Gatineau — Canadian Federal Election Results

Gatineau was won by Liberal at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 13,989 votes over Bloc Québécois. This page covers every general election in Gatineau from 1949 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1949–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1949 Liberal Liberal 9,865 65.7% Progressive Conservative (4,448) 5,417 (36.1 pts)
1953 Liberal Liberal 10,759 65.8% Progressive Conservative (4,932) 5,827 (35.6 pts)
1957 Liberal Liberal 10,770 58.8% Progressive Conservative (5,522) 5,248 (28.6 pts)
1958 Liberal Liberal 10,840 52.3% Progressive Conservative (9,004) 1,836 (8.9 pts)
1962 Liberal Liberal 10,135 42.2% Progressive Conservative (7,983) 2,152 (9.0 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 11,589 46.6% Social Credit (6,295) 5,294 (21.3 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 13,088 53.4% Progressive Conservative (4,952) 8,136 (33.2 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 14,348 53.5% Progressive Conservative (7,581) 6,767 (25.2 pts)
1972 Liberal Liberal 15,894 50.3% Social Credit (9,469) 6,425 (20.3 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 19,513 60.1% Social Credit (7,205) 12,308 (37.9 pts)
1979 Liberal Liberal 34,234 71.9% Social Credit (6,206) 28,028 (58.9 pts)
1980 Liberal Liberal 35,437 78.6% NDP (4,792) 30,645 (68.0 pts)
1984 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 25,873 50.9% Liberal (17,496) 8,377 (16.5 pts)
1997 Liberal Liberal 25,298 46.4% Progressive Conservative (15,786) 9,512 (17.5 pts)
2000 Liberal Liberal 25,960 51.5% Bloc Québécois (12,817) 13,143 (26.0 pts)
2004 Liberal Liberal 19,198 42.1% Bloc Québécois (18,368) 830 (1.8 pts)
2006 Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois 21,093 39.2% Liberal (16,826) 4,267 (7.9 pts)
2008 Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois 15,189 29.2% NDP (13,612) 1,577 (3.0 pts)
2011 NDP NDP 35,262 61.8% Bloc Québécois (8,619) 26,643 (46.7 pts)
2015 Liberal Liberal 31,076 53.8% NDP (15,352) 15,724 (27.2 pts)
2019 Liberal Liberal 29,084 52.1% Bloc Québécois (11,926) 17,158 (30.8 pts)
2021 Liberal Liberal 26,267 50.0% Bloc Québécois (12,278) 13,989 (26.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal9,86565.7%
Progressive Conservative4,44829.6%
Union of Electors6974.6%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal10,75965.8%
Progressive Conservative4,93230.2%
CCF6624.0%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Liberal10,77058.8%
Progressive Conservative5,52230.1%
Independent Liberal2,02811.1%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Liberal10,84052.3%
Progressive Conservative9,00443.5%
Social Credit8784.2%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Liberal10,13542.2%
Progressive Conservative7,98333.3%
Social Credit4,92520.5%
NDP9634.0%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal11,58946.6%
Social Credit6,29525.3%
Progressive Conservative5,86123.6%
NDP1,1024.4%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,08853.4%
Progressive Conservative4,95220.2%
Social Credit4,18917.1%
NDP1,5436.3%
Independent Liberal7343.0%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal14,34853.5%
Progressive Conservative7,58128.3%
Social Credit3,71113.8%
NDP1,1634.3%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Liberal15,89450.3%
Social Credit9,46930.0%
Progressive Conservative4,16313.2%
NDP2,0476.5%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,51360.1%
Social Credit7,20522.2%
Progressive Conservative3,94412.2%
NDP1,7815.5%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Liberal34,23471.9%
Social Credit6,20613.0%
NDP3,2926.9%
Progressive Conservative3,1746.7%
Union Populaire6081.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party1080.2%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Liberal35,43778.6%
NDP4,79210.6%
Progressive Conservative3,1347.0%
Social Credit9752.2%
Rhinoceros6401.4%
Marxist-Leninist Party1080.2%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative25,87350.9%
Liberal17,49634.4%
NDP6,54312.9%
Parti Nationaliste du Québec7661.5%
Party for the Commonwealth of Canada1420.3%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,29846.4%
Progressive Conservative15,78629.0%
Bloc Québécois11,39120.9%
NDP9821.8%
Natural Law Party of Canada4480.8%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada4450.8%
Marxist-Leninist Party1500.3%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,96051.5%
Bloc Québécois12,81725.4%
Canadian Alliance5,06910.0%
Progressive Conservative3,6197.2%
NDP1,7633.5%
Natural Law Party of Canada4720.9%
Independent3890.8%
Independent2280.5%
Marxist-Leninist Party1390.3%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,19842.1%
Bloc Québécois18,36840.3%
Conservative3,4617.6%
NDP2,6105.7%
Green1,4023.1%
Marijuana Party4531.0%
Marxist-Leninist Party1250.3%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Bloc Québécois21,09339.2%
Liberal16,82631.3%
Conservative9,01416.8%
NDP5,35410.0%
Green1,4562.7%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Bloc Québécois15,18929.2%
NDP13,61226.1%
Liberal13,19325.3%
Conservative8,76216.8%
Green1,3422.6%

2011

PartyVotesShare
NDP35,26261.8%
Bloc Québécois8,61915.1%
Liberal7,97514.0%
Conservative4,5327.9%
Green6391.1%

2015

PartyVotesShare
Liberal31,07653.8%
NDP15,35226.6%
Bloc Québécois5,4559.4%
Conservative4,7338.2%
Green9421.6%
Independent1480.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party940.2%

2019

PartyVotesShare
Liberal29,08452.1%
Bloc Québécois11,92621.4%
NDP6,12811.0%
Conservative5,74510.3%
Green2,2644.1%
People's Party5601.0%
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada760.1%

2021

PartyVotesShare
Liberal26,26750.0%
Bloc Québécois12,27823.4%
Conservative5,75211.0%
NDP4,5088.6%
People's Party2,2644.3%
Green7831.5%
Free Party Canada4110.8%
Rhinoceros Party1780.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada560.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1949: Liberal margin 36.1 pts 1953: Liberal margin 35.6 pts 1957: Liberal margin 28.6 pts 1958: Liberal margin 8.9 pts 1962: Liberal margin 9.0 pts 1963: Liberal margin 21.3 pts 1965: Liberal margin 33.2 pts 1968: Liberal margin 25.2 pts 1972: Liberal margin 20.3 pts 1974: Liberal margin 37.9 pts 1979: Liberal margin 58.9 pts 1980: Liberal margin 68.0 pts 1984: Progressive Conservative margin 16.5 pts 1997: Liberal margin 17.5 pts 2000: Liberal margin 26.0 pts 2004: Liberal margin 1.8 pts 2006: Bloc Québécois margin 7.9 pts 2008: Bloc Québécois margin 3.0 pts 2011: NDP margin 46.7 pts 2015: Liberal margin 27.2 pts 2019: Liberal margin 30.8 pts 2021: Liberal margin 26.6 pts 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

Gatineau has been contested at 22 general elections on record since 1949. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, Progressive Conservative, Bloc Québécois, NDP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Gatineau in the 2021 general election?

Liberal won Gatineau in 2021 with 26,267 votes (50.0%), a margin of 13,989 votes over Bloc Québécois in second place.

Which parties have won Gatineau since 1949?

Since 1949, Gatineau has been won by: Bloc Québécois, Liberal, NDP, Progressive Conservative.

What was the closest result in Gatineau?

The closest contested result on record for Gatineau was 2004, when Liberal beat Bloc Québécois by 830 votes (1.8 percentage points).

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