Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle

Pontiac

Quebec electoral district
Pontiac in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Will Amos Liberal
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	106,499
Electors (2015)	86,585
Area (km²)	86,585
Pop. density (per km²)	1.2
Census divisions	Gatineau, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Pontiac
Census subdivisions	Alleyn-et-Cawood, Aumond, Blue Sea, Bryson, Bois-Franc, Bouchette, Bristol, Campbell's Bay, Cantley, Cascades-Malignes, Cayamant, Chelsea, Chichester, Clarendon, Déléage, Denholm, Dépôt-Échouani, Egan-Sud, Fort Coulonge, Gatineau, Gracefield, Grand-Remous, Kazabazua, Kitigan Zibi, Lac-Lenôtre, Lac-Moselle, Lac-Nilgaut, Lac-Pythonga, Lac-Rapide, Lac-Sainte-Marie, La Pêche, L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet, L'Isle-aux-Aullumettes, Litchfield, Low, Maniwaki, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Messines, Montcerf-Lytton, Otter Lake, Pontiac, Portage-du-Fort, Rapides-des-Joachims, Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau, Shawville, Sheenboro, Thorne, Val-des-Monts, Waltham

Pontiac (formerly known as Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle) is a federal electoral district in western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968.

From 1980 until 2011 and again in 2015, Pontiac was a bellwether electoral district whose electoral winner also was a member of the winning party.

The electoral district existed over three distinct periods:

Pontiac lost territory to Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation and gained territory from Hull—Aylmer and Gatineau during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

The electoral district includes:

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Témiscamingue, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Laurentides—Labelle, Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation, Hull—Aylmer and Gatineau (in Quebec) and Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Ottawa—Orléans, Ottawa West—Nepean, Carleton—Mississippi Mills, and Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke (in Ontario).