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

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

Diane Lebouthillier
Liberal

District created

2003

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2016)

75,850

Electors (2021)

65,501

Area (km²)

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

Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (French pronunciation: [ɡaspezi lez‿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.

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

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.

History

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.

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, with the Avignon Regional County Municipality going to Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, and gaining La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality from Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding will largely be replaced by Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj. It gains the entirety of the La Matanie Regional County Municipality and Avignon Regional County Municipality from Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census

Languages: (2016) 91.5% French, 8.1% English, 0.1% Spanish

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—Listuguj, 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	23,743	44.34
	Liberal	21,289	39.76
	Conservative	4,421	8.26
	New Democratic	2,288	4.27
	People's	1,074	2.01
	Others	731	1.37

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

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 and CBC

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

2011 federal election redistributed results
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
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:

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
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

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

^ Statistics Canada: 2016
"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.
"Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
"Confirmed candidates — Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
"Federal election 2019 live results". CBC Canada Votes. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

v t e Federal ridings in Eastern Quebec
Conservative	Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Bloc Québécois	Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
Liberal	Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

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Federal ridings in Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

The Eastern Townships

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Montreal
(East, West, North) & Laval

Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Bourassa Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle Hochelaga Honoré-Mercier Lac-Saint-Louis LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Laurier—Sainte-Marie Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Outremont Papineau Pierrefonds—Dollard La Pointe-de-l'Île Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Sœurs

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

v t e Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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