Bonaventure (provincial electoral district)

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Bonaventure
National Assembly Member Nathalie Normandeau
Liberal
Electors, 2007 28,853 [1]
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 Legislative Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
1st 1867-1871     Clarence Hamilton Liberal
2nd 1871-1874     Théodore Robitaille Conservative
1874 By-Election 1874-1875     Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne Conservative
3rd 1875-1876
1877 By-Election 1877-1878     Joseph-Israël Tarte Conservative
4th 1878-1881
5th 1881-1882     Louis-Joseph Riopel Conservative
1882 By-Election 1882-1886     Henri-Josué Martin Conservative
6th 1886-1890
7th 1890-1892     Honoré Mercier Liberal
8th 1892-1894
1894 By-Election 1894-1897     François-Xavier Lemieux Liberal
9th 1897
1897 By-Election 1897-1900     William Henry Clapperton Liberal
10th 1900-1904
11th 1904-1908     John Hall Kelly Liberal
12th 1908-1912
13th 1912-1914
1914 By-Election 1914-1916     Joseph-Fabien Bugeaud Liberal
14th 1916-1919
15th 1919-1923
16th 1923-1924
1924 By-Election 1924-1927     Pierre-Émile Côté Liberal
17th 1927-1931
18th 1931-1935
19th 1935-1936
20th 1936-1939     Henri Jolicoeur Union nationale
21st 1939-1944     Pierre-Émile Côté Liberal
22nd 1944-1948     Henri Jolicoeur Union nationale
23rd 1948-1952
24th 1952-1956
25th 1956-1960     Gérard D. Lévesque Liberal
26th 1960-1962
27th 1962-1966

[edit] Members of the National Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
28th 1966-1970     Gérard D. Lévesque Liberal
29th 1970-1973
30th 1973-1976
31st 1976-1981
32nd 1981-1985
33rd 1985-1989
34th 1989-1994
1994 By-Election 1994     Marcel Landry Parti québécois
35th 1994-1998
36th 1998-2003     Nathalie Normandeau Liberal
37th 2003-2007
38th 2007-

[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
1980 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 14,715 66.82
Oui 7,308 33.18

[edit] References

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts

Matane
v • d • e
 
Matapédia North Gaspé
West   Bonaventure    East
South
v • d • e
Quebec provincial electoral districts
Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
and Côte-Nord
Capitale-Nationale
Mauricie
Chaudière-Appalaches
and Centre-du-Québec
Estrie (Eastern Townships)
Eastern Montérégie
South Shore
East Montreal
                          Central Montreal
West Montreal
North Montreal
Laval
Lanaudière
Laurentians
Outaouais
Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec
See also: 2007 election • List of elections • Politics of Quebec