Duplessis (electoral district)

Duplessis (electoral district)
Duplessis
Flag of Quebec.svg 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.

Contents

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

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

Neighbouring electoral districts


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