Gatineau is a federal

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, Canada, represented in the

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from since 1949. Between 1987 and 1996, it was known as "Gatineau—La Lièvre". It consists of part of the former city of

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

as defined by its pre-2002 boundaries. The adjacent ridings are Hull—Aylmer,

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, Ottawa—Orléans, and

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Demographics

''According to the

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'' Ethnic groups: 81.8% White, 6.8% Black, 4.4% Indigenous, 3.4% Arab, 1.6% Latin American Languages: 80.1% French, 6.7% English, 2.5% Arabic, 1.6% Spanish Religions: 67.6% Christian (55.6% Catholic, 12.0% Other), 3.3% Muslim, 28.3% None Median income: $45,600 (2020) Average income: $51,550 (2020)

History

The district was created in 1947 from parts of Hull and

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ridings. In 1987, it was renamed to Chapleau, and then to Gatineau—La Lièvre in 1988. It was renamed back to "Gatineau" in 1996. Gatineau lost territory to

during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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: Assad represented

Gatineau—La Lièvre Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from since 1949. Between 1987 and 1996, it was known as "Gatineau—La Lièvre". It consists of part of the former city of Gatineau, Queb ...

from 1988 to 1997 which was known as Chapleau from 1987 to 1988. This district had similar borders to Gatineau.

Politics

Like most ridings in the

Outaouais Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts and the Papineau region. Geographically, it is located on the north side of the Ottawa ...

, Gatineau had long been safe for the

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s, save for a lone Progressive Conservative victory in their 1984 nationwide landslide. Even as the rest of Quebec turned its back on the Liberals, a large number of civil servants who worked in

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kept it in Liberal hands. However, in the 2006 election the

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won the seat. The Bloc managed to hold the seat with just over 29% of the vote in 2008, by far the lowest percentage for a winning candidate nationwide, due to a near-three-way split between themselves, the

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and the Liberals. The riding was swept up in the massive NDP wave that swept through the province in the 2011 election. In the 2015 election, Liberal candidate

Steve MacKinnon Steven Garrett MacKinnon (born September 28, 1966) is a Canadians, Canadian Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal politician who was elected to represent the electoral district (Canada), riding of Gatineau (electoral district), Gatineau in the House ...

, running a second time, defeated NDP incumbent

Françoise Boivin Françoise Boivin (born June 11, 1960 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Gatineau in the House of Commons of Canada until 2015. She first represented the district from 2004 to 2006 as a member ...

in an upset with an almost 40-point swing.

Election results

1997–present

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

Gatineau—La Lièvre (1988-1993)

Mark Assad Mark Joseph Assad (born June 14, 1940) is a Canadian politician who is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Gatineau from 1997 to 2004, and represented Gatineau—La Lièvre from ...

, align="right", 39,274 , Progressive Conservative , Jérôme P. Falardeau , align="right", 4,464 , New Democratic , Elizabeth Holden , align="right", 1,096 ,

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, Danièle Bélair , align="right", 736 , - ,

, align="right", 23,507 , , Progressive Conservative , Claudy Mailly , align="right", 21,385 , , New Democratic , Marius Tremblay , align="right", 8,394 , , , No affiliation , Nicole Leblanc , align="right", 364 ,

1949–1988

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election. Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

References

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Campaign expense data from Elections CanadaRiding history 1947-1987 from the

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Riding history 1996-present from the

Notes

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