Bonaventure (provincial electoral district)

Bonaventure

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Sylvain Roy Parti Québécois
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	43,430
Electors (2012)	36,042
Area (km²)	10,893.9
Pop. density (per km²)	4
Census divisions	Avignon, Bonaventure, Le Rocher-Percé
Census subdivisions	Bonaventure, Caplan, Carleton-sur-Mer, Cascapédia–Saint-Jules, Chandler, Escuminac, Hope, Hope Town, L'Ascension-de-Patapédia, Maria, Matapédia, New Carlisle, New Richmond, Nouvelle, Paspébiac, Pointe-à-la-Croix, Port-Daniel–Gascons, Ristigouche-Partie-Sud-Est, Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia, Saint-Alphonse, Saint-André-de-Restigouche, Saint-Elzéar, Saint-François-d'Assise, Saint-Godefroi, Saint-Siméon, Shigawake; Listuguj, Gesgapegiag; Rivière-Bonaventure, Rivière-Nouvelle, Ruisseau-Ferguson

Bonaventure is a provincial electoral district in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located on the southern shore of the Gaspé Peninsula and encompasses several towns along the Baie des Chaleurs and the New Brunswick border.

It was originally created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada).

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained Chandler from Gaspé electoral district.

Linguistic demographics

• Francophone: 84.4%
• Anglophone: 13.8%
• Allophone: 1.8%

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Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Clarence Hamilton	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874		Théodore Robitaille	Conservative
	1874–1875		Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne	Conservative
3rd	1875–1876
	1877–1878		Joseph-Israël Tarte	Conservative
4th	1878–1881
5th	1881–1882		Louis-Joseph Riopel	Conservative
	1882–1886		Henri-Josué Martin	Conservative
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1892		Honoré Mercier	Liberal
8th	1892–1894
	1894–1897		François-Xavier Lemieux	Liberal
9th	1897
	1897–1900		William Henry Clapperton	Liberal
10th	1900–1904
11th	1904–1908		John Hall Kelly	Liberal
12th	1908–1912
13th	1912–1914
	1914–1916		Joseph-Fabien Bugeaud	Liberal
14th	1916–1919
15th	1919–1923
16th	1923–1924
	1924–1927		Pierre-Émile Côté	Liberal
17th	1927–1931
18th	1931–1935
19th	1935–1936
20th	1936–1939		Henri Jolicoeur	Union nationale
21st	1939–1944		Pierre-Émile Côté	Liberal
22nd	1944–1948		Henri Jolicoeur	Union nationale
23rd	1948–1952
24th	1952–1956
25th	1956–1960		Gérard D. Levesque	Liberal
26th	1960–1962
27th	1962–1966
28th	1966–1970
29th	1970–1973
30th	1973–1976
31st	1976–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1989
34th	1989–1994
	1994		Marcel Landry	Parti Québécois
35th	1994–1998
36th	1998–2003		Nathalie Normandeau	Liberal
37th	2003–2007
38th	2007–2008
39th	2008–2011
	2011–2012		Damien Arsenault	Liberal
40th	2012–2014		Sylvain Roy	Parti Québécois
41st	2014–present

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Roy	11,380	45.70	-1.85
	Liberal	Damien Arsenault	10,508	42.20	+7.31
	Québec solidaire	Patricia Chartier	1,540	6.18	+1.03
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean-Marc Landry	1,061	4.26	-6.88
	Parti nul	Patrick Dubois	283	1.14	–
	Option nationale	Louis-Patrick St-Pierre	130	0.52	-0.75
Total valid votes			24,902	99.12	–
Total rejected ballots			222	0.88	–
Turnout			25,124	69.44	+0.13
Electors on the lists			36,179	–	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Roy	11,809	47.55	+10.33
	Liberal	Damien Arsenault	8,665	34.89	-14.57
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Jean-Marc Landry	2,766	11.14	+8.85*
	Québec solidaire	Patricia Chartier	1,278	5.15	-3.77
	Option nationale	Louis-Patrick St-Pierre	315	1.27	–
Total valid votes			24,833	99.19	–
Total rejected ballots			204	0.81	–
Turnout			25,037	69.31	+14.75
Electors on the lists			36,121	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Quebec provincial by-election, December 5, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Damien Arsenault	7,887	49.46	-14.77
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Roy	5,935	37.22	+8.16
	Québec solidaire	Patricia Chartier	1,422	8.92	+5.72
	Action démocratique	Georges Painchaud	365	2.29	-1.23
	Green	Jean Cloutier	206	1.29	–
	Independent	Martin Zibeau	131	0.82	–
Total valid votes			15,946	99.04	–
Total rejected ballots			154	0.96	–
Turnout			16,100	54.56	-3.46
Electors on the lists			29,510	–	–

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Nathalie Normandeau	10,707	64.23	+11.35
	Parti Québécois	Marcel Landry	4,844	29.06	-0.48
	Action démocratique	Denise Porlier	586	3.52	-8.68
	Québec solidaire	Patricia Chartier	533	3.20	-2.18
Total valid votes			16,670	98.86	–
Total rejected ballots			193	1.14	–
Turnout			16,863	58.02	-9.78
Electors on the lists			29,066	–	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Nathalie Normandeau	10,221	52.88	-7.20
	Parti Québécois	Doris Chapados	5,710	29.54	-2.13
	Action démocratique	Karine Delarosbil	2,357	12.20	+6.68
	Québec solidaire	Hélène Morin	1,039	5.38	–
Total valid votes			19,327	98.79	–
Total rejected ballots			236	1.21	–
Turnout			19,563	67.80	-2.60
Electors on the lists			28,853	–	–

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Nathalie Normandeau	11,975	60.08	+12.85
	Parti Québécois	Marc Tétreault	6,313	31.67	-14.85
	Action démocratique	Maurice Anglehart	1,101	5.52	-0.72
	Green	Michel Goudreau	542	2.72	–
Total valid votes			19,931	98.95	–
Total rejected ballots			212	1.05	–
Turnout			20,143	70.40	-5.23
Electors on the lists			28,612	–	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Nathalie Normandeau	10,681	47.23	+4.45
	Parti Québécois	Marcel Landry	10,521	46.52	-6.02
	Action démocratique	Maurice Anglehart	1,412	6.24	+2.32
Total valid votes			22,614	98.97	–
Total rejected ballots			235	1.03	–
Turnout			22,849	75.63	-4.74
Electors on the lists			30,211	–	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	13,759	51.58
	Oui	12,914	48.42

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Marcel Landry	12,411	52.54	-3.69
	Liberal	Mario Morin	10,105	42.78	-0.99
	Action démocratique	Maurice Anglehart	925	3.92	–
	Natural Law	Céline Chamard	180	0.76	–
Total valid votes			23,621	99.21	–
Total rejected ballots			189	0.79	–
Turnout			23,810	80.37	+1.52
Electors on the lists			29,626	–	–

Quebec provincial by-election, February 21, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Marcel Landry	12,087	56.23	+28.92
	Liberal	Nicole Appleby Arbour	9,409	43.77	-15.88
Total valid votes			21,496	98.45	–
Total rejected ballots			338	1.55	–
Turnout			21,834	78.85	+4.88
Electors on the lists			27,689	–	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	10,939	51.67
	Non	10,232	48.33

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gérard D. Levesque	11,778	59.65	-6.27
	Parti Québécois	Emmanuel Le Brasseur	5,392	27.31	-5.52
	Unity	Ferne Fairservice Howatson	1,266	6.41	–
	Green	Claude Michaud	1,062	5.38	–
	Lemon	Jean-François Caron	246	1.25	–
Total valid votes			19,744	98.75	–
Total rejected ballots			249	1.25	–
Turnout			19,993	73.97	-0.88
Electors on the lists			27,029	–	–

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gérard D. Levesque	13,701	65.92	+11.97
	Parti Québécois	James McBrearty	6,824	32.83	-11.21
	Christian Socialist	Réjean Violette	259	1.25	–
Total valid votes			20,784	98.77	–
Total rejected ballots			259	1.23	–
Turnout			21,043	74.85	-4.54
Electors on the lists			28,114	–	–

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gérard D. Levesque	11,609	53.95	+5.32
	Parti Québécois	Claude Martel	9,476	44.04	+13.34
	Union Nationale	Diane Dugas Racicot	432	2.01	-17.08
Total valid votes			21,517	99.43	–
Total rejected ballots			123	0.57	–
Turnout			21,640	79.39	-1.48
Electors on the lists			27,259	–	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	14,715	66.82
	Oui	7,308	33.18

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gérard D. Levesque	9,771	48.63	-21.01
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Paul Audet	6,168	30.70	+12.11
	Union Nationale	Louis-Georges Roy	3,836	19.09	+11.74
	Ralliement créditiste	Mariette Fortin	318	1.58	-2.84
Total valid votes			20,093	98.34	–
Total rejected ballots			240	1.66	–
Turnout			20,433	80.87	+2.26
Electors on the lists			25,265	–	–

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gérard D. Levesque	12,936	69.64	+9.25
	Parti Québécois	Nicole Martin	3,454	18.59	+7.56
	Union Nationale	Louis-Georges Roy	1,365	7.35	-18.61
	Parti créditiste	Jean-Jacques Rastoldo	821	4.42	+1.80
Total valid votes			18,576	98.42	–
Total rejected ballots			298	1.58	–
Turnout			18,874	78.61	-5.32
Electors on the lists			24,009	–	–

Quebec general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérard D. Levesque	11,803	69.64
	Union Nationale	Jean-Guy Roussy	5,074	25.96
	Parti Québécois	Alcide Huard	2,155	11.03
	Ralliement créditiste	Lucien Boily	513	2.62
Total valid votes			19,545	98.52
Total rejected ballots			294	1.48
Turnout			19,839	83.93
Electors on the lists			23,637	–

Quebec general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérard D. Levesque	10,888	60.41
	Union Nationale	Réal Labonté	7,136	39.59
Total valid votes			18,024	98.64
Total rejected ballots			249	1.36
Turnout			18,273	83.93
Electors on the lists			23,181	–

Quebec general election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérard D. Levesque	9,525	57.28
	Union Nationale	Léo-Albert Poirer	7,104	42.72
Total valid votes			16,629	99.02
Total rejected ballots			164	0.98
Turnout			16,793	85.26
Electors on the lists			19,696	–

Quebec general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérard D. Levesque	8,513	51.61
	Union Nationale	Léo-Albert Poirer	7,981	48.39
Total valid votes			16,494	98.65
Total rejected ballots			226	1.35
Turnout			16,720	86.03
Electors on the lists			19,435	–

Quebec general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérard D. Levesque	8,551	52.68
	Union Nationale	Henri Jolicoeur	7,682	47.32
Total valid votes			16,233	97.35
Total rejected ballots			442	2.65
Turnout			16,675	84.06
Electors on the lists			19,837	–

Quebec general election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Henri Jolicoeur	8,875	52.14
	Liberal	André Dubé	8,145	47.86
Total valid votes			17,020	98.27
Total rejected ballots			299	1.73
Turnout			17,319	87.00
Electors on the lists			19,907	–

Quebec general election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Henri Jolicoeur	8,384	50.99
	Liberal	André Dubé	7,669	46.64
	Independent UN	Lucien Grenier	252	1.53
	Union des électeurs	Jean-Marie Gagnon	137	0.83
Total valid votes			16,442	98.73
Total rejected ballots			211	1.27
Turnout			16,653	84.86
Electors on the lists			19,625	–

Quebec general election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph-Israël Tarte	1,337	66.12
	Liberal	Charles-L. Cyr	685	33.88
Total valid votes			2,022	98.59
Total rejected ballots			29	1.41
Turnout			2,051	75.96
Electors on the lists			2,700	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1877
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne	965	64.12
	Liberal	John Robinson Hamilton	417	27.71
	Liberal	Menalque Tremblay	123	8.17
Total valid votes			1,505	100.00
Turnout			1,505	57.66
Electors on the lists			2,610	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne	837	52.18
	Liberal	John Robinson Hamilton	767	47.82
Total valid votes			1,604	98.40
Total rejected ballots			26	1.60
Turnout			1,630	61.39
Electors on the lists			2,655	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne	732	56.26
	Liberal	John Robinson Hamilton	569	43.74
Total valid votes			1,301	100.00
Turnout			1,478	52.38
Electors on the lists			2,484	–

Quebec general election, 1871
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Théodore-R. Robataille	819	55.41
	Liberal	Clarence Hamilton	659	44.59
Total valid votes			1,478	100.00
Turnout			1,478	63.90
Electors on the lists			2,313	–

Quebec general election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Clarence Hamilton	861	60.93
	Conservative	John Meagher	565	39.07
Total valid votes			1,446	100.00
Turnout			1,446	84.02
Electors on the lists			1,721	–

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (QuébecPolitique)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011