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{{Infobox French subdivision 
| type = canton
|name= Saint-Martin-de-Ré
|seat=[[Saint-Martin-de-Ré]]
|nbcomm=[[#Composition|5]]
|INSEE=17 30
|pop=13,196
|population_as_of=2012
|area=43.56
|disbanded = 2015
}}
[[Image:IleRéMartin.JPG|220px|thumb|right|[[Saint-Martin-de-Ré]], fishing port, main basin]]
The '''Canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré''' is a French former administrative division located in [[Île de Ré]], [[Charente-Maritime]], [[Poitou-Charentes]]. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 5 communes,<ref name=pop2012/> which joined the new [[Canton of Île de Ré]] in 2015.<ref>[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028664692 Décret n° 2014-269 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente-Maritime]</ref> Its chef-lieu was [[Saint-Martin-de-Ré]]. It had 13,196 inhabitants (2012).<ref name=pop2012>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep17.pdf Populations légales 2012: 17 Charente-Maritime], [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]</ref>

== Geography ==
The canton was bordered by the [[pertuis Breton]] to the north, by the "strait of La Pallice" to the east and the [[Pertuis d'Antioche|sluice of Antioch]] to the south. To the west, it adjoined the [[canton of Ars-en-Ré]] by the commune of [[La Couarde-sur-Mer]]. Its altitude varied all the way from 0 m (La Flotte) to 17 m (Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré) with an average altitude of 8 m (about 8.8 yards high). The nature of its [[soil]] as the [[geology]] of the [[island]] are of the same origin than the one of [[Aunis]], whose Île de Ré represents the western extension.

=== Administration ===
[[File:Carte ile de Re surf grignon.png|thumb|right|image_map of Île de Ré : [[physical geography]] and urbanization]] 
The canton was located in the eastern part of Île de Ré and belonged to the [[arrondissement of La Rochelle]]. Its chef-lieu was the small port town of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. The canton comprised the following [[Communes of France|communes]]:<ref name=pop2012/>
*[[Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré]]
*[[La Flotte]]
*[[Rivedoux-Plage]]
*[[Sainte-Marie-de-Ré]]
*[[Saint-Martin-de-Ré]]

== Politics ==
List of the general councillors (''conseillers généraux'') since 1906:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/can2004/017/canton30.html|title=Résultats des élections cantonales 2004}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Period
! ''Conseiller''
! Party
! Occupation
|-
| 1906–1920
| Gustave Perreau
| [[Radical Party (France)|Parti radical]]
| Mayor of [[La Rochelle]] (1925–1928), senator (1912–1939)
|-
| 1920-
| Jules Bernard
|
|
|-
| -1979
| André Chaigne
| [[Divers droite|DVD]]
| Mayor of [[Sainte-Marie-de-Ré]] (1959–1977)
|-
| 1979–1985
| Roland Vergnaud
| [[Divers droite|DVD]]
| Mayor of [[Rivedoux-Plage]] (1977–1983)
|-
| 1985–present
| Léon Gendre
| [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
| Mayor of [[La Flotte]] since 1977, restaurateur
|}

=== Elections: results (1979-2011) ===

==== 2011 ====
{|align="center" rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; border-bottom: 2px solid #999"
!Candidate
!Party
!%
!Votes
|- align=center
|'''Léon Gendre'''
|[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
|55,04 %
|2929
|- align=center
|Patrice Raffarin
|[[Divers droite|DVD]]
|44,96 %
|2393
|-
|}

==== 2004 ====
{|align="center" rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; border-bottom: 2px solid #999"
!Candidate
!Party
!%
!Votes
|- align=center
|'''Léon Gendre'''
|[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
|50,5 %
|3196
|- align=center
|Thierry Poitte
|[[Divers Droite|DVD]]
|19,7 %
|1250
|- align=center
|Claude Mossé
|[[Les Verts (France)|Verts]]
|13,8 %
|877
|- align=center
|Elise Somprou
|[[National Front (France)|FN]]
|6,5 %
|415
|- align=center
|Robert Grignon
|[[Divers droite|DVD]]
|5,5 %
|347
|- align=center
|Daniel Matifas
|[[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|3,9 %
|249
|-
|}

==== 1998 ====
{|align="center" rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; border-bottom: 2px solid #999"
!Candidate
!Party
!%
!Votes
|- align=center
|'''Léon Gendre'''
|[[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
|58,9 %
|2873
|- align=center
|Alain Mercier
|[[Radical Party of the Left|PRG]]
|41,1 %
|2003
|-
|}

==== 1992 ====
{|align="center" rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; border-bottom: 2px solid #999"
!Candidate
!Party
!%
!Votes
|- align=center
|'''Léon Gendre'''
|[[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
|51,1 %
|2351
|- align=center
|Alain Mercier
|[[Radical Party of the Left|MRG]]
|48,9 %
|2246
|-
|}

==== 1985 ====
{|align="center" rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; border-bottom: 2px solid #999"
!Candidate
!Party
!%
!Votes
|- align=center
|'''Léon Gendre'''
|[[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
|43,0 %
|1915
|- align=center
|Paul Laidet
|[[Radical Party of the Left|MRG]]
|33,7 %
|1498
|- align=center
|Roland Vergnaud
|[[Divers droite|DVD]]
|23,3 %
|1037
|-
|}

==== 1979 ====
{|align="center" rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; border-bottom: 2px solid #999"
!Candidate
!Party
!%
!Votes
|- align=center
|'''Roland Vergnaud'''
|[[Divers droite|DVD]]
|55,1 %
|1970
|- align=center
|Léon Gendre
|[[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
|44,9 %
|1607
|-
|}

==References==
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{{Cantons of Charente-Maritime}}

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