Pontiac–Témiscamingue (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal, see Pontiac–Témiscamingue (federal electoral district).

Pontiac-Témiscamingue was a former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec.

Pontiac-Témiscamingue

Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
District created	1972
District abolished	1980
First contested	1973
Last contested	1976

It was created for the 1973 election, from parts of the existing Pontiac and Témiscamingue electoral districts. Its final election was in 1976. It disappeared in the 1981 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Pontiac.

Members of the National Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Pontiac and Témiscamingue
30th	1973–1976		Jean-Guy Larivière	Liberal
31st	1976–1981
Dissolved into Pontiac and Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue

Electoral results

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	16,476	74.66
	Oui	5,591	25.34

1976 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Guy Larivière	8,149	43.57	-17.82
	Union Nationale	Jean-Rock Bernard	4,568	24.42	+16.21
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Robert Seguier	3,209	17.15	+8.83
	Ralliement créditiste	Emmanuel Pétrin	2,141	11.45	-10.63
	Independent	Richard Bowie	638	3.41	–
Total valid votes			14,601	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-17.02

1973 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Guy Larivière	10,269	61.39
	Parti créditiste	Emmanuel Pétrin	3,693	22.08
	Parti Québécois	Simone Dénommé-Denis	1,392	8.32
	Union Nationale	Éric Bélanger	1,373	8.21
Total valid votes			16,727	–

External links

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (Quebecpolitique.com)