48°01′N 77°48′W / 48.02°N 77.80°W
Quebec electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec | ||
MNA |
Coalition Avenir Québec | ||
District created | 1944 | ||
First contested | 1944 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2014)[1] | 33,638 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 29,201.8 | ||
Census division(s) | La Vallée-de-l'Or (all), Rouyn-Noranda (part) | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Rouyn-Noranda (part), Belcourt, Malartic, Rivière-Héva, Senneterre (parish), Senneterre (city), Val-d'Or; Lac-Simon, Kitcisakik; Lac-Granet, Lac-Metei, Matchi-Manitou, Réservoir-Dozois |
Abitibi-Est is a provincial electoral district in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district notably includes eastern portions of the city of Rouyn-Noranda as well as Val-d'Or, Malartic and Senneterre.
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-Est lost the municipality of Barraute and its share of the unorganized territory of Lac-Despinassy to Abitibi-Ouest.