Pontiac (provincial electoral district)
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Pontiac is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec.
The provincial electoral district existed over two distinct periods The first period began with its creation in 1854 and ended in 1973, when Pontiac was merged with Témiscamingue to form Pontiac—Témiscamingue. In 1981, it was created again when the electoral district of Pontiac—Témiscamingue was split.
[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly/National Assembly
This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada (1857-1866), Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1867-1966) and the National Assembly of Quebec (1966-present):
- John Egan, (1854-1857)
- George Bryson, Conservative (1857-1858) by-election
- Edmund Heath, Conservative (1858-1861)
- John Poupore, Conservative (1861-1874)
- Levi Ruggles Church, Conservative (1874-1881)
- Thomas Bryson, Conservative (1881-1883)
- William Joseph Poupore, Conservative (1883-1892)
- David Gillies, Liberal {1892-1908)
- Tancrède-Charles Gaboury, Liberal 1908-1912
- George Benjamin Campbell, Conservative (1912-1916)
- William Hodgins, Liberal (1916-1919)
- Wallace Reginald McDonald, Liberal (1919-1935)
- Edward Charles Lawn, Liberal (1935-1948)
- Raymond Thomas Johnson, Union Nationale (1948-1970)
- Jean-Guy Larivière, Liberal (1970-1981)
- Robert Middlemiss, Liberal (1981-2003)
- Charlotte L'Écuyer, Liberal (2003-present)
[edit] Election results
| Quebec general election, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Charlotte L'Écuyer | 14817 | 58.54 | -17.98 | |
| Action démocratique | Victor Bilodeau | 3943 | 15.58 | +7.75 | |
| Parti Québécois | Patrick Robert-Meunier | 3257 | 12.87 | -0.53 | |
| Green | Brian Gibb | 2498 | 9.87 | ||
| Québec solidaire | Jessica Squires | 729 | 2.88 | ||
| Marxist-Leninist | David Ethier-April | 66 | 0.26 | -0.30 | |
| Quebec general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Charlotte L'Écuyer | 17885 | 76.52 | +1.25 | |
| Parti Québécois | Luc Côté | 3133 | 13.40 | -0.73 | |
| Action démocratique | Victor Bilodeau | 1830 | 7.83 | +4.55 | |
| Union des forces progressistes | Serge Tanguay | 392 | 1.68 | ||
| Marxist-Leninist | Louis Lang | 132 | 0.56 | +0.32 | |
| Quebec general election, 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Robert Middlemiss | 22076 | 75.27 | -4.91 | |
| Parti Québécois | L.-Hubert Leduc | 4143 | 14.13 | -0.41 | |
| Equality | Denzil Spence | 1757 | 5.99 | +2.55 | |
| Action démocratique | Christian Bilodeau | 963 | 3.28 | ||
| Independent | Maxime Gauld | 112 | 0.38 | ||
| Democratic Socialist | 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 | 30632 | 87.23 | |
| Oui | 4485 | 12.77 | |
| Quebec general election, 1994 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Robert Middlemiss | 23066 | 80.18 | +33.64 | |
| Parti Québécois | Françoise Trudeau-Reeves | 4183 | 14.54 | -3.2 | |
| Equality | Robert D. Matheson | 990 | 3.44 | ||
| Lemon | Diane Labrie | 342 | 1.19 | ||
| Natural Law | Micheal E. Wilson | 131 | 0.46 | ||
| Marxist-Leninist | Louis Lang | 55 | 0.19 | -0.21 | |
| Quebec general election, 1989 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Robert Middlemiss | 9514 | 46.54 | -25.54 | |
| Unity | Mark Alexander | 6259 | 30.63 | ||
| Parti Québécois | Jules Fournier | 3624 | 17.74 | -1.07 | |
| New Democratic | Micheal Coghlan | 956 | 4.68 | +0.03 | |
| Marxist-Leninist | Louis Lang | 81 | 0.40 | ||
| Quebec general election, 1985 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Robert Middlemiss | 13888 | 72.08 | +4.25 | |
| Parti Québécois | Normand Auclair | 3623 | 18.81 | -2.19 | |
| New Democratic | Michel Martin | 896 | 4.65 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Anne Lupien | 783 | 4.06 | ||
| Christian Socialism | Anne Charron | 77 | 0.40 | ||
| Quebec general election, 1981 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Robert Middlemiss | 15157 | 67.83 | ||
| Parti Québécois | William Bedwell | 4691 | 21.00 | ||
| Freedom of Choice | Stephen Hodgins | 1793 | 8.02 | ||
| Union Nationale | Lucille Hodgins | 704 | 3.15 | ||
