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DeutschDeschênes District
| District 3 - Deschênes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency for the Gatineau City Council | |||
.png) Location of Deschênes District in Gatineau | |||
| City | Gatineau | ||
| Population | 10,002 (2019)[1] | ||
| Area | 29.79 km² | ||
| Current constituency | |||
| Created | 2000 | ||
| Councillor | AG | ||
| Sector(s) | Aylmer | ||
| First contested | 2001 election | ||
| Last contested | 2021 election | ||
Deschênes District (District 3) is a municipal electoral division in the city of Gatineau, Quebec. It is represented on Gatineau City Council by Caroline Murray of Action Gatineau.
The district is located in the Aylmer sector of the city. It is one of five districts in the sector.
When the district was created, it included the neighbourhoods of Deschênes, Parc-Champlain, Lakeview-Terrasse, Mountain View, Kilroy Crescent part of Parc-Connaught and a number of new subdivisions in the north and east part of the former city of Aylmer.
In 2013, the District lost some territory to the new Plateau District.[2]
In 2021, the District lost the eastern half of Lakeview-Terrasse, Kilroy Crescent, Mountainview as well as Parc-Champlain to the new Mitigomijokan District.
Councillors
[edit]| Council term | Party | Member | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2005 | Independent | André Touchet[a] | |
| Independent | Richard Jennings | ||
| 2005–2009 | Independent | Alain Riel | |
| 2009–2013 | |||
| 2013–2017 | Action Gatineau | Richard M. Bégin | |
| 2017–2021 | Independent | Mike Duggan | |
| 2021–2025 | Action Gatineau | Caroline Murray | |
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action Gatineau | Caroline Murray | 1,808 | 54.92 | |
| Independent | Michel Raymond | 1,239 | 37.64 | |
| Independent | Kevin Shannon | 245 | 7.44 | |
2017
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mike Duggan | 2,282 | 53.14 | |
| Action Gatineau | Richard M. Bégin | 2,012 | 46.86 | |
2013
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action Gatineau | Richard M. Bégin | 2,399 | 54.23 | |
| Independent | Alain Riel | 2,023 | 45.73 | |
2009
[edit]| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Alain Riel | 3,274 | 81.6 |
| Peter L. Desprès | 588 | 18.4 |
2005
[edit]| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Alain Riel | 1,611 | 33.6 |
| Alain Roy | 1,320 | 27.5 |
| Jerry Alary | 1,062 | 22.1 |
| Michelyn Bélair | 805 | 16.8 |
2002 by-election
[edit]A by-election was held on November 24, 2002, after incumbent city councillor André Touchet died on September 11.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Popular vote | Expenditures | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Independent | Richard Jennings | 1,212 | 52.11 | +15.10 | none listed | |||||||
| Independent | Jerry Alary | 457 | 19.65 | – | none listed | |||||||
| Independent | Robert Gingras | 345 | 14.83 | – | none listed | |||||||
| Independent | Alain Riel | 312 | 13.41 | – | none listed | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 2,326 | 100.00 | ||||||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes | 0 | 0.00 | -1.07 | |||||||||
| Turnout | 2,326 | 26.37 | -22.17 | |||||||||
| Eligible voters | 8,820 | |||||||||||
| Note: Candidate campaign colours, unless a member of a party, may be based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
| Sources: Office of the City Clerk of Gatineau[4] | ||||||||||||
2001
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Popular vote | Expenditures | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Independent | André Touchet | 1,785 | 41.83 | – | none listed | |||||||
| Independent | Richard Jennings | 1,579 | 37.01 | – | none listed | |||||||
| Independent | Suzanne Lloyd | 903 | 21.16 | – | none listed | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 4,267 | 98.93 | ||||||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes | 46 | 1.07 | – | |||||||||
| Turnout | 4,313 | 48.54 | – | |||||||||
| Eligible voters | 8,885 | |||||||||||
| Note: Candidate campaign colours, unless a member of a party, may be based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
| Sources: Office of the City Clerk of Gatineau[5] | ||||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Died in office.
References
[edit]- ^ "Districts électoraux (7 novembre 2021)" (in Canadian French). Ville de Gatineau. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
- ^ "Les districts électoraux de Gatineau redécoupés". Le Droit (in French).
- ^ "Avis de décès de André Touchet" (in Canadian French). Gatineau, Quebec: MesAïeux. September 13, 2002. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ^ "Ville de Gatineau (2002- ) – Élection partielle du 24 novembre 2002" (PDF). City of Gatineau. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "Ville de Gatineau (2002- ) – Élection du 4 novembre 2001" (PDF) (in Canadian French). City of Gatineau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.