Bonaventure (provincial electoral district)

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Bonaventure
National Assembly Member Nathalie Normandeau
Liberal
Electors, 2003 28,612
Electoral district created 1829
Region Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Bonaventure is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was originally created in 1829.

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[edit] Geography

The riding is located on the southern shore of the Gaspé Peninsula and encompasses several towns along the Baie-des-Chaleurs and the New Brunswick border.

It consists of the municipalities of:

  • Bonaventure
  • Caplan
  • Carleton Saint-Omer
  • Cascapédia Saint-Jules
  • Escuminac
  • Hope
  • Hope Town
  • L'Ascension-de-Patapédia
  • Maria
  • Matapédia
  • New Carlisle
  • New Richmond
  • Nouvelle
  • Paspébiac
  • Pointe-à-la-Croix
  • Port-Daniel Gascons
  • Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est
  • Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia
  • Saint-Alphonse
  • Saint-André-de-Restigouche
  • Saint-Elzéar
  • Saint-François-d'Assise
  • Saint-Godefroi
  • Saint-Siméon
  • Shigawake

In addition, it also consists of the First Nation reserves of:

  • Gesgapegiag
  • Listuguj

[edit] Linguistic demographics

[edit] Members of the National Assembly

  1. Clarence Hamilton, Liberal (1867-1871)
  2. Théodore Robitaille, Conservative (1871-1874)
  3. Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne, Conservative (1874-1876)
  4. Joseph-Israël Tarte, Conservative (1877-1881)
  5. Louis-Joseph Riopel, Conservative (1881-1882)
  6. Henri-Josué Martin, Conservative (1882-1890)
  7. Honoré Mercier, Liberal (1890-1894)
  8. François-Xavier Lemieux, Liberal (1894-1897)
  9. William Henry Clapperton, Liberal (1897-1904)
  10. John Hall Kelly, Liberal (1904-1914)
  11. Joseph-Fabien Bugeaud, Liberal (1914-1924)
  12. Pierre-Émile Côté, Liberal (1924-1936)
  13. Henri Jolicoeur, Union nationale (1936-1939)
  14. Pierre-Émile Côté, Liberal (1939-1942)
  15. Henri Jolicoeur, Union nationale (1944-1956)
  16. Gérard D. Lévesque, Liberal (1956-1993)
  17. Marcel Landry, Parti Québécois (1994-1998)
  18. Nathalie Normandeau, Liberal (1998-present)

[edit] Electoral results

Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Nathalie Normandeau 10,221 52.88
     Parti Québécois Doris Chapados 5,711 29.55
     Action démocratique Karine Delarosbil 2,357 12.19
     Québec solidaire Hélène Morin 1,039 5.38
Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Nathalie Normandeau 11,975 60.08
     Parti Québécois Marc Tétreault 6,313 31.67
     Action démocratique Maurice Anglehart 1,101 5.52
     Green Michel Goudreau 542 2.72
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 13,759 51.58
Oui 12,914 48.42

[edit] References

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