Coordinates : 48°45′N 79°00′W / 48.75°N 79.00°W / 48.75; -79.00
Abitibi-Ouest
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature
National Assembly of Quebec
MNA
François Gendron
Parti Québécois
District created
1944
First contested
1944
Last contested
2012
Demographics
Electors (2012)[ 1]
35,082
Area (km²)[ 2]
11,528.1
Census divisions
Abitibi (all), Abitibi-Ouest (all)
Census subdivisions
Amos , Authier , Authier-Nord , Barraute , Berry , Champneuf , Chazel , Clermont , Clerval , Duparquet , Dupuy , Gallichan , La Corne , La Morandière , La Motte , La Reine , La Sarre , Landrienne , Launay , Macamic , Normétal , Palmarolle , Poularies , Preissac , Rapide-Danseur , Rochebaucourt , Roquemaure , Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire , Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier , Sainte-Germaine-Boulé , Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville , Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg , Saint-Lambert , Saint-Marc-de-Figuery , Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana , Taschereau , Trécesson , Val-Saint-Gilles ; Pikogan ; Lac-Chicobi , Lac-Despinassy , Lac-Duparquet , Rivière-Ojima
Abitibi-Ouest is a provincial electoral district in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec , Canada , that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec . The district includes the municipalities of Amos , La Sarre and Duparquet .
The riding was created for the 1944 election from a part of Abitibi .
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, Abitibi-Ouest gained the municipality of Barraute , as well as the part of the unorganized territory of Lac-Despinassy that it did not already have, from Abitibi-Est .
Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly [ edit ]
Émile Lesage , Union nationale (1944–1956)
Alcide Courcy , Liberal (1956–1970)
Aurèle Audet , Ralliement créditiste (1970–1973)
Jean-Hugues Boutin , Liberal (1973–1976)
François Gendron , Parti Québécois (1976–present)
Election results [ edit ]
This article is outdated . Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (September 2014)
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
Information
Election results
Maps
Neighbouring electoral districts [ edit ]
Quebec provincial electoral districts
Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
and Côte-Nord
Capitale-Nationale
Mauricie
Chaudière-Appalaches
and Centre-du-Québec
Estrie (Eastern Townships)
Eastern Montérégie
South Shore
East Montreal
West Montreal
Laval
Lanaudière
Laurentides
Outaouais
Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec
Eliminated
in the 2012 election:
1 Côte-du-Sud is split between Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches
2 Johnson is split between Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie
See also :