The Political Record · Federal electoral districts

Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi

Federal riding · QC · No. 24057 · 2023 representation order
Fig. 1 — Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi, 2023 boundaries.
Member
Sophie Chatel Liberal
2025 result
Liberal hold by 15,867 votes
Turnout
69.0% of 85,977 electors
Population
111,140 2021 census
Area
30,322 km²
Figures as of
2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Area, largest first: 30,322 km² · 41st of 343 in Canada41st
    Area, largest first
    30,322 km² · 41st of 343 in Canada
  • Length of the ballot: 6 candidates stood · 61st of 343 in Canada61st
    Length of the ballot
    6 candidates stood · 61st of 343 in Canada
  • Width of the margin: Won by 27.0 points (15,867 votes) · 98th of 343 in Canada98th
    Width of the margin
    Won by 27.0 points (15,867 votes) · 98th of 343 in Canada
In brief
  1. Sophie Chatel held the seat for the Liberals by 15,867 votes (+27.0 points).
  2. The riding shrank in 2023: it keeps 98% of the old Pontiac.
  3. Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 55.4% of votes were cast on the day.
  4. Share with French as a mother tongue is the 59th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Sophie Chatel
Liberal · first elected 2021-09-20 · 2 terms
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Member: Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
60 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—Constitutional Powers of Quebec and the Provinces.

IDid this riding change?

Yes — it shrank. All of today's Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi comes from the old Pontiac, but it is only 98% of that riding. The rest went elsewhere.

Share of today's areaFormer riding
99.9%Pontiac 98% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Liberal hold
Elected
Sophie Chatel
Liberal
32,088
54.6% of valid votes
Margin
15,867
votes · +27.0 pts
Runner-up
Brian Nolan
Conservative
16,221
27.6% of valid votes
Liberal 54.6% · Conservative 27.6% · Bloc Québécois 10.3% · New Democratic 5.1% · Green 1.3% · People's 1.1%
Turnout69.0% of 85,977 electors
CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Sophie ChatelLiberal32,08854.6%43.4%+11.2
Brian NolanConservative16,22127.6%21.2%+6.4
Suzanne ProulxBloc Québécois6,07110.3%15.0%−4.7
Gilbert W. WhiteduckNew Democratic2,9715.1%11.2%−6.1
Claude BertrandGreen7491.3%2.9%−1.6
Todd HoffmanPeople's6731.1%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

Swing needed to flip
13.5 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
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.

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.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal49.0%61.5%+12.5
Conservative31.6%22.7%−8.9
Bloc Québécois11.1%9.4%−1.7
New Democratic5.5%4.5%−1.0
Green1.5%1.0%−0.5
People's1.4%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.

VWhat kind of place this is

2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.

VIWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi and its 10 neighbouring ridings.

The card

No. 24057QC · 2025
Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi
Sophie Chatel
Result
Liberal hold by 15,867
Turnout
69.0%
Population
111,140
Area
30,322 km²
Area, largest first: 30,322 km² · 41st of 343 in Canada41stArea, largest firstLength of the ballot: 6 candidates stood · 61st of 343 in Canada61stLength of the ballotWidth of the margin: Won by 27.0 points (15,867 votes) · 98th of 343 in Canada98thWidth of the margin
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