Matane () is a former provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine regions of Quebec, Canada, that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.
It was created for the 1890 election from parts of Rimouski. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and its successor electoral districts were Matane-Matapédia and Gaspé.
Geography It is located at the western end of the Gaspé Peninsula, along the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
It consists of the municipalities of: Baie-des-Sables Cap-Chat Grosses-Roches La Martre Les Méchins Marsoui Matane Mont-Saint-Pierre Rivière-à-Claude Saint-Adelme Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg Saint-Léandre Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis Saint-René-de-Matane Saint-Ulric Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Sainte-Félicité Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine Sainte-Paule
It also consists of the unorganized territories of: Coulée-des-Adolphe Mont-Albert Rivière-Bonjour
Linguistic demographics Francophone: 99.5% Anglophone: 0.3% Allophone: 0.1%
Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party 7th 1890–1892 Louis-Félix Pinault Liberal 8th 1892 Edmund James Flynn Conservative 1892–1897 Louis-Félix Pinault Liberal 9th 1897–1898 1899–1900 Donat Caron Liberal 10th 1900–1904 11th 1904–1908 12th 1908–1912 13th 1912–1916 14th 1916–1918 1918–1919 Octave Fortin Liberal 15th 1919–1923 Joseph Dufour Liberal 16th 1923–1927 Joseph-Arthur Bergeron Liberal 17th 1927–1931 18th 1931–1935 19th 1935–1936 20th 1936–1939 Onésime Gagnon Union nationale 21st 1939–1944 22nd 1944–1948 23rd 1948–1952 24th 1952–1956 25th 1956–1958 1958–1960 Benoît Gaboury Union nationale 26th 1960–1962 Philippe Castonguay Liberal 27th 1962–1963 1964–1966 Jacques Bernier Liberal 28th 1966–1970 Jean Bienvenue Liberal 29th 1970–1973 30th 1973–1976 Marc-Yvan Côté Liberal 31st 1976–1981 Yves Bérubé Parti Québécois 32nd 1981–1985 33rd 1985–1989 Claire-Hélène Hovington Liberal 34th 1989–1994 35th 1994–1998 Matthias Rioux Parti Québécois 36th 1998–2003 37th 2003–2007 Nancy Charest Liberal 38th 2007–2008 Pascal Bérubé Parti Québécois 39th 2008–2012
Electoral results
1995 Quebec referendumSideVotes%Oui15,61162.46Non9,38137.54
1980 Quebec referendumSideVotes%Non12,28552,41 Oui11,15447,59
See also List of Quebec provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Information Elections Quebec
Election results Election results (National Assembly) Election results (Elections Quebec)
Maps 2001 map (Flash) 2001–2011 changes (Flash) 1992–2001 changes (Flash) Electoral map of Bas-Saint-Laurent region (as of 2001) Electoral map of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region (as of 2001) Quebec electoral map, 2001