Duplessis (French pronunciation: [dyplɛsi]) is a provincial electoral district in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Sept-Îles, Port-Cartier, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Fermont and the community of Maliotenam. It also includes a single municipality from the Nord-du-Québec region: the Naskapi village municipality of Kawawachikamach (not to be confused with the Naskapi reserved land of the same name, which Duplessis also includes, but is in Côte-Nord). It was created for the 1960 election from parts of the Saguenay provincial electoral district.
The riding includes the part of southern Labrador claimed by Quebec, but there were no electors living in the area on the Quebec electoral roll in 2018 or 2026, and the area is administered by Newfoundland and Labrador. Élections Québec reports that no votes have been cast by electors in the disputed territory.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained the unorganized territories of Caniapiscau and Lac-Juillet from Ungava electoral district.
The riding was named after former Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis who led the province from 1936 to 1939 and from 1944 to 1959 as leader of the Union Nationale.
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Geography
The riding is located on the lower north shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
Linguistic demographics
Francophone: 79.8%
Anglophone: 9.1%
Allophone: 11.1% (10.5% Montagnais-Naskapi)