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Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi

Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi is a federal riding in Quebec. Sophie Chatel (Liberal, first elected to the House in 2021) represents Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi. Sophie Chatel (Liberal) held Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 15,867 votes (27.0 points), with 54.6% of the vote. Brian Nolan (Conservative) was second with 27.6%, on a turnout of 69.0% of 85,977 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi

Sophie Chatel's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Sophie Chatel

Member of Parliament for Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi

Liberal

MP since 2021-09-20 · 2 terms

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Agriculture and Agri-Food committee
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure

74 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—Constitutional Powers of Quebec and the Provinces.

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The 2025 result: Liberal hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 58,773 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sophie Chatel	Liberal	32,088	54.6%
Brian Nolan	Conservative	16,221	27.6%
Suzanne Proulx	Bloc Québécois	6,071	10.3%
Gilbert W. Whiteduck	New Democratic	2,971	5.1%
Claude Bertrand	Green	749	1.3%
Todd Hoffman	People's Party	673	1.1%

Sophie Chatel (Liberal) won Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi on April 28, 2025 with 32,088 votes, 54.6% of the 58,773 valid votes. Brian Nolan (Conservative) was second with 16,221 (27.6%), 15,867 votes and 27.0 points behind.

Of the 58,773 valid votes, Sophie Chatel (Liberal) took 54.6%, Brian Nolan (Conservative) 27.6%, Suzanne Proulx (Bloc Québécois) 10.3%, Gilbert W. Whiteduck (New Democratic) 5.1%, Claude Bertrand (Green) 1.3% and Todd Hoffman (People's Party) 1.1%. Turnout was 69.0% of 85,977 electors: 59,360 ballots cast, 58,773 of them valid, for 6 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 11.2 (43.4% to 54.6%), the Conservatives up 6.4 (21.2% to 27.6%), the Bloc Québécois down 4.7 (15.0% to 10.3%), the New Democrats down 6.1 (11.2% to 5.1%) and the Greens down 1.6 (2.9% to 1.3%), 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: no party has held it

The party first in Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Liberal39.5%by 9.2 points over the Bloc Québécois
2006†changed handsBloc Québécois28.9%by 0.6 points over the Conservatives
2008†changed handsLiberal28.6%by 1.6 points over the Conservatives
2011changed handsNew Democratic50.1%by 26.9 points over the Conservatives
2015changed handsLiberal54.4%by 31.5 points over the New Democrats
2019Liberal49.1%by 32.6 points over the Conservatives
2021Liberal43.4%by 22.2 points over the Conservatives
2025Liberal54.6%by 27.0 points over the Conservatives

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 first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Liberal	39.5%	Bloc Québécois	9.2	carried, our estimate
2006†	Bloc Québécois	28.9%	Conservative	0.6	carried, our estimate
2008†	Liberal	28.6%	Conservative	1.6	carried, our estimate
2011	New Democratic	50.1%	Conservative	26.9	carried, our estimate
2015	Liberal	54.4%	New Democratic	31.5	carried, our estimate
2019	Liberal	49.1%	Conservative	32.6	carried, our estimate
2021	Liberal	43.4%	Conservative	22.2	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Liberal	54.6%	Conservative	27.0	official result

The Liberals were first at six of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Bloc Québécois at one and the NDP at one; it changed hands four times. In 2025 the Liberals took 54.6% of the vote here, 17.9 points above their average of 36.7% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Liberals were first here in 2004 (39.5%), 2008 (28.6%), 2015 (54.4%), 2019 (49.1%), 2021 (43.4%) and 2025 (54.6%), the Bloc Québécois in 2006 (28.9%) and the NDP in 2011 (50.1%), 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 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. 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. In 2006 and 2008 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025

2021 Liberal · Sophie Chatel, by 14,095 votes (22.8 pts)
2019 Liberal · William Amos, by 19,801 votes (32.1 pts)
2015 Liberal · William Amos, by 20,064 votes (32.0 pts)

In Pontiac on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi is

Population: 111,1402021 census
Area: 30,322km²
Density: 3.7people per km²
Electors: 85,977on the 2025 lists

Share with French as a mother tongue is 61.5% — about 38.4 times the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest59th highest of 343
Share of households that own their home is 75.1% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest118th highest of 343
Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.1% — about 1.2 times the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest128th highest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 11.5% — about 66 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest129th lowest of 343
Median total household income is $87,000 — a little higher than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest138th highest of 343
Median age is 41.2 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest161st 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?

Yes. 96% of the 2025 electors in today's Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi lived in the old Pontiac; by area, nearly all of the riding came from it.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

95.8%Pontiac 99.9% of the area · 98% of it kept

4.2%Hull—Aylmer under 0.1% of the area · 3% of it kept

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Sophie Chatel	Liberal	32,088	54.6%	43.4%	+11.2
Brian Nolan	Conservative	16,221	27.6%	21.2%	+6.4
Suzanne Proulx	Bloc Québécois	6,071	10.3%	15.0%	−4.7
Gilbert W. Whiteduck	New Democratic	2,971	5.1%	11.2%	−6.1
Claude Bertrand	Green	749	1.3%	2.9%	−1.6
Todd Hoffman	People's	673	1.1%	4.4%	−3.3

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

6,071 votes

Bloc Québécois took fewer than the 15,867-vote margin.

Election-day polls won by others

64 of 218

2 polls ended in an exact tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (152) · ■ won by another party (64) · ▨ tied (2).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 7,934 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 13.5% of the 58,773 valid votes, 13.5 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 0015,868

Liberal32,088

Conservative16,221

Still Liberal by 15,867 votes. Actual margin: 15,867.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 55.4% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Liberals took 49.0%, the Conservatives 31.6%, the Bloc Québécois 11.1%, the New Democrats 5.5%, the Greens 1.5% and the People's Party 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 61.5%, 22.7%, 9.4%, 4.5%, 1.0% and 0.9%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, April 28, 2025

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

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Liberal	49.0%	61.5%	+12.5
Conservative	31.6%	22.7%	−8.9
Bloc Québécois	11.1%	9.4%	−1.7
New Democratic	5.5%	4.5%	−1.0
Green	1.5%	1.0%	−0.5
People's Party	1.4%	0.9%	−0.5

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 — Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi and its 10 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/pontiac-kitigan-zibi/
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.