Ungava (electoral district)

Ungava
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Luc Ferland
PQ
District created 1980
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007) 23,944 [1]
Area (km²)
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Ungava is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1980 from Abitibi-Est and Abitibi-Ouest. It covers the Ungava Peninsula of northern Quebec and includes the municipalities of Matagami, Chibougamau and Chapais as well as the hydroelectric dams near James Bay, numerous First Nations reserves, and the Inuit communities of Nunavik.

Contents

Members of the National Assembly

  1. Marcel Lafrenière, Parti Québécois (1981–1985)
  2. Christian Claveau, Parti Québécois (1985–1994)
  3. Michel Létourneau, Parti Québécois (1994–2007)
  4. Luc Ferland, Parti Québécois (2007–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Luc Ferland 4118 47.30 +5.89
     Liberal Pierre Gaudreault 3015 34.63 +2.11
     Action démocratique Pascal Dion 917 10.53 -10.95
     Québec solidaire Mélanie Dufour 439 5.04 +0.44
     Independent Gilbert Hamel 218 2.50
Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Luc Ferland 4555 41.41 -8.70
     Liberal Aline Sauvageau 3577 32.52 -4.63
     Action démocratique Jacques L. Cadieux 2363 21.48 +8.74
     Québec solidaire Gilbert Hamel 506 4.60
Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Michel Létourneau 5744 50.11 +1.89
     Liberal Donald Don Bubar 4258 37.15 -3.89
     Action démocratique Gloria Trudeau 1460 12.74 +2.00
Quebec general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Michel Létourneau 6482 48.22 -5.97
     Liberal Claude Éric Gagné 5517 41.04 +1.04
     Action démocratique Steve Paquette 1443 10.74
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 10396 53.09
Oui 9187 46.91
Quebec general election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Michel Létourneau 7276 54.19 +3.23
     Liberal Victo Murray 5371 40.00 -9.04
     Green Thomas DeMarco 407 3.03
     Natural Law Steve Paquette 372 2.77
Quebec general election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Christian Claveau 6442 50.96 -0.88
     Liberal Jacques Bérubé 6199 49.04 +4.62
Quebec general election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Christian Claveau 6414 51.84 -9.69
     Liberal Jacques Bérubé 5497 44.42 +5.95
     Christian Socialist Denis Turgeon 463 3.74
Quebec general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Marcel Lafrenière 9679 61.53
     Liberal Laurent Levasseur 6052 38.47

References

Neighbouring electoral districts