Abitibi—Témiscamingue

Abitibi—Témiscamingue
Quebec electoral district
	Abitibi—Témiscamingue in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	103,491
Electors (2019)	82,341
Area (km²)[2]	33,444.46
Pop. density (per km²)	3.1
Census division(s)	Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Jamésie Territory, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscamingue RCM
Census subdivision(s)	Amos, Barraute, La Sarre, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscaming, Ville-Marie

Abitibi—Témiscamingue is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. The area was also represented by the electoral district of Témiscamingue from 1968 until 2004.

For the region of Quebec, see Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Geography

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Témiscamingue, Abitibi, Abitibi-Ouest, the City of Rouyn-Noranda and a small section of south western Jamésie Territory.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Pontiac, Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, Nipissing—Timiskaming, and Timmins—James Bay.

History

Témiscamingue was created in 1968 from parts of Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve.

It was initially defined to consist of:

the Cities of Noranda and Rouyn;
the Towns of Belleterre, Temiscaming and Ville-Marie;
the County of Témiscamingue (except the Townships of Béraud, Chabert, Darlens, Desroberts, Granet, Jourdan, Landanet, Laubanie, Marrias, Mazérac, Pélissier and Sabourin without local municipal organization).

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

the Cities of Noranda and Rouyn;
the Towns of Belleterre, Duparquet, La Sarre, Macamic, Temiscaming and Ville-Marie;
the County of Témiscamingue; and
parts of the County of Abitibi.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

the towns of Belleterre, Duparquet, La Sarre, Macamic, Noranda, Rouyn, Témiscaming and Ville-Marie;
the County of Témiscamingue excluding the Territory of Témiscamingue-Lac-Granet portion;
parts of the County of Abitibi; and
the southwest part of the Municipality of James Bay.

It was renamed "Rouyn-Noranda—Témiscamingue" in 1996, and redefined to consist of:

the cities of Belleterre, Cadillac, Duparquet, La Sarre, Macamic, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscaming and Ville-Marie;
the county regional municipalities of Abitibi-Ouest and Rouyn-Noranda;
the County Regional Municipality of Témiscamingue, including Timiscaming Indian Reserve No. 19 and Eagle Village First Nation-Kipawa Indian Reserve, the Indian settlements of Hunter's Point and Winneway; and
the southwest part of the Municipality of James Bay.

In 1997, it was renamed "Témiscamingue".

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into Abitibi—Témiscamingue.

Abitibi—Témiscamingue was created in 2003. 77.1% came from Témiscamingue, and 22.9% from neighbouring Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik riding.

The riding lost a small territory to Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou as a result of the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Témiscamingue Riding created from Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve
28th	1968–1971	Réal Caouette	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1971–1972		Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1976
30th	1977–1979	Gilles Caouette
31st	1979–1980	Henri Tousignant	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Henri Tousignant	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Gabriel Desjardins	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Gabriel Desjardins	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Pierre Brien	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2003
37th	2003–2004	Gilbert Barrette	Liberal
Abitibi—Témiscamingue
38th	2004–2006	Marc Lemay	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Christine Moore	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019	Christine Moore	New Democratic
43rd	2019–present	Sébastien Lemire	Bloc Québécois

Election results

Graph of election results in Abitibi—Témiscamingue (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)