Abitibi-Ouest (electoral district)

Abitibi-Ouest is a provincial electoral district in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district includes the municipalities of Amos, La Sarre and Duparquet.

Abitibi-Ouest
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 		 
Suzanne Blais
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created1944
First contested1944
Last contested2018
Demographics
Electors (2012)[1]35,082
Area (km²)[2]11,528.1
Census division(s)Abitibi (all), Abitibi-Ouest (all)
Census subdivision(s)Amos, Authier, Authier-Nord, Barraute, Berry, Champneuf, Chazel, Clermont, Clerval, Duparquet, Dupuy, Gallichan, La Corne, La Morandière, La Motte, La Reine, La Sarre, Landrienne, Launay, Macamic, Normétal, Palmarolle, Poularies, Preissac, Rapide-Danseur, Rochebaucourt, Roquemaure, Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire, Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier, Sainte-Germaine-Boulé, Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville, Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg, Saint-Lambert, Saint-Marc-de-Figuery, Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana, Taschereau, Trécesson, Val-Saint-Gilles; Pikogan; Lac-Chicobi, Lac-Despinassy, Lac-Duparquet, Rivière-Ojima

The riding was created for the 1944 election from a part of Abitibi.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, Abitibi-Ouest gained the municipality of Barraute, as well as the part of the unorganized territory of Lac-Despinassy that it did not already have, from Abitibi-Est.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Abitibi
22nd  1944–1948     Émile Lesage Union Nationale
23rd  1948–1952
24th  1952–1956
25th  1956–1960     Alcide Courcy Liberal
26th  1960–1962
27th  1962–1966
28th  1966–1970
29th  1970–1973     Aurèle Audet Ralliement créditiste
30th  1973–1976     Jean-Hugues Boutin Liberal
31st  1976–1981     François Gendron Parti Québécois
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1989
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1998
36th  1998–2003
37th  2003–2007
38th  2007–2008
39th  2008–2012
40th  2012–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–Present     Suzanne Blais Coalition Avenir Québec

Election results
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Coalition Avenir QuébecSuzanne Blais7,68034.12+20.02
Parti QuébécoisSylvain Vachon7,48633.26-8.94
Québec solidaireRose Marquis3,73516.59+10.4
LiberalMartin Veilleux2,54611.31-8.94
Citoyens au pouvoirStéphane Lévesque3881.72
GreenYan-Dominic Couture2541.13
ConservativeEric Lacroix2481.1
IndependentMaxim Sylvestre1720.76
Total valid votes 22,509 98.37
Total rejected ballots 372 1.63
Turnout 22,881 64.75
Eligible voters 35,339
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois Swing +14.48
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Parti QuébécoisFrançois Gendron9,26742.2
LiberalSerge Bastien7,61534.7
Coalition Avenir QuébecNadia Racine3,08414.1
Québec solidaireGhislaine Camirand1,3546.2
Option nationaleGrégory Vézeau6272.9
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Parti QuébécoisFrançois Gendron12,06651.36
Coalition Avenir QuébecSébastien D'Astous4,57920.26
LiberalClaude Nelson Morin4,39918.73
Québec solidaireGhislaine Camirand1,2605.36
Option nationaleGrégory Vézeau1,0074.29
2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Parti QuébécoisFrançois Gendron10,59757.32
LiberalClaude Nelson Morin5,31728.76
Action démocratiqueSébastien D'Astous2,19811.89
Parti indépendantisteGrégory Vézeau3752.03
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Parti QuébécoisFrançois Gendron10,98348.38
Action démocratiqueEric Mathieu5,52924.36
LiberalJean-Louis Carignan5,37623.68
Québec solidaireCaroline Sigouin8143.59
2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Parti QuébécoisFrançois Gendron9,67745.44
LiberalJean-Louis Carignan7,96037.37
Action démocratiqueClaude Morin3,66117.19
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Parti QuébécoisFrançois Gendron14,73359.48
LiberalMartin Veilleux7,33329.60
Action démocratiqueMichelle Melançon2,4309.81
IndependentRené Lacroix2741.11
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Parti QuébécoisFrançois Gendron17,39174.37
LiberalRudolphe Corriveau5,99325.63
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Parti QuébécoisFrançois Gendron15,58867.40
LiberalMarcel Lesyk7,54132.60

References
  1. "Registered electors (General Election of April 7, 2014)". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  2. "Total area 11 528,1 km2". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
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