Pontiac (electoral district)
Pontiac
 Quebec electoral district
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Pontiac in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
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| Federal electoral district |
| Legislature |
House of Commons |
| MP |
Will Amos
Liberal
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| District created |
1867 |
| First contested |
1867 |
| Last contested |
2015 |
| District webpage |
profile, map
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| Demographics |
| Population (2011) |
106,499 |
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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
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| 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
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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).
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