Abitibi—Témiscamingue

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Abitibi—Témiscamingue

Quebec electoral district
Abitibi—Témiscamingue in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Marc Lemay BQ
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	102,795
Electors (2006)	79,435
Area (km²)	41,530
Pop. density (per km²)	2.5
Census divisions	Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Jamésie Territory, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscamingue RCM
Census subdivisions	Amos, Barraute, La Sarre, Rouyn-Noranda, Témiscaming, Ville-Marie

For the region of Quebec see Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Abitibi—Témiscamingue is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 102,795.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] History

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Témiscamingue and Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik prior to 2004
38th	2004-2006		Marc Lemay	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006-

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Marc Lemay	24,637	52.3	-5.4
	Conservative	Marie-Josée Carbonneau	10,634	22.6	+17.0
	Liberal	Charles Lavergne	6,501	13.8	-17.2
	New Democrat	Christine Moore	4,022	8.5	+5.1
	Green	Patrick Rancourt	1,283	2.7	+0.3
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing	-11.2%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Marc Lemay	25,041
	Liberal	Gilbert Barrette	13,457
	Conservative	Bernard Hugues Beauchesne	2,425
	New Democrat	Dennis Shushack	1,472
	Green	Patrick Rancourt	1,037

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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