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Chapleau was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968. It is currently a Quebec provincial riding that includes the majority of the Gatineau region.
This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Berthier—Maskinongé, Champlain, Joliette, L'Assomption—Montcalm, Pontiac, and Three Rivers and St. Maurice ridings.
It was abolished in 1967 when it was redistributed into Abitibi, Berthier, Champlain, Portneuf and Villeneuve ridings.
A different Chapleau riding existed from 1987-1988 in a different part of Quebec. It was renamed in 1988 to Gatineau—La Lièvre.
Chapleau may refer to:
- Chapleau, Ontario, a township in Ontario
- Chapleau 61, a Michipicoten First Nation reserve in Ontario
- Chapleau 61A, a Chapleau Ojibway First Nation reserve in Ontario
- Chapleau 74, a Chapleau Ojibway First Nation reserve in Ontario
- Chapleau 74A, a Chapleau Ojibway First Nation reserve in Ontario
- Chapleau 75, a Chapleau Cree First Nation reserve in Ontario
- Chapleau Cree Fox Lake, a Chapleau Cree First Nation reserve in Ontario
- Chapleau (electoral district), a former Canadian federal electoral district
- Chapleau (provincial electoral district), a current Quebec electoral district
- Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, former Quebec premier and lieutenant governor, for whom all three of the above were named
Chapleau is a provincial electoral district in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located within the city of Gatineau.
It was created for the 1981 election from a part of Papineau electoral district.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory shifted slightly to the west. It gained territory west of Autoroute 50 from Gatineau electoral district, but lost some of its easternmost territory to Papineau electoral district.
It is named after former Quebec Premier Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau who was in power from 1879 to 1882.
Since its creation for the 1981 election, the riding has been a Liberal stronghold. Located in the strongly federalist Outaouais region of West Quebec, the riding has a large number of immigrants, federal public servants, and bilingual households, which are all demographic groups that tilt heavily towards the Liberals during provincial elections. More than 70% of the riding voted against sovereignty during the 1995 referendum.