Ungava (electoral district)

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Ungava
National Assembly Member Luc Ferland
Parti Québécois
Electors, 2007 23,944 [1]
Electoral district created 1980
Region Nord-du-Quebec

Ungava is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1980 from Abitibi-Est and Abitibi-Ouest. It covers the Ungava Peninsula of northern Quebec and includes the municipalities of Matagami, Chibougamau and Chapais as well as the hydroelectric dams near James Bay, numerous First Nations reserves, and the Inuit communities of Nunavik.

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[edit] Members of the National Assembly

  1. Marcel Lafrenière, Parti Québécois (1981-1985)
  2. Christian Claveau, Parti Québécois (1985-1994)
  3. Michel Létourneau, Parti Québécois (1994-2007)
  4. Luc Ferland, Parti Québécois (2007-present)

[edit] Election results

Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Luc Ferland 4555 41.41 -8.70
     Liberal Aline Sauvageau 3577 32.52 -4.63
     Action démocratique Jacques L. Cadieux 2363 21.48 +8.74
     Québec solidaire Gilbert Hamel 506 4.60
Quebec general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Michel Létourneau 5744 50.11 +1.89
     Liberal Donald Don Bubar 4258 37.15 -3.89
     Action démocratique Gloria Trudeau 1460 12.74 +2.00
Quebec general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Michel Létourneau 6482 48.22 -5.97
     Liberal Claude Éric Gagné 5517 41.04 +1.04
     Action démocratique Steve Paquette 1443 10.74
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 10396 53.09
Oui 9187 46.91
Quebec general election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Michel Létourneau 7276 54.19 +3.23
     Liberal Victo Murray 5371 40.00 -9.04
     Green Thomas DeMarco 407 3.03
     Natural Law Steve Paquette 372 2.77
Quebec general election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Christian Claveau 6442 50.96 -0.88
     Liberal Jacques Bérubé 6199 49.04 +4.62
Quebec general election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Christian Claveau 6414 51.84 -9.69
     Liberal Jacques Bérubé 5497 44.42 +5.95
     Christian Socialism Denis Turgeon 463 3.74
Quebec general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti Québécois Marcel Lafrenière 9679 61.53
     Liberal Laurent Levasseur 6052 38.47

[edit] References

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts

v • d • e
 
North Duplessis, Dubuc
West   Ungava    East
South
Abitibi-Est, Abitibi-Ouest, Laviolette, Roberval, Lac-Saint-Jean
v • d • e
Quebec provincial electoral districts
Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
and Côte-Nord
Capitale-Nationale
Mauricie
Chaudière-Appalaches
and Centre-du-Québec
Estrie (Eastern Townships)
Eastern Montérégie
South Shore
East Montreal
                          Central Montreal
West Montreal
North Montreal
Laval
Lanaudière
Laurentians
Outaouais
Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec
See also: 2007 election • List of elections • Politics of Quebec
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