit, Tasiujaq and Umiujaq; the Naskapi Village Municipality of Kawawachikamach.

The neighbouring ridings are Timmins—James Bay, Nunavut, Labrador, Manicouagan, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Pontiac, and Abitibi—Témiscamingue.

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou contains more than half of Quebec's total landmass. As such, it is the largest riding in a Canadian province, and the third largest in the country after the territorial ridings of Nunavut and Northwest Territories.

History

Abitibi riding was created in 1966 from parts of Chapleau and Saguenay electoral districts. In 1976, parts of Villeneuve were incorporated. The electoral district's name was changed in 1998 to "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik".

In the 2003 re-distribution, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik was abolished. A new riding, "Nunavik—Eeyou", was created with substatilly the same territory as Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik. Parts of Manicouagan and Roberval ridings were added, while a part was lost to Abitibi—Témiscamingue. Its name was changed to "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou" after the 2004 election.

The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding gain a small territory from Abitibi—Témiscamingue.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Abitibi Riding created from Chapleau, Villeneuve and Saguenay
28th	1968–1971	Gérard Laprise	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1971–1972		Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Armand Caouette
32nd	1980–1984	René Gingras	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Guy St-Julien	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Guy St-Julien	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Bernard Deshaies	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Guy St-Julien	Liberal
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik
37th	2000–2004	Guy St-Julien	Liberal
Nunavik—Eeyou
38th	2004–2006	Yvon Lévesque	Bloc Québécois
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
39th	2006–2008	Yvon Lévesque	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011	Yvon Lévesque	Bloc Québécois
41st	2011–2015	Roméo Saganash	New Democratic
42nd	2015–Present	Roméo Saganash	New Democratic

Election results

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, 2004–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Roméo Saganash	12,778	37.02	-7.8	–
	Liberal	Pierre Dufour	11,094	32.14	+21.67	–
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Ferland	6,398	18.54	+0.27	–
	Conservative	Steven Hébert	3,211	9.3	-13.25	–
	Green	Patrick Benoît	779	2.26	-1.63	–
	Rhinoceros	Mario Gagnon	258	0.75	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,518	100.0		$247,074.94
Total rejected ballots			609	–	–
Turnout			35,127	55.55	–
Eligible voters			63,226
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-14.73
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	14,141	44.82
	Conservative	7,116	22.55
	Bloc Québécois	5,763	18.27
	Liberal	3,302	10.47
	Green	1,228	3.89

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Roméo Saganash	13,961	44.79	+36.59	$61,976.57
	Conservative	Jean-Maurice Matte	7,089	22.74	-7.63	$75,028.15
	Bloc Québécois	Yvon Lévesque	5,615	18.02	-21.63	$61,279.33
	Liberal	Léandre Gervais	3,282	10.53	-7.89	$76,159.99
	Green	Johnny Kasudluak	1,221	3.92	+0.58	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,168	100.00
Total rejected ballots			480	1.51
Turnout			31,684	53.69
	New Democratic Party gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing	+29.11

Source: Elections Canada Source: The Gazette Popular Cree leader running for NDP Source: Nunatsiaq News Nunavik voters face two ballots in one week

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yvon Lévesque	10,995	39.65	-6.91	$63,715
	Conservative	Jean-Maurice Matte	8,442	30.37	+9.43	$76,072
	Liberal	Mark Canada	5,108	18.42	-3.97	$16,924
	New Democratic	Erica Martin	2,276	8.20	+2.15
	Green	Patrick Rancourt	928	3.34	-0.69
Total valid votes/Expense limit			27,749	100.00	$96,336
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-8.17

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yvon Lévesque	13,928	46.56	+1.33	$67,066
	Liberal	Armand Caouette	6,700	22.40	−20.77	$31,110
	Conservative	Gilles Gagnon	6,261	20.93	+16.39	$7,272
	New Democratic	Dominique Vaillancourt	1,810	6.05	+2.11
	Green	Pierre Denis	1,210	4.04	+0.95	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			29,909	100.00	$89,323
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+11.05

Nunavik—Eeyou, 2003–2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yvon Lévesque	12,578	45.23	+2.5	$72,518
	Liberal	Guy St-Julien	12,006	43.17	-6.8	$52,505
	Conservative	François Dionne	1,265	4.54	-1.2	$3,420
	New Democratic	Pierre Corbeil	1,097	3.94	+2.5	$
	Green	Martin Fournier	862	3.09	–	$
Total valid votes/Expense limit			27,808	100.00	$87,366

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

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, 2000–2004

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Guy St-Julien	18,198	50.0	+6.2
	Bloc Québécois	François Lemieux	15,567	42.8	+5.9
	Alliance	François Dionne	1,297	3.6
	Progressive Conservative	Sylvain Gemme	809	2.2	-14.8
	New Democratic	Daniel Fredrick	534	1.5	-0.9
Total valid votes			36,405	100.0

Abitibi, 1968–2000

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Guy St-Julien	16,803	43.7	+27.5
	Bloc Québécois	Jeannot Couture	14,168	36.9	-9.0
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Caouette	6,531	17.0	-18.6
	New Democratic	Claudette Paquin	909	2.4	+0.1
Total valid votes			38,411	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard Deshaies	18,876	45.9
	Progressive Conservative	Guy St-Julien	14,651	35.6	-21.9
	Liberal	Lucie Blais	6,666	16.2	0.0
	New Democratic	Louise Cloutier	951	2.3	-24.0
Total valid votes			41,144	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Guy St-Julien	22,254	57.6	+5.6
	New Democratic	Gerry Lemoyne	10,161	26.3	-1.7
	Liberal	Normand Michaud	6,251	16.2	+8.2
Total valid votes			38,666	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Guy St-Julien	23,230	52.0	+47.4
	Liberal	René Gingras	12,525	28.0	-23.0
	New Democratic	Royal Tremblay	3,583	8.0	+2.1
	Rhinoceros	Robert Hamelin	2,264	5.1
	Parti nationaliste	Georges Caron	1,925	4.3
	Social Credit	Alphonse Leduc	1,179	2.6	-31.8
Total valid votes			44,706	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	René Gingras	22,050	51.1	+17.8
	Social Credit	Armand Caouette	14,881	34.5	-10.9
	New Democratic	Royal Tremblay	2,553	5.9	+2.9
	Progressive Conservative	Marius Gauthier	1,982	4.6	-7.4
	Independent	Myriam Bouchard	1,00	82.3
	Union populaire	Martine Dion	416	1.0	+0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Fernand Deschamps	300	0.7	+0.2
Total valid votes			43,190	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Armand Caouette	21,387	45.4	-11.2
	Liberal	Ronald Tetrault	15,697	33.3	+1.2
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Jacques Martel	5,652	12.0	+6.5
	Rhinoceros	Doris St-Pierre	1,425	3.0
	New Democratic	Maurice Vaney	1,420	3.0	-1.7
	Independent	Zebedee Nungak	986	2.1
	Union populaire	Judith Desjardins	344	0.7
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean Letourneau	233	0.5
Total valid votes			47,144	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Gérard Laprise	12,423	56.5	0.9
	Liberal	Marcel Gagnon	7,046	32.1	-4.5
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Johnson	1,199	5.5	-2.3
	New Democratic	Léon Guenette	1,031	4.7
	Independent	Yves Limoges	282	1.3
Total valid votes			21,981	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Gérard Laprise	12,482	55.7	+0.7
	Liberal	Marcel Bergeron	8,203	36.6	+3.2
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Emile Gelinas	1,739	7.8	-1.3
Total valid votes			22,424	100.0

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

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Laprise	10,884	55.0
	Liberal	André Lavigne	6,606	33.4
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Parent	1,796	9.1
	New Democratic	J.-Gérald Leonard	515	2.6
Total valid votes			19,801	100.0

References

"(Code 24046) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Notes

Federal ridings in the Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec

Liberal	Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation Gatineau Hull—Aylmer Laurentides—Labelle Pontiac Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Thérèse-De Blainville

Bloc Québécois	Mirabel Rivière-du-Nord Terrebonne

New Democratic	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Abitibi—Témiscamingue

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: 57°48′N 72°54′W / 57.80°N 72.90°W / 57.80; -72.90

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