Gatineau—La Lièvre

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Gatineau—La Lièvre
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1987
District abolished 1996
First contested 1988
Last contested 1993

Gatineau—La Lièvre (formerly known as Chapleau) was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997.

This riding was created in 1987 from Gatineau riding as "Chapleau", and renamed in 1988.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was merged into Gatineau riding.

Gatineau—La Lièvre consisted of the towns of Buckingham, Gatineau, Masson and Thurso, the Municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Laus in the County of Labelle, and parts of the County of Papineau.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Gatineau—La Lièvre
Riding created from Gatineau
34th  1988–1993     Mark Assad Liberal
35th  1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Gatineau

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal ASSAD, Mark 23,507
     Progressive Conservative MAILLY, Claudy 21,385
     New Democratic Party TREMBLAY, Marius 8,394
Rhinoceros VILLENEUVE, Daniel Le Lièvre 660
     No affiliation LEBLANC, Nicole 364
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal ASSAD, Mark 39,274
Bloc Québécois FOURNIER, Jules 25,006
     Progressive Conservative FALARDEAU, Jérôme P. 4,464
     New Democratic Party HOLDEN, Elizabeth 1,096
     Natural Law BÉLAIR, Danièle 736
Marxist–Leninist LEBLANC, Nicole 200

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