Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia

Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia was a federal electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec previously included in the electoral districts of Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine (21%) and Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia (79%).^[3]

Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia

Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kristina Michaud Bloc Québécois
District created	2013
District abolished	2023
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	71,897
Electors (2019)	59,533
Area (km²)[2]	14,461.67
Pop. density (per km²)	5
Census division(s)	Avignon, La Matanie, La Matapédia, La Mitis
Census subdivision(s)	Matane, Mont-Joli, Amqui, Carleton-sur-Mer, Sainte-Luce, Maria, Causapscal, Listuguj, Nouvelle, Price

Profile

The Bloc did the best, with results from the 2011 election transposed onto the new riding boundaries from the redistribution. Their stronghold in the riding is in and around Mont-Joli, and for the most part, they carried the rural areas, particularly in the northern portion of the district. The NDP's strength was in the south, in the part of the new riding taken from Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine. The area around Amqui offered the most diverse range of support, with all parties doing fairly well, but with the Bloc coming out on top. Matane, and the rural regions surrounding it, were the best portions of the seat for the Liberals, although they had to contend with strong support for the Bloc as well.

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census

• Languages (2016 mother tongue) : 95.8% French, 3.3% English, 0.6% Mi'kmaq, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Spanish^[4]

History

Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which took place October 19, 2015.^[5]

The 2022 federal electoral boundaries redistribution eliminated one electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie, citing large deviations from the provincial population quota for ridings in the region. The Boundaries Commission refused requests from local politicians and constituents to invoke the "extraordinary circumstances" provision of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. Consequently, the 2023 representation order for Quebec abolished Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia and divided its territory between the neighbouring ridings of Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques.^[6]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Riding created from Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
42nd	2015–2019		Rémi Massé	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Kristina Michaud	Bloc Québécois
44th	2021–2025
Riding dissolved into Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj and Rimouski—La Matapédia

Election results

Graph of election results in Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia (parties that never received at least 2% of the vote are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Kristina Michaud	19,776	59.8	+8.4	$16,310.64
	Liberal	Louis-Éric Savoie	7,095	21.5	-12.4	$8,914.34
	Conservative	Germain Dumas	2,912	8.8	+1.1	$49.64
	New Democratic	Christel Marchand	1,501	4.5	+0.5	$24.77
	People's	Éric Barnabé	965	2.9	+2.3	$0.00
	Free	Mélanie Gendron	826	2.5	N/A	$1,224.47
Total valid votes/expense limit			33,075	98.0	–	$109,234.41
Total rejected ballots			680	2.0
Turnout			33,755	57.6
Registered voters			58,626
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+10.4
Source: Elections Canada[7]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Kristina Michaud	18,500	51.43	+30.41	$17,758.63
	Liberal	Rémi Massé	12,188	33.89	-5.66	none listed
	Conservative	Natasha Tremblay	2,756	7.66	+1.53	none listed
	New Democratic	Rémi-Jocelyn Côté	1,435	3.99	-16.20	$1,497.40
	Green	James Morrison	699	1.94	+0.94	none listed
	People's	Éric Barnabé	210	0.58	-	$0.00
	Rhinoceros	Mathieu Castonguay	180	0.50	+0.02	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			35,968	98.38
Total rejected ballots			591	1.62	+0.49
Turnout			36,559	61.41	+1.02
Eligible voters			59,533
	Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.04
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Rémi Massé	14,378	39.55	+16.34	$63,694.54
	Bloc Québécois	Kédina Fleury-Samson	7,641	21.02	-13.47	$33,559.21
	New Democratic	Joël Charest	7,340	20.19	-6.44	$14,775.78
	Strength in Democracy	Jean-François Fortin	4,229	11.63	-	$23,500.51
	Conservative	André Savoie	2,228	6.13	-7.03	$4,967.68
	Green	Sherri Springle	365	1.0	-1.51	-
	Rhinoceros	Éric Normand	175	0.48	-	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,356	100.00	-	$209,811.36
Total rejected ballots			416	-	-
Turnout			36,772	-	-
Eligible voters			60,801
	Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+14.90
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

2011 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	12,599	34.49
	New Democratic	9,725	26.63
	Liberal	8,477	23.21
	Conservative	4,806	13.16
	Green	918	2.51

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada