Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
Quebec electoral district
	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Sylvie Bérubé; Bloc Québécois
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District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	87,787
Electors (2019)	64,651
Area (km²)	854,754
Pop. density (per km²)	0.1
Census division(s)	Jamésie, Kativik Regional Government, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM
Census subdivision(s)	Val-d'Or, Chibougamau, Chisasibi, Mistissini, Malartic, Senneterre, Kuujjuaq, Eeyou-Istchee-Baie-James, Waskaganish, Lebel-sur-Quévillon

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (formerly known as Abitibi, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, and Nunavik—Eeyou) is a federal riding in the province of Quebec, Canada, that have been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1966.

"Abitibi" was created in 1966, and renamed "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik". It was abolished in 2003, and most of its territory was incorporated into "Nunavik—Eeyou", which was renamed "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou" in 2004.

Geography

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou consists of:

the Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (population 2016: 43,226), including: Lac-Simon Indian Reserve; the Indian Settlement of Grand-Lac Victoria;

Nord-du-Québec

(Population 2016: 44,561)

the Territory of Eeyou Istchee James Bay, including: the Cree villages and reserved lands of Whapmagoostui, Chisasibi, Eastmain, Mistissini, Nemiscau, Waskaganish, Waswanipi and Wemindji; the Indian Settlement of Oujé-Bougoumou, excepting that part of the Municipality of Baie-James lying southerly of latitude 50°00′ N and westerly of longitude 79°00′ W; and
the Territory of the Kativik Regional Government, including the Nordic village municipalities of Akulivik, Aupaluk, Inukjuak, Ivujivik, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Kangirsuk, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuarapik, Puvirnituq, Quaqtaq, Salluit, Tasiujaq and Umiujaq; the Naskapi Village Municipality of Kawawachikamach.

The neighbouring ridings are Timmins-James Bay, Nunavut, Labrador, Manicouagan, Jonquière, Lac-Saint-Jean, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Pontiac and Abitibi—Témiscamingue.

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou contains more than half of Quebec's total landmass. As such, it is the largest riding in a Canadian province and the third largest in the country after the territorial ridings of Nunavut and Northwest Territories.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2021 Census^[4]

Ethnic groups: 57.9% White, 39.6% Indigenous, 1.2% Black
Languages: 60.4% French, 13.9% Inuktitut, 12.0% Cree, n.o.s., 4.6% English, 3.5% Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin (Northern East Cree)
Religions: 71.5% Christian (43.7% Catholic, 18.8% Anglican, 3.5% Pentecostal, 5.5% Other), 1.3% Indigenous Spirituality, 26.1% None
Median income: $43,200 (2020)
Average income: $53,050 (2020)

History

Abitibi riding was created in 1966 from parts of Chapleau and Saguenay electoral districts. In 1976, parts of Villeneuve were incorporated. The electoral district's name was changed in 1998 to "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik".

In the 2003 re-distribution, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik was abolished. A new riding, "Nunavik—Eeyou", was created with substatilly the same territory as Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik. Parts of Manicouagan and Roberval ridings were added, while a part was lost to Abitibi—Témiscamingue. Its name was changed to "Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou" after the 2004 election.

The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding gain a small territory from Abitibi—Témiscamingue.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party		Association name	President	HQ address	HQ city
	New Democratic	NDP Riding Association of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou	Pascal Porlier	J9P 0A1	Val-d'Or
	People's	Association PPC d'Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou	Guillaume Lanouette	J0Y 2H0	Rivière-Héva
	Conservative	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Conservative Association	Gilles Bernatchez	J9P 3S9	Val-d'Or
	Liberal	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Federal Liberal Association	Ghyslain Bergeron	J9P 2C2	Val-d'Or
	Bloc Québécois	Bloc Québécois d'Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou	Yvon Lévesque	J9P 0C3	Val-d'Or

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Abitibi Riding created from Chapleau, Villeneuve and Saguenay
28th	1968–1971	Gérard Laprise	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1971–1972		Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Armand Caouette
32nd	1980–1984	René Gingras	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Guy St-Julien	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Guy St-Julien	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Bernard Deshaies	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Guy St-Julien	Liberal
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik
37th	2000–2004	Guy St-Julien	Liberal
Nunavik—Eeyou
38th	2004–2006	Yvon Lévesque	Bloc Québécois
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
39th	2006–2008	Yvon Lévesque	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011	Yvon Lévesque	Bloc Québécois
41st	2011–2015	Roméo Saganash	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2019	Roméo Saganash	New Democratic
43rd	2019–2021	Sylvie Bérubé	Bloc Québécois
44th	2021–present	Sylvie Bérubé	Bloc Québécois

Election results

Graph of election results in Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (minor parties that never received 2% of the vote or did not run consistently are omitted)