Matane-Matapédia is a provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the municipalities of Matane, Mont-Joli, Amqui, Sainte-Luce, Causapscal, Price, Sayabec, Saint-Ulric, Lac-au-Saumon and Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski.

Matane-Matapédia
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Pascal Bérubé
Parti Québécois
District created2011
First contested2012
Last contested2022
Demographics
Electors (2012)[1]47,475
Area (km²)[2]14,143.4
Census division(s)La Matapédia, La Mitis, Matane
Census subdivision(s)Albertville, Amqui, Baie-des-Sables, Causapscal, Grand-Métis, Grosses-Roches, La Rédemption, Lac-au-Saumon, Les Hauteurs, Les Méchins, Matane, Métis-sur-Mer, Mont-Joli, Padoue, Price, Saint-Adelme, Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, Saint-Charles-Garnier, Saint-Cléophas, Saint-Damase, Saint-Donat, Sainte-Félicité, Sainte-Flavie, Sainte-Florence, Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski, Sainte-Irène, Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Saint-Léandre, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Sainte-Luce, Sainte-Marguerite-Marie, Saint-Moïse, Saint-Noël, Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Sainte-Paule, Saint-René-de-Matane, Saint-Tharcisius, Saint-Ulric, Saint-Vianney, Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui, Sayabec, Val-Brillant; Lac-à-la-Croix, Lac-Alfred, Lac-Casault, Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes, Lac-Matapédia, Rivière-Bonjour, Rivière-Patapédia-Est, Rivière-Vaseuse, Routhierville, Ruisseau-des-Mineurs

It was created for the 2012 election from part of the former Matane and all of the former Matapédia electoral districts.[3]

Members of the National Assembly edit

Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Matapédia and Matane
40th  2012–2014     Pascal Bérubé Parti Québécois
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–Present

Election results edit

2022 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Pascal Bérubé 20,057 67.43 –2.03
Coalition Avenir Québec Jean-Sébastien Barriault 5,163 17.36 +6.00
Conservative Alexandre Leblanc 2,316 7.79 +7.26
Québec solidaire Marie-Phare Boucher 1,450 4.87 –0.91
Liberal Harley Ryan Lounsbury 637 2.14 –9.13
L'Union fait la force Madeleine Rose 123 0.41 New
Total valid votes 29,746 98.98
Total rejected ballots 307 1.02 +0.25
Turnout 30,053 64.93 –0.45
Electors on the lists 46,286
Parti Québécois hold Swing –4.02
Source: Élections Québec[4]
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Pascal Bérubé 20,658 69.46 +8.3
Coalition Avenir Québec Mathieu Quenum 3,379 11.36 +1.12
Liberal Annie Fournier 3,351 11.27 -11.5
Québec solidaire Marie-Phare Boucher 1,718 5.78 +0.65
Green Pierre-Luc Coulombe 358 1.2
Conservative Paul-Émile Vignola 159 0.53
Citoyens au pouvoir Jocelyn Rioux 118 0.4
Total valid votes 29,741 99.23
Total rejected ballots 230 0.77
Turnout 29,971 65.38
Eligible voters 45,840
Parti Québécois hold Swing +3.59
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Pascal Bérubé 18,025 61.16 +2.17
Liberal Dave Gravel 6,712 22.77 +4.09
Coalition Avenir Québec Yann Gobeil-Nadon 3,019 10.24 -5.67
Québec solidaire Gérald Tremblay 1,511 5.13 0.00
Option nationale Joëlle Vadeboncoeur Harrison 207 0.70 -0.61
Total valid votes 29,474 98.49
Total rejected ballots 453 1.51
Turnout 29,927 63.00
Electors on the lists 47,356
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Pascal Bérubé 19,768 58.99
Liberal Jean-Clément Ouellet 6,263 18.69
Coalition Avenir Québec Pierre D'Amours 5,332 15.91
Québec solidaire Diane Bélanger 1,230 3.67
Option nationale Geneviève Allard 440 1.31
Green Lise Deschênes 348 1.04
Équipe Autonomiste Pascal Gauthier 127 0.38
Total valid votes 33,508 99.17
Total rejected ballots 280 0.83
Turnout 33,788 70.96
Electors on the lists 47,613

References edit

  1. ^ "General information on the provincial electoral divisions". Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. ^ "General information on the provincial electoral divisions". Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ^ Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  4. ^ "Résultats des élections générales du 3 octobre 2022". Élections Québec. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

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