Matapédia is a former provincial electoral district in the

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region of

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, which elected members to the

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. It is at the western edge of the

Gaspé Peninsula The Gaspé Peninsula, also known as Gaspesia (; ), is a peninsula along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River that extends from the Matapedia Valley in Quebec, Canada, into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is separated from New Brunswick o ...

. It was created for the 1923 election from a portion of the electoral district of

Matane Matane is a town on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Matane River. The town is the seat for the La Matanie Regional County Municipality. In addition to Matane itself, the ...

. Its final election was in

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. It disappeared in the

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by merging all of its territory with part of

, and the successor electoral district was

Matane-Matapédia Matane-Matapédia is a provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the municipalities of Matane, Mont-Joli, Amqui, Sainte-Luce, Causapscal, ...

Linguistic demographics

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: 99.4% *

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: 0.5% *

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: 0.1%

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

* Joseph Dufour,

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(1923–1936) * Fernand Paradis, Union Nationale (1936–1939) * Joseph Dufour, Liberal (1939–1944) * Philippe Cossette, Union Nationale (1944–1952) * Clovis Gagnon, Union Nationale (1953–1960) *

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, Liberal (1960–1976) * Léopold Marquis,

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(1976–1985) * Henri Paradis, Liberal (1985–1994) *

Danielle Doyer Danielle Doyer (born December 17, 1951 in Mont-Joli, Quebec) is a Quebec politician and teacher. She is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Matapédia in the Gaspésie region. She is a member of the Parti Québé ...

, Parti Québécois (1994–2012)

Election results

, - , Danielle Doyer , align="right", 8,815 , align="right", 51.34 , align="center", +7.56 , - ,

, Jean-Yves Roy , align="right", 5,828 , align="right", 33.44 , align="center", +8.57 , - , - , - , Danielle Doyer , align="right", 9,042 , align="right", 43.78 , align="center", -1.7 , - ,

, Normand Boulianne , align="right", 5,137 , align="right", 24.87 , align="center", -6.48 , - , - , - , - , - ,

, Gaston Pelletier , align="right", 6,339 , align="right", 31.35 , align="right", , -

Linguistic demographics

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Election results

References

External links