Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

This article is about the electoral district. For the region, see Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (French pronunciation: [gaspezi il də la madlɛn]) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Quebec electoral district
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Diane Lebouthillier Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)^[1]	75,850
Electors (2021)	65,501
Area (km²)^[1]	17,145
Pop. density (per km²)	4.4
Census division(s)	Bonaventure RCM, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Rocher-Percé RCM
Census subdivision(s)	Gaspé, Les-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Chandler, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, New Richmond, Grande-Rivière, Percé, Paspébiac, Bonaventure, Saint-Elzéar

It was created by the Representation Order of 2003 from parts of Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok and Matapédia—Matane ridings.

As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, the former riding of Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine was dissolved, largely being replaced by Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and the rest going to Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, while gaining territory from Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.

Geography

The riding occupies the eastern part of the Gaspé Peninsula, as well as the Magdalen Islands. The Magdalen Islands, being in the Atlantic time zone, report election results one hour earlier than the rest of the riding, which in the Eastern Time Zone with the rest of Quebec.

From 2004 to 2011 it consisted of:

(a) the regional county municipalities of Bonaventure, La Côte-de-Gaspé and Le Rocher-Percé; (b) the Regional County Municipality of Avignon, including Gesgapegiag and Listuguj Indian reserves; and (c) the Municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

Following the 2013 redistribution, the riding lost the RCM of Avignon but gained the RCM of La Haute-Gaspésie.

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census

• Languages: (2016) 91.5% French, 8.1% English, 0.1% Spanish^[2]

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Riding created from Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok and Matapédia—Matane
38th	2004–2006		Raynald Blais	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Philip Toone	New Democratic
Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
42nd	2015–2019		Diane Lebouthillier	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, 2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Diane Lebouthillier	17,099	46.4	+3.9	$82,566.31
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Bernatchez	14,481	39.3	-1.5	$12,869.61
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Pigeon	3,010	8.2	+0.3	$9,458.03
	New Democratic	Lisa Phung	1,358	3.7	-0.8	$744.35
	People's	Christian Rioux	621	1.7	+1.2	$995.81
	Free	Monique Leduc	289	0.8	N/A	$1,116.77
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,858	97.9	–	$112,788.79
Total rejected ballots			778	2.1
Turnout			37,636	57.5
Registered voters			65,501
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.7
Source: Elections Canada^[3]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Diane Lebouthillier	16,296	42.5	+3.8	$53,469.21
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Bernatchez	15,659	40.8	+19.9	none listed
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Pigeon	3,022	7.9	+1.8	$9,786.76
	New Democratic	Lynn Beaulieu	1,722	4.5	-28.0	none listed
	Green	Dennis Drainville	1,130	2.9	+1.9	none listed
	Rhinoceros	Jay Cowboy	353	0.9	+0.1	$0.00
	People's	Eric Hébert	198	0.5		$2,821.16
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,380	100.0
Total rejected ballots			783
Turnout			39,163	60.5
Eligible voters			64,748
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.05
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5] and CBC^[6]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Diane Lebouthillier	15,345	38.73	+21.69	$34,217.07
	New Democratic	Philip Toone	12,885	32.52	+3.69	$45,644.59
	Bloc Québécois	Nicholas Roussy	8,289	20.92	-12.15	$51,177.09
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Pigeon	2,398	6.05	-13.02	$9,215.28
	Green	Jim Morrison	400	1.01	-0.98	–
	Rhinoceros	Max Boudreau	300	0.76	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,617	100.0		$215,809.52
Total rejected ballots			395	–	–
Turnout			40,012	60.97	–
Eligible voters			65,623
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	11,684	33.07
	New Democratic	10,186	28.83
	Conservative	6,739	19.07
	Liberal	6,020	17.04
	Green	702	1.99

Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, 2003 representation order

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Philip Toone	12,427	33.76	+26.78	none listed
	Bloc Québécois	Daniel Côté	11,650	31.64	−8.46	$39,768.78
	Conservative	Régent Bastien	6,292	17.09	−5.75	$48,704.71
	Liberal	Jules Duguay	5,533	15.03	−11.93	none listed
	Green	Julien Leblanc	913	2.48	−0.63	$328.10
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,815	100.0		$90,208.08
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			571	1.53	+0.33
Turnout			37,386	53.85	−0.26
Eligible voters			69,429
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+17.62
Sources:^[10]^[11]

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Raynald Blais	14,636	40.10	-2.59	$35,057.79
	Liberal	Denis Gauvreau	9,840	26.96	+7.70	$75,736.95
	Conservative	Darryl Gray	8,334	22.84	-9.39	$61,592.38
	New Democratic	Gaston Langlais	2,549	6.98	+4.02	$1,775.37
	Green	Julien Leblanc	1,136	3.11	+0.25	$157.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,495	100.0		$86,955
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			445	1.20	+0.07
Turnout			36,940	54.11	-7.04
Eligible voters			68,270
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-5.14

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Raynald Blais	17,678	42.69	-12.98	$39,804.88
	Conservative	Gaston Langlais	13,347	32.23	+25.39	$16,170.29
	Liberal	Mario Levesque	7,977	19.26	-13.39	$27,785.44
	New Democratic	Sophie Dauphinais	1,225	2.96	+0.87	$1,237.16
	Green	Bob Eichenberger	1,183	2.86	+0.11	$325.71
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,410	100.0		$80,993
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			474	1.13	-0.30
Turnout			41,884	61.15	+4.58
Eligible voters			68,494
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-19.18

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Raynald Blais	21,446	55.67	+13.10	$44,886.71
	Liberal	Georges Farrah	12,579	32.65	−20.15	$44,503.86
	Conservative	Guy De Coste	2,636	6.84	+4.17	$12,110.72
	Green	Bob Eichenberger	1,060	2.75	–	none listed
	New Democratic	Philip Toone	805	2.09	+0.13	$1,695.37
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,526	100.00		$79,194
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			559	1.43
Turnout			39,085	56.57	−5.93
Eligible voters			69,089
	Bloc Québécois notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.62

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	22,302	52.80
	Bloc Québécois	17,981	42.57
	New Democratic	827	1.96
	Alliance	741	1.75
	Progressive Conservative	388	0.92

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Code 24019) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2016
2. "Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". August 2, 2017.
3. "Confirmed candidates — Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
6. "Federal election 2019 live results". CBC Canada Votes. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
7. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, 30 September 2015
8. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
9. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
10. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
11. Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

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