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Bonaventure (provincial electoral district)

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District created
  
1867

Last contested
  
2014

Province
  
Québec

First contested
  
1867

Population (2011)
  
43,430

Elector
  
36,042

Legislature
  
National Assembly of Quebec

MNA
  
Sylvain Roy Parti Québécois

Census divisions
  
Caplan, Carleton-sur-mer

Bonaventure is a provincial electoral district in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located on the southern shore of the Gaspé Peninsula and encompasses several towns along the Baie des Chaleurs and the New Brunswick border.

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It was originally created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada).

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained Chandler from Gaspé electoral district.

Linguistic demographics

  • Francophone: 84.4%
  • Anglophone: 13.8%
  • Allophone: 1.8%
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    Election results

    * Result compared to Action démocratique

    References

    Bonaventure (provincial electoral district) Wikipedia