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Pontiac-Témiscamingue
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1972
District abolished1980
First contested1973
Last contested1976

Pontiac-Témiscamingue was a former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.

It was created for the 1973 election, from parts of the existing Pontiac and Témiscamingue electoral districts. Its final election was in 1976. It disappeared in the 1981 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Pontiac.

Members of the National Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Pontiac and Témiscamingue
30th  1973–1976     Jean-Guy Larivière Liberal
31st  1976–1981
Dissolved into Pontiac and Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue


Electoral results

1980 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 16,476 74.66
Oui 5,591 25.34
1976 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jean-Guy Larivière 8,149 43.57 -17.82
Union Nationale Jean-Rock Bernard 4,568 24.42 +16.21
Parti Québécois Jean-Robert Seguier 3,209 17.15 +8.83
Ralliement créditiste Emmanuel Pétrin 2,141 11.45 -10.63
Independent Richard Bowie 638 3.41
Total valid votes 14,601
Liberal hold Swing -17.02
1973 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Jean-Guy Larivière 10,269 61.39
Parti créditiste Emmanuel Pétrin 3,693 22.08
Parti Québécois Simone Dénommé-Denis 1,392 8.32
Union Nationale Éric Bélanger 1,373 8.21
Total valid votes 16,727

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Election results

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