 Quebec electoral district | |||
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1867 | ||
| First contested | 1867 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 106,499 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 86,585 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 27,588.31 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 3.9 | ||
| Census division(s) | Gatineau, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Pontiac | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Gatineau (part), Val-des-Monts, Cantley, La Pêche, Chelsea, Pontiac, Maniwaki, Gracefield, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Déléage | ||
Pontiac (formerly known as Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle) is a federal electoral district in western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968.
In every election since its creation except 1979 and 2011, Pontiac has been a bellwether electoral district whose electoral winner also was a member of the winning party.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011