Gatineau (electoral district)
 Quebec electoral district
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Gatineau in relation to districts in the Gatineau/Hull region (2003 boundaries)
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal |
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| District created | 1947 | ||
| First contested | 1949 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 106,424 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 83,651 | ||
| Area (km²) | 125 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 851.4 | ||
| Census divisions | Gatineau | ||
| Census subdivisions | Gatineau | ||
Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1988 and since 1997.
It consists of part of the former city of Gatineau, Quebec as defined by its pre-2002 boundaries.
The adjacent ridings are Hull—Aylmer, Pontiac, Ottawa—Orléans, and Ottawa—Vanier.
The district was created in 1947 from parts of Hull and Wright ridings. In 1987, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Chapleau.
Gatineau electoral district was re-created from Gatineau—La Lièvre ridings in 1996.
Gatineau lost territory to Pontiac during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Assad represented Gatineau—La Lièvre from 1988 to 1997 which was known as Chapleau from 1987 to 1988. This district had similar borders to Gatineau.
Like most ridings in the Ouatouais, Gatineau had long been safe for the Liberals, save for a lone Progressive Conservative victory in their 1984 nationwide landslide. Even as the rest of Quebec turned its back on the Liberals, a large number of civil servants who worked in Ottawa kept it in Liberal hands.
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