Pontiac (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Pontiac
province = Quebec


caption = Pontiac in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24050
fed-created = 2003
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Lawrence Cannon
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 99589
demo-electors = 77772
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 30959
demo-cd =
demo-csd =

:"For the provincial ridings see Pontiac (provincial electoral district)

Pontiac (formerly known as Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle) is a federal electoral district in south-western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968, and a provincial electoral district that has been represented in the National Assembly of Quebec since 1867.

Since 1980, Pontiac has been a bellwether electoral district whose electoral winner also was a member of the winning party.

Federal electoral district

The federal electoral district existed over three distinct periods:
*It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada. It was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve in 1947.
*In 1966, an electoral district of Pontiac was created from Pontiac—Témiscamingue and parts of Gatineau and Labelle. Then, in 1978, it was renamed "Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle".
*In 2003, the electoral district of Pontiac was created again during a redistribution of the ridings in western Quebec.

Geography

The federal electoral district includes:
* the regional county municipalities of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais and Pontiac
* the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, including Rapid Lake and Kitigan Zibi indian reserves
* that part of the City of Gatineau comprising the former cities of Buckingham and Masson-Angers.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Témiscamingue, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Laurentides—Labelle, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Hull—Aylmer, Gatineau, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Ottawa—Orléans, Ottawa West—Nepean, Carleton—Mississippi Mills, and Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

*Edmund Heath, Conservative (1867-1872)
*William McKay Wright, Liberal-Conservative (1872-1878)
*John Poupore, Conservative (1878-1882)
*John Bryson, Conservative (1882-1891)
*Thomas Murray, Liberal (1891-1892)
*John Bryson, Conservative (1892-1896) (Won in By-Election)
*William Joseph Poupore, Conservative (1896-1900)
*Thomas Murray, Liberal (1900-1904)
*Gerald Hugh Brabazon, Conservative (1904-1908)
*George Fred Hodgins, Liberal (1908-1911)
*Gerald Hugh Brabazon, Conservative (1911-1917)
*Frank S. Cahill, Liberal (1917-1930)
*Charles Bélec, Conservative (1930-1935)
*Wallace Reginald McDonald, Liberal (1935-1946)
*Réal Caouette, Social Credit (1946-1949) (Won in By-Election)
*"For elected members between this period, please see Pontiac—Témiscamingue."
*Thomas Lefebvre, Liberal (1965-1984)
*Barry Moore, Progressive Conservative (1984-1993)
*Robert Bertrand, Liberal (1993-2004)
*David Smith, Liberal (2004-2006)
*Lawrence Cannon, Conservative (2006-)

Federal election results

Pontiac, 2004-present

Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, 1979-2004

Pontiac, 1968-1979

Pontiac, 1867-1948

See also

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

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=551 Pontiac 1867-1947]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=552 Pontiac 1966-1978]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=553&Include= Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle 1978-2003]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1369 Pontiac 2003-present]

National Assembly of Quebec:
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/ National Assembly of Quebec]