Manicouagan (electoral district)

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Manicouagan
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Manicouagan.png
Manicouagan in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Marilène Gill
Bloc Québécois
District created1966
First contested 1968
Last contested 2021
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016) [1] 92,518
Electors (2019)72,256
Area (km²) [2] 264,226
Pop. density (per km²)0.35
Census division(s) Basse-Côte-Nord Territory, Caniapiscau RCM, Manicouagan RCM, Minganie RCM, Sept-Rivières RCM
Census subdivision(s) Sept-Îles, Baie-Comeau, Port-Cartier, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Forestville, Pessamit, Fermont, Pointe-Lebel, Les Escoumins, Sacré-Coeur

Manicouagan is a federal riding in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons since 1968. Since the 2015 federal election, its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Marilène Gill of the Bloc Québécois (BQ).

Contents

The riding was created in 1966 from parts of the Charlevoix and Saguenay ridings.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Labrador.

This riding gained territory from Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan. [3]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census [4]
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:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Manicouagan
Riding created from Charlevoix and Saguenay
28th  1968–1972   Gustave Blouin Liberal
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980 André Maltais
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988   Brian Mulroney Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993 Charles Langlois
35th  1993–1997   Bernard St-Laurent Bloc Québécois
 1997–1997   Independent
36th  1997–2000   Ghislain Fournier Bloc Québécois
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006 Gérard Asselin
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015   Jonathan Genest-Jourdain New Democratic
42nd  2015–2019   Marilène Gill Bloc Québécois
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Manicouagan (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Marilène Gill 18,41952.6-1.3$15,653.33
Conservative Rodrigue Vigneault7,64021.8+2.6$15,143.67
Liberal Thomas Gagné6,54518.7-0.6$11,042.69
New Democratic Nichola Saint-Jean1,5094.3+0.6$0.00
Free Blanca Girard8872.5N/A$950.51
Total valid votes/expense limit35,00097.5–$134,113.27
Total rejected ballots9042.5
Turnout35,90450.2
Registered voters71,535
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -2.0
Source: Elections Canada [5]
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Marilène Gill 21,76853.90+12.65$18,875.24
Liberal Dave Savard7,79319.29-10.08$36,651.32
Conservative François Corriveau 7,77119.24+8.97$30,489.35
New Democratic Colleen McCool1,4823.67-13.84$0.33
Green Jacques Gélineau1,2933.20+1.6none listed
People's Gabriel Côté2830.70none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit40,390100.0
Total rejected ballots712
Turnout41,10256.9
Eligible voters72,256
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +11.37
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Marilène Gill 17,33841.25+8.57$19,611.43
Liberal Mario Tremblay12,34329.37+23.86$9,363.37
New Democratic Jonathan Genest-Jourdain 7,35917.51-30.17$24,554.75
Conservative Yvon Boudreau4,31710.27-1.36$16,863.38
Green Nathan Grills6731.60-0.91–
Total valid votes/Expense limit42,030100.00 $259,798.61
Total rejected ballots6451.51–
Turnout75,03056.88–
Eligible voters75,030
Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic Swing +19.37
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]
2011 federal election redistributed results [10]
PartyVote %
  New Democratic 18,45847.67
  Bloc Québécois 12,65432.68
  Conservative 4,50211.63
  Liberal 2,1315.50
  Green 9722.51
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Jonathan Genest-Jourdain 16,43748.93+44.1
Bloc Québécois Gérard Asselin 10,49531.24-18.1
Conservative Gordon Ferguson3,87811.55-15.5
Liberal André Forbes [fn 1] 1,8825.60-9.7
Green Jacques Gélineau8982.67-0.9
Total valid votes/Expense limit33,590 100.00
Total rejected ballots 5241.54+0.1
Turnout 34,114 52.10–
Eligible voters 65,481––
New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +31.1
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Gérard Asselin 15,27249.3-1.8$60,396
Conservative Pierre Breton8,37427.0+8.0$57,909
Liberal Randy Jones4,73715.3+1.0$3,407
New Democratic Michaël Chicoine1,4914.8-8.0$228
Green Jacques Gélineau1,1123.6+1.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit30,986 100.0 $99,164
Total rejected ballots444 1.4
Turnout31,430–
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Gérard Asselin 18,60151.1-7.4$59,792
Conservative Pierre Paradis6,91019.0+14.1$9,560
Liberal Randy Jones5,21414.3-10.6$22,979
New Democratic Pierre Ducasse 4,65712.8+2.5$20,006
Green Jacques Gélineau8242.3+0.9
Independent Eric Viver1950.5–
Total valid votes/Expense limit36,401100.0 $92,367
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Gérard Asselin 19,04058.5+5.3$55,212
Liberal Anthony Detroio8,09724.9-10.8$54,120
New Democratic Pierre Ducasse 3,36110.3+8.6$23,174
Conservative Pierre Paradis1,6014.9-4.4 [fn 2] $4,449
Green Les Parsons4441.4–$905
Total valid votes/Expense limit 32,543100.0 $90,297
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Bloc Québécois Ghislain Fournier 11,59553.2+6.2
Liberal Robert Labadie7,77035.7-5.5
Alliance Laurette De Champlain1,1975.5n/a
Progressive Conservative Gaby-Gabriel Robert8303.8-3.9
New Democratic Normand Caplette3861.8-2.2
Total valid votes 21,778100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Bloc Québécois Ghislain Fournier 12,20347.1-7.9
Liberal André Maltais 10,67141.2+20.1
Progressive Conservative Michel Allard2,0097.7-14.5
New Democratic Pierre Ducasse 1,0414.0+2.3
Total valid votes25,924100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Bloc Québécois Bernard St-Laurent 14,85955.0n/a [fn 3]
Progressive Conservative Charles Langlois 6,02422.3-39.4
Liberal Rita Lavoie5,69421.1-1.8
New Democratic Eric Hébert4511.7-12.8
Total valid votes27,028100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Charles Langlois 17,12661.7-9.9
Liberal Sylvain Garneau6,35522.9-1.6
New Democratic Carol Guay4,00814.4+12.1
Commonwealth of Canada Alan John York2811.0+0.8
Total valid votes27,770100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney 28,20871.6+56.1
Liberal André Maltais 9,64024.5-44.2
New Democratic Denis Faubert9392.4-4.4
Parti nationaliste Laurian Dupont5361.4
Commonwealth of Canada Raynald Rouleau1010.3
Total valid votes39,424100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal André Maltais 21,49968.610.0
Progressive Conservative Jacques Blouin4,84415.5-0.2
New Democratic Roger Muller2,1116.7+0.1
Social Credit Marcel Brin1,1843.8-13.2
Rhinoceros Yves Truchon8412.7
Rhinoceros Denis Tarzan Bédard7152.3
Marxist–Leninist Lisette Paradis1250.4
Total valid votes31,319100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal André Maltais 18,52858.6-8.6
Social Credit Paul-Henri Tremblay5,37817.0
Progressive Conservative Denyse Patry4,94815.6-1.0
New Democratic Carole Noel2,1056.7-6.8
Union populaire Gilles Verrier6592.1
Total valid votes31,618100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gustave Blouin 16,22067.2+10.7
Progressive Conservative Alban Malenfant4,02416.7+1.1
New Democratic Raymond Perron3,24713.4+6.2
Marxist–Leninist Gilles Verrier6592.7
Total valid votes24,150100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gustave Blouin 16,78056.5-4.1
Social Credit Lionel-Joseph Desjardins6,13620.7+12.8
Progressive Conservative Jerry Giles4,62515.6-4.8
New Democratic Jean-Maurice Pinel2,1567.3-3.8
Total valid votes29,697100.0
1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Gustave Blouin 13,50460.6
Progressive Conservative Jerry Giles4,53920.4
New Democratic Louis Rioux2,46311.1
Ralliement créditiste Roger Boulanger1,7617.9
Total valid votes22,267100.0

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ André Forbes was nominated as a Liberal, but lost party support just before the nomination deadline. Instead of resigning, he continued to run as an Independent. He appears on the ballot as a Liberal. [11] [12]
  2. ↑ Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
  3. ↑ No BQ candidate in 1988 for comparison.

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
  3. ↑ "Quebec's New Federal Electoral Map".
  4. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Manicouagan [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Confirmed candidates — Manicouagan". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  6. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  8. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Manicouagan, 30 September 2015
  9. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  11. ↑ Booted Liberal candidate still in the race. TheSpec.com, 11 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  12. ↑ Controversial Quebec Liberal to remain in race. CBC News, 11 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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