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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263/263 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| NDP | Françoise Boivin | 35,268 | 61.89 |
Elected |
| BQ | Richard Nadeau | 8,583 | 15.06 |
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| LIB | Steve MacKinnon | 7,978 | 14.00 |
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| CON | Jennifer Gearey | 4,499 | 7.89 |
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| GRN | Jonathan Meijer | 659 | 1.16 |
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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
This is an Outaouais riding, with the Ottawa River as its southern boundary and the Gatineau River as its eastern boundary. The riding contains part of the City of Gatineau inside the former City of Gatineau limits. Kettle Island is also a part of the riding. In the 1995 referendum, 72 per cent of this riding voted against sovereignty.
In 2004, the former cities of Buckingham and Masson-Angers moved to the neighbouring riding, pulling the boundaries back to the Gatineau city limits. This riding was created in 1947 from the ridings of Wright and Hull. In 1986, the name changed to Gatineau-La Lièvre. The 1996 redistribution kept 84 per cent of the riding and changed the name back to Gatineau.
Population: 108,742 (2006 census; an increase of 5.7% since 2001)
Political History
Richard Nadeau and the Bloc Québécois won a second term in 2008, defeating NDP candidate Françoise Boivin by 1,583 votes. In 2006, Nadeau defeated Boivin, who was the incumbent as a member of the Liberal Party. Boivin had edged Nadeau in the 2004 election by 726 votes.
In 2000, Liberal Mark Assad defeated Nadeau to win his fourth term of office.
Both Wright and Hull, from which Gatineau was created, were Liberal from 1917. Liberal Gaston Isabelle, who was elected here in 1965, ran in Hull in 1968. Liberal Gaston Clermont won three terms, beginning in 1968, and another Liberal, René Cousineau, won in 1979 and in 1980. When Progressive Conservative Claudy Mailly defeated Cousineau in 1984, it was the first Conservative win in the riding.
- 1949-80 inclusive - LIB
- 1984 - PC
- Since 1988 - LIB
- 2006, 2008 - BQ
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 8.30% (8,195) |
| French | 31.57% (31,180) |
| Aboriginal | 3.52% (3,480) |
| American | 0.52% (510) |
| Canadian | 49.01% (48,410) |
| Caribbean | 2.62% (2,585) |
| Latin, Central, South | 2.98% (2,940) |
| Western European | 3.06% (3,020) |
| Northern European | 0.15% (150) |
| Eastern European | 3.10% (3,065) |
| S European | 9.01% (8,905) |
| Other European | 0.39% (385) |
| Scandinavian | 0.14% (135) |
| Baltic | 0.10% (95) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.08% (75) |
| African | 2.52% (2,490) |
| Arab | 4.07% (4,020) |
| Maghrebi | 2.80% (2,765) |
| West Asia | 0.44% (430) |
| South Asia | 1.11% (1,100) |
| East/SE Asia | 4.63% (4,570) |
| Oceania | 0.05% (50) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.01% (10) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 98,780 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 3% (3,365) |
| French | 78% (76,010) |
| 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% (10) |
| 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 | 2% (1,695) |
| Portuguese | 1% (1,250) |
| Romanian | 1% (485) |
| Spanish | 3% (3,105) |
| Danish | 0% (0) |
| Dutch | 0% (20) |
| Flemish | 0% (10) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (90) |
| Norwegian | 0% (15) |
| Swedish | 0% (0) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (20) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (130) |
| Croatian | 0% (40) |
| Czech | 0% (10) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (460) |
| Russian | 0% (430) |
| Serbian | 0% (70) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (10) |
| Slovak | 0% (10) |
| Slovenian | 0% (30) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (295) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (20) |
| Estonian | 0% (10) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (70) |
| Greek | 0% (365) |
| Armenian | 0% (40) |
| Turkish | 0% (30) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 2% (2,255) |
| Hebrew | 0% (15) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (10) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 1% (555) |
| Gujarati | 0% (10) |
| Hindi | 0% (45) |
| Kurdish | 0% (15) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (15) |
| Pashto | 0% (0) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (70) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (20) |
| Urdu | 0% (30) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (175) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (35) |
| Korean | 0% (10) |
| Cantonese | 0% (260) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 2% (1,470) |
| Mandarin | 0% (130) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (10) |
| Lao | 0% (85) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (215) |
| Vietnamese | 1% (1,110) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (10) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (65) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (25) |
| Creoles | 1% (875) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 96,905 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 0.08 |
| Mining | 0.11 |
| Utilities | 0.95 |
| Construction | 4.39 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 4.61 |
| Retail | 12.47 |
| Transport | 5.59 |
| Info Culture | 2.80 |
| Finance Insurance | 4.78 |
| Real Estate | 1.60 |
| ProSciTech | 5.28 |
| Management | 0.05 |
| Waste/Remediation | 5.00 |
| Education | 5.73 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 13.64 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.75 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 5.05 |
| Public Admin | 6.10 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 52,270 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 9.2%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 16.30%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 12.93%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $57,468
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 6%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 36.10%
34.70% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
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| CON | 167 | 0 | 167 | 39.62 |
| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
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