Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou

Abitibi and Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (formerly known as Nunavik—Eeyou) is a federal riding

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in the province

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of Quebec

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, Canada

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, that have been represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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since 1966.

"Abitibi" was created in 1966, and renamed "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik". It was abolished in 2003, and most of its territory was incorporated into "Nunavik—Eeyou", which was renamed "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou" in 2004.

Geography

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou consists of:

the Regional County Municipality of Vallée-de-l'Or, including: Lac-Simon Indian Reserve; the Indian Settlement of Grand-Lac Victoria;
the Equivalent Territory of Jamésie, including: the Cree villages and reserved lands of Chisasibi, Eastmain, Mistissini, Nemiscau, Waskaganish, Waswanipi and Wemindji; the Indian Settlement of Oujé-Bougoumou, excepting that part of the Municipality of Baie-James lying southerly of latitude 50°00′ N and westerly of longitude 79°00′ W; and
the Territory of the Kativik Regional Government, including the Cree village and reserved land of Whapmagoostui; the Nordic village municipalities of Akulivik, Aupaluk, Inukjuak, Ivujivik, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Puvirnituq, Quaqtaq, Salluit, Tasiujaq and Umiujaq; the Naskapi Village Municipality of Kawawachikamach.

The neighbouring ridings are Timmins—James Bay

Timmins—James Bay

Timmins—James Bay is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 84,001....

, Nunavut

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, Labrador

Labrador (electoral district)

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, Manicouagan

Manicouagan (electoral district)

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, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord

Chicoutimi—Le Fjord

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, Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

For the electoral district in the Quebec National Assembly see Roberval Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.The riding was created in 1947 from parts of Lake St-John—Roberval riding.The...

, Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Saint-Maurice—Champlain

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, Pontiac

Pontiac (electoral district)

Pontiac is a federal electoral district in south-western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968....

, and Abitibi—Témiscamingue.

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou contains more than half of Quebec's total landmass. As such, it is the largest riding in a Canadian province, and the third largest in the country after the territorial ridings of Nunavut and Western Arctic.

History

Abitibi riding was created in 1966 from parts of Chapleau

Chapleau (electoral district)

Chapleau was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968. It is currently a Quebec provincial riding that includes the majority of the Gatineau region....

and Saguenay

Saguenay (electoral district)

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electoral districts. In 1976, parts of Villeneuve

Villeneuve (electoral district)

Villeneuve was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1979.This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Pontiac riding...

were incorporated. The electoral district's name was changed in 1998 to "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik".

In the 2003 re-distribution, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik was abolished. A new riding, "Nunavik—Eeyou", was created with substatilly the same territory as Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik. Parts of Manicouagan

Manicouagan (electoral district)

and Roberval ridings were added, while a part was lost to Abitibi—Témiscamingue

Abitibi—Témiscamingue

Abitibi—Témiscamingue is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. The area was also represented by the electoral district of Témiscamingue from 1968 until 2004.-Geography:...

. Its name was changed to "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou" after the 2004 election.

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament

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Parliament	Years		Party
Chapleau Chapleau (electoral district) Chapleau was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968. It is currently a Quebec provincial riding that includes the majority of the Gatineau region.... and Saguenay Saguenay (electoral district) Saguenay was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968.This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Charlevoix—Saguenay riding. It consisted of:... prior to 1968
*Abitibi*
28th Canadian federal election, 1968 The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...	1968–1971	Gérard Laprise Gérard Laprise Gérard Laprise was a Social Credit Party and Ralliement créditiste member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in La Sarre, Quebec and became a carpenter by career....	Ralliement créditiste Ralliement créditiste Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. There were various parties at different times with different names at the provincial level, all broadly following the social credit philosophy; at various times they had...
	1971–1972		Social Credit Social Credit Party of Canada The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...
29th Canadian federal election, 1972 The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive...	1972–1974
30th Canadian federal election, 1974 The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on July 8, 1974 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 30th Parliament of Canada. The governing Liberal Party won its first majority government since 1968, and gave Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau his third term...	1974–1979
31st Canadian federal election, 1979 The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...	1979–1980	Armand Caouette Armand Caouette Armand Caouette was a Social Credit Party member of the Canadian House of Commons. His career included the fields of sales and air-conditioning....	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Canada The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...
32nd Canadian federal election, 1980 The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...	1980–1984	René Gingras René Gingras René Gingras was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an electrician, businessman and administrator by career.He was elected in the Quebec riding of Abitibi in the 1980 federal election...	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
33rd Canadian federal election, 1984 The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...	1984–1988	Guy St-Julien Guy St-Julien Guy St-Julien is a Canadian politician. He is a former director of human resources and a senior clerk....	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
34th Canadian federal election, 1988 The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....	1988–1993
35th Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...	1993–1997	Bernard Deshaies Bernard Deshaies Bernard Deshaies was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. He is a businessperson by career....	Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
36th Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...	1997–2000	Guy St-Julien Guy St-Julien Guy St-Julien is a Canadian politician. He is a former director of human resources and a senior clerk....	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
*Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik*
37th Canadian federal election, 2000 The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada....	2000–2004	Guy St-Julien Guy St-Julien Guy St-Julien is a Canadian politician. He is a former director of human resources and a senior clerk....	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
*Nunavik—Eeyou*
38th Canadian federal election, 2004 The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...	2004–2006	Yvon Lévesque Yvon Lévesque Yvon Lévesque is a Quebec politician. He is the former Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the riding of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou....	Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
*Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou*
39th Canadian federal election, 2006 The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...	2006–2008	Yvon Lévesque Yvon Lévesque Yvon Lévesque is a Quebec politician. He is the former Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the riding of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou....	Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
40th Canadian federal election, 2008 The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...	2008–2011
41st	2011–present	Roméo Saganash Roméo Saganash Romeo Saganash, is a Canadian politician and the Member of Parliament for the Quebec riding of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou...	New Democratic New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
41st

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, 2004 - present

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New Democratic Party

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gain from Bloc Québécois

Bloc Québécois

The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...

Bloc Québécois

Bloc Québécois

Nunavik—Eeyou, 2003 - 2004

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, 2000 - 2004

Abitibi, 1968 - 2000

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Sources

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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Nunavik—Eeyou, 2003-2004
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, 2004-present
Riding history for Abitibi from the Library of Parliament
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Riding history for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik from the Library of Parliament
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Geography

History

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, 2004 - present

Nunavik—Eeyou, 2003 - 2004

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, 2000 - 2004

Abitibi, 1968 - 2000

See also

Sources