Pontiac is a provincial electoral district in the

Outaouais Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts, the municipality of Cantley, Quebec, Cantley and the Papineau Regional County Municipal ...

region of

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that elects members to the

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. It notably includes parts of the city of

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as well as the municipalities of Pontiac, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Shawville and Clarendon. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the

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). Its final election was in

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. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Pontiac-Témiscamingue. However, Pontiac–Témiscamingue disappeared in the 1981 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Pontiac. It was named after

Chief Pontiac Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag (c. 1714/20 – April 20, 1769) was an Odawa war chief known for his role in Pontiac's War, the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans in an armed strugg ...

, who led

Pontiac's Rebellion Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) was launched in 1763 by a confederation of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region follow ...

in 1763 in the

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region.

Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

This riding has elected the following members to the

: * John Egan, (1854–1857) * George Bryson,

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(1857–1858) by-election * Edmund Heath, Conservative (1858–1861) * John Poupore, Conservative (1861–1867)

Members of the Legislative Assembly/National Assembly of Quebec

This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1867–1968) and the

(1968–present):

Election results

, - , Liberal , André Fortin , align="right", 25,659 , align="right", 75.76 , align="right", +19.13 , - , - , - , Liberal , Charlotte L'Écuyer , align="right", 16,981 , align="right", 56.63 , align="right", -9.47 , - , - , - * Increase is from Action Democratique du Quebec (ADQ) , - , Liberal , Charlotte L'Écuyer , align="right", 12,960 , align="right", 66.10 , align="right", +7.56 , - , - , - , - , Liberal , Charlotte L'Écuyer , align="right", 14,817 , align="right", 58.54 , align="right", -17.98 , - , - , - * Increase is from UFP , - , Liberal , Charlotte L'Écuyer , align="right", 17,885 , align="right", 76.52 , align="right", +1.25 , - , - , - , Liberal , Robert Middlemiss , align="right", 22,076 , align="right", 75.27 , align="right", -4.91 , - ,

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, Maxime Gauld , align="right", 112 , align="right", 0.38 , align="right", - , - , Socialist Democracy , Mohamed-Ali Khreis , align="right", 108 , align="right", 0.37 , align="right", - , - ,

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, Claude Côté , align="right", 100 , align="right", 0.34 , align="right", -0.12 , - , - , Liberal , Robert Middlemiss , align="right", 23,066 , align="right", 80.18 , align="right", +33.62 , - , - ,

, Michael E. Wilson , align="right", 131 , align="right", 0.46 , align="right", - , - , - , Liberal , Robert Middlemiss , align="right", 9,514 , align="right", 46.56 , align="right", -25.52 , - ,

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, Michael Coghlan , align="right", 956 , align="right", 4.68 , align="right", +0.03 , - , - , Liberal , Robert Middlemiss , align="right", 13,888 , align="right", 72.08 , align="right", +4.25 , - ,

, Michel Martin , align="right", 896 , align="right", 4.65 , align="right", - , - , Progressive Conservative , Anne Lupien , align="right", 783 , align="right", 4.06 , align="right", - , - ,

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, Anne Charron , align="right", 77 , align="right", 0.40 , align="right", - , - , Liberal , Robert Middlemiss , align="right", 15,157 , align="right", 67.83 , align="right", +24.26 , - ,

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, Stephen Hodgins , align="right", 1,793 , align="right", 8.02 , align="right", - , -

Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Members of the Legislative Assembly/National Assembly of Quebec

Election results

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