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Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan

Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan is a federal riding in Quebec. Marilène Gill (Bloc Québécois, first elected to the House in 2015) represents Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan. Marilène Gill (Bloc Québécois) held Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan for the Bloc Québécois in the 2025 election by 6,058 votes (16.3 points), with 43.7% of the vote. Kevin Coutu (Liberal) was second with 27.4%, on a turnout of 52.9% of 71,289 electors. Member as of .

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou · LiberalChicoutimi—Le Fjord · LiberalCôte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata · ConservativeGaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj · Bloc QuébécoisJonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets · Bloc QuébécoisLabrador · LiberalLong Range Mountains · ConservativeMontmorency—Charlevoix · ConservativeRimouski-Neigette—Mitis—Matapédia—Les Basques · Bloc QuébécoisCôte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan
Fig. 1 — Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan

BMarilène Gill
Marilène Gill's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Marilène Gill

Member of Parliament for Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan

Bloc Québécois

MP since · 4 terms

  • Deputy whip of the Bloc Québécois
  • Member
  • Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee
  • Library of Parliament committee

189 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—GC Strategies Inc. — Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Bloc Québécois hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan, April 28, 2025Of the 37,183 valid votes, Marilène Gill (Bloc Québécois) took 43.7%, Kevin Coutu (Liberal) 27.4%, Mélanie Dorion (Conservative) 25.2%, Marika Lalime (New Democratic) 1.7% and Sébastien Beaulieu (Parti Rhinocéros Party) 1.5%; one other candidate took 0.5%.2025Turnout 52.9% of 71,289 electorsMarilène GillBloc Québécois43.7% · 16,2436,058 votes ahead · 16.3 ptsKevin CoutuLiberal27.4% · 10,185Mélanie DorionConservative25.2% · 9,365Marika LalimeNew Democratic1.7% · 640Sébastien BeaulieuParti Rhinocéros Party1.5% · 557Other (1)0.5% · 193050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan, April 28, 2025Of the 37,183 valid votes, Marilène Gill (Bloc Québécois) took 43.7%, Kevin Coutu (Liberal) 27.4%, Mélanie Dorion (Conservative) 25.2%, Marika Lalime (New Democratic) 1.7% and Sébastien Beaulieu (Parti Rhinocéros Party) 1.5%; one other candidate took 0.5%.2025Turnout 52.9% of 71,289 electorsMarilène GillBloc Québécois43.7% · 16,2436,058 votes ahead · 16.3 ptsKevin CoutuLiberal27.4% · 10,185Mélanie DorionConservative25.2% · 9,365Marika LalimeNew Democratic1.7% · 640Sébastien BeaulieuParti Rhinocéros Party1.5% · 557Other (1)0.5% · 193050%100%
Shares of the 37,183 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Marilène GillBloc Québécois16,24343.7%
Kevin CoutuLiberal10,18527.4%
Mélanie DorionConservative9,36525.2%
Marika LalimeNew Democratic6401.7%
Sébastien BeaulieuParti Rhinocéros Party5571.5%
Other (1)1930.5%

Marilène Gill (Bloc Québécois) won Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan on with 16,243 votes, 43.7% of the 37,183 valid votes. Kevin Coutu (Liberal) was second with 10,185 (27.4%), 6,058 votes and 16.3 points behind.

Of the 37,183 valid votes, Marilène Gill (Bloc Québécois) took 43.7%, Kevin Coutu (Liberal) 27.4%, Mélanie Dorion (Conservative) 25.2%, Marika Lalime (New Democratic) 1.7% and Sébastien Beaulieu (Parti Rhinocéros Party) 1.5%; one other candidate took 0.5%. Turnout was 52.9% of 71,289 electors: 37,718 ballots cast, 37,183 of them valid, for 6 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Bloc Québécois are down 7.6 (51.3% to 43.7%), the Liberals up 9.2 (18.2% to 27.4%), the Conservatives up 3.9 (21.3% to 25.2%), the New Democrats down 2.5 (4.2% to 1.7%) and the others down 1.0 (2.5% to 1.5%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: usually Bloc

The party first in Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Bloc Québécois58.8%by 34.4 points over the Liberals
  2. 2006Bloc Québécois50.9%by 30.5 points over the Conservatives
  3. 2008Bloc Québécois49.2%by 22.2 points over the Conservatives
  4. 2011changed handsNew Democratic47.7%by 16.0 points over the Bloc Québécois
  5. 2015changed handsBloc Québécois41.3%by 11.9 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019Bloc Québécois53.9%by 34.6 points over the Liberals
  7. 2021Bloc Québécois51.3%by 30.0 points over the Conservatives
  8. 2025Bloc Québécois43.7%by 16.3 points over the Liberals
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004Bloc Québécois58.8%Liberal34.4carried, our estimate
2006Bloc Québécois50.9%Conservative30.5carried, our estimate
2008Bloc Québécois49.2%Conservative22.2carried, our estimate
2011New Democratic47.7%Bloc Québécois16.0carried, our estimate
2015Bloc Québécois41.3%Liberal11.9carried, our estimate
2019Bloc Québécois53.9%Liberal34.6carried, our estimate
2021Bloc Québécois51.3%Conservative30.0transposed by Elections Canada
2025Bloc Québécois43.7%Liberal16.3official result

The Bloc Québécois were first here at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025; the NDP were first in 2011. In 2025 the Bloc Québécois took 43.7% of the vote here, 4.4 points below their average of 48.1% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Bloc Québécois were first here in 2004 (58.8%), 2006 (50.9%), 2008 (49.2%), 2015 (41.3%), 2019 (53.9%), 2021 (51.3%) and 2025 (43.7%) and the NDP in 2011 (47.7%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 83 of the 343 ridings are usually one party's. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025
  • 2021 Bloc Québécois · Marilène Gill, by 10,779 votes (30.8 pts)
  • 2019 Bloc Québécois · Marilène Gill, by 13,975 votes (34.6 pts)
  • 2015 Bloc Québécois · Marilène Gill, by 4,995 votes (11.9 pts)

In Manicouagan on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan is

Population
88,5252021 census
Area
313,030km²
Density
0.28people per km²
Electors
71,289on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 5th-lowest turnout in Canada: 52.9% of 71,289 electors voted · 5th of 3435th
    5th-lowest turnout in Canada
    52.9% of 71,289 electors voted · 5th of 343
  • 8th-largest by area in Canada: 313,030 km² · 8th of 3438th
    8th-largest by area in Canada
    313,030 km² · 8th of 343
  • 9th-smallest immigrant share: 1.4% are immigrants, 9th lowest of 343 (Share who are immigrants, 2021 census)9th
    9th-smallest immigrant share
    1.4% are immigrants, 9th lowest of 343 (Share who are immigrants, 2021 census)
  • Share who are immigrants is 1.4% — about 8 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest9th lowest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.0% — about 50 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest14th lowest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 84.9% — about 53.1 times the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest40th highest of 343
  • Median age is 46.4 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest59th highest of 343
  • Median total household income is $76,500 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest107th lowest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 68.5% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest137th lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Essentially no. Today's Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan covers almost exactly the same ground as the Manicouagan riding it replaced, and 100% of its 2025 electors lived in it.

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Marilène GillBloc Québécois16,24343.7%51.3%−7.6
Kevin CoutuLiberal10,18527.4%18.2%+9.2
Mélanie DorionConservative9,36525.2%21.3%+3.9
Marika LalimeNew Democratic6401.7%4.2%−2.5
Sébastien BeaulieuOther5571.5%2.5%−1.0
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Gilles BabinIndependent1930.5%
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
9,365 votes
Conservative took more than the 6,058-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
49 of 205
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Bloc Québécois (155) · ■ won by another party (49) · ▨ tied (1).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 3,030 voters switching from Bloc Québécois to Liberal — 8.1% of the 37,183 valid votes, 8.2 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Bloc Québécois16,243
Liberal10,185
Still Bloc Québécois by 6,058 votes. Actual margin: 6,058.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 70.8% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Bloc Québécois took 43.0%, the Liberals 25.2%, the Conservatives 27.6%, the New Democrats 1.9% and the others 1.8%; in advance and special ballots, 45.4%, 32.7%, 19.3%, 1.3% and 0.9%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan, April 28, 2025On election day the Bloc Québécois took 43.0%, the Liberals 25.2%, the Conservatives 27.6%, the New Democrats 1.9% and the others 1.8%; in advance and special ballots, 45.4%, 32.7%, 19.3%, 1.3% and 0.9%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapBloc Québécois43.0%45.4%+2.4 ptsLiberal25.2%32.7%+7.5 ptsConservative27.6%19.3%−8.3 ptsNew Democratic1.9%1.3%−0.6 ptsOther1.8%0.9%−0.9 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan, April 28, 2025On election day the Bloc Québécois took 43.0%, the Liberals 25.2%, the Conservatives 27.6%, the New Democrats 1.9% and the others 1.8%; in advance and special ballots, 45.4%, 32.7%, 19.3%, 1.3% and 0.9%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapBloc Québécois43.0%45.4%+2.4 ptsLiberal25.2%32.7%+7.5 ptsConservative27.6%19.3%−8.3 ptsNew Democratic1.9%1.3%−0.6 ptsOther1.8%0.9%−0.9 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Bloc Québécois43.0%45.4%+2.4
Liberal25.2%32.7%+7.5
Conservative27.6%19.3%−8.3
New Democratic1.9%1.3%−0.6
Other1.8%0.9%−0.9
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan and its 9 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/cote-nord-kawawachikamach-nitassinan/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.