Pontiac (electoral district)

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Pontiac

Quebec electoral district
Pontiac in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Lawrence Cannon Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	99,589
Electors (2006)	77,772
Area (km²)	30,959
Pop. density (per km²)	3.2
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

For the provincial ridings see Pontiac (provincial electoral district)

Pontiac (formerly known as Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle) is a federal electoral district in south-western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968, and a provincial electoral district that has been represented in the National Assembly of Quebec since 1867.

Since 1980, Pontiac has been a bellwether electoral district whose electoral winner also was a member of the winning party.

Contents 1 Federal electoral district 1.1 Geography 1.2 Members of Parliament 2 Federal election results 2.1 Pontiac, 2004-Present 2.2 Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, 1979-2004 2.3 Pontiac, 1968-1979 2.4 Pontiac, 1867-1948 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Federal electoral district

The federal electoral district existed over three distinct periods:

• It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada. It was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve in 1947.
• In 1966, an electoral district of Pontiac was created from Pontiac—Témiscamingue and parts of Gatineau and Labelle. Then, in 1978, it was renamed "Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle".
• In 2003, the electoral district of Pontiac was created again during a redistribution of the ridings in western Quebec.

[edit] Geography

The federal electoral district includes:

• the regional county municipalities of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais and Pontiac
• the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, including Rapid Lake and Kitigan Zibi indian reserves
• that part of the City of Gatineau comprised of the former cities of Buckingham and Masson-Angers.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Témiscamingue, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Laurentides—Labelle, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Hull—Aylmer, Gatineau, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Ottawa—Orléans, Ottawa West—Nepean, Carleton—Mississippi Mills, and Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• Edmund Heath, Conservative (1867-1872)
• William McKay Wright, Liberal-Conservative (1872-1878)
• John Poupore, Conservative (1878-1882)
• John Bryson, Conservative (1882-1891)
• Thomas Murray, Liberal (1891-1892)
• John Bryson, Conservative (1892-1896) (Won in By-Election)
• William Joseph Poupore, Conservative (1896-1900)
• Thomas Murray, Liberal (1900-1904)
• Gerald Hugh Brabazon, Conservative (1904-1908)
• George Fred Hodgins, Liberal (1908-1911)
• Gerald Hugh Brabazon, Conservative (1911-1917)
• Frank S. Cahill, Liberal (1917-1930)
• Charles Bélec, Conservative (1930-1935)
• Wallace Reginald McDonald, Liberal (1935-1946)
• Réal Caouette, Social Credit (1946-1949) (Won in By-Election)
• For elected members between this period, please see Pontiac—Témiscamingue.
• Thomas Lefebvre, Liberal (1965-1984)
• Barry Moore, Progressive Conservative (1984-1993)
• Robert Bertrand, Liberal (1993-2004)
• David Smith, Liberal (2004-2006)
• Lawrence Cannon, Conservative (2006-)

[edit] Federal election results

[edit] Pontiac, 2004-Present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Cannon	16,067	33.63%	11.48%
	Bloc Québécois	Christine Emond Lapointe	13,790	28.87%	-0.32%
	Liberal	David Smith	11,539	24.15%	-14.21%
	New Democrat	Celine Brault	4,759	9.96%	4.17%
	Green	Moe Garahan	1,512	3.16%	2.84%
	Marxist-Leninist	Benoit Legros	107	0.22%	-0.11%
Total			47,774	100.00%

[edit] Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, 1979-2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Smith	15,358
	Bloc Québécois	L. Hubert Leduc	11,685
	Conservative	Judith Grant	8,869
	New Democrat	Gretchen Schwarz	2,317
	Green	Thierry Vicente	1,673
	Marxist-Leninist	Benoit Legros	132

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Bertrand	20,590
	Bloc Québécois	Johanne Deschamps	14,552
	Canadian Alliance	Judith Grant	6,587
	Progressive Conservative	Benoit Larocque	1,784
	New Democrat	Melissa Hunter	836
	Green	Gretchen Schwarz	645
	Natural Law	Eleanor Hyodo	184
	Marxist-Leninist	Christian Legeais	92
	Not affiliated	Thomas J. Sabourin	90

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Bertrand	22,736
	Bloc Québécois	Robert Coulombe	15,897
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Miller	9,187
	New Democrat	Brenda Lee	1,097
	Natural Law	Marc Lacroix	479
	Christian Heritage	Thomas Sabourin	269

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Bertrand	17,377
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Radermaker	14,554
	Progressive Conservative	Barry Moore	9,593
	National	Brian Corriveau	755
	New Democrat	Nicole Des Roches	682
	Independent	Glen Emmett Patrick Kealey	402

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Barry Moore	20,522
	Liberal	Brian Murphy	11,589
	New Democrat	John Trent	6,207

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Barry Moore	21,754
	Liberal	Elizabeth Dickson	10,025
	New Democrat	Paul Rowland	2,667
	Nationaliste	Dominique Dealbuquerque	524
	Commonwealth	Donna Craig-Méthot	141

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Lefebvre	21,605
	Progressive Conservative	André Benoit	5,151
	New Democrat	Jean-Pierre Paillet	2,813
	Rhino	Gaston Lagaffe Beauregard	643
	Union Populaire	Vianney Lehouiller	306
	Marxist-Leninist	Alain Charette	176

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Lefebvre	20,253
	Progressive Conservative	Sant Singh	5,851
	Social Credit	Rita Jones	3,084
	New Democrat	Ida Brown	1,682
	Rhino	Gaston Beauregard	597
	Union Populaire	Vianney Lehouiller	295

[edit] Pontiac, 1968-1979

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Lefebvre	12,642
	Progressive Conservative	Sant Singh	5,277
	Social Credit	Emmanuel Pétrin	3,394
	New Democrat	Raymond Carrier	1,394

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Lefebvre	11,780
	Social Credit	L.-P. Larocque	6,519
	Progressive Conservative	Octave Vallée	3,993
	New Democrat	André Synnott	913

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Lefebvre	10,250
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Martineau	7,392
	Ralliement créditiste	Louis-P. Larocque	2,420
	New Democrat	James A. wood Shannon	827

[edit] Pontiac, 1867-1948

By-election on 16 September 1946 On Mr. McDonald's death, 2 May 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Réal Caouette	11,412
	Liberal	Lucien Labelle	10,379
	Progressive Conservative	Hector-Émile Bélec	7,487
	Unknown	Bernard Molloy	1,975
	Unknown	Oscar Roy	572

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Wallace Reginald McDonald	13,325
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Edward McCool	6,136
	Social Credit	Réal Caouette	5,852
	Bloc populaire canadien	Georges-Antoine Rioux	4,433
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Antoine E. Titley	2,453

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Wallace Reginald McDonald	13,206
	Independent Liberal	Joseph-Édouard Piché	11,941
	Unknown	Ernest Carrier	5,128

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Wallace Reginald McDonald	5,708
	Liberal	Joseph-Édouard Piché	5,626
	Conservative	Joseph-Aurèle Raymond	4,409
	Reconstruction	Dieudonné Lapointe	2,519

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Bélec	8,884
	Independent Liberal	J.-Philippe Coté	6,988
	Liberal	Frank S. Cahill	5,891

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frank S. Cahill	11,166
	Conservative	Lucien-Alfred Ladouceur	6,121

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frank S. Cahill	7,562
	Conservative	Lucien Alfred Ladouceur	4,663
	Independent Liberal	Arthur Lepage	3,136

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frank S. Cahill	11,077
	Conservative	George Benjamin Campbell	3,800
	Progressive	George A. Landon	1,760

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	Frank S. Cahill	5,548
	Government	Joseph David Bastien	1,611

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gerald Hugh Brabazon	2,059
	Liberal	Frank "S." Cahill	1,393
	Liberal	George Frederick Hodgins	1,166

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Frederick Hodgins	2,543
	Conservative	Gerald H. Brabazon	1,799

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gerald H. Brabazon	2,001
	Liberal	George Frederick Hodgins	1,906

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Murray	1,798
	Conservative	Gerald Hugh Brabazon	1,617

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	W.J. Poupore	1,980
	Liberal	T.C. Gaboury	1,341

By-election on 26 June 1892 On election being declared void, 9 May 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Bryson	??
	Liberal	Thomas Murray	??

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Murray	1,100
	Unknown	H.M. McLean	795
	Conservative	John Bryson	787

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Bryson	1,681
	Liberal	Thomas Craig	966

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Bryson	1,047
	Unknown	N. McCuaig	931
	Unknown	W. Somerville	293

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Poupore	1,381
	Unknown	Thomas Murray	1,174

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	William McKay Wright	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	William McKay Wright	1,604
	Unknown	Thomas Murray	1,323

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edmund Heath	acclaimed

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Pontiac 1867-1947
• Pontiac 1966-1978
• Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle 1978-2003
• Pontiac 2003-present

National Assembly of Quebec:

• National Assembly of Quebec

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