Duplessis (electoral district)

Duplessis

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Lorraine Richard PQ
District created	1960
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007)	36,534 [1]
Area (km²)
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Duplessis is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1960 from parts of the Saguenay provincial electoral district. It includes the cities or municipalities of Sept-Îles, Port-Cartier, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Natashquan, Blanc-Sablon and Fermont as well as Anticosti Island. An additional separate section of the district exists northwest of the Newfoundland and Labrador border which includes the municipality of Schefferville and several First Nations reserves.

The riding was named after former Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis who led the province from 1936 to 1939 and from 1944 to 1959 as leader of the Union Nationale.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1. Henri-Laurier Coiteux, Liberal (1960-1966)

Members of National Assembly

1. Henri-Laurier Coiteux, Liberal (1966-1972)
2. Donald Gallienne, Liberal (1972-1976)
3. Denis Perron, Parti Québécois (1976-1997)
4. Normand Duguay, Parti Québécois (1997-2003)
5. Lorraine Richard, Parti Québécois (2003-present)

Geography

The riding is located on the lower north shore of the Saint Lawrence River.

It consists of the municipalities of Aguanish, Baie-Johan-Beetz, Blanc-Sablon, Bonne-Espérance, Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Fermont, Gros-Mécatina, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Kawawachikamach, L'Île-d'Anticosti, Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, Natashquan, Port-Cartier, Rivière-au-Tonnerre, Rivière-Pentecôte, Rivière-Saint-Jean, Saint-Augustin, Schefferville and Sept-Îles, as well as the First Nations communities of Lac-John, La Romaine, Maliotenam, Matimekosh, Mingan, Natashquan, Pakuashipi and Uashat.

Linguistic demographics

• Francophone: 79.8%
• Anglophone: 9.1%
• Allophone: 11.1% (10.5% Montagnais-Naskapi)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Lorraine Richard	9,619	52.34
	Liberal	Pierre Cormier	6,300	34.28
	Action démocratique	Bernard Lefrançois	1,532	8.34
	Québec Solidaire	Olivier Noël	469	2.55
	Green	Jacques Gélineau	459	2.50

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Lorraine Richard	10,205	44.82
	Liberal	Marc Proulx	6,288	27.62
	Action démocratique	Bernard Lefrançois	4,959	21.78
	Québec Solidaire	Olivier Noël	697	3.06
	Green	Jacques Gélineau	621	2.73

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Lorraine Richard	10,926	47.90
	Liberal	Marc Proulx	8,018	35.15
	Action démocratique	Steeve Trudel	2,530	11.09
	Independent	André Forbes	1,334	5.85

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Normand Duguay	15,406	59.32
	Liberal	Richard Scanlan	8,395	32.32
	Action démocratique	Jacques Gélineau	2,170	8.36

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	20,781	62.78
	Non	12,322	37.22

References

• General Elections Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retrieved 5 April 2007
• Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription. National Assembly of Quebec, retrieved 4 April 2007
• Quebec Votes 2007, Riding Profiles Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 5 April 2007
• Référendum du 30 octobre 1995 Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retrieved 5 April 2007
• Duplessis election results
• Map of Duplessis
• Quebec electoral map

Neighbouring electoral districts