Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

This article is about the electoral district. For the region, see Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

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

Philip Toone
New Democratic

District created

2003

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

81,991

Electors (2011)

68,270

Area (km²)^[2]

15,242.65

Pop. density (per km²)

5.4

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 House of Commons of Canada 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.

As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be dissolved, largely being replaced by Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and the rest going to Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, while gaining territory from Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.

Geography

The riding occupies the south and east parts of the Gaspé Peninsula, as well as the Magdalen Islands. The Magdalen Islands, being in the Atlantic time zone, report election results one hour earlier than the rest of the riding, which in the Eastern Time Zone with the rest of Quebec.

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.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Riding created from Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok and Matapédia—Matane
38th	2004 − 2006		Raynald Blais	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006 − 2008
40th	2008 − 2011
41st	2011 − Present		Philip Toone	New Democratic

Election results

Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, 2013 Representation Order

This riding will lose territory to Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, but gain territory from Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	11,684	33.07
	New Democratic	10,186	28.83
	Conservative	6,739	19.07
	Liberal	6,020	17.04
	Green	702	1.99

Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Philip Toone	12,427	33.76	+26.78	none listed
	Bloc Québécois	Daniel Côté	11,650	31.64	-8.46	$39,768.78
	Conservative	Régent Bastien	6,292	17.09	-5.75	$48,704.71
	Liberal	Jules Duguay	5,533	15.03	-11.93	none listed
	Green	Julien Leblanc	913	2.48	-0.63	$328.10
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,815	100.0		$90,208.08
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			571	1.53	+0.33
Turnout			37,386	53.85	-0.26
Eligible voters			69,429
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+17.62
Sources:^[3]^[4]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Raynald Blais	14,636	40.10	-2.59	$35,057.79
	Liberal	Denis Gauvreau	9,840	26.96	+7.70	$75,736.95
	Conservative	Darryl Gray	8,334	22.84	-9.39	$61,592.38
	New Democratic	Gaston Langlais	2,549	6.98	+4.02	$1,775.37
	Green	Julien Leblanc	1,136	3.11	+0.25	$157.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,495	100.0		$86,955
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			445	1.20	+0.07
Turnout			36,940	54.11	-7.04
Eligible voters			68,270
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-5.14

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Raynald Blais	17,678	42.69	-12.98	$39,804.88
	Conservative	Gaston Langlais	13,347	32.23	+25.39	$16,170.29
	Liberal	Mario Levesque	7,977	19.26	-13.39	$27,785.44
	New Democratic	Sophie Dauphinais	1,225	2.96	+0.87	$1,237.16
	Green	Bob Eichenberger	1,183	2.86	+0.11	$325.71
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,410	100.0		$80,993
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			474	1.13	-0.30
Turnout			41,884	61.15	+4.58
Eligible voters			68,494
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-19.18

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Raynald Blais	21,446	55.67	+13.10	$44,886.71
	Liberal	Georges Farrah	12,579	32.65	-20.15	$44,503.86
	Conservative	Guy De Coste	2,636	6.84	+4.17	$12,110.72
	Green	Bob Eichenberger	1,060	2.75	–	none listed
	New Democratic	Philip Toone	805	2.09	+0.13	$1,695.37
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,526	100.0		$79,194
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			559	1.43
Turnout			39,085	56.57	-5.93
Eligible voters			69,089
	Bloc Québécois notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.62

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	22,302	52.80
	Bloc Québécois	17,981	42.57
	New Democratic	827	1.96
	Alliance	741	1.75
	Progressive Conservative	388	0.92

See also

List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Past Canadian electoral districts

References

"(Code 24019) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

Federal ridings in Eastern Quebec

New Democratic	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

Conservative	Lévis—Bellechasse

Forces et Démocratie	Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Berthier—Maskinongé Joliette Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Montcalm Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier Repentigny Saint-Maurice—Champlain Trois-Rivières

Côte-Nord and Saguenay	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord Jonquière—Alma Manicouagan Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Eastern Quebec	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Lévis—Bellechasse Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

The Eastern Townships	Beauce Brome—Missisquoi Compton—Stanstead Drummond Mégantic—L'Érable Richmond—Arthabaska Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Shefford Sherbrooke

The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Abitibi—Témiscamingue Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Gatineau Hull—Aylmer Laurentides—Labelle Pontiac Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Rivière-du-Nord Terrebonne—Blainville

Montreal (East, West, North & Laval)	Ahuntsic Alfred-Pellan Bourassa Hochelaga Honoré-Mercier Jeanne-Le Ber Lac-Saint-Louis La Pointe-de-l'Île LaSalle—Émard Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Outremont Papineau Pierrefonds—Dollard Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Westmount—Ville-Marie

Montérégie	Beauharnois—Salaberry Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Jean Saint-Lambert Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes

Quebec City	Beauport—Limoilou Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles Louis-Hébert Louis-Saint-Laurent Québec

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts