Gatineau (electoral district)

Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from since 1949. Between 1987 and 1996, it was known as "Gatineau—La Lièvre".

Gatineau
Quebec electoral district
Gatineau in relation to districts in the Gatineau/Hull region (2003 boundaries)
Coordinates:45.500°N 75.677°W / 45.500; -75.677
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Steve MacKinnon
Liberal
District created1947
First contested1949
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]107,464
Electors (2019)84,463
Area (km²)[2]125
Pop. density (per km²)859.7
Census division(s)Gatineau
Census subdivision(s)Gatineau

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 renamed to Chapleau, and then to Gatineau—La Lièvre in 1988. It was renamed back to "Gatineau" 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
Gatineau—La Lièvre
34th  1988–1993     Mark Assad Liberal
35th  1993–1997
Gatineau
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  2015–2019     Steve MacKinnon Liberal
43rd  2019–present

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 Outaouais, 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 a second time, defeated NDP incumbent Françoise Boivin in an upset with an almost 40-point swing.

Election results

1997–present

Graph of election results in Gatineau (since 1997, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalSteven MacKinnon29,08452.1$67,009.65
Bloc QuébécoisGeneviève Nadeau11,92621.4none listed
New DemocraticEric Chaurette6,12811.0$24,553.38
ConservativeSylvie Goneau5,74510.3$16,427.02
GreenGuy Dostaler2,2644.1$0.00
People'sMario-Roberto Lam5601.0$1,439.79
Marxist–LeninistPierre Soublière760.1$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 55,783100.0
Total rejected ballots 787
Turnout 56,57067.0
Eligible voters 84,463
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalSteven MacKinnon31,07653.76+39.96$97,491.72
New DemocraticFrançoise Boivin15,35226.56-35.57$52,920.78
Bloc QuébécoisPhilippe Boily5,4559.44-5.49$37,224.72
ConservativeLuc Angers4,7338.19+0.18$15,531.17
GreenGuy Dostaler9421.63+0.49$639.67
IndependentGuy J. Bellavance1480.26$1,637.23
Marxist–LeninistPierre Soublière940.16
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,800100.0 $221,893.30
Total rejected ballots 522
Turnout 58,322
Eligible voters 83,651
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic31,89462.13
  Bloc Québécois7,66314.93
  Liberal7,08213.80
  Conservative4,1118.01
  Green5871.14
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticFrançoise Boivin35,26261.83+35.71
Bloc QuébécoisRichard Nadeau8,61915.11-14.04
LiberalSteve MacKinnon7,97513.98-11.34
ConservativeJennifer Gearey4,5327.95-8.86
GreenJonathan Meijer6391.12-1.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,027100.00
Total rejected ballots 365 0.64
Turnout 57,39264.36
Eligible voters 89,171
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRichard Nadeau15,18929.15-10.11$78,498
New DemocraticFrançoise Boivin13,61226.12+16.11$87,035
LiberalMichel Simard13,19325.32-5.92$40,288
ConservativeDenis Tassé8,76216.81+0.07$52,464
GreenDavid Inglis1,3422.57-0.12
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,098 100.00 $88,989
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -13.11
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRichard Nadeau21,09339.25-1.02$72,093
LiberalFrançoise Boivin16,82631.31-10.78$70,768
ConservativePatrick Robert9,01416.77+9.19$62,953
New DemocraticAnne Levesque5,3549.96+4.24$5,811
GreenGail Walker1,4562.71-0.36$5
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,743 100.00 $82,260
Bloc Québécois gain Swing
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalFrançoise Boivin19,19842.09-9.37$46,494
Bloc QuébécoisRichard Nadeau18,36840.2714.87$20,574
ConservativeGérald Nicolas3,4617.59-9.65
New DemocraticDominique Vaillancourt2,6105.72+2.24
GreenBrian Gibb1,4023.07$144
MarijuanaStéphane Salko4530.99
Marxist–LeninistGabriel Girard-Bernier1250.270.00
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.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMark Assad26,05451.45+5.04
Bloc QuébécoisRichard Nadeau12,85725.39+4.49
AllianceStéphany Crowley5,08410.04
Progressive ConservativeMichael F. Vasseur3,6457.20-21.77
New DemocraticCarl Hétu1,7653.49+1.68
Natural LawJean-Claude Pommet4720.93+0.11
IndependentRonald Bélanger3920.77
IndependentSamantha Demers2280.45
Marxist–LeninistFrançoise Roy1390.270.00
Total valid votes 50,636100.00
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMark Assad25,29846.42
Progressive ConservativeRichard Côté15,78628.97
Bloc QuébécoisChristian Picard11,39120.90
New DemocraticMichelle Bonner9821.80
Natural LawJean-Claude Pommet4480.82
Christian HeritageClaude Grant4450.82
Marxist–LeninistFrançoise Roy1500.28
Total valid votes 54,500100.00

Gatineau—La Lièvre (1988-1993)

1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Mark Assad 23,507
  Progressive Conservative Claudy Mailly 21,385
  New Democratic Marius Tremblay 8,394
RhinocerosDaniel Le Lièvre Villeneuve660
  No affiliation Nicole Leblanc 364
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Mark Assad 39,274
Bloc QuébécoisJules Fournier25,006
  Progressive Conservative Jérôme P. Falardeau 4,464
  New Democratic Elizabeth Holden 1,096
  Natural Law Danièle Bélair 736
Marxist–LeninistNicole Leblanc200


1949–1988

1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeClaudy Mailly25,87350.91+43.96
LiberalRené Cousineau17,49634.43-44.17
New DemocraticSylvie Rossignol6,54312.87+2.25
Parti nationalisteJean Scuvée7661.51
Commonwealth of CanadaJean-Guy Méthot1420.28
Total valid votes 50,820100.00
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRené Cousineau35,43778.60+6.71
New DemocraticRenée Pierre Brisson4,79210.63+3.72
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Plouffe3,1346.95+0.29
Social CreditMarcelle Cormier9752.16-10.87
RhinocerosFrançois R. Penzes6401.42
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault1080.24+0.01
Total valid votes 45,086100.00
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRené Cousineau34,23471.89
Social CreditGérard Croteau6,20613.03
New DemocraticAndré Beaudry3,2926.91
Progressive ConservativeRené Bergeron3,1746.66
Union populaireAndré Côté6081.28
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault1080.23
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.
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGaston Clermont19,51360.15+9.81
Social CreditMarcel Clément7,20522.21-7.78
Progressive ConservativeRobert Moreau3,94412.16-1.03
New DemocraticLise Ménard1,7815.49-0.99
Total valid votes 32,443100.00
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGaston Clermont15,89450.34-3.19
Social CreditJean-Paul Descoeurs9,46929.99+16.15
Progressive ConservativeGuy Lafortune4,16313.19-15.10
New DemocraticMychèle St-Louis2,0476.48+2.14
Total valid votes 31,573100.00

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

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGaston Clermont14,34853.53+0.12
Progressive ConservativeLévis Larocque7,58128.28+8.08
Ralliement créditisteAntoine Bédard3,71113.85-3.25
New DemocraticEmile Mongeon1,1634.34-1.96
Total valid votes 26,803100.00
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGaston Isabelle13,08853.41+6.77
Progressive ConservativeJules Barrière4,95220.21-3.38
Ralliement créditisteConrad Beaudoin4,18917.09-8.24
New DemocraticBeverley Morin1,5436.30+1.86
Independent LiberalRoger Danis7343.00
Total valid votes 24,506100.00

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

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRodolphe Leduc11,58946.64+4.42
Social CreditConrad Beaudoin6,29525.34+4.82
Progressive ConservativeThomas Van Dusen5,86123.59-9.67
New DemocraticRoy Laberge1,104.44+0.42
Total valid votes 24,847100.00
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRodolphe Leduc10,13542.22-10.09
Progressive ConservativeThomas Van Dusen7,98333.25-10.20
Social CreditHenri Meunier4,92520.52+16.28
New DemocraticCharles J. De Breyne9634.01
Total valid votes 24,006100.00
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRodolphe Leduc10,84052.31-6.48
Progressive ConservativeRéjean Patry9,00443.45+13.31
Social CreditLéo Joannisse8784.24
Total valid votes 20,722100.00
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRodolphe Leduc10,77058.79-2.87
Progressive ConservativeAdrien Cloutier5,52230.14+5.60
Independent LiberalJ. Robert Proulx2,02811.07
Total valid votes 18,320100.00
Canadian federal by-election, 22 March 1954
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Nadon's death, 17 December 1953
LiberalRodolphe Leduc6,56861.66-4.13
Progressive ConservativeErnest-Anastase St-Jean2,61424.54-5.62
IndependentMarcel-Bernard Bonnier7967.47
Co-operative CommonwealthRoger Boucher6746.33+2.28
Total valid votes 10,652100.00
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJoseph-Célestin Nadon10,75965.79+7.21
Progressive ConservativeErnest-Anastase St-Jean4,93230.16+1.02
Co-operative CommonwealthJanet H.H. Morgan6624.05
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 Nadon5,43858.58-7.14
Progressive ConservativeErnest-Anastase St-Jean2,70529.14-0.49
IndependentMarcel-Bernard Bonnier1,14012.28
Total valid votes 9,283100.00
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalLéon-Joseph Raymond9,86565.72
Progressive ConservativeErnest-Anastase St-Jean4,44829.63
Union des électeursJoseph-Eugène Rochon6974.64
Total valid votes 15,010100.00

See also

References

  • "(Code 24020) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • Riding history 1947-1987 from the Library of Parliament
  • Riding history 1996-present from the Library of Parliament

Notes

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