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Gatineau (provincial electoral district)

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District created
  
1930

Last contested
  
2012

Province
  
Québec

First contested
  
1931

Population (2006)
  
65,419

Elector
  
55,883

Legislature
  
National Assembly of Quebec

MNA
  
Stéphanie ValléeLiberal

Census divisions
  
Aumond, Blue Sea, Bois-Franc, Bouchette

Gatineau is a provincial electoral district in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes most of the area surrounding the Gatineau River, as well as portions of the Gatineau sector of the city of Gatineau north and west of Autoroute 50 and east of the Gatineau River.

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It was created for the 1931 election.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained Val-des-Monts from Papineau electoral district, but lost some territory to Chapleau electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

  • Augustin-Armand Legault, Liberal (1931–1935)
  • Joseph Barthélemi Merleau, Liberal (1935–1936)
  • Georges-Adélard Auger, Union Nationale (1936–1939)
  • Joseph-Célestin Nadon, Liberal (1939–1948)
  • Gérard Desjardins, Union Nationale (1948–1962)
  • Roy Fournier, Liberal (1962–1972)
  • Michel Gratton, Liberal (1972–1989)
  • Réjean Lafrenière, Liberal (1989–2007)
  • Stéphanie Vallée, Liberal (2007–present)

    • Election results

    * Increase is from UFP

    References

    Gatineau (provincial electoral district) Wikipedia
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