Matane (provincial electoral district)
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| Matane | |
|---|---|
| National Assembly Member | Pascal Bérubé Parti Québécois |
| Electors, 2007 | 27,919 [1] |
| Electoral district created | 1890 |
| 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 1890 from parts of Rimouski. [2]
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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 Legislative Assembly
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | 1890-1892 | Louis-Félix Pinault | Liberal | |
| 8th | 1892 | Edmund James Flynn | Conservative | |
| 1892 By-Election | 1892-1897 | Louis-Félix Pinault | Liberal | |
| 9th | 1897-1898 | |||
| 1899 By-Election | 1899-1900 | Donat Caron | Liberal | |
| 10th | 1900-1904 | |||
| 11th | 1904-1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908-1912 | |||
| 13th | 1912-1916 | |||
| 14th | 1916-1918 | |||
| 1918 By-Election | 1918-1919 | Octave Fortin | Liberal | |
| 15th | 1919-1923 | Joseph Dufour | Liberal | |
| 16th | 1923-1927 | Joseph-Arthur Bergeron | Liberal | |
| 17th | 1927-1931 | |||
| 18th | 1931-1935 | |||
| 19th | 1935-1936 | |||
| 20th | 1936-1939 | Onésime Gagnon | Union nationale | |
| 21st | 1936-1939 | |||
| 22nd | 1944-1948 | |||
| 23rd | 1948-1952 | |||
| 24th | 1952-1956 | |||
| 25th | 1956-1958 | |||
| 1958 By-Election | 1958-1960 | Benoît Gaboury | Union nationale | |
| 26th | 1960-1962 | Philippe Castonguay | Liberal | |
| 27th | 1962-1963 | |||
| 1964 By-Election | 1964-1966 | Jacques Bernier | Liberal | |
[edit] Members of the National Assembly
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28th | 1966-1970 | Jean Bienvenue | Liberal | |
| 29th | 1970-1973 | |||
| 30th | 1973-1976 | Marc-Yvan Côté | Liberal | |
| 31st | 1976-1981 | Yves Bérubé | Parti québécois | |
| 32nd | 1981-1985 | |||
| 33rd | 1985-1989 | Claire-Hélène Hovington | Liberal | |
| 34th | 1989-1994 | |||
| 35th | 1994-1998 | Matthias Rioux | Parti québécois | |
| 36th | 1998-2003 | |||
| 37th | 2003-2007 | Nancy Charest | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2007- | Pascal Bérubé | Parti québécois | |
[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 | |
| 1980 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Non | 12,285 | 52,41 | |
| Oui | 11,154 | 47,59 | |
[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, retrieved 25 February 2007
- Référendum du 30 octobre 1995 Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retrieved 25 February 2007
- Matane election results, Quebec Politique
- Map of Matane
- Quebec electoral map
[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts
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René-Lévesque, Duplessis |
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Gaspé | |||||
 Matane  |
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