Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou

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Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (formerly known as Abitibi, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik and Nunavik—Eeyou) is a federal riding in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Since the 2019 federal election, its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Sylvie Bérubé of the Bloc Québécois (BQ).

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou

Quebec electoral district
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Sylvie Bérubé Bloc Québécois
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	87,787
Electors (2019)	64,651
Area (km²)	854,754
Pop. density (per km²)	0.1
Census division(s)	Jamésie, Kativik Regional Government, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM
Census subdivision(s)	Val-d'Or, Chibougamau, Chisasibi, Mistissini, Malartic, Senneterre, Kuujjuaq, Eeyou-Istchee-Baie-James, Waskaganish, Lebel-sur-Quévillon

The riding of Abitibi was created in 1966 (ahead of the 1968 election), before it was renamed Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik in 1998. It was abolished in 2003 (ahead of the 2004 election); most of its territory was incorporated into Nunavik—Eeyou, which was then renamed Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in 2004.

Geography

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou consists of:

• the Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (population 2016: 43,226), including: Lac-Simon Indian Reserve; the Indian Settlement of Grand-Lac Victoria;

Nord-du-Québec

(population 2016: 44,561)

• the Territory of Eeyou Istchee James Bay, including: the Cree villages and reserved lands of Whapmagoostui, Chisasibi, Eastmain, Mistissini, Nemiscau, Waskaganish, Waswanipi and Wemindji; the Indian Settlement of Oujé-Bougoumou, excepting that part of the Municipality of Baie-James lying southerly of latitude 50°00′ N and westerly of longitude 79°00′ W; and
• the Territory of the Kativik Regional Government, including the Nordic village municipalities of Akulivik, Aupaluk, Inukjuak, Ivujivik, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Puvirnituq, Quaqtaq, Salluit, Tasiujaq and Umiujaq; the Naskapi Village Municipality of Kawawachikamach.

The neighbouring ridings are Timmins-James Bay, Nunavut, Labrador, Manicouagan, Jonquière, Lac-Saint-Jean, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Pontiac and Abitibi—Témiscamingue.

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou contains more than half of Quebec's total landmass. As such, it is the largest riding in a Canadian province and the third largest in the country after the territorial ridings of Nunavut and Northwest Territories.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

• Ethnic groups: 57.9% White, 39.6% Indigenous, 1.2% Black
• Languages: 60.4% French, 13.9% Inuktitut, 12.0% Cree, n.o.s., 4.6% English, 3.5% Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin (Northern East Cree)
• Religions: 71.5% Christian (43.7% Catholic, 18.8% Anglican, 3.5% Pentecostal, 5.5% Other), 1.3% Indigenous Spirituality, 26.1% None
• Median income: $43,200 (2020)
• Average income: $53,050 (2020)

History

The Abitibi riding was created in 1966 from parts of the Chapleau and Saguenay ridings. It was first contested in 1968. In 1976, parts of Villeneuve were incorporated. The electoral district's name was changed in 1998 to Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik.

In the 2003 redistribution, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik was abolished. A new riding, Nunavik—Eeyou, was created with substatilly the same territory as Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik. Parts of the Manicouagan and Roberval ridings were added, while a part was lost to Abitibi—Témiscamingue. Its name was changed to Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou after the 2004 election.

The 2012 electoral redistribution saw the riding gain a small territory from Abitibi—Témiscamingue.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party		Association name	President	HQ address	HQ city
	New Democratic	NDP Riding Association of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou	Pascal Porlier	J9P 0A1	Val-d'Or
	People's	Association PPC d'Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou	Guillaume Lanouette	J0Y 2H0	Rivière-Héva
	Conservative	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Conservative Association	Gilles Bernatchez	J9P 3S9	Val-d'Or
	Liberal	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Federal Liberal Association	Ghyslain Bergeron	J9P 2C2	Val-d'Or
	Bloc Québécois	Bloc Québécois d'Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou	Yvon Lévesque	J9P 0C3	Val-d'Or

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Abitibi Riding created from Chapleau, Villeneuve and Saguenay
28th	1968–1971		Gérard Laprise	Ralliement créditiste
	1971–1972			Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980		Armand Caouette
32nd	1980–1984		René Gingras	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		Guy St-Julien	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Bernard Deshaies	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000		Guy St-Julien	Liberal
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik
37th	2000–2004		Guy St-Julien	Liberal
Nunavik—Eeyou
38th	2004–2006		Yvon Lévesque	Bloc Québécois
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
39th	2006–2008		Yvon Lévesque	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Roméo Saganash	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021		Sylvie Bérubé	Bloc Québécois
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (minor parties that never received 2% of the vote or did not run consistently are omitted)

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, 2004–present

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Sylvie Bérubé	10,784	37.92	+1.81	$18,335.60
	Liberal	Lise Kistabish	7,384	25.97	–2.34	$33,563.25
	Conservative	Steve Corriveau	4,508	15.85	–0.70	$17,415.31
	New Democratic	Pauline Lameboy	3,323	11.69	–1.27	$2,453.20
	People's	Michaël Cloutier	1,072	3.77	+2.57	$0.00
	Free	Cédric Brazeau	594	2.09	–	$653.98
	Green	Didier Pilon	442	1.55	–2.09	$0.00
	Marijuana	Jimmy Levesque	329	1.16	–0.06	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			28,436	100.00	–	$130,889.29
Total rejected ballots			856	2.92	+0.37
Turnout			29,292	44.92	–5.28
Eligible voters			65,211
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+2.08
Source: Elections Canada

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Sylvie Bérubé	11,432	36.11	+17.57	$21,739.42
	Liberal	Isabelle Bergeron	8,963	28.31	-3.83	$28,187.31
	Conservative	Martin Ferron	5,240	16.55	+7.25	none listed
	New Democratic	Jacline Rouleau	4,104	12.96	-24.06	$1,679.03
	Green	Kiara Cabana-Whiteley	1,151	3.64	+1.38	none listed
	Marijuana	Daniel Simon	387	1.22	–	none listed
	People's	Guillaume Lanouette	379	1.20	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,656	100.0
Total rejected ballots			828
Turnout			32,484	50.2
Eligible voters			64,651
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+10.70
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Roméo Saganash	12,778	37.02	-7.80	$33,061.53
	Liberal	Pierre Dufour	11,094	32.14	+21.67	$29,180.64
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Ferland	6,398	18.54	+0.27	$31,842.28
	Conservative	Steven Hébert	3,211	9.30	-13.25	$11,040.28
	Green	Patrick Benoît	779	2.26	-1.63	$2,173.92
	Rhinoceros	Mario Gagnon	258	0.75	–	$3.70
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,518	100.0		$247,914.66
Total rejected ballots			609	–	–
Turnout			35,127	55.55	–
Eligible voters			63,226
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-14.73
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	14,141	44.82
	Conservative	7,116	22.55
	Bloc Québécois	5,763	18.27
	Liberal	3,302	10.47
	Green	1,228	3.89

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Roméo Saganash	13,961	44.79	+36.59	$61,976.57
	Conservative	Jean-Maurice Matte	7,089	22.74	-7.63	$75,028.15
	Bloc Québécois	Yvon Lévesque	5,615	18.02	-21.63	$61,279.33
	Liberal	Léandre Gervais	3,282	10.53	-7.89	$76,159.99
	Green	Johnny Kasudluak	1,221	3.92	+0.58	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,168	100.00
Total rejected ballots			480	1.51
Turnout			31,684	53.69
	New Democratic Party gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing	+29.11

Source: Elections Canada Source: The Gazette Popular Cree leader running for NDP Source: Nunatsiaq News Nunavik voters face two ballots in one week

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yvon Lévesque	10,995	39.65	-6.91	$63,715
	Conservative	Jean-Maurice Matte	8,442	30.37	+9.43	$76,072
	Liberal	Mark Canada	5,108	18.42	-3.97	$16,924
	New Democratic	Erica Martin	2,276	8.20	+2.15
	Green	Patrick Rancourt	928	3.34	-0.69
Total valid votes/Expense limit			27,749	100.00	$96,336
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-8.17

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yvon Lévesque	13,928	46.56	+1.33	$67,066
	Liberal	Armand Caouette	6,700	22.40	−20.77	$31,110
	Conservative	Gilles Gagnon	6,261	20.93	+16.39	$7,272
	New Democratic	Dominique Vaillancourt	1,810	6.05	+2.11
	Green	Pierre Denis	1,210	4.04	+0.95	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			29,909	100.00	$89,323
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		+11.05

Nunavik—Eeyou, 2003–2004

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Yvon Lévesque	12,578	45.23	+2.5	$72,518
	Liberal	Guy St-Julien	12,006	43.17	-6.8	$52,505
	Conservative	François Dionne	1,265	4.54	-1.2	$3,420
	New Democratic	Pierre Corbeil	1,097	3.94	+2.5	$
	Green	Martin Fournier	862	3.09	–	$
Total valid votes/Expense limit			27,808	100.00	$87,366

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, 2000–2004

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy St-Julien	18,198	50.0	+6.2
	Bloc Québécois	François Lemieux	15,567	42.8	+5.9
	Alliance	François Dionne	1,297	3.6
	Progressive Conservative	Sylvain Gemme	809	2.2	-14.8
	New Democratic	Daniel Fredrick	534	1.5	-0.9
Total valid votes			36,405	100.0

Abitibi, 1968–2000

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy St-Julien	16,803	43.7	+27.5
	Bloc Québécois	Jeannot Couture	14,168	36.9	-9.0
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Caouette	6,531	17.0	-18.6
	New Democratic	Claudette Paquin	909	2.4	+0.1
Total valid votes			38,411	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard Deshaies	18,876	45.9
	Progressive Conservative	Guy St-Julien	14,651	35.6	-21.9
	Liberal	Lucie Blais	6,666	16.2	0.0
	New Democratic	Louise Cloutier	951	2.3	-24.0
Total valid votes			41,144	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Guy St-Julien	22,254	57.6	+5.6
	New Democratic	Gerry Lemoyne	10,161	26.3	-1.7
	Liberal	Normand Michaud	6,251	16.2	+8.2
Total valid votes			38,666	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Guy St-Julien	23,230	52.0	+47.4
	Liberal	René Gingras	12,525	28.0	-23.0
	New Democratic	Royal Tremblay	3,583	8.0	+2.1
	Rhinoceros	Robert Hamelin	2,264	5.1
	Parti nationaliste	Georges Caron	1,925	4.3
	Social Credit	Alphonse Leduc	1,179	2.6	-31.8
Total valid votes			44,706	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	René Gingras	22,050	51.1	+17.8
	Social Credit	Armand Caouette	14,881	34.5	-10.9
	New Democratic	Royal Tremblay	2,553	5.9	+2.9
	Progressive Conservative	Marius Gauthier	1,982	4.6	-7.4
	Independent	Myriam Bouchard	1,00	2.3
	Union populaire	Martine Dion	416	1.0	+0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Fernand Deschamps	300	0.7	+0.2
Total valid votes			43,190	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Armand Caouette	21,387	45.4	-11.2
	Liberal	Ronald Tétrault	15,697	33.3	+1.2
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Jacques Martel	5,652	12.0	+6.5
	Rhinoceros	Doris St-Pierre	1,425	3.0
	New Democratic	Maurice Vaney	1,420	3.0	-1.7
	Independent	Zebedee Nungak	986	2.1
	Union populaire	Judith Desjardins	344	0.7
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean Létourneau	233	0.5
Total valid votes			47,144	100.0

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Gérard Laprise	12,423	56.5	0.9
	Liberal	Marcel Gagnon	7,046	32.1	-4.5
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Johnson	1,199	5.5	-2.3
	New Democratic	Léon Guenette	1,031	4.7
	Independent	Yves Limoges	282	1.3
Total valid votes			21,981	100.0

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Gérard Laprise	12,482	55.7	+0.7
	Liberal	Marcel Bergeron	8,203	36.6	+3.2
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Emile Gelinas	1,739	7.8	-1.3
Total valid votes			22,424	100.0

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Laprise	10,884	55.0
	Liberal	André Lavigne	6,606	33.4
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Parent	1,796	9.1
	New Democratic	J.-Gérald Leonard	515	2.6
Total valid votes			19,801	100.0

See also

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

References

• "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (Code 24046) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• Nunavik—Eeyou, 2003–2004
• Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, 2004–present
• Riding history for Abitibi from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik from the Library of Parliament