Abitibi-Ouest (electoral district)

Coordinates: 48°45′N 79°00′W / 48.75°N 79.00°W

Abitibi-Ouest

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	François Gendron Parti Québécois
District created	1944
First contested	1944
Last contested	2012
Demographics
Electors (2012)[1]	35,082
Area (km²)[2]	11,528.1
Census divisions	Abitibi (all), Abitibi-Ouest (all)
Census subdivisions	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

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.

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

1. Émile Lesage, Union nationale (1944–1956)
2. Alcide Courcy, Liberal (1956–1970)
3. Aurèle Audet, Ralliement créditiste (1970–1973)
4. Jean-Hugues Boutin, Liberal (1973–1976)
5. François Gendron, Parti Québécois (1976–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	François Gendron	10,597	57.32
	Liberal	Claude Nelson Morin	5,317	28.76
	Action démocratique	Sébastien D'Astous	2,198	11.89
	Parti indépendantiste	Grégory Vézeau	375	2.03

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=573&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=573&section=superficie

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Abitibi-Témiscamingue region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011

Neighbouring electoral districts