Chapleau (provincial electoral district)

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District created1980
First contested1981
Chapleau
Quebec electoral district
Location in Gatineau
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Mathieu Lévesque
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created1980
First contested1981
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2006)72,362
Electors (2012)[1]54,213
Area (km²)[2]39.7
Pop. density (per km²)1,822.7
Census division(s)Gatineau (part)
Census subdivision(s)Gatineau (part)

Chapleau (French pronunciation: [ʃaplo]) is a provincial electoral district in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located within the city of Gatineau.

It was created for the 1981 election from a part of Papineau electoral district.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory shifted slightly to the west. It gained territory west of Autoroute 50 from Gatineau electoral district, but lost some of its easternmost territory to Papineau electoral district.

It is named after former Quebec Premier Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau who was in power from 1879 to 1882.

For its first four decades, the riding was a Liberal stronghold. Located in the strongly federalist Outaouais region of West Quebec, the riding has many immigrants, federal public servants, and bilingual households, which are all demographic groups that tilt heavily towards the Liberals during provincial elections. More than 70% of the riding voted against sovereignty during the 1995 referendum.

The riding fell out of Liberal hands for the first time in 2018, when the Coalition Avenir Québec seized it en route to taking government.

Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Papineau
32nd  1981–1985     John Kehoe Liberal
33rd  1985–1989
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1998 Claire Vaive
36th  1998–2003 Benoît Pelletier
37th  2003–2007
38th  2007–2008
39th  2008–2012 Marc Carrière
40th  2012–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022     Mathieu Lévesque Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd  2022–Present

Election results

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