Chapleau

Riding profile: Chapleau contains the part of Gatineau bounded by the Outaouais Highway (Highway 50) on the north; the Blanche River, Lorrain Boulevard, Maloney Boulevard East, the CNR railway line and Versailles Street on the east; the Ottawa River to the south; and Gatineau Avenue on the west.

Riding map: From Elections Quebec: Chapleau (PDF) (Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.)

Riding history: Riding first existed in 1981 election, created from 36,252 electors from Papineau riding.

The 1992 redistribution kept almost all the existing riding, but it lost the Cantley poll to Gatineau riding. It gained a small area from Gatineau.

In 2001 redistribution: Kept 84 per cent of riding; 13 per cent moved to Papineau riding; three per cent to Gatineau. Lost to Papineau an area from the east of the city of Gatineau (8,077 electors). Lost to Gatineau an area north of Outaouais Highway (2,025 electors).

Political history: Since 1981 - LIB

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 72.47 per cent, Yes - 27.53 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 6.1 per cent French: 89.7 per cent Other: 4.2 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

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