Gatineau (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Gatineau (provincial electoral district).

Gatineau
Quebec electoral district
Gatineau in relation to districts in the Gatineau/Hull region (2003 boundaries)
Coordinates:45°30′00″N 75°40′37″W / 45.500°N 75.677°W / 45.500; -75.677
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Steve MacKinnon
Liberal
District created1947
First contested1949
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]107,464
Electors (2019)84,463
Area (km²)[2]125
Pop. density (per km²)859.7
Census division(s)Gatineau
Census subdivision(s)Gatineau

Gatineau (French pronunciation: [ɡatino]) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from since 1949. Between 1987 and 1996, it was known as "Gatineau—La Lièvre".

It consists of part of the former city of Gatineau, Quebec as defined by its pre-2002 boundaries.

The adjacent ridings are Hull—Aylmer, Pontiac, Ottawa—Orléans, and Ottawa—Vanier.

Demographics

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According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 81.8% White, 6.8% Black, 4.4% Indigenous, 3.4% Arab, 1.6% Latin American

Languages: 80.1% French, 6.7% English, 2.5% Arabic, 1.6% Spanish

Religions: 67.6% Christian (55.6% Catholic, 12.0% Other), 3.3% Muslim, 28.3% None

Median income: $45,600 (2020)

Average income: $51,550 (2020)

History

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The district was created in 1947 from parts of Hull and Wright ridings. In 1987, it was renamed to Chapleau, and then to Gatineau—La Lièvre in 1988. It was renamed back to "Gatineau" in 1996.

Gatineau lost territory to Pontiac during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Gatineau
Riding created from Hull and Wright
20th  1945–1949     Léon Raymond Liberal
21st  1949–1953 Joseph-Célestin Nadon
22nd  1953–1957 Rodolphe Leduc
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968 Gaston Isabelle
28th  1968–1972 Gaston Clermont
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980 René Cousineau
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Claudy Mailly Progressive Conservative
Gatineau—La Lièvre
34th  1988–1993     Mark Assad Liberal
35th  1993–1997
Gatineau
36th  1997–2000     Mark Assad Liberal
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006 Françoise Boivin
39th  2006–2008     Richard Nadeau Bloc Québécois
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Françoise Boivin New Democratic
42nd  2015–2019     Steve MacKinnon Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Assad represented Gatineau—La Lièvre from 1988 to 1997 which was known as Chapleau from 1987 to 1988. This district had similar borders to Gatineau.

Politics

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Like most ridings in the Outaouais, Gatineau had long been safe for the Liberals, save for a lone Progressive Conservative victory in their 1984 nationwide landslide. Even as the rest of Quebec turned its back on the Liberals, a large number of civil servants who worked in Ottawa kept it in Liberal hands.

However, in the 2006 election the Bloc Québécois won the seat. The Bloc managed to hold the seat with just over 29% of the vote in 2008, by far the lowest percentage for a winning candidate nationwide, due to a near-three-way split between themselves, the New Democratic Party and the Liberals. The riding was swept up in the massive NDP wave that swept through the province in the 2011 election.

In the 2015 election, Liberal candidate Steve MacKinnon, running a second time, defeated NDP incumbent Françoise Boivin in an upset with an almost 40-point swing.

Election results

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1997–present

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Graph of election results in Gatineau (since 1997, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)


2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Steven MacKinnon 26,267 50.0 -2.1 $55,420.93
Bloc Québécois Geneviève Nadeau 12,278 23.4 +2.0 $13,121.18
Conservative Joel Bernard 5,752 11.0 +0.7 $3,144.49
New Democratic Fernanda Rengel 4,508 8.6 -2.4 $51.11
People's Mathieu Saint-Jean 2,264 4.3 +3.3 $4,401.73
Green Rachid Jemmah 783 1.5 -2.6 $0.00
Free Luc Lavoie 411 0.8 N/A $564.48
Rhinoceros Sébastien Grenier 178 0.3 N/A $0.00
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Soublière 56 0.1 ±0.0 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 52,497 98.5 – $113,382.26
Total rejected ballots 818 1.5
Turnout 53,315 63.8
Registered voters 83,618
Liberal hold Swing -2.0
Source: Elections Canada[4]
2021 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 27,380 50.05
  Bloc Québécois 12,810 23.42
  Conservative 6,076 11.11
  New Democratic 4,715 8.62
  People's 2,218 4.05
  Green 855 1.56
  Others 646 1.18
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Steven MacKinnon 29,084 52.1 -1.66 $67,009.65
Bloc Québécois Geneviève Nadeau 11,926 21.4 +11.96 none listed
New Democratic Eric Chaurette 6,128 11.0 -15.56 $24,553.38
Conservative Sylvie Goneau 5,745 10.3 +2.11 $16,427.02
Green Guy Dostaler 2,264 4.1 +2.47 $0.00
People's Mario-Roberto Lam 560 1.0 $1,439.79
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Soublière 76 0.1 -0.06 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,783 100.0
Total rejected ballots 787
Turnout 56,570 67.0
Eligible voters 84,463
Liberal hold Swing -6.81
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Steven MacKinnon 31,076 53.76 +39.96 $97,491.72
New Democratic Françoise Boivin 15,352 26.56 -35.57 $52,920.78
Bloc Québécois Philippe Boily 5,455 9.44 -5.49 $37,224.72
Conservative Luc Angers 4,733 8.19 +0.18 $15,531.17
Green Guy Dostaler 942 1.63 +0.49 $639.67
Independent Guy J. Bellavance 148 0.26 – $1,637.23
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Soublière 94 0.16 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,800 100.0   $221,893.30
Total rejected ballots 522 – –
Turnout 58,322 – –
Eligible voters 84,377
Source: Elections Canada[8][9][10]
2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 31,894 62.13
  Bloc Québécois 7,663 14.93
  Liberal 7,082 13.80
  Conservative 4,111 8.01
  Green 587 1.14
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Françoise Boivin 35,262 61.83 +35.71
Bloc Québécois Richard Nadeau 8,619 15.11 -14.04
Liberal Steve MacKinnon 7,975 13.98 -11.34
Conservative Jennifer Gearey 4,532 7.95 -8.86
Green Jonathan Meijer 639 1.12 -1.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,027 100.00
Total rejected ballots 365 0.64
Turnout 57,392 64.10
Eligible voters 89,537
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Richard Nadeau 15,189 29.15 -10.11 $78,498
New Democratic Françoise Boivin 13,612 26.12 +16.11 $87,035
Liberal Michel Simard 13,193 25.32 -5.92 $40,288
Conservative Denis Tassé 8,762 16.81 +0.07 $52,464
Green David Inglis 1,342 2.57 -0.12
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,098 100.00 $88,989
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -13.11
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Richard Nadeau 21,093 39.25 -1.02 $72,093
Liberal Françoise Boivin 16,826 31.31 -10.78 $70,768
Conservative Patrick Robert 9,014 16.77 +9.19 $62,953
New Democratic Anne Levesque 5,354 9.96 +4.24 $5,811
Green Gail Walker 1,456 2.71 -0.36 $5
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,743 100.00 $82,260
Bloc Québécois gain Swing
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Françoise Boivin 19,198 42.09 -9.37 $46,494
Bloc Québécois Richard Nadeau 18,368 40.27 14.87 $20,574
Conservative Gérald Nicolas 3,461 7.59 -9.65
New Democratic Dominique Vaillancourt 2,610 5.72 +2.24
Green Brian Gibb 1,402 3.07 $144
Marijuana Stéphane Salko 453 0.99 –
Marxist–Leninist Gabriel Girard-Bernier 125 0.27 0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit 45,617 100.00 $80,437

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mark Assad 26,054 51.45 +5.04
Bloc Québécois Richard Nadeau 12,857 25.39 +4.49
Alliance Stéphany Crowley 5,084 10.04
Progressive Conservative Michael F. Vasseur 3,645 7.20 -21.77
New Democratic Carl Hétu 1,765 3.49 +1.68
Natural Law Jean-Claude Pommet 472 0.93 +0.11
Independent Ronald Bélanger 392 0.77
Independent Samantha Demers 228 0.45
Marxist–Leninist Françoise Roy 139 0.27 0.00
Total valid votes 50,636 100.00
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Mark Assad 25,298 46.42
Progressive Conservative Richard Côté 15,786 28.97
Bloc Québécois Christian Picard 11,391 20.90
New Democratic Michelle Bonner 982 1.80
Natural Law Jean-Claude Pommet 448 0.82
Christian Heritage Claude Grant 445 0.82
Marxist–Leninist Françoise Roy 150 0.28
Total valid votes 54,500 100.00

Gatineau—La Lièvre (1988-1993)

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1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Mark Assad 39,274
Bloc Québécois Jules Fournier 25,006
  Progressive Conservative Jérôme P. Falardeau 4,464
  New Democratic Elizabeth Holden 1,096
  Natural Law Danièle Bélair 736
Marxist–Leninist Nicole Leblanc 200
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Mark Assad 23,507
  Progressive Conservative Claudy Mailly 21,385
  New Democratic Marius Tremblay 8,394
Rhinoceros Daniel Le Lièvre Villeneuve 660
  No affiliation Nicole Leblanc 364

1949–1988

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1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Claudy Mailly 25,873 50.91 +43.96
Liberal René Cousineau 17,496 34.43 -44.17
New Democratic Sylvie Rossignol 6,543 12.87 +2.25
Parti nationaliste Jean Scuvée 766 1.51
Commonwealth of Canada Jean-Guy Méthot 142 0.28
Total valid votes 50,820 100.00
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal René Cousineau 35,437 78.60 +6.71
New Democratic Renée Pierre Brisson 4,792 10.63 +3.72
Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Plouffe 3,134 6.95 +0.29
Social Credit Marcelle Cormier 975 2.16 -10.87
Rhinoceros François R. Penzes 640 1.42
Marxist–Leninist Christine Dandenault 108 0.24 +0.01
Total valid votes 45,086 100.00


1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal René Cousineau 34,234 71.89
Social Credit Gérard Croteau 6,206 13.03
New Democratic André Beaudry 3,292 6.91
Progressive Conservative René Bergeron 3,174 6.66
Union populaire André Côté 608 1.28
Marxist–Leninist Christine Dandenault 108 0.23
Total valid votes 47,622 100.00
Total rejected ballots 340
Turnout 47,962 74.80
Electors on the lists 64,124
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-first General Election, 1979.
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gaston Clermont 19,513 60.15 +9.81
Social Credit Marcel Clément 7,205 22.21 -7.78
Progressive Conservative Robert Moreau 3,944 12.16 -1.03
New Democratic Lise Ménard 1,781 5.49 -0.99
Total valid votes 32,443 100.00
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gaston Clermont 15,894 50.34 -3.19
Social Credit Jean-Paul Descoeurs 9,469 29.99 +16.15
Progressive Conservative Guy Lafortune 4,163 13.19 -15.10
New Democratic Mychèle St-Louis 2,047 6.48 +2.14
Total valid votes 31,573 100.00

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gaston Clermont 14,348 53.53 +0.12
Progressive Conservative Lévis Larocque 7,581 28.28 +8.08
Ralliement créditiste Antoine Bédard 3,711 13.85 -3.25
New Democratic Emile Mongeon 1,163 4.34 -1.96
Total valid votes 26,803 100.00
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gaston Isabelle 13,088 53.41 +6.77
Progressive Conservative Jules Barrière 4,952 20.21 -3.38
Ralliement créditiste Conrad Beaudoin 4,189 17.09 -8.24
New Democratic Beverley Morin 1,543 6.30 +1.86
Independent Liberal Roger Danis 734 3.00
Total valid votes 24,506 100.00

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rodolphe Leduc 11,589 46.64 +4.42
Social Credit Conrad Beaudoin 6,295 25.34 +4.82
Progressive Conservative Thomas Van Dusen 5,861 23.59 -9.67
New Democratic Roy Laberge 1,10 4.44 +0.42
Total valid votes 24,847 100.00
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rodolphe Leduc 10,135 42.22 -10.09
Progressive Conservative Thomas Van Dusen 7,983 33.25 -10.20
Social Credit Henri Meunier 4,925 20.52 +16.28
New Democratic Charles J. De Breyne 963 4.01
Total valid votes 24,006 100.00
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rodolphe Leduc 10,840 52.31 -6.48
Progressive Conservative Réjean Patry 9,004 43.45 +13.31
Social Credit Léo Joannisse 878 4.24
Total valid votes 20,722 100.00
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rodolphe Leduc 10,770 58.79 -2.87
Progressive Conservative Adrien Cloutier 5,522 30.14 +5.60
Independent Liberal J. Robert Proulx 2,028 11.07
Total valid votes 18,320 100.00
Canadian federal by-election, 22 March 1954
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nadon's death, 17 December 1953
Liberal Rodolphe Leduc 6,568 61.66 -4.13
Progressive Conservative Ernest-Anastase St-Jean 2,614 24.54 -5.62
Independent Marcel-Bernard Bonnier 796 7.47
Co-operative Commonwealth Roger Boucher 674 6.33 +2.28
Total valid votes 10,652 100.00
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph-Célestin Nadon 10,759 65.79 +7.21
Progressive Conservative Ernest-Anastase St-Jean 4,932 30.16 +1.02
Co-operative Commonwealth Janet H.H. Morgan 662 4.05
Total valid votes 16,353 100.00
Canadian federal by-election, 24 October 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Raymond appointed House of Commons Clerk, 5 August 1949
Liberal Joseph-Célestin Nadon 5,438 58.58 -7.14
Progressive Conservative Ernest-Anastase St-Jean 2,705 29.14 -0.49
Independent Marcel-Bernard Bonnier 1,140 12.28
Total valid votes 9,283 100.00
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Léon-Joseph Raymond 9,865 65.72
Progressive Conservative Ernest-Anastase St-Jean 4,448 29.63
Union des électeurs Joseph-Eugène Rochon 697 4.64
Total valid votes 15,010 100.00

See also

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References

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  • "Gatineau (federal electoral district) (Code 24020) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • Riding history 1947-1987 from the Library of Parliament
  • Riding history 1996-present from the Library of Parliament

Notes

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  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Gatineau [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Gatineau". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  8. ^ "Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Gatineau, 30 September 2015". Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  9. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Résultats du soir d'élection - Circonscriptions". Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  11. ^ "Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections". Archived from the original on August 27, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
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