Canada Votes 2025: Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi
Very large riding has south-end changes
Formerly known as Pontiac, the riding gains a small area bordered by boulevards des Allumettières, Saint-Raymond and des Grives, and chemin Pink from Hull-Aylmer.
It loses Val-des-Monts to Argenteuil–La Petite-Nation, and a backwards-L-shaped piece of land west of Montée Paiement and north of Highway 50 and boulevard La Vérendrye to Gatineau.
The regular independent boundary review after the 2021 census also adds Kitigan Zibi to its name for the Algonquin community at its centre.
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The very large riding stretches from Gatineau north to the border with Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou, which runs north to Labrador, and from the Highway 105 area west to the Dumoine River.
The Liberals have won the last three elections in the area, with Sophie Chatel getting about 43 per cent of the 2021 vote. It has gone NDP and Conservative before.
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.
Claude Bertrand, Green
Bertrand was an engineer and worked in a federal laboratory before becoming a military pilot. He ran for the Greens here in 2019.
Sophie Chatel, Liberal
The first-time MP was previously an accountant who worked at the federal finance department and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Todd Hoffman, People's Party
Hoffman is a high school teacher and vice-president of a chamber of commerce in the riding. He used to be in the military and ran both a construction company and small brewery.
Brian Nolan, Conservative
Nolan lives in Chelsea, has worked at the Canada Border Services Agency and is a former president of the Collines de l'Outaouais minor hockey association.
Suzanne Proulx, Bloc Québécois
Proulx was elected as a Parti Québécois MNA in the Laval area in 2012. She has management experience at industrial companies and has been a union leader. She lives in Ste-Agathe des Monts.
Gilbert Whiteduck, NDP
Whiteduck is a former Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg councillor and chief. He ran an addictions treatment centre program and has worked in education for more than 30 years.