# Îles-de-la-Madeleine (provincial electoral district)

Îles-de-la-Madeleine (French pronunciation:) is a provincial electoral district in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the Magdalen Islands and notably includes the city of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
It was created for the 1897 election from a part of Gaspé electoral district.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged; its territory is defined by the Election Act and does not undergo territorial changes.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the National Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Gaspé |||||
| 9th | 1897–1900 | Patrick Peter Delaney | Liberal |
| 10th | 1900–1904 | Patrick Peter Delaney | Liberal |
| 11th | 1904–1905 | Robert Jamieson Leslie | Liberal |
| 11th | 1906–1908 | Louis-Albin Thériault | Liberal |
| 12th | 1908–1912 | Louis-Albin Thériault | Liberal |
| 13th | 1912–1916 | Joseph-Édouard Caron | Liberal |
| 14th | 1916–1919 | Joseph-Édouard Caron | Liberal |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Joseph-Édouard Caron | Liberal |
| 16th | 1923–1927 | Joseph-Édouard Caron | Liberal |
| 17th | 1927–1927 | Joseph-Édouard Caron | Liberal |
| 17th | 1928–1931 | Amédée Caron | Liberal |
| 18th | 1931–1935 | Amédée Caron | Liberal |
| 19th | 1935–1936 | Amédée Caron | Liberal |
| 20th | 1936–1939 | Hormisdas Langlais | Union Nationale |
| 21st | 1939–1944 | Hormisdas Langlais | Union Nationale |
| 22nd | 1944–1948 | Hormisdas Langlais | Union Nationale |
| 23rd | 1948–1952 | Hormisdas Langlais | Union Nationale |
| 24th | 1952–1956 | Hormisdas Langlais | Union Nationale |
| 25th | 1956–1960 | Hormisdas Langlais | Union Nationale |
| 26th | 1960–1962 | Hormisdas Langlais | Union Nationale |
| 27th | 1962–1966 | Louis-Philippe Lacroix | Liberal |
| 28th | 1966–1970 | Louis-Philippe Lacroix | Liberal |
| 29th | 1970–1973 | Louis-Philippe Lacroix | Liberal |
| 30th | 1973–1976 | Louis-Philippe Lacroix | Liberal |
| 31st | 1976–1981 | Denise Leblanc | Parti Québécois |
| 32nd | 1981–1984 | Denise Leblanc | Parti Québécois |
| 32nd | 1984–1985 | Denise Leblanc | Independent |
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Georges Farrah | Liberal |
| 34th | 1989–1994 | Georges Farrah | Liberal |
| 35th | 1994–1998 | Georges Farrah | Liberal |
| 36th | 1998–2003 | Maxime Arseneau | Parti Québécois |
| 37th | 2003–2007 | Maxime Arseneau | Parti Québécois |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | Maxime Arseneau | Parti Québécois |
| 39th | 2008–2012 | Germain Chevarie | Liberal |
| 40th | 2012–2014 | Jeannine Richard | Parti Québécois |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Germain Chevarie | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Joël Arseneau | Parti Québécois |
| 43rd | 2022–Present | Joël Arseneau | Parti Québécois |

## Election results

vte2022 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Joël Arseneau | 3,877 | 46.35 | +7.70 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Jonathan Lapierre | 3,338 | 39.91 | +30.57 |
| | Liberal | Gil Thériault | 606 | 7.25 | –31.21 |
| | Québec solidaire | Jean-Philippe Déraspe | 450 | 5.38 | –8.17 |
| | Conservative | Evan Leblanc | 93 | 1.11 | New |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,364 | 98.96 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 88 | 1.04 | –0.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,452 | 75.74 | +3.08 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 11,159 |
| | Parti Québécois hold | Parti Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | –11.44 |
| Source: Élections Québec |||||||
vte2018 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Joël Arseneau | 2,955 | 38.65 | -1.48 |
| | Liberal | Maryse Lapierre | 2,940 | 38.46 | -11.66 |
| | Québec solidaire | Robert Boudreau-Welsh | 1,036 | 13.55 | +7.52 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Yves Renaud | 714 | 9.34 | +6.17 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,645 | 98.06 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 151 | 1.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,796 | 72.66 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 10,729 |
| | Parti Québécois gain from Liberal | Parti Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +5.09 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Germain Chevarie | 4,137 | 50.07 | +11.62 |
| | Parti Québécois | Jeannine Richard | 3,319 | 40.17 | -10.84 |
| | Québec solidaire | Natalia Porowska | 499 | 6.04 | +1.26 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Mario-Michel Jomphe | 262 | 3.17 | -1.65 |
| | Option nationale | David Boudreau | 46 | 0.56 | -0.40 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,263 | 98.85 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 96 | 1.15 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,359 | 77.01 | -1.07 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 10,855 | – | – |
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Jeannine Richard | 4,304 | 51.01 | +5.65 |
| | Liberal | Germain Chevarie | 3,244 | 38.45 | -11.40 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Georges Painchaud | 407 | 4.82 | +3.10* |
| | Québec solidaire | Yvonne Langford | 403 | 4.78 | +3.54 |
| | Option nationale | Jonathan Godin | 80 | 0.95 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,438 | 98.88 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 96 | 1.12 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,534 | 78.08 | +11.73 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 10,930 | – | – |
* Result compared to Action démocratique
2008 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Germain Chevarie | 3,510 | 49.85 | +16.75 |
| | Parti Québécois | Jeannine Richard | 3,194 | 45.36 | -15.03 |
| | Green | Nicolas Tremblay | 129 | 1.83 | +0.09 |
| | Action démocratique | Patrick Leblanc | 121 | 1.72 | -3.04 |
| | Québec solidaire | Jacques Bourbeau | 87 | 1.24 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,041 | 98.97 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 73 | 1.03 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,114 | 66.35 | -9.75 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 10,722 | – | – |
2007 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Maxime Arseneau | 4,820 | 60.39 | +1.70 |
| | Liberal | Pierre Proulx | 2,642 | 33.10 | -7.04 |
| | Action démocratique | Patrick Leblanc | 380 | 4.76 | +3.59 |
| | Green | Nicolas Tremblay | 139 | 1.74 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,981 | 99.07 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 75 | 0.93 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,056 | 76.10 | -1.33 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 10,586 | – | – |
2003 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Maxime Arseneau | 4,606 | 58.69 | +6.15 |
| | Liberal | Simone Leblanc | 3,150 | 40.14 | -5.87 |
| | Action démocratique | Évé Longuépée | 92 | 1.17 | -0.27 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,848 | 98.95 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 83 | 1.05 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,931 | 77.43 | -10.14 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 10,243 | – | – |
1998 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Parti Québécois | Maxime Arseneau | 4,732 | 52.54 | +12.52 |
| | Liberal | Georges Farrah | 4,144 | 46.01 | -13.97 |
| | Action démocratique | Gaston Leblanc | 130 | 1.44 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,006 | 99.23 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 70 | 0.77 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,076 | 87.57 | +1.16 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 10,364 | – | – |
1995 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Oui | 5,478 | 58.13 |
| | Non | 3,946 | 41.87 |
1994 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Georges Farrah | 5,455 | 59.98 | +8.49 |
| | Parti Québécois | Léonce Deraspe | 3,639 | 40.02 | -8.49 |
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 4,329 | 54.05 |
| | Oui | 3,680 | 45.95 |
1989 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Georges Farrah | 4,373 | 51.49 | -4.53 |
| | Parti Québécois | Léonce Deraspe | 4,120 | 48.51 | +5.63 |
1985 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Georges Farrah | 5,048 | 56.02 | +21.56 |
| Parti Québécois | Léonard Chevarie | 3,864 | 42.88 | -20.91 |
| Union Nationale | Gervais Pomerleau | 99 | 1.10 | +0.41 |
1981 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Denise Leblanc | 5,278 | 63.79 | +15.90 |
| Liberal | Rosaire Arseneau | 2,851 | 34.46 | -12.59 |
| Independent | Réal Lapierre | 88 | 1.06 | – |
| Union Nationale | Louis Foteas | 57 | 0.69 | -3.52 |
1980 Quebec referendum :
| Side | Side | Votes | % |
| | Non | 4,033 | 54.22 |
| | Oui | 3,405 | 45.78 |
1976 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Parti Québécois | Denise Leblanc | 3,387 | 47.89 | +15.25 |
| Liberal | Louis-Philippe Lacroix | 3,327 | 47.05 | -13.82 |
| Union Nationale | Paul-Henri Tremblay | 298 | 4.21 | +1.40 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Jean Cotten | 60 | 0.85 | -2.83 |
1973 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Louis-Philippe Lacroix | 3,839 | 60.87 | +4.19 |
| Parti Québécois | Fernand Turbide | 2,059 | 32.64 | +26.81 |
| Parti créditiste | Jean-Paul Audy | 232 | 3.68 | +2.57 |
| Union Nationale | Gaston Dion | 177 | 2.81 | -33.57 |
1970 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Louis-Philippe Lacroix | 3,560 | 56.68 | -9.91 |
| Union Nationale | Gilbert Carbonneau | 2,285 | 36.38 | +2.97 |
| Parti Québécois | Pierre Gagnon | 366 | 5.83 | – |
| Ralliement créditiste | Simon Brouard | 70 | 1.11 | – |
1966 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Louis-Philippe Lacroix | 3,908 | 66.59 | +14.73 |
| | Union Nationale | Gérard Gingras | 1,961 | 33.41 | -14.73 |
1962 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Louis-Philippe Lacroix | 2,674 | 51.86 | +8.85 |
| | Union Nationale | Hormisdas Langlais | 2,482 | 48.14 | -8.85 |
1960 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Union Nationale | Hormisdas Langlais | 2,759 | 56.99 | +0.27 |
| | Liberal | Raynold Bélanger | 2,082 | 43.01 | -0.27 |
1956 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Union Nationale | Hormisdas Langlais | 2,591 | 56.72 | -1.27 |
| | Liberal | Urbain Lajeunesse | 1,977 | 43.28 | +1.27 |
1952 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Union Nationale | Hormisdas Langlais | 2,463 | 57.99 | -0.15 |
| | Liberal | François Fournier | 1,784 | 42.01 | +1.08 |
1948 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Union Nationale | Hormisdas Langlais | 2,442 | 58.14 | +2.65 |
| Liberal | Lionel-L. Gaudet | 1,719 | 40.93 | -3.58 |
| Union des électeurs | Présille Beaulieu | 39 | 0.93 | – |
1944 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Union Nationale | Hormisdas Langlais | 2,092 | 55.49 | +1.90 |
| | Liberal | Irénée-R. Lebourdais | 1,678 | 44.51 | -1.90 |
1939 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Union Nationale | Hormisdas Langlais | 1,030 | 53.59 | +3.21 |
| | Liberal | Amédée Caron | 892 | 46.41 | -3.21 |
1936 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Union Nationale | Hormisdas Langlais | 1,001 | 50.38 | +30.81 |
| | Liberal | Amédée Caron | 986 | 49.62 | -17.67 |
1935 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Amédée Caron | 1,358 | 67.29 | +17.03 |
| ALN | Hormisdas Langlais | 395 | 19.57 | – |
| Independent Lib. | Ovide Hubert | 265 | 13.13 | – |
1931 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Amédée Caron | 769 | 50.26 |
| | Conservative | Gérard Simard | 761 | 49.74 |
Quebec provincial by-election, July 14, 1928 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Amédée Caron | acclaimed |
1927 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph-Édouard Caron | acclaimed |
1923 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph-Édouard Caron | acclaimed |
1919 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph-Édouard Caron | acclaimed |
1916 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph-Édouard Caron | acclaimed |
1912 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Joseph-Édouard Caron | 733 | 57.49 | +17.78 |
| | Conservative | Azade Arsenault | 542 | 42.51 | +7.44 |
1908 Quebec general election :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Louis-Albin Thériault | 411 | 39.71 | -0.12 |
| Conservative | François-Henri Delaney | 363 | 35.07 | – |
| Independent | William Chambers Leslie | 261 | 25.22 | -4.22 |
Quebec provincial by-election, November 20, 1906 :
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Louis-Albin Thériault | 429 | 39.83 | – |
| Liberal | Patrick Peter Delaney | 331 | 30.73 | -4.49 |
| Independent | William Chambers Leslie | 317 | 29.44 | – |
1904 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Robert Jamieson Leslie | 618 | 64.78 | – |
| | Liberal | Patrick Peter Delaney | 336 | 35.22 | -17.59 |
1900 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Patrick Peter Delaney | 451 | 52.81 | -0.61 |
| | Liberal | Louis-Albin Thériault | 403 | 47.19 | – |
1897 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Patrick Peter Delaney | 469 | 53.42 |
| | Liberal | Charles-Albert Marcil | 409 | 46.58 |