# Matane (federal electoral district)

Matane (French pronunciation: ) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1935, and from 1968 to 1979.
This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Rimouski riding. It consisted of the part of the county of Rimouski east of the Métis River excluding the part of the parish of St. Angèle de Mérici east of the Métis River. In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the Counties of Matane and Matapédia.
The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Gaspé and Matapédia—Matane ridings.
It was recreated in 1966 from parts of those two ridings. The new riding consisted of:
* the Towns of Amqui and Matane;
* the County of Matane (except the village municipality of Price, the parish municipality of Saint-Octave-de-Métis, and the municipality of Grand-Métis);
* in the County of Gaspé West: the village municipality of Cap-Chat, the parish municipality of Saint-Norbert-du-Cap-Chat, the Townships of Cap-Chat and Romieu without local municipal organization; and
* in the County of Matapédia: the village municipalities of Causapscal and Lac-au-Saumon; the parish municipalities of Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre, Saint-Damase, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal, Saint-Jean-Baptiste-Vianney, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Raphaël-d'Albertville, Saint-Tharcisius and Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui; the municipalities of Saint-Edmond, Sainte-Florence and Sainte-Marguerite; the territory without local municipal organization comprising the Townships of Casault, Catalogne, Clark, Gravier, part of the Townships of Blais, Jetté, La Vérendrye, Matalic, the Seigniory of Lac-Matapédia, and that part of the Seigniory of Lac-Mitis bounded on the northwest by the prolongation of the line separating the Townships of Nemtayé and Pinault to the southwestern limit of the County of Matapédia.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Gaspé, Matapédia—Matane and Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine and ridings.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Matane Riding created from Rimouski |||||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | François-Jean Pelletier | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | François-Jean Pelletier | Liberal |
| 14th | 1925–1926 | Georges Dionne | Liberal |
| 15th | 1926–1930 | Georges Dionne | Liberal |
| 16th | 1930–1935 | Henri LaRue | Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Gaspé and Matapédia—Matane |||||
| Riding re-created from Gaspé and Matapédia—Matane |||||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Pierre de Bané | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Pierre de Bané | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Pierre de Bané | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Gaspé, Matapédia—Matane and Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine |||||

## Election results
### Matane, 1917–1935

1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | François-Jean Pelletier | 5,010 |
| | Government (Unionist) | Herménégilde Boulay | 447 |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | François-Jean Pelletier | 8,105 |
| | Conservative | Herménégilde Boulay | 2,252 |
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Georges-Léonidas Dionne | 7,660 |
| | Conservative | Roméo Langlais | 3,884 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Georges-Léonidas Dionne | 8,880 |
| | Conservative | Nazaire Bégin | 3,727 |
1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Joseph-Ernest-Henri LaRue | 7,710 |
| | Liberal | Georges-Léonidas Dionne | 6,975 |

### Matane, 1968–1979

1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Pierre de Bané | 9,207 |
| Progressive Conservative | Julien Chouinard | 6,055 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Ghislain Gagnon | 1,159 |
| New Democratic | Marcel Bureau | 639 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Pierre de Bané | 10,038 |
| Social Credit | Léonard Boulay | 5,968 |
| Progressive Conservative | Yvon Sirois | 2,999 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Pierre de Bané | 11,194 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jacques Lavoie | 2,598 |
| Social Credit | François Boulay | 2,141 |
| New Democratic | Mario Turbide | 567 |