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Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan (formerly Manicouagan) is a federal riding in
Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
, Canada, that has been represented in the
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since 1968. Since the 2015 federal election, its Member of Parliament (MP) has been
Marilène Gill Marilène Gill (born 1977) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election, where she represents the riding of Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan as a member of the Bloc Québécois ...
of the
Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (, , BQ) is a centre-left politics, centre-left and list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism, Quebecois nationalism, social democracy, and the promotion o ...
(BQ). The riding was created in 1966 from parts of the
Charlevoix Charlevoix ( , ) is a cultural and natural region in Quebec, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River as well as in the Laurentian Mountains area of the Canadian Shield. This dramatic landscape includes rolling terrain, fjords, headlands ...
and Saguenay ridings. The neighbouring ridings are
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (formerly known as Abitibi, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik and Nunavik—Eeyou) is a federal riding in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 19 ...
,
Chicoutimi—Le Fjord Chicoutimi—Le Fjord (formerly known as Chicoutimi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The riding consists of the northern part of the Chicoutimi borough ...
, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord,
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia (formerly known as Matapédia—Matane) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until 2013. It has the lowest percenta ...
, Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine and
Labrador Labrador () is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the primarily continental portion of the province and constitutes 71% of the province's area but is home to only 6% of its populatio ...
. This riding gained territory from Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord during the 2012 electoral redistribution. Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution the riding was renamed Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan.


Demographics

:''According to the
2021 Canadian census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada, Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, whic ...
'' : :Ethnic groups: 82.3% White, 16.2% Indigenous :Languages: 84.9% French, 7.1% Innu, 4.5% English :Religions: 79.4% Christian (71.3% Catholic, 1.9% Anglican, 6.2% Other), 19.6% None :Median income: $43,200 (2020) :Average income: $53,100 (2020)


Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:


Election results


Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan


Manicouagan


See also

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List of Canadian electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...


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References

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Campaign expense data from Elections CanadaRiding history from the
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