Abitibi—Témiscamingue

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec


caption = Abitibi—Témiscamingue in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24001
fed-created = 2003
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Marc Lemay
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 102795
demo-electors = 79435
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 41530
demo-cd = Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Jamésie Territory, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscamingue RCM
demo-csd = Amos, Barraute, La Sarre, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscaming, Ville-Marie

:"For the region of Quebec see Abitibi-Témiscamingue"

Abitibi—Témiscamingue is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 102,795.

Geography

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.

History

The electoral district was created in 2003: 77.1% came from Témiscamingue, and 22.9% from Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Election results

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align="left" colspan=2|Bloc Québécois hold
align="right"|Swing
align="right"| -11.2%
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See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1387 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament