District created 1960 Last contested 2014 Province Québec | First contested 1960 Electors (2012) 38,339 Elector 38,339 | |
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec MNA Lorraine Richard
Parti Québécois Census divisions Aguanish, Quebec, Baie-Johan-Beetz, Quebec | ||
Duplessis is a provincial electoral district in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the city of Sept-Îles, Fermont and Schefferville. It also includes a single municipality from the Nord-du-Québec region: the Naskapi village municipality of Kawawachikamach (not to be confused with the Naskapi reserved land of the same name, which Duplessis also includes, but is in Côte-Nord).
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It was created for the 1960 election from parts of the Saguenay provincial electoral district.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained the unorganized territories of Caniapiscau and Lac-Juillet from Ungava electoral district.
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 / National Assembly
- Henri-Laurier Coiteux, Liberal (1960–1972)
- Donald Gallienne, Liberal (1972–1976)
- Denis Perron, Parti Québécois (1976–1997)
- Normand Duguay, Parti Québécois (1997–2003)
- Lorraine Richard, Parti Québécois (2003–present)
Geography
The riding is located on the lower north shore of the Saint Lawrence River.