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GASPéSIE—ÎLES-DE-LA-MADELEINE


Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Member of Parliament Raynald Blais
Bloc Québécois
Population, 2006 82 007
Electors, 2006 68 494
Area (km²) 16 637
Population density (people per km²) 5
Electoral district created 2003, from Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok and Matapédia—Matane
Census divisionsAvignon RCM
Bonaventure RCM
La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Rocher-Percé RCM
Polling divisions 215
Major municipalitiesBonaventure
Carleton-sur-Mer
Chandler
Gaspé
Grande-Rivière
Maria
New Richmond
Nouvelle
Paspébiac
Percé

'Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine' is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
It was created by the Representation Order of 2003 from parts of Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok and Matapédia—Matane ridings.

Contents
Geography
Member of Parliament
Election results
See also
External links

Geography


The riding occupies the south and east parts of the Gaspé Peninsula, as well as the Magdalen Islands.
It consists of:
(a) the regional county municipalities of Bonaventure, La Côte-de-Gaspé and Le Rocher-Percé;
(b) the Regional County Municipality of Avignon, including Gesgapegiag and Listuguj Indian reserves; and
(c) the Municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
The neighbouring ridings are Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, Madawaska—Restigouche, Miramichi, and Acadie—Bathurst.

Member of Parliament


This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:
Parliament Years Member Party
''Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok and Matapédia—Matane prior to 2003''
38th 2004-2006     Raynald Blais Bloc Québécois
39th 2006-


Election results


|-
| style="width: 185px"|Bloc Québécois
|Raynald Blais
|align=right| 17,678
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Conservative
|Gaston Langlais
|align=right| 13,347
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Mario Levesque
|align=right| 7,977
|-
| style="width: 185px"|New Democratic Party
|Sophie Dauphinais
|align=right| 1,225
| style="width: 185px"|Green
|Bob Eichenberger
|align=right| 1,183
|-
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Bloc Québécois
|Raynald Blais
|align=right|21,446
|-
| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
|Georges Farrah
|align=right|12,579
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Conservative
|Guy De Coste
|align=right|2,636
|-
| style="width: 185px"|Green
|Bob Eichenberger
|align=right|1,060
|-
| style="width: 185px"|New Democratic Party
|Philip Toone
|align=right|805

See also



List of Canadian federal electoral districts

Past Canadian electoral districts

External links



Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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