Results, Ridings & Candidates

Ungava

2008 Results

UNGAVA
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		96/96 polls
PQ	Luc Ferland	4,118	47.30	Elected
LIB	Pierre Gaudreault	3,015	34.63
ADQ	Pascal Dion	917	10.53
QS	Mélanie Dufour	439	5.04
IND	Gilbert Hamel	218	2.50

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Quebec.

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Candidates:

NAME	PARTY
Dion, Pascal	Action Démocratique du Québec
Dufour, Mélanie	Québec Solidaire
Ferland, Luc	Parti Québécois
Gaudreault, Pierre	Quebec Liberal Party
Hamel, Gilbert	Independent

Riding profile: Ungava is the province's largest riding in area. The electoral district contains the following municipalities: James Bay, Chapais, Chibougamau, Chisasibi, Ivujivik, Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Matagami and Puvirnituq.

It also contains the following reserved lands: Chisasibi, Eastmain, Mistissini, Nemiscau, Waskaganish, Waswanipi, Wemindji and Whapmagoostui; the unorganized territories of Hudson Bay, Caniapiscau and Lac-Juillet; the First Nation settlement of Oujé-Bougoumou, the hamlet of Déception and the village of Purtuniq; the following Category I lands for the Inuit: Akulivik, Aupaluk, Inukjuak, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk, Kiggaluk, Killiniq, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Quaqtaq, Salluit, Tasiujaq and Umiujaq; finally the unorganized territory of Rivière-Koksoak less the part between latitudes 55 degrees 00 minutes and 55 degrees 20 minutes north, and between longitude 67 degrees 10 minutes west and the limit of Quebec.

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

Riding history: Riding created in 1980 from Abitibi-Est and parts of Abitibi-Ouest and Duplessis. Minor change (territory only) in 1992 redistribution.

In 2001 redistribution added in the south from Abitibi-Ouest, part of James Bay (700 electors).

Political history: Since 1981 - PQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: No - 53.09 per cent; Yes - 46.91 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 3.4 per cent French: 44.1 per cent Other: 52.5 per cent (51.9 per cent Cree/Inuktitut) Source: 2001 Statistics Canada census

1981	Parti Québécois's Marcel Lafrenière defeated Liberal Laurent Levasseur by 3,627 votes.
1985	Parti Québécois's Christian Claveau defeated Liberal Jacques Bérubé in 1985 and 1989.
1994	Parti Québécois's Michel Létourneau defeated Liberal Victor Murray by 1,905 votes.
1998	Létourneau defeated Liberal Claude Éric Gagné by 965 votes. Served as minister responsible for the Northern Quebec region and minister responsible for Côte-Nord region in 2002 and 2003; minister for Native Affairs, Feb. 13, 2002 to April 29, 2003.
2003	Létourneau defeated Liberal Donald Don Bubar by 965 votes.
2007	Parti Québécois's Luc Ferland defeated Liberal Aline Sauvageau.

UNGAVA
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	117/117 polls
PQ	Luc Ferland	4,555	41.41	Elected
LIB	Aline Sauvageau	3,577	32.52
ADQ	Jacques L. Cadieux	2,363	21.48
QS	Gilbert Hamel	506	4.60

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008, 1:11 AM EST
LIB	66	0	66	42.06
PQ	51	0	51	35.15
ADQ	7	0	7	16.35
QS	1	0	1	3.80
GRN	0	0	0	2.19
OTH	0	0	0	0.45

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