Bonaventure (provincial electoral district)
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| Bonaventure | |
|---|---|
| National Assembly Member | Nathalie Normandeau Liberal |
| Electors, 2003 | 28,612 |
| Electoral district created | 1829 |
| Region | Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Bonaventure is a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was originally created in 1829.
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[edit] Geography
The riding is located on the southern shore of the Gaspé Peninsula and encompasses several towns along the Baie-des-Chaleurs and the New Brunswick border.
It consists of the municipalities of:
- Bonaventure
- Caplan
- Carleton Saint-Omer
- Cascapédia Saint-Jules
- Escuminac
- Hope
- Hope Town
- L'Ascension-de-Patapédia
- Maria
- Matapédia
- New Carlisle
- New Richmond
- Nouvelle
- Paspébiac
- Pointe-à-la-Croix
- Port-Daniel Gascons
- Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est
- Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia
- Saint-Alphonse
- Saint-André-de-Restigouche
- Saint-Elzéar
- Saint-François-d'Assise
- Saint-Godefroi
- Saint-Siméon
- Shigawake
In addition, it also consists of the First Nation reserves of:
- Gesgapegiag
- Listuguj
[edit] Linguistic demographics
- Francophone: 83.4%
- Anglophone: 14.7%
- Allophone: 1.9%
[edit] Members of the National Assembly
- Clarence Hamilton, Liberal (1867-1871)
- Théodore Robitaille, Conservative (1871-1874)
- Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne, Conservative (1874-1876)
- Joseph-Israël Tarte, Conservative (1877-1881)
- Louis-Joseph Riopel, Conservative (1881-1882)
- Henri-Josué Martin, Conservative (1882-1890)
- Honoré Mercier, Liberal (1890-1894)
- François-Xavier Lemieux, Liberal (1894-1897)
- William Henry Clapperton, Liberal (1897-1904)
- John Hall Kelly, Liberal (1904-1914)
- Joseph-Fabien Bugeaud, Liberal (1914-1924)
- Pierre-Émile Côté, Liberal (1924-1936)
- Henri Jolicoeur, Union nationale (1936-1939)
- Pierre-Émile Côté, Liberal (1939-1942)
- Henri Jolicoeur, Union nationale (1944-1956)
- Gérard D. Lévesque, Liberal (1956-1993)
- Marcel Landry, Parti Québécois (1994-1998)
- Nathalie Normandeau, Liberal (1998-present)
[edit] Electoral results
| Quebec general election, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Nathalie Normandeau | 10,221 | 52.88 | ||
| Parti Québécois | Doris Chapados | 5,711 | 29.55 | ||
| Action démocratique | Karine Delarosbil | 2,357 | 12.19 | ||
| Québec solidaire | Hélène Morin | 1,039 | 5.38 | ||
| Quebec general election, 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Nathalie Normandeau | 11,975 | 60.08 | ||
| Parti Québécois | Marc Tétreault | 6,313 | 31.67 | ||
| Action démocratique | Maurice Anglehart | 1,101 | 5.52 | ||
| Green | Michel Goudreau | 542 | 2.72 | ||
| 1995 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Non | 13,759 | 51.58 | |
| Oui | 12,914 | 48.42 | |
[edit] References
- Quebec Votes 2007, Riding Profiles Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 25 February 2007
- Information on the Electoral Divisions Holding Elections Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retreived 25 February 2007
- Référendum du 30 octobre 1995 Directeur Général des Élections du Québec, retreived 25 February 2007
