Matane (electoral district)

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Matane was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1935, and from 1968 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Rimouski riding. It consisted of the part of the county of Rimouski east of the Métis River excluding the part of the parish of St. Angèle de Mérici east of the Métis River. In 1924, It was redefined to consist of the Counties of Matane and Matapédia.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Gaspé and Matapédia—Matane ridings.

Itwas recreated in 1966 from parts of those two ridings. The new riding consisted of:

the Towns of Amqui and Matane;
the County of Matane (except the village municipality of Price, the parish municipality of Saint-Octave-de-Métis, and the municipality of Grand-Métis);
in the County of Gaspé West: the village municipality of Cap-Chat, the parish municipality of Saint-Norbert-du-Cap-Chat, the Townships of Cap-Chat and Romieu without local municipal organization; and
in the County of Matapédia: the village municipalities of Causapscal and Lac-au-Saumon; the parish municipalities of Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre, Saint-Damase, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal, Saint-Jean-Baptiste-Vianney, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Raphaël-d'Albertville, Saint-Tharcisius and Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui; the municipalities of Saint-Edmond, Sainte-Florence and Sainte-Marguerite; the territory without local municipal organization comprising the Townships of Casault, Catalogne, Clark, Gravier, part of the Townships of Blais, Jetté, La Vérendrye, Matalic, the Seigniory of Lac-Matapédia, and that part of the Seigniory of Lac-Mitis bounded on the northwest by the prolongation of the line separating the Townships of Nemtayé and Pinault to the southwestern limit of the County of Matapédia.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 whe it was redistributed into Gaspé, Matapédia—Matane and Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine and ridings.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	PELLETIER, François-Jean	5,010
	Government	BOULAY, Herménégilde	447

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	PELLETIER, François-Jean	8,105
	Conservative	BOULAY, Herménégilde	2,252

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	DIONNE, Georges-Léonidas	7,660
	Conservative	LANGLAIS, Roméo	3,884

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	DIONNE, Georges-Léonidas	8,880
	Conservative	BÉGIN, Nazaire	3,727

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	LARUE, Joseph-Ernest-Henri	7,710
	Liberal	DIONNE, Georges-Léonidas	6,975

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	DE BANÉ, Pierre	9,207
	Progressive Conservative	CHOUINARD, Julien	6,055
	Ralliement créditiste	GAGNON, Ghislain	1,159
	New Democrat	BUREAU, Marcel	639

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	DE BANÉ, Pierre	10,038
	Social Credit	BOULAY, Léonard	5,968
	Progressive Conservative	SIROIS, Yvon	2,999

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	DE BANÉ, Pierre	11,194
	Progressive Conservative	LAVOIE, Jacques	2,598
	Social Credit	BOULAY, François	2,141
	New Democrat	TURBIDE, Mario	567