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Abitibi - Témiscamingue
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275/275 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| NDP | Christine Moore | 24,763 | 51.32 |
Elected |
| BQ | Marc Lemay | 15,159 | 31.42 |
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| CON | Steven Hébert | 4,787 | 9.92 |
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| LIB | Suzie Grenon | 2,848 | 5.90 |
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| GRN | Patrick Rochon | 694 | 1.44 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
The riding is located in the southwest corner of Quebec, on the border with Ontario. It stretches from the Ottawa River in the south to include a small part of James Bay in the north.
The riding includes the city of Rouyn-Noranda, the regional county municipalities of Abitibi-Ouest, Abitibi and Timiscaming, and part of the Municipality of Baie-James. There are several reserves, including Pikogan Indian Reserve, Timiskaming Indian Reserve No. 19 and Eagle Village First Nation-Kipawa Indian Reserve, and the Indian settlements of Hunter's Point and Winneway.
In 2004, the riding became Abitibi-Témiscamingue, after 26 per cent of Abitibi-Baie James-Nunavik was added, an additional 24,613 people. This riding was created in 1966 from Pontiac-Témiscamingue and Villeneuve. In the 1996 redistribution, it added one per cent of Abitibi. At that point, the name of the riding was changed to Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue, but a private member's bill quickly changed the name back to Témiscamingue.
Population: 102,795 (2006 census; a decrease of 1.7% since 2001)
Political History
The Bloc Québécois won this riding easily in 2008 with candidate Marc Lemay being returned for a third term, capturing more than twice as many votes as second-place Liberal Gilbert Barrette.
For many years, this political territory was held by the Social Credit party. Réal Caouette won the original riding of Pontiac for the Social Credit in a byelection in 1946 and held the seat, as the riding grew and changed, until his death in 1976. His son, Gilles Caouette, also running under the Créditiste banner, won the 1977 byelection, but lost to Liberal Henri Tousignant in 1979.
Tousignant kept the seat in 1980, but was defeated by PC Gariel Desjardin in 1984. Desjardin was re-elected in 1988, but in 1993 the BQ's Pierre Brien was voted in. The BQ held the riding until it went to Liberal Gilbert Barrette in a 2003 byelection, called when Brien left federal politics to run provincially for Action Démocratique du Québec.
Lemay recaptured the riding for the Bloc in 2004 and was returned in 2006, capturing more than twice as many votes as second-place Conservative Marie-Josée Carbonneau.
1968, 1972, 1974, 1977 byelection - SC
- 1979, 1980 - LIB
- 1984, 1988 - PC
- 1993, 1997, 2000 - BQ
- 2003 byelection - LIB
- 2004, 2006, 2008 - BQ
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 5.90% (5,795) |
| French | 24.39% (23,945) |
| Aboriginal | 1.61% (1,580) |
| American | 0.32% (310) |
| Canadian | 33.09% (32,485) |
| Caribbean | 4.82% (4,730) |
| Latin, Central, South | 3.28% (3,215) |
| Western European | 2.43% (2,385) |
| Northern European | 0.22% (215) |
| Eastern European | 3.26% (3,205) |
| S European | 16.75% (16,445) |
| Other European | 0.36% (355) |
| Scandinavian | 0.18% (175) |
| Baltic | 0.02% (15) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.19% (190) |
| African | 2.85% (2,800) |
| Arab | 12.72% (12,490) |
| Maghrebi | 4.62% (4,540) |
| West Asia | 3.29% (3,225) |
| South Asia | 2.87% (2,815) |
| East/SE Asia | 4.18% (4,105) |
| Oceania | 0.02% (20) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 98,165 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 4% (3,860) |
| French | 57% (54,855) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (0) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 7% (6,650) |
| Portuguese | 1% (860) |
| Romanian | 1% (1,150) |
| Spanish | 4% (3,360) |
| Danish | 0% (0) |
| Dutch | 0% (10) |
| Flemish | 0% (10) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (235) |
| Norwegian | 0% (15) |
| Swedish | 0% (10) |
| Yiddish | 0% (10) |
| Bosnian | 0% (25) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (150) |
| Croatian | 0% (30) |
| Czech | 0% (10) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (180) |
| Russian | 1% (575) |
| Serbian | 0% (50) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (50) |
| Slovak | 0% (60) |
| Slovenian | 0% (25) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (105) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (10) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (90) |
| Greek | 3% (2,480) |
| Armenian | 2% (1,690) |
| Turkish | 0% (335) |
| Amharic | 0% (25) |
| Arabic | 9% (8,620) |
| Hebrew | 0% (20) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (0) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (140) |
| Gujarati | 0% (230) |
| Hindi | 0% (40) |
| Kurdish | 0% (60) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 1% (500) |
| Pashto | 0% (40) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (285) |
| Sindhi | 0% (10) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (25) |
| Urdu | 0% (365) |
| Malayalam | 0% (20) |
| Tamil | 1% (950) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (10) |
| Korean | 0% (0) |
| Cantonese | 0% (350) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 1% (1,315) |
| Mandarin | 0% (80) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (25) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (285) |
| Vietnamese | 1% (1,110) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (15) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (25) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (35) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (85) |
| Swahili | 0% (20) |
| Creoles | 3% (2,550) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 95,555 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 0.21 |
| Mining | 0.02 |
| Utilities | 0.32 |
| Construction | 4.25 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 5.41 |
| Retail | 13.35 |
| Transport | 5.09 |
| Info Culture | 2.46 |
| Finance Insurance | 3.40 |
| Real Estate | 1.22 |
| ProSciTech | 4.87 |
| Management | 0.03 |
| Waste/Remediation | 5.84 |
| Education | 4.54 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 11.14 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.25 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 5.07 |
| Public Admin | 3.22 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 45,170 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 9.1%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 18.71%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 18.28%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $70,326
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 1%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 37.96%
34.70% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
We'll be updating these info pages as the campaign progresses. If you have any corrections, suggestions or new information to pass on, please email us.
Steven Hébert | |
| Party: Conservative Party of Canada Contact Information: | |
| Profession: | Political assistant |
Patrick Rochon | |
| Party: Green Party of Canada Contact Information: 819-759-3144 | |
| Profession: | Computer specialist |
Suzie Grenon | |
| Party: Liberal Party of Canada Contact Information: | |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Children: | Three |
| Education: | Child care worker diploma and an educational assistant certificate from the Collège de Shawinigan |
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
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| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
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