Liberals sweep Outaouais ridings

Sophie Demers

The federal election took place on April 28. Elections Canada’s preliminary estimates reveal that 19,583,016 Canadians cast a ballot making the voter turnout 68.65%.

Provincially, 43% of Quebec voters in this election voted for the Liberal Party. The Bloc Québécois received 27.9% of votes; the Conservative Party got 23.5%; the New Democratic Party (NDP) received 4.5%; and the Green Party got 0.9%.

Following are the results for the electoral ridings on Gatineau’s territory.

Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi results

• Sophie Chatel, Incumbent (Liberal Party of Canada): 32,149 votes (54.6%)

• Brian Nolan (Conservative Party of Canada): 16,174 votes (27.5%)

• Suzanne Proulx (Bloc Québécois): 6,099 votes (10.4%)

• Gilbert W. Whiteduck (NDP): 2,990 votes (5.1%)

• Claude Bertrand (Green Party): 750 votes (1.3%)

• Todd Hoffman (People’s Party of Canada): 676 votes (1.1%)

Aylmer-Hull results

• Greg Fergus, Incumbent (Liberal Party): 32,036 votes (62.3%)

• Jill Declare (Conservative Party): 8,646 votes (16.8%)

• Alice Grondin (Bloc Québécois): 6,235 votes (12.1%)

• Pascale Matecki (NDP): 2,851 votes (5.5%)

• Frédéric Morin-Paquette (Green Party): 1,129 votes (2.2%)

• Jean-Jacques Desgranges (People’s Party of Canada): 349 votes (0.7%)

• Alexandre Deschênes (Marxist-Leninist Party): 207 votes (0.4%)

Gatineau results:

• Steve MacKinnon, Incumbent (Liberal Party): 34,746 votes (60.2%)

• Kethlande Pierre (Conservative Party): 11,253 votes (19.5%)

• Richard Nadeau (Bloc Québécois): 9,423 votes (16.3%)

• Daniel Simoncic (NDP): 1,615 votes (2.8%)

• Mathieu Saint-Jean (Peoples Party): 515 votes (0.9%)

• Pierre Soulière (Marxist-Leninist Party) 173 votes (0.3%)

Argenteuil-La Petite-Nation results:

• Stéphane Lauzon, Incumbent (Liberal Party): 28,129 votes (47.5%)

• Martin Charron (Conservative Party): 14,697 votes (24.8%)

• Martin Héroux (Bloc Québécois): 13,526 votes (22.8%)

• Michel Welt (NDP): 1,502 votes (2.5%)

• Bertha Fuchsman-small (Green Party): 807 votes (1.4%)

• Lindsey Therrien (People’s Party of Canada): 590 votes (1%)