Matane (provincial electoral district)
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| Matane | |
|---|---|
| National Assembly Member | Pascal Bérubé Parti Québécois |
| Electors, 2003 | 27,781 |
| Electoral district created | 1972 |
| Region | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Matane is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1972 from a merger of portions of the electoral districts of Gaspé-Nord, Matane, and Matapédia.
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[edit] Geography
The riding is located on Gaspé Peninsula, along the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
It consists of the municipalities of:
- Baie-des-Sables
- Cap-Chat
- Grosses-Roches
- La Martre
- Les Méchins
- Marsoui
- Matane
- Mont-Saint-Pierre
- Rivière-à-Claude
- Saint-Adelme
- Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
- Sainte-Félicité
- Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg
- Saint-Léandre
- Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine
- Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis
- Sainte-Paule
- Saint-René-de-Matane
- Saint-Ulric
It also consists of the unorganized territories of:
- Coulée-des-Adolphe
- Mont-Albert
- Rivière-Bonjour
[edit] Linguistic demographics
- Francophone: 99.5%
- Anglophone: 0.3%
- Allophone: 0.1%
[edit] Members of the National Assembly
[edit] Electoral results
| Quebec general election, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Parti Québécois | Pascal Bérubé | 7,830 | 39.10 | ||
| Liberal | Nancy Charest | 7,617 | 38.04 | ||
| Action démocratique | Donald Grenier | 3,980 | 19.88 | ||
| Québec solidaire | Brigitte Michaud | 358 | 1.79 | ||
| Green | François Vincent | 240 | 1.20 | ||
| Quebec general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Nancy Charest | 7,602 | 40.84 | ||
| Parti Québécois | Pascal Bérubé | 7,569 | 40.67 | ||
| Action démocratique | Raynald Bernier | 3,005 | 16.14 | ||
| Independent | Nelson Gauthier | 178 | 0.96 | ||
| Independent | Nestor Turcotte | 135 | 0.73 | ||
| Green | David Lejeune | 124 | 0.67 | ||
| 1995 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Oui | 15,611 | 62.46 | |
| Non | 9,381 | 37.54 | |
[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
