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Legislature
  
House of Commons

District created
  
1867

Last contested
  
2015

Elector
  
86,585

MP
  
Will Amos Liberal

First contested
  
1867

District webpage
  
profile, map

Census divisions
  
Gatineau

Pontiac (electoral district)

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

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From 1980 until 2011 and again in 2015, Pontiac was a bellwether electoral district whose electoral winner also was a member of the winning party.

History

The 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.

    • Pontiac lost territory to Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation and gained territory from Hull—Aylmer and Gatineau during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

    Geography

    The electoral district includes:

  • the regional county municipality of 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 northwest of a line following Montée Paiment to Autoroute 50 to Boulevard la Vérendrye Ouest.
  • that part of the City of Gatineau northwest of a line following Promenade de la Gatineau to Boulevard Saint-Raymond to Chemin Pink to Boulevard des Grives to Boulevard des Allumettières to Chemin Eardley
  • the regional county municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (excepting L'Ange-Gardien and Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette)

    • The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Témiscamingue, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Laurentides—Labelle, Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, Hull—Aylmer and Gatineau (in Quebec) and Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Ottawa—Orléans, Ottawa West—Nepean, Carleton—Mississippi Mills, and Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke (in Ontario).

    Linguistic demographics

  • Anglophone: 36%
  • Francophone: 58%
  • Allophone: 6%

    • Members of Parliament

    This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

    Pontiac, 2003-present

    Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

    Pontiac, 1968-1979

    Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

    Pontiac, 1867-1948

    Note: Conservative vote is compared to Government vote in 1917 election, and Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote

    References

    Pontiac (electoral district) Wikipedia
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