Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Explained
| Province: | Quebec |
| Fed-Status: | defunct |
| Fed-District-Number: | 24041 |
| Fed-Created: | 1993 |
| Fed-Abolished: | 2013 |
| Fed-Election-First: | 1935 |
| Fed-Election-Last: | 2011 |
| Demo-Pop-Ref: | [1] |
| Demo-Area-Ref: | [2] |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2011 |
| Demo-Pop: | 71389 |
| Demo-Electors: | 59340 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2011 |
| Demo-Area: | 16038.24 |
| Demo-Cd: | La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Matane RCM, La Matapédia RCM, La Mitis RCM |
| Demo-Csd: | Amqui, Cap-Chat, Causapscal, Matane, Mont-Joli, Sayabec, Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine, Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, Mont-Saint-Pierre, Rivière-à-Claude, Marsoui, La Martre, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Coulée-des-Adolphe, Mont-Albert, Albertville, Lac-au-Saumon, Sainte-Florence, Sainte-Marguerite, Saint-Vianney, Val-Brillant, Saint-Noël, Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, Saint-Cléophas, Saint-Damase, Sainte-Irène, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Moïse, Saint-Tharcisius, Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui, Lac-Alfred, Lac-Casault, Lac-Matapédia, Rivière-Patapédia-Est, Rivière-Vaseuse, Routhierville, Ruisseau-des-Mineurs, Baie-des-Sables, Grosses-Roches, Les Méchins, Sainte-Félicité, Sainte-Paule, Saint-René-de-Matane, Saint-Ulric, Saint-Adelme, Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg, Saint-Léandre, Rivière-Bonjour, Métis-sur-Mer, Grand-Métis, Les Hauteurs, Padoue, Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, Sainte-Luce, Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski, Price, La Rédemption, Saint-Charles-Garnier, Saint-Donat, Sainte-Flavie, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Lac-à-la-Croix, Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes |
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia (formerly known as Matapédia—Matane) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until 2013. It has the lowest percentage of visible minorities among all Canadian electoral districts (0.3%).
Geography
The district consists of the Regional County Municipalities of La Haute-Gaspésie, La Matapédia, Matane and La Mitis.
The neighbouring ridings are Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, Manicouagan, Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and Madawaska—Restigouche.
History
The riding was created in 1933 as "Matapédia—Matane" from parts of Matane riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Matane and Rimouski ridings.
It was created in 1976 as "Matapédia—Matane" from parts of Matane and Rimouski ridings. The name of the riding was changed in 2004 to "Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia".
As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding will be dissolved, and most will become part of Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia and the remainder will join Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
Matapédia—Matane, 2003 representation order
| 2000 federal election redistributed results |
|---|
| Party | Vote | % |
|---|
| | | 16,584 | 50.81 |
| | | 13,213 | 40.48 |
| | | 1,326 | 4.06 |
| | | 804 | 2.46 |
| | | 397 | 1.21 |
| | Others | 314 | 0.96 | |
Matapédia—Matane, 1933 - 1968
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
|-| style="width: 160px"|Independent Social Credit|Gérard Ratté|align=right|344|align=right|1.4|-
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
See also
References
Notes
48.797°N -66.998°W
Notes and References
- [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
- [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
