Duplessis (electoral district)

Duplessis

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Lorraine Richard Parti Québécois
District created	1960
First contested	1960
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Electors (2012)	38,339
Area (km²)	322,671.5
Census subdivisions	Aguanish, Baie-Johan-Beetz, Blanc-Sablon, Bonne-Espérance, Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Fermont, Gros-Mécatina, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Kawawachikamach (Naskapi village municipality), L'Île-d'Anticosti, Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, Natashquan, Port-Cartier, Rivière-au-Tonnerre, Rivière-Saint-Jean, Saint-Augustin, Schefferville, Sept-Îles; Kawawachikamach (Naskapi reserved land); Pakuashipi; La Romaine, Lac-John, Maliotenam, Matimekosh, Mingan, Natashquan (Indian reserve), Uashat; Caniapiscau, Lac-Jérôme, Lac-Juillet, Lac-Vacher, Lac-Walker, Petit-Mécatina, Rivière-Mouchalagane, Rivière-Nipissis, Rivière-Koksoak (part)

Duplessis is a provincial electoral district in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the city of Sept-Îles, Fermont and Schefferville. It also includes a single municipality from the Nord-du-Québec region: the Naskapi village municipality of Kawawachikamach (not to be confused with the Naskapi reserved land of the same name, which Duplessis also includes, but is in Côte-Nord).

It was created for the 1960 election from parts of the Saguenay provincial electoral district.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained the unorganized territories of Caniapiscau and Lac-Juillet from Ungava electoral district.

The riding was named after former Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis who led the province from 1936 to 1939 and from 1944 to 1959 as leader of the Union Nationale.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

1. Henri-Laurier Coiteux, Liberal (1960–1972)
2. Donald Gallienne, Liberal (1972–1976)
3. Denis Perron, Parti Québécois (1976–1997)
4. Normand Duguay, Parti Québécois (1997–2003)
5. Lorraine Richard, Parti Québécois (2003–present)

Geography

The riding is located on the lower north shore of the Saint Lawrence River.

Linguistic demographics

• Francophone: 79.8%
• Anglophone: 9.1%
• Allophone: 11.1% (10.5% Montagnais-Naskapi)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Lorraine Richard	8,910	39.99
	Liberal	Laurence Méthot	8,513	38.21
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Christine Pinard	2,898	13.01
	Québec solidaire	Jacques Gélineau	1,502	6.74
	Option nationale	Yan Rivard	458	2.06
Total valid votes			22,281	97.92
Total rejected ballots			474	2.08
Turnout			22,755	59.00
Electors on the lists			38,784	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Lorraine Richard	12,393	53.01
	Liberal	Lise Pelletier	6,142	26.27
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Gervais Gagné	2,961	11.52
	Québec solidaire	Jacques Gélineau	1,032	4.41
	Option nationale	Yan Rivard	593	2.54
	Coalition pour la constituante	Marc Fafard	407	1.74
	Independent	Alain Mangan	119	0.51
Total valid votes			23,380	98.82
Total rejected ballots			280	1.18
Turnout			23,660	61.60
Electors on the lists			38,407	–

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Lorraine Richard	9,619	52.34
	Liberal	Pierre Cormier	6,300	34.28
	Action démocratique	Bernard Lefrançois	1,532	8.34
	Québec solidaire	Olivier Noël	469	2.55
	Green	Jacques Gélineau	459	2.50

Quebec general election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Lorraine Richard	10,205	44.82
	Liberal	Marc Proulx	6,288	27.62
	Action démocratique	Bernard Lefrançois	4,959	21.78
	Québec solidaire	Olivier Noël	697	3.06
	Green	Jacques Gélineau	621	2.73	–

Quebec general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Lorraine Richard	10,926	47.90
	Liberal	Marc Proulx	8,018	35.15
	Action démocratique	Steeve Trudel	2,530	11.09
	Independent	André Forbes	1,334	5.85

Quebec general election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Normand Duguay	15,406	59.32
	Liberal	Richard Scanlan	8,395	32.32
	Action démocratique	Jacques Gélineau	2,170	8.36

Quebec provincial by-election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Normand Duguay	8,747	50.41
	Liberal	Daniel Montambault	6,881	39.66
	Action démocratique	Jean Eudes Lapierre	1,722	9.93
Total valid votes			17,350	98.09
Total rejected ballots			337	1.91
Turnout			17,687	48.39
Electors on the lists			36,548	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	20,781	62.78
	Non	12,322	37.22

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Denis Perron	15,788	60.00
	Liberal	Tony Detroio	10,525	40.00
Total valid votes			26,313	98.33
Total rejected ballots			447	1.67
Turnout			26,760	73.51
Electors on the lists			36,402	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	18,762	67.86
	Oui	8,888	32.14

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Denis Perron	12,066	49.86
	Liberal	Jean Moyen	11,456	47.34
	Independent	Gaby Robert	678	2.80
Total valid votes			24,200	98.26
Total rejected ballots			428	1.74
Turnout			24,628	71.86
Electors on the lists			34,272	–

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Denis Perron	12,066	49.86
	Liberal	André Maltais	11,456	47.34
	Parti indépendantiste	Noël Tremblay	223	0.90
	Christian Socialist	Pierre Lamothe	145	0.58
Total valid votes			24,848	98.93
Total rejected ballots			428	1.07
Turnout			25,117	69.02
Electors on the lists			36,389	–

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Denis Perron	19,962	65.30
	Liberal	Réal-Jean Couture	9,921	32.45
	Union Nationale	Jean Bolduc	514	1.68
	Marxist–Leninist	Lisette Paradis	173	0.57
Total valid votes			30,570	99.21
Total rejected ballots			243	0.79
Turnout			30,813	73.70
Electors on the lists			41,811	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	18,280	53.03
	Non	16,192	46.97

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Denis Perron	20,100	58.60
	Liberal	Henri-Paul Boudreau	8,776	25.58
	Union Nationale	Roland Gauthier	3,050	8.89
	Independent	Zebedee Nungak	1,916	5.59
	Ralliement créditiste	Jacques A. Quirion	461	1.34
Total valid votes			34,303	97.24
Total rejected ballots			973	2.76
Turnout			35,276	78.85
Electors on the lists			44,739	–

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Donald Gallienne	13,404	52.94
	Parti Québécois	Clément Godbout	10,923	43.15
	Ralliement créditiste	Clément Légaré	504	1.99
	Union Nationale	Jacques Perron	416	1.64
	Communist	Gilles Verrier	70	0.28
Total valid votes			25,317	98.20
Total rejected ballots			463	1.80
Turnout			25,780	66.99
Electors on the lists			38,484	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Donald Gallienne	13,130	67.30
	Parti Québécois	Charles Bégin	6,380	32.70
Total valid votes			19,510	97.63
Total rejected ballots			473	2.37
Turnout			19,383	74.95
Electors on the lists			26,663	–

Quebec general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henri-Laurier Coiteux	7,839	45.86
	Parti Québécois	Valmore Tremblay	5,612	32.83
	Union Nationale	Jean Dionne	3,310	19.37
	Ralliement créditiste	Fernand Dickner	331	1.94
Total valid votes			17,092	98.08
Total rejected ballots			335	1.92
Turnout			17,427	80.70
Electors on the lists			21,594	–

Quebec general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henri-Laurier Coiteux	6,673	47.77
	RIN	Pierre Bourgault	4,392	31.44
	Union Nationale	André Haince	2,709	19.39
	Ralliement national	Jacques Brunet	195	1.40
Total valid votes			13,969	98.12
Total rejected ballots			268	1.88
Turnout			14,237	75.46
Electors on the lists			18,867	–

Quebec general election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henri-Laurier Coiteux	7,345	59.84
	Union Nationale	Roger Porlier	4,929	40.16
Total valid votes			12,274	98.78
Total rejected ballots			152	1.22
Turnout			12,426	79.19
Electors on the lists			15,692	–

Quebec general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henri-Laurier Coiteux	6,552	56.31
	Union Nationale	Jack A. Hayden	5,024	43.18
	Independent UN	Ange Paradis	60	0.52
Total valid votes			11,636	98.61
Total rejected ballots			164	1.39
Turnout			11,800	78.05
Electors on the lists			15,118	–

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 Côte-Nord region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011