Abitibi—Témiscamingue (electoral district)

Abitibi—Témiscamingue
Quebec electoral district
	Abitibi—Témiscamingue in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Christine Moore; New Democratic
;
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	102,794
Electors (2015)	82,695
Area (km²)	37,429
Pop. density (per km²)	2.7
Census division(s)	Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Jamésie Territory, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscamingue RCM
Census subdivision(s)	Amos, Barraute, La Sarre, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscaming, Ville-Marie

47°18′N 79°00′W / 47.30°N 79.00°W / 47.30; -79.00

For the region of Quebec, see Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Abitibi—Témiscamingue is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The area was also represented by the electoral district of Témiscamingue from 1968 until 2004.

Geography

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Témiscamingue, Abitibi, Abitibi-Ouest, the City of Rouyn-Noranda and a small section of south western Jamésie Territory.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Pontiac, Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, Nipissing—Timiskaming, and Timmins—James Bay.

History

Témiscamingue was created in 1968 from parts of Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve.

It was initially defined to consist of:

the Cities of Noranda and Rouyn;
the Towns of Belleterre, Temiscaming and Ville-Marie;
the County of Témiscamingue (except the Townships of Béraud, Chabert, Darlens, Desroberts, Granet, Jourdan, Landanet, Laubanie, Marrias, Mazérac, Pélissier and Sabourin without local municipal organization).

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

the Cities of Noranda and Rouyn;
the Towns of Belleterre, Duparquet, La Sarre, Macamic, Temiscaming and Ville-Marie;
the County of Témiscamingue; and
parts of the County of Abitibi.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

the towns of Belleterre, Duparquet, La Sarre, Macamic, Noranda, Rouyn, Témiscaming and Ville-Marie;
the County of Témiscamingue excluding the Territory of Témiscamingue-Lac-Granet portion;
parts of the County of Abitibi; and
the southwest part of the Municipality of James Bay.

It was renamed "Rouyn-Noranda—Témiscamingue" in 1996, and redefined to consist of:

the cities of Belleterre, Cadillac, Duparquet, La Sarre, Macamic, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscaming and Ville-Marie;
the county regional municipalities of Abitibi-Ouest and Rouyn-Noranda;
the County Regional Municipality of Témiscamingue, including Timiscaming Indian Reserve No. 19 and Eagle Village First Nation-Kipawa Indian Reserve, the Indian settlements of Hunter's Point and Winneway; and
the southwest part of the Municipality of James Bay.

In 1997, it was renamed "Témiscamingue".

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into Abitibi—Témiscamingue.

Abitibi—Témiscamingue was created in 2003. 77.1% came from Témiscamingue, and 22.9% from neighbouring Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik riding.

The riding lost a small territory to Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou as a result of the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years		Party
Témiscamingue Riding created from Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve
28th	1968–1971	Réal Caouette	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1971–1972		Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1976
30th	1977–1979	Gilles Caouette	Social Credit
31st	1979–1980	Henri Tousignant	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Henri Tousignant	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Gabriel Desjardins	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Gabriel Desjardins	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Pierre Brien	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2003
37th	2003–2004	Gilbert Barrette	Liberal
Abitibi—Témiscamingue
38th	2004–2006	Marc Lemay	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Christine Moore	New Democratic
42nd	2015–present	Christine Moore	New Democratic

Election results

Abitibi—Témiscamingue, 2004–present

2015 Canadian federal election
The 2015 general election will be held on October 19.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Green	Aline Bégin	–	–	–	–
	Conservative	Benoit Fortin	–	–	–	–
	Rhinoceros	Pascal Le Fou Gélinas	–	–	–	–
	New Democratic	Christine Moore	–	–	–	–
	Bloc Québécois	Yvon Moreau	–	–	–	–
	Liberal	Claude Thibault	–	–	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$253,763.89
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			82,695
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	24,583	51.25
	Bloc Québécois	15,110	31.50
	Conservative	4,750	9.90
	Liberal	2,839	5.92
	Green	687	1.43

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Christine Moore	24,763	51.22	+41.72
	Bloc Québécois	Marc Lemay	15,258	31.56	-16.35
	Conservative	Steven Hébert	4,777	9.88	-9.05
	Liberal	Suzie Grenon	2,859	5.91	-14.82
	Green	Patrick Rochon	694	1.44	-0.79
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,351	100.00
Total rejected ballots			654	1.33
Turnout			49,005	59.85 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	New Democratic Party gain from Bloc Québécois	Swing	+29.0

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Marc Lemay	20,929	47.91	-4.42	$96,091
	Liberal	Gilbert Barrette	9,055	20.73	+6.92	$29,810
	Conservative	Pierre Grandmaitre	8,267	18.93	-3.66	$742
	New Democratic	Christine Moore	4,151	9.50	+0.96	$3,377
	Green	Bruno Côté	976	2.23	-0.50	$742
	Independent	Ghislain Loiselle	302	0.69	–	$644
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,680	100.00	$101,466

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Marc Lemay	24,637	52.33	-5.32	$73,954
	Conservative	Marie-Josée Carbonneau	10,634	22.59	+17.01	$6,194
	Liberal	Charles Lavergne	6,501	13.81	-17.17	$21,500
	New Democratic	Christine Moore	4,022	8.54	+5.15	$2,782
	Green	Patrick Rancourt	1,283	2.73	+0.34	$710
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,077	100.00	$94,667
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-11.2

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Marc Lemay	25,041	57.66	+22.51	$80,876
	Liberal	Gilbert Barrette	13,457	30.98	-26.03	$75,073
	Conservative	Bernard Hugues Beauchesne	2,425	5.58	+1.02	$4,435
	New Democratic	Dennis Shushack	1,472	3.39	0.11	$3,825
	Green	Patrick Rancourt	1,037	2.39	–	$285
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,432	100.00	$93,778

Témiscamingue, 1968–2004

By-election: On Mr. Brien's resignation, 14 March 2003:

By-election on June 16, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gilbert Barrette	10,195	57.01	+14.26
	Bloc Québécois	Sylvain Sauvageau	6,287	35.15	-14.99
	Progressive Conservative	Rachel Lord	733	4.10	1.96
	New Democratic	Dennis Shushack	587	3.28	1.97
	Alliance	Clarence Marshall	82	0.46	-3.19
Total valid votes			17,884	100.00	–

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Pierre Brien	18,803	50.14	+3.52
	Liberal	Roch Charron	16,032	42.75	+10.85
	Alliance	Eric Larochelle	1,368	3.65
	Progressive Conservative	Sébastien Héroux	805	2.14	-17.69
	New Democratic	Anik-Maude Morin	489	1.31	-0.34
Total valid votes			37,497	100.00	–

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Pierre Brien	18,528	46.62	-9.12
	Liberal	Nora Bélanger-Teed	12,678	31.90	+9.03
	Progressive Conservative	Denis Pilon	7,879	19.83	+0.49
	New Democratic	Anik-Maude Morin	654	1.65
Total valid votes			39,739	100.00	–

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Pierre Brien	22,555	55.74
	Liberal	Gilles Héroux	9,246	22.87	+8.72
	Progressive Conservative	Gabriel Desjardins	7,806	19.34	-26.91
	Natural Law	Grégoire Deguire	530	1.31
	Abolitionist	Célyne Ayotte	300	0.74
Total valid votes			40,437	100.00	–

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gabriel Desjardins	19,106	46.28	-3.96
	New Democratic	Rémy Trudel	15,623	37.84	+32.44
	Liberal	Laurent Guertin	5,843	14.15	-19.81
	Rhinoceros	Jean Ouellet	712	1.72	-1.88
Total valid votes			41,284	100.00	–

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gabriel Desjardins	20,347	50.24	+45.02
	Liberal	Henri Tousignant	13,756	33.96	-27.06
	New Democratic	Guy Verville	2,189	5.40	+1.01
	Nationaliste	Roberte Parent	2,126	5.25	+3.84
	Rhinoceros	Marcel Yves Bégin	1,457	3.60	+0.26
	Social Credit	Rachel Lord	626	1.55	-22.42
Total valid votes			40,501	100.00	–

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henri Tousignant	22,031	61.02	+19.7
	Social Credit	Roger Bureau	8,653	23.97	-15.17
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Martel	1,886	5.22	-6.70
	New Democratic	Marc Lord	1,586	4.39	+0.62
	Rhinoceros	Michel Célestin Massicotte	1,206	3.34	+0.53
	Union populaire	Réjean Fortier	510	1.41	+0.61
	Independent	Ted McLaren	136	0.38
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre-Jean Lafleur	96	0.27	+0.03
Total valid votes			36,104	100.00	–

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henri Tousignant	16,147	41.32	+6.03
	Social Credit	Gilles Caouette	15,295	39.14	-6.52
	Progressive Conservative	Normand Grimard	4,659	11.92	-2.99
	New Democratic	Germain Boudreau	1,473	3.77	+1.98
	Rhinoceros	Raymond Paquin	1,099	2.81
	Union populaire	Marcel Lortie	311	0.80
	Marxist–Leninist	Fernand Deschamps	92	0.24
Total valid votes			39,076	100.00	–

By-election: On Mr. Réal Caouette's death, 16 December 1976

By-election on 24 June 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Gilles Caouette	9,603	45.66	-18.25
	Liberal	Gaston Pratte	7,422	35.29	+6.15
	Progressive Conservative	Normand Grimard	3,136	14.91	+11.99
	Communist	Guy Desautels	495	2.35
	New Democratic	Réal Bellehumeur	377	1.79	-2.24
Total valid votes			21,033	100.00	–

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Réal Caouette	14,026	63.91	+0.69
	Liberal	Jacquelin Bergeron	6,396	29.14	+1.97
	New Democratic	Réal Bellehumeur	884	4.03	+0.91
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbrod Ayotte	641	2.92	-0.12
Total valid votes			21,947	100.00	–

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Réal Caouette	15,660	63.22	+4.84
	Liberal	Jacquelin Bergeron	6,731	27.17	-3.59
	Independent	Claude Banville	854	3.45
	New Democratic	Charles Carpenter	774	3.12	+0.53
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Rioux	752	3.04	-5.22
Total valid votes			24,771	100.00	–

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Ralliement créditiste	Réal Caouette	12,532	58.38
	Liberal	Côme-A. Lapierre	6,603	30.76
	Progressive Conservative	Aurore Charron-Labrie	1,774	8.26
	New Democratic	George Wormsley	556	2.59
Total valid votes			21,465	100.00

References

"Abitibi—Témiscamingue (electoral district) (Code 24001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Elections Canada 2011 results
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
(1966 - 1996)
(1996 - 1997)
(1997 - 2003)
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Abitibi—Témiscamingue, 30 September 2015

[4] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[5] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères