Province: | Quebec |
Fed-Status: | active |
Fed-District-Number: | 24001 |
Fed-Created: | 1966 |
Fed-Election-First: | 1968 |
Fed-Election-Last: | 2021 |
Fed-Rep: | Sylvie Bérubé |
Fed-Rep-Party: | BQ |
Demo-Pop-Ref: | [1] [2] |
Demo-Area-Ref: | [3] |
Demo-Census-Date: | 2016 |
Demo-Pop: | 87787 |
Demo-Electors: | 64651 |
Demo-Electors-Date: | 2019 |
Demo-Area: | 854754 |
Demo-Cd: | Jamésie, Kativik Regional Government, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM |
Demo-Csd: | Val-d'Or, Chibougamau, Chisasibi, Mistissini, Malartic, Senneterre, Kuujjuaq, Eeyou-Istchee-Baie-James, Waskaganish, Lebel-sur-Quévillon |
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (formerly known as Abitibi, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik and Nunavik—Eeyou) is a federal riding in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Since the 2019 federal election, its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Sylvie Bérubé of the Bloc Québécois (BQ).
The riding of Abitibi was created in 1966 (ahead of the 1968 election), before it was renamed Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik in 1998. It was abolished in 2003 (ahead of the 2004 election); most of its territory was incorporated into Nunavik—Eeyou, which was then renamed Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in 2004.
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou consists of:
The neighbouring ridings are Timmins-James Bay, Nunavut, Labrador, Manicouagan, Jonquière, Lac-Saint-Jean, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Pontiac and Abitibi—Témiscamingue.
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou contains more than half of Quebec's total landmass. As such, it is the largest riding in a Canadian province and the third largest in the country after the territorial ridings of Nunavut and Northwest Territories.
According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]
The Abitibi riding was created in 1966 from parts of the Chapleau and Saguenay ridings. It was first contested in 1968. In 1976, parts of Villeneuve were incorporated. The electoral district's name was changed in 1998 to Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik.
In the 2003 redistribution, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik was abolished. A new riding, Nunavik—Eeyou, was created with substatilly the same territory as Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik. Parts of the Manicouagan and Roberval ridings were added, while a part was lost to Abitibi—Témiscamingue. Its name was changed to Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou after the 2004 election.
The 2012 electoral redistribution saw the riding gain a small territory from Abitibi—Témiscamingue.
Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:
Party | Association name | President | HQ address | HQ city | NDP Riding Association of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou | Pascal Porlier | J9P 0A1 | Val-d'Or | Association PPC d'Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou | Guillaume Lanouette | J0Y 2H0 | Rivière-Héva | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Conservative Association | Gilles Bernatchez | J9P 3S9 | Val-d'Or | Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Federal Liberal Association | Ghyslain Bergeron | J9P 2C2 | Val-d'Or | Bloc Québécois d'Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou | Yvon Lévesque | J9P 0C3 | Val-d'Or |
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
2011 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||||
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Party | Vote | % | |||
14,141 | 44.82 | ||||
7,116 | 22.55 | ||||
5,763 | 18.27 | ||||
3,302 | 10.47 | ||||
1,228 | 3.89 |
|align="left" colspan=2|New Democratic Party gain from Bloc Québécois|align="right"|Swing|align="right"| +29.11|align="right"|Source: Elections CanadaSource: The Gazette Popular Cree leader running for NDPSource: Nunatsiaq News Nunavik voters face two ballots in one week
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Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament: