Hull—Aylmer

Quebecelectoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the2025 federal election
Coordinates:	45°25′44″N75°48′07″W / 45.429°N 75.802°W /45.429; -75.802
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Greg Fergus Liberal
District created	1914
First contested	1917
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile,map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	105,419
Electors (2019)	79,072
Area (km²)[2]	65
Pop. density (per km²)	1,621.8
Census division	Gatineau
Census subdivision	Gatineau (part)

Hull—Aylmer (formerly known asHull) is a federalelectoral district inQuebec, Canada, that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada since 1917.

It was created as "Hull" in 1914 from parts ofLabelle andWright ridings. It was renamed "Hull—Aylmer" in 1984.

It encompasses the parts of the sectors ofHull andAylmer located in the city ofGatineau,Quebec. The neighbouring ridings areGatineau,Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi,Ottawa West—Nepean,Ottawa Centre, andOttawa—Vanier.

With its large percentage of civil servants, the riding was aLiberal stronghold for almost a century, and the safest Liberal riding in the province outsideGreater Montreal. Even when the rest of the province was turning its back on the Liberals, they survived in Hull—Aylmer in1984,2004 and2006. In 2008, however, it was the only riding in Canada where four candidates received over 15% of the vote, and was the only riding in Quebec outside the Montreal area the Liberals won. In a major turnaround during the2011 elections, however, theNew Democratic Party won the riding as part of its sweep of theOutaouais. To date, this is the only time the Liberals have lost this riding in an election. The winner of that election,Nycole Turmel, was the interim leader of the NDP from July 28, 2011, until March 24, 2012, following the death of NDP leaderJack Layton. The only other time it was out of Liberal hands was from 1990 to 1993, whenGilles Rocheleau crossed the floor to theBloc Québécois.

Hull—Aylmer lost territory toPontiac during the2012 electoral redistribution. It reverted to form at the2015 election, when LiberalGreg Fergus handily defeated Turmel as part of the Liberals' clean sweep of the Outaouais.

In the 2006 election, only five polls in theAylmer sector did not vote Liberal. In theHull sector, the Bloc Québécois performed very well in almost every neighbourhood. The Bloc's support was the most highly concentrated in theWrightville,Mont-Bleu andDes Hautes Plaines neighbourhoods of Hull, but they also performed well inLe Plateau,Birch Manor,Jardins-Mackenzie-King,Jardins-Alexandre-Taché,Val-Tétreau,Lac-des-Fées andIronside. Liberal support was constrained mostly to the neighbourhood ofParc-de-la-Montagne and theÎle de Hull which was generally evenly split between the two parties. The Conservatives did not win a single poll in the riding, despite finishing ahead of the NDP which won two in Aylmer. The NDP won a poll inLakeview Terrace as well as a poll inParc-Glenwood, where it received less than 25% of the vote, despite winning it.

The strength of the Liberal party in this riding over so many years stems from the federal government influence generally seen in the city of Gatineau. This was the legacy of the federal bilingualism policy of the 1970s (which saw the liberal government of Pierre Trudeau in power) which resulted in the requirement for federal jobs to be distributed on both sides of the river. This was the impetus for the construction of the Portage complex in downtown Hull, which today dominates the commercial sector of the city. A significant number of residents in the riding work for the federal public service, with many working in the federal departments and agencies based in thePlace du Portage buildings of downtown Hull. This is in addition to the residents who commute across the bridge to federal jobs in Ottawa.

According to the2021 Canadian census^[3]

Ethnic groups: 71.7% White, 11.6% Black, 4.0% Indigenous, 3.9% Arab, 2.4% Latin American, 1.9% Chinese, 1.1% South Asian

Languages: 60.9% French, 17.5% English, 3.2% Arabic, 2.4% Spanish, 1.0% Portuguese, 1.0% Mandarin

Religions: 57.8% Christian (43.7% Catholic, 1.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Anglican, 11.6% Other), 6.7% Muslim, 33.4% None

Median income: $46,000 (2020)

Average income: $55,200 (2020)

This riding has elected the followingmembers of Parliament:

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Graph of election results in Hull—Aylmer (since 1984, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1999 by-election.

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Graph of election results in Hull (1921-1980, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

Note: Union des électeurs vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election. Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election. Labour-Progressive vote is compared to Communist vote in 1940 election.

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

• "Hull—Aylmer (Code 24023) Census Profile".2011 census. Government of Canada -Statistics Canada. RetrievedMarch 7, 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history for Hull from theLibrary of Parliament
• Riding history for Hull—Aylmer from theLibrary of Parliament

• Politics of Gatineau
• Quebec federal electoral districts
• 1914 establishments in Quebec
• Canadian federal electoral districts established in 1914

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