Matapédia (electoral district)

Matapédia

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Danielle Doyer PQ
District created	1922
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007)	29,636 [1]
Area (km²)
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Matapédia is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was originally created in 1922 from a portion of the electoral district of Matane.

Geography

The riding is located on the Gaspé Peninsula and encompasses several inland villages.

It consists of the municipalities of:

• Albertville
• Amqui
• Causapscal
• Grand-Métis
• Lac-au-Saumon
• La Rédemption
• Les Boules
• Les Hauteurs
• Métis-sur-Mer
• Mont-Joli
• Padoue
• Price
• Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs
• Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici
• Saint-Charles-Garnier
• Saint-Cléophas
• Saint-Damase
• Saint-Donat
• Sainte-Flavie
• Sainte-Florence
• Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski
• Sainte-Irène
• Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
• Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage
• Saint-Léon-le-Grand
• Sainte-Luce Luceville
• Sainte-Marguerite
• Saint-Moïse
• Saint-Noël
• Saint-Octave-de-Métis
• Saint-Tharcisius
• Saint-Vianney
• Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui
• Sayabec
• Val-Brillant

Linguistic demographics

• Francophone: 99.4%
• Anglophone: 0.5%
• Allophone: 0.1%

Members of Legislative Assembly

• Joseph Dufour, Liberal (1923-1936)
• Fernand Paradis, Union Nationale (1936-1939)
• Joseph Dufour, Liberal (1939-1944)
• Philippe Cossette, Union Nationale (1944-1952)
• Clovis Gagnon, Union Nationale (1953-1960)
• Bona Arsenault, Liberal (1960-1966)

Members of the National Assembly

• Bona Arsenault, Liberal (1966-1976)
• Léopold Marquis, Parti Québécois (1976-1985)
• Henri Paradis, Liberal (1985-1994)
• Danielle Doyer, Parti Québécois (1994-)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Danielle Doyer	8,815	51.34	+7.56
	Liberal	Jean-Yves Roy	5,828	33.44	+8.57
	Action démocratique	Cindy Rousseau	1,982	11.54	-14.59
	Québec solidaire	Eve-Lyne Couturier	544	3.17	+0.5

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Danielle Doyer	9,042	43.78	-1.7
	Action démocratique	Rémy Villeneuve	5,436	26.13	+2.96
	Liberal	Normand Boulianne	5,137	24.87	-6.48
	Québec solidaire	Dominic Fortin	551	2.67
	Green	Jean-François Guay	526	2.55

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Danielle Doyer	9,197	45.48
	Liberal	Gaston Pelletier	6,339	31.35
	Action démocratique	Claude Fortin	4,686	23.17

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	17,292	64.30
	Non	9,600	35.70

References

• Quebec Votes 2007, Riding Profiles Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 28 February 2007
• Information on the Electoral Divisions Holding Elections Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retrieved 28 February 2007
• Référendum du 30 octobre 1995 Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retrieved 28 February 2007
• Matapedia election results, Quebec Politique
• Map of Matapedia
• Quebec electoral map

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