Gaspé (provincial electoral district)
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| Gaspé | |
|---|---|
| National Assembly Member | Guy Lelièvre Parti Québécois |
| Electors, 2003 | 27,971 |
| Electoral district created | 1972 |
| Region | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Gaspé is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1972 from a merger of a portion the electoral district of Gaspé-Nord and the electoral division of Gaspé-Sud.
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[edit] Geography
The riding is located on the eastern edge of the Gaspé Peninsula.
It consists of the municipalities of:
- Cloridorme
- Gaspé
- Grande-Rivière
- Grande-Vallée
- Murdochville
- Pabos
- Percé
- Petite-Vallée
- Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé.
[edit] Linguistic demographics
- Francophone: 91.3%
- Anglophone: 8.4%
- Allophone: 0.2%
[edit] Members of the National Assembly
[edit] Electoral results
| Quebec general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti Québécois | Guy Lelièvre | 9,033 | 47.40 | ||
| Liberal | Johnny Gérard | 8,052 | 42.26 | ||
| Action démocratique | Denis Paradis | 1,743 | 9.15 | ||
| Green | Luc-Reno Fournier | 227 | 1.19 | ||
| 1995 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Oui | 15,186 | 58.50 | |
| Non | 10,771 | 41.50 | |
[edit] References
- Quebec Votes 2007, Riding Profiles Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 25 February 2007
- Information on the Electoral Divisions Holding Elections Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retreived 25 February 2007
- Référendum du 30 octobre 1995 Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retreived 25 February 2007
