Pontiac
 Quebec electoral district |
| Provincial electoral district |
| Legislature |
National Assembly of Quebec |
| MNA |
André Fortin
Liberal |
| District created |
1867 |
| District abolished |
1972 |
| District re-created |
1980 |
| First contested |
1867 |
| Last contested |
2014 |
| Demographics |
| Population (2006) |
61,595 |
| Electors (2012)[1] |
48,370 |
| Area (km²)[2] |
14,683.8 |
| Pop. density (per km²) |
4.2 |
| Census divisions |
Gatineau (part), Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (part), Pontiac |
| Census subdivisions |
Gatineau (part), Alleyn-et-Cawood, Bristol, Bryson, Campbell's Bay, Chichester, Clarendon, Fort-Coulonge, L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Litchfield, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Otter Lake, Pontiac, Portage-du-Fort, Rapides-des-Joachims, Shawville, Sheenboro, Thorne, Waltham; Lac-Nilgaut |
Pontiac is a provincial electoral district in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the Aylmer sector of the city of Gatineau as well as the municipalities of Pontiac, Shawville, Fort Coulonge, Sheenboro, Bryson and Waltham.
It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Pontiac-Témiscamingue.
However, Pontiac–Témiscamingue disappeared in the 1981 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Pontiac.
It was named after Chief Pontiac, who led Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763 in the Great Lakes region.
Members of the Legislative Assembly/National Assembly
This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada (1857–1866), Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1867–1968) and the National Assembly of Quebec (1968–present):
- John Egan, (1854–1857)
- George Bryson, Conservative (1857–1858) by-election
- Edmund Heath, Conservative (1858–1861)
- John Poupore, Conservative (1861–1874)
- Levi Ruggles Church, Conservative (1874–1881)
- Thomas Bryson, Conservative (1881–1883)
- William Joseph Poupore, Conservative (1883–1892)
- David Gillies, Liberal (1892–1908)
- Tancrède-Charles Gaboury, Liberal 1908–1912
- George Benjamin Campbell, Conservative (1912–1916)
- William Hodgins, Liberal (1916–1919)
- Wallace Reginald McDonald, Liberal (1919–1935)
- Edward Charles Lawn, Liberal (1935–1948)
- Raymond Thomas Johnson, Union Nationale (1948–1970)
- Jean-Guy Larivière, Liberal (1970–1973)
- did not exist (1973–1981), see Pontiac-Témiscamingue
- Robert Middlemiss, Liberal (1981–2003)
- Charlotte L'Écuyer, Liberal (2003–2014)
- André Fortin, Liberal (2014–present)
Election results
* Increase is from Action Democratique du Quebec (ADQ)
* Increase is from UFP
References
External links
- Information
- Election results
- Maps
Neighbouring electoral districts
Quebec provincial electoral districts
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| Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
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Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
and Côte-Nord |
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| Capitale-Nationale |
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| Mauricie |
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Chaudière-Appalaches
and Centre-du-Québec |
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| Estrie (Eastern Townships) |
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| Eastern Montérégie |
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| South Shore |
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| East Montreal |
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| West Montreal |
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| Laval |
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| Lanaudière |
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| Laurentides |
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| Outaouais |
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| Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec |
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Eliminated
in the 2012 election: |
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1Côte-du-Sud is split between Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches
2Johnson is split between Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie
See also:
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