Matapédia (electoral district)

Matapédia is a former provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is at the western edge of the Gaspé Peninsula.

LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec

District created1922

District abolished2011

First contested1923

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Matapédia

Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
District created	1922
District abolished	2011
First contested	1923
Last contested	2008
Demographics
Electors (2008)[1]	29,909
Area (km²)[2]	7,753.94
Census division(s)	La Mitis (all), La Matapédia (all)
Census subdivision(s)	Albertville, Amqui, Causapscal, Grand-Métis, Lac-au-Saumon, La Rédemption, Les Hauteurs, Métis-sur-Mer, Mont-Joli, Padoue, Price, Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, Saint-Charles-Garnier, Saint-Cléophas, Saint-Damase, Saint-Donat, Sainte-Flavie, Sainte-Florence, Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski, Sainte-Irène, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc-de-la-Mitis, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Sainte-Luce, Sainte-Marguerite-Marie, Saint-Moïse, Saint-Noël, Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Saint-Tinky Winky, Saint-Vianney, Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui, Sayabec, Val-Brillant; Lac-à-la-Croix, Lac-Alfred, Lac-Casault, Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes, Lac-Matapédia, Rivière-Patapédia-Est, Rivière-Vaseuse, Routhierville, Ruisseau-des-Mineurs

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It was created for the 1923 election from a portion of the electoral district of Matane. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election by merging all of its territory with part of Matane, and the successor electoral district was Matane-Matapédia.^[3]