Canada Votes 2025: Gatineau
There's movement to the riding's north around Highway 50 and Montée Paiement
Gatineau, one of four federal ridings in the western Quebec city of the same name, has undergone big changes at its north end.
The regular independent boundary review that followed the 2021 census takes the area west of Montée Paiement and north of Highway 50 from Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi.
It gives communities northeast of that interchange, such as the intersection of chemin Saint-Thomas and boulevard Lorrain, to Argenteuil-La Petite-Nation.
An area south of boulevard Maloney and as far west as avenue du Cheval-Blanc is also moving to Argenteuil-La Petite-Nation.
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Gatineau has been Liberal under Steven MacKinnon since 2015, and mostly Liberal since 1949, but other parties occasionally win it. The NDP represented it from 2011 to 2015 for example.
MacKinnon got 50.03 per cent of the vote in 2021, landing 18 votes over the 50 per cent mark.
Polls are open from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on election day on Monday, April 28. Elections Canada has more information on voting options.
Here are the candidates. The Green Party listed Rachid Jemmah as their candidate here, but he is not on the final ballot.
Steven MacKinnon, Liberal
Before his election as MP, MacKinnon worked as a consultant on corporate mergers, advised Paul Martin when he was prime minister and Frank McKenna when he was premier of New Brunswick.
He was most recently jobs and families minister.
Richard Nadeau, Bloc Québecois
Nadeau was the Bloc MP here from 2006 to 2011. He is a retired teacher and has leadership roles in local dairy and historical groups.
Kethlande Pierre, Conservative
Pierre is a deputy director in a federal department that works in intellectual property. She's a former youth-in-care under Quebec's Directeur de la protection de la jeunesse, and is now a foster parent herself.
Mathieu Saint-Jean, People's Party
Saint-Jean has experience with human resources and customer service. He ran for Gatineau mayor in last year's byelection and the People's Party here in 2022.
In 2023 he pleaded guilty to obstructing a police officer in 2021 and was given a conditional discharge, meaning he wouldn't have a criminal record after a year if he followed a few rules. He told Radio-Canada it had to do with a dispute over mandatory COVID-19 mask rules at a store.
Daniel Simoncic, NDP
The party hasn't shared a biography for this candidate.
Pierre Soublière, Marxist-Leninist
The party hasn't shared a biography for this candidate. Someone with the same name has previously been on the ballot provincially and federally for this party.