Pontiac is a provincial electoral district in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes parts of the city of Gatineau as well as the municipalities of Pontiac, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Shawville, and Clarendon.
It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Pontiac-Témiscamingue.
However, Pontiac–Témiscamingue disappeared in the 1981 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Pontiac.
It was named after Chief Pontiac, who led Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763 in the Great Lakes region.
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada:
John Egan, (1854–1857) George Bryson, Conservative (1857–1858) by-election Edmund Heath, Conservative (1858–1861) John Poupore, Conservative (1861–1867)
Members of the Legislative Assembly/National Assembly of Quebec
This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1867–1968) and the National Assembly of Quebec (1968–present):
Election results
|Liberal |André Fortin |align="right"|25,659 |align="right"|75.76 |align="right"|+19.13
|Liberal |Charlotte L'Écuyer |align="right"|16,981 |align="right"|56.63 |align="right"|-9.47
* Increase is from Action Democratique du Quebec (ADQ)
|Liberal |Charlotte L'Écuyer |align="right"|12,960 |align="right"|66.10 |align="right"|+7.56
|Liberal |Charlotte L'Écuyer |align="right"|14,817 |align="right"|58.54 |align="right"|-17.98
* Increase is from UFP
|Liberal |Charlotte L'Écuyer |align="right"|17,885 |align="right"|76.52 |align="right"|+1.25
|Liberal |Robert Middlemiss |align="right"|22,076 |align="right"|75.27 |align="right"|-4.91
|Independent |Maxime Gauld |align="right"|112 |align="right"|0.38 |align="right"|-
|Socialist Democracy |Mohamed-Ali Khreis |align="right"|108 |align="right"|0.37 |align="right"|-
|Natural Law |Claude Côté |align="right"|100 |align="right"|0.34 |align="right"|-0.12
1995 Quebec referendumSideVotes%Non30,63287.23Oui4,48512.77
|Liberal |Robert Middlemiss |align="right"|23,066 |align="right"|80.18 |align="right"|+33.62
|Natural Law |Michael E. Wilson |align="right"|131 |align="right"|0.46 |align="right"|-
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendumSideVotes%Oui21,04474.45Non7,22225.55
|Liberal |Robert Middlemiss |align="right"|9,514 |align="right"|46.56 |align="right"|-25.52
|New Democrat |Michael Coghlan |align="right"|956 |align="right"|4.68 |align="right"|+0.03
|Liberal |Robert Middlemiss |align="right"|13,888 |align="right"|72.08 |align="right"|+4.25
|New Democrat |Michel Martin |align="right"|896 |align="right"|4.65 |align="right"|-
|Progressive Conservative |Anne Lupien |align="right"|783 |align="right"|4.06 |align="right"|-
|Christian Socialist |Anne Charron |align="right"|77 |align="right"|0.40 |align="right"|-
|Liberal |Robert Middlemiss |align="right"|15,157 |align="right"|67.83 |align="right"|+24.26
|Freedom of Choice |Stephen Hodgins |align="right"|1,793 |align="right"|8.02 |align="right"|-
See also List of Quebec provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Information Elections Quebec
Election results Election results (National Assembly)
Maps 2011 map (PDF) 2001 map (Flash) 2001–2011 changes (Flash) 1992–2001 changes (Flash) Electoral map of Outaouais region Quebec electoral map, 2011