Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi
Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi (formerly known as Pontiac) is a federal electoral district in western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968. In every election since its creation except 1979 and 2011, Pontiac has been a bellwether electoral district whose electoral winner also was a member of the winning party. History The electoral district existed over three distinct periods: *It was created by the British North America Act 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada. It was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve in 1947. *In 1966, an electoral district of Pontiac was created from Pontiac—Témiscamingue and parts of Gatineau and Labelle. Then, in 1978, it was renamed "Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle". *In 2003, the electoral district of Pontiac was created again during a redistribution of the ridings in western Quebec. Pontiac lost territo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shawville, Quebec
Shawville is a town located in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Outaouais in western Quebec, Canada. History At the end of the 1860s, a group of citizens from Clarendon Centre, under the leadership of James Shaw (1818–1877), separated the municipality from the township of Clarendon. While they had originally planned on naming the new entity "Daggville," after the name of a pioneer family, they opted instead to name it "Shawville" after James Shaw promised to donate of land to the new municipality. Shawville was officially established in 1874 and was populated by Irish Protestant immigrants. John Dale Jr, who was mayor of Clarendon at the time, resigned to become the first mayor of the newly formed township of Shawville in 1874. The municipality has a Methodist church that was built in Shawville in 1835, while the Catholic Parish of Saint-Alexandre-de-Clarendon opened its doors in 1840. This church would later be renamed Sainte-Mélanie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation () is a federal electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (69%) and Pontiac (31%). Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. Demographics ''According to the 2021 Canadian census'' Ethnic groups: 94.4% White, 3.5% Indigenous, 1.0% Black Languages: 85.8% French, 9.6% English Religions: 70.8% Christian (61.6% Catholic, 9.2% Other), 28.3% None Median income: $39,200 (2020) Average income: $47,040 (2020) History Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Labelle (federal Electoral District)
Labelle () was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1988. This riding was created in 1892 from parts of the County of Ottawa riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into the new riding of Laurentides and the existing riding of Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle. The district's most prominent MP was Quebec nationalist Henri Bourassa. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results , Protectionist , Joseph-Édouard Moranville , align=129 See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External linksRiding history from theLibrar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gatineau (federal Electoral District)
Gatineau () is a federal electoral district (Canada), 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, Quebec as defined by its pre-2002 boundaries. The adjacent ridings are Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, Hull—Aylmer, Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, Orléans (federal electoral district), Orléans, and Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester. Demographics ''According to the 2021 Canadian census'' 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 (electoral district), Hull and Wright (electoral district), Wright ridings. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Villeneuve (electoral District)
Villeneuve () was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Pontiac riding. It consisted initially of: * the southwestern part of the county of Abitibi; and * parts of the county of Témiscamingue including the towns of Mercier, Noranda and Rouyn. In 1952, it was redefined to consist of: * parts of the county of Abitibi including the towns of Bourlamarque, Cadillac, Duparquet, Malartic and Val-d'Or; * the northern parts of the county of Témiscamingue including the cities of Noranda and Rouyn. In 1966, it was redefined to consist of: * the Towns of Barville, Bourlamaque, Cadillac, Chapais, Chibougamau, Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Malartic, Senneterre and Val-d'Or; * parts of the County of Abitibi; and * parts of the County of Témiscamingue. The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Abitibi and Témiscamingue ridings. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pontiac–Témiscamingue (federal Electoral District)
Pontiac—Témiscamingue was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1968. This riding was created in 1947 from Pontiac riding. It was defined to consist of: * the county of Pontiac; * the towns of Belleterre and Témiscamingue and the county of Témiscamingue, except the township of Montreuil, Rémigny, Beaumesnil, Clérion, Chabert, Landanet, Mazérac, Jourdan, Pélissier and Granet and all the townships situated north of Granet. In 1966, it was split into the new electoral districts of Pontiac and Témiscamingue. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External links Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament () is the main information repository and research resource fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada () was a British colonization of the Americas, British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence established in 1791 and abolished in 1841. It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec and the Labrador region of the current Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (until the Labrador region was transferred to Newfoundland in 1809). Lower Canada consisted of part of the former colony of Canada (New France), Canada of New France, conquered by Great Britain in the Seven Years' War ending in 1763 (also called the French and Indian War in the United States). Other parts of New France conquered by Britain became the Colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. The Province of Lower Canada was created by the ''Constitutional Act 1791'' from the partition of the British colony of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791) into the Province of Lower C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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British North America Act 1867
The ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (30 & 31 Vict. c. 3) (),''The Constitution Act, 1867'', 30 & 31 Victoria (U.K.), c. 3, http://canlii.ca/t/ldsw retrieved on 2019-03-14. originally enacted as the ''British North America Act, 1867'' (BNA Act), is a major part of the Constitution of Canada. The act created a federation, federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its Canadian federalism, federal structure, the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons, the Senate of Canada, Senate, the Court system of Canada, justice system, and the taxation system. In 1982, with the patriation of the Constitution, the British North America Acts which were originally enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, British Parliament, including this act, were renamed. However, the acts are still known by their original names in records of the United Kingdom. Amendments were also made at this time: section 92A was added, giving provinces greater cont ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bellwether
A bellwether is a leader or an indicator of trends.bellwether " ''Cambridge Dictionary''. Retrieved 2022-01-22. In , the term often applies in a metaphorical sense to characterize a geographic region where political tendencies match in microcosm those of a wider area, such that the result of an in the former region might predict the eventual result in the latter. In ...
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2011 Canadian Federal Election
The 2011 Canadian federal election was held on May 2, 2011, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 41st Canadian Parliament. The writs of election for the 2011 election were issued by Governor General of Canada, Governor General David Johnston (governor general), David Johnston on March 26. Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper advised the Governor General to dissolve parliament after the House of Commons passed a motion of non-confidence against the government, finding it to be in contempt of Parliament. A few days before, the three opposition parties had rejected the minority government's proposed budget. The Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party remained in power, increasing its seat count from a minority to a majority government, marking the first election since 1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 that a centre-right politics, right-of-centre party formed a majority government. The Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party, somet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1979 Canadian Federal Election
The 1979 Canadian federal election was held on May 22, 1979, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of the Liberal Party of Canada after 16 years in power, 11 of them under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive Conservative Party to power but with only a minority of seats in the House of Commons. The Liberals, however, beat the Progressive Conservatives in the overall popular vote by more than 400,000 votes (40.11% to 35.89%). Taking office on the eve of his 40th birthday, Clark became the youngest prime minister in Canadian history. Overview The PC Party campaigned on the slogans, "Let's get Canada working again", and "It's time for a change – give the future a chance!" Canadians were not, however, sufficiently confident in the young Joe Clark to give him a majority in the House of Commons. Quebec, in particular, was unwilling to support Clark and elected only two PC Members ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |