Province: | Quebec |
Fed-Status: | active |
Fed-District-Number: | 24002 |
Fed-Created: | 1966 |
Fed-Election-First: | 1968 |
Fed-Election-Last: | 2021 |
Fed-Rep: | Sébastien Lemire |
Fed-Rep-Party: | BQ |
Demo-Pop-Ref: | [1] |
Demo-Area-Ref: | [2] |
Demo-Census-Date: | 2016 |
Demo-Pop: | 103491 |
Demo-Electors: | 82341 |
Demo-Electors-Date: | 2019 |
Demo-Area: | 33444.46 |
Demo-Cd: | Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Jamésie Territory, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscamingue RCM |
Demo-Csd: | Rouyn-Noranda, Amos, La Sarre, Macamic, Ville-Marie, Témiscaming, Barraute, Palmarolle, Lorrainville, Trécesson |
Abitibi—Témiscamingue is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The area was also represented by the electoral district of Témiscamingue from 1968 until 2004.
The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Témiscamingue, Abitibi, Abitibi-Ouest, the city of Rouyn-Noranda and a small section of south western Jamésie territory.
The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Pontiac, Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, Nipissing—Timiskaming, and Timmins-James Bay.
According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Ethnic groups: 92.8% White, 5.4% Indigenous
Languages: 94.0% French, 3.5% English
Religions: 72.4% Christian (66.9% Catholic, 5.5% Other), 26.7% None
Median income: $42,000 (2020)
Average income: $50,680 (2020)
Témiscamingue was created in 1968 from parts of Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve.
It was initially defined to consist of:
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:
It was renamed "Rouyn-Noranda—Témiscamingue" in 1996, and redefined to consist of:
In 1997, it was renamed "Témiscamingue".
The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into Abitibi—Témiscamingue.
Abitibi—Témiscamingue was created in 2003. 77.1% came from Témiscamingue, and 22.9% from neighbouring Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik riding.
The riding lost a small territory to Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou as a result of the 2012 electoral redistribution.
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
2011 federal election redistributed results[4] | |||||
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Party | Vote | % | |||
24,583 | 51.25 | ||||
15,110 | 31.50 | ||||
4,750 | 9.90 | ||||
2,839 | 5.92 | ||||
687 | 1.43 |
|align="left" colspan=2|New Democratic Party gain from Bloc Québécois|align="right"|Swing|align="right"| +29.0|align="right"|
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By-election: On Mr. Brien's resignation, 14 March 2003:
By-election: On Mr. Réal Caouette's death, 16 December 1976