Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

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Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Quebec electoral district
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Raynald Blais BQ
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	82,007
Electors (2006)	68,494
Area (km²)	16,637
Pop. density (per km²)	4.9
Census divisions	Avignon RCM, Bonaventure RCM, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Rocher-Percé RCM
Census subdivisions	Bonaventure, Carleton-sur-Mer, Chandler, Gaspé, Grande-Rivière, Maria, New Richmond, Nouvelle, Paspébiac, Percé

Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

It was created by the Representation Order of 2003 from parts of Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok and Matapédia—Matane ridings.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The riding occupies the south and east parts of the Gaspé Peninsula, as well as the Magdalen Islands.

It consists of: (a) the regional county municipalities of Bonaventure, La Côte-de-Gaspé and Le Rocher-Percé; (b) the Regional County Municipality of Avignon, including Gesgapegiag and Listuguj Indian reserves; and (c) the Municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

The neighbouring ridings are Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, Madawaska—Restigouche, Miramichi, and Acadie—Bathurst.

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok and Matapédia—Matane prior to 2003
38th	2004-2006		Raynald Blais	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Raynald Blais	17,678
	Conservative	Gaston Langlais	13,347
	Liberal	Mario Levesque	7,977
	New Democratic Party	Sophie Dauphinais	1,225
	Green	Bob Eichenberger	1,183

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Raynald Blais	21,446
	Liberal	Georges Farrah	12,579
	Conservative	Guy De Coste	2,636
	Green	Bob Eichenberger	1,060
	New Democratic Party	Philip Toone	805

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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