Pontiac (provincial electoral district)

Pontiac is a provincial electoral district in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes parts of the city of Gatineau as well as the municipalities of Pontiac, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Shawville and Clarendon.

Pontiac
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
André Fortin
Liberal
District created1867
District abolished1972
District re-created1980
First contested1867, 1981
Last contested1970, 2022
Demographics
Population (2006)61,595
Electors (2012)[1]48,370
Area (km²)[2]14,683.8
Pop. density (per km²)4.2
Census division(s)Gatineau (part), Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (part), Pontiac
Census subdivision(s)Gatineau (part), Alleyn-et-Cawood, Bristol, Bryson, Campbell's Bay, Chichester, Clarendon, Fort-Coulonge, L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Litchfield, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Otter Lake, Pontiac, Portage-du-Fort, Rapides-des-Joachims, Shawville, Sheenboro, Thorne, Waltham; Lac-Nilgaut

It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Pontiac-Témiscamingue.

However, Pontiac–Témiscamingue disappeared in the 1981 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Pontiac.

It was named after Chief Pontiac, who led Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763 in the Great Lakes region.

Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada edit

This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada:

Members of the Legislative Assembly/National Assembly of Quebec edit

This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1867–1968) and the National Assembly of Quebec (1968–present):

Legislature Years Member Party
1st  1867–1871     John Poupore Conservative
2nd  1871–1874
 1874–1875 Levi Ruggles Church
3rd  1875–1878
4th  1878–1881
5th  1881–1882† Thomas Bryson
 1883–1886 William Joseph Poupore
6th  1886–1890
7th  1890–1892
8th  1892–1897     David Gillies Liberal
9th  1897–1900
10th  1900–1904
11th  1904–1908
12th  1908–1912 Tancrède-Charles Gaboury
13th  1912–1916     George Benjamin Campbell Conservative
14th  1916–1919     William Hodgins Liberal
15th  1919–1923 Wallace McDonald
16th  1923–1927
17th  1927–1931
18th  1931–1935
19th  1935–1936 Edward Charles Lawn
20th  1936–1939
21st  1939–1944
22nd  1944–1948
23rd  1948–1952     Raymond Thomas Johnston Union Nationale
24th  1952–1956
25th  1956–1960
26th  1960–1962
27th  1962–1966
28th  1966–1970
29th  1970–1973     Jean-Guy Larivière Liberal
Riding dissolved into Pontiac-Témiscamingue
Riding re-created from Pontiac-Témiscamingue
32nd  1981–1985     Robert Middlemiss Liberal
33rd  1985–1989
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1998
36th  1998–2003
37th  2003–2007 Charlotte L'Écuyer
38th  2007–2008
39th  2008–2012
40th  2012–2014
41st  2014–2018 André Fortin
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–Present

Election results edit

2022 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal André Fortin 12,477 43.68 -10.21
Coalition Avenir Québec Corinne Canuel-Jolicoeur 7,056 24.70 +4.29
Conservative Terrence Watters 3,118 10.92 +7.83
Québec solidaire Mike Owen Sebagenzi 2,935 10.28 -0.46
Parti Québécois Jolaine Paradis-Châteauneuf 1,887 6.61 +1.10
Green Pierre Cyr 616 2.16 -1.17
Canadian William Twolan 475 1.66
Total valid votes 28,564 99.36
Total rejected ballots 185 0.64
Turnout 28,749 53.50 -0.03
Electors on the lists 53,735
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal André Fortin 14,869 53.89 -21.87
Coalition Avenir Québec Olive Kamanyana 5,632 20.41 +11.48
Québec solidaire Julia Wilkie 2,964 10.74 +4.37
Parti Québécois Marie-Claire Nivolon 1,520 5.51 -3.04
Green Roger Fleury 919 3.33
Conservative Kenny Roy 853 3.09
New Democratic Samuel Gendron 795 2.88
Marxist–Leninist Louis Lang 40 0.14 -0.25
Total valid votes 27,592 99.11
Total rejected ballots 249 0.89
Turnout 27,841 53.53
Eligible voters 52,009
Liberal hold Swing -16.675
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal André Fortin 25,659 75.76 +19.13
Coalition Avenir Québec Michel Mongeon 3,026 8.93 -9.13
Parti Québécois Maryse Vallières-Murray 2,897 8,55 -7.57
Québec solidaire Charmain Levy 2,157 6,37 +1.15
Marxist–Leninist Louis Lang 131 0.39 +0.19
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Charlotte L'Écuyer 16,981 56.63 -9.47
Coalition Avenir Québec André LaFramboise 5,417 18.06 +11.81*
Parti Québécois Geneviève Gendron-Nadeau 4 835 16,12 -1.99
Québec solidaire Charmain Levy 1 565 5,22 +1.09
Green Garry Bélair 906 3,02 -1.77
Option nationale Patrick Émard 223 0.74 -
Marxist–Leninist Louis Lang 61 0.20 -0.43

* Increase is from Action Democratique du Quebec (ADQ)

2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Charlotte L'Écuyer 12,960 66.10 +7.56
Parti Québécois Nathalie Lepage 3,551 18.11 +5.24
Action démocratique Christian Toussaint 1,225 6.25 -9.33
Green Gail Lemmon Walker 940 4.79 -5.08
Québec solidaire Charmain Levy 809 4.13 +1.25
Marxist–Leninist Lisa Leblanc 123 0.63 +0.37
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Charlotte L'Écuyer 14,817 58.54 -17.98
Action démocratique Victor Bilodeau 3,943 15.58 +7.75
Parti Québécois Patrick Robert-Meunier 3,257 12.87 -0.53
Green Brian Gibb 2,498 9.87 -
Québec solidaire Jessica Squires 729 2.88 +1.20*
Marxist–Leninist David Ethier-April 66 0.26 -0.30

* Increase is from UFP

2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Charlotte L'Écuyer 17,885 76.52 +1.25
Parti Québécois Luc Côté 3,133 13.40 -0.73
Action démocratique Victor Bilodeau 1,830 7.83 +4.55
UFP Serge Tanguay 392 1.68 -
Marxist–Leninist Louis Lang 132 0.56 +0.32
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Robert Middlemiss 22,076 75.27 -4.91
Parti Québécois L.-Hubert Leduc 4,143 14.13 -0.41
Equality Denzil Spence 1,757 5.99 +2.55
Action démocratique Christian Bilodeau 963 3.28 -
  Independent Maxime Gauld 112 0.38 -
  Socialist Democracy Mohamed-Ali Khreis 108 0.37 -
  Natural Law Claude Côté 100 0.34 -0.12
Marxist–Leninist Alexandre Legeais 69 0.24 +0.05
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 30,632 87.23
Oui 4,485 12.77
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Robert Middlemiss 23,066 80.18 +33.62
Parti Québécois Françoise Trudeau-Reeves 4,183 14.54 -3.2
Equality Robert D. Matheson 990 3.44 -27.19
Lemon Diane Labrie 342 1.19 -
  Natural Law Michael E. Wilson 131 0.46 -
Marxist–Leninist Louis Lang 55 0.19 -0.21
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 21,044 74.45
Non 7,222 25.55
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Robert Middlemiss 9,514 46.56 -25.52
Unity Mark Alexander 6,259 30.63 -
Parti Québécois Jules Fournier 3,624 17.74 -1.07
  New Democrat Michael Coghlan 956 4.68 +0.03
Marxist–Leninist Louis Lang 81 0.40 -
1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Robert Middlemiss 13,888 72.08 +4.25
Parti Québécois Normand Auclair 3,623 18.81 -2.19
  New Democrat Michel Martin 896 4.65 -
  Progressive Conservative Anne Lupien 783 4.06 -
  Christian Socialist Anne Charron 77 0.40 -
1981 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Robert Middlemiss 15,157 67.83 +24.26
Parti Québécois William Bedwell 4,691 21.00 +3.95
  Freedom of Choice Stephen Hodgins 1,793 8.02 -
Union Nationale Lucille Hodgins 704 3.15 -21.27

References edit

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