Gore, Quebec
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Gore is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. Its main community is Lakefield.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Geography
Located in the Laurentian Mountains, the township consists of rugged Canadian Shield with an elevation varying between Script error: No such module "convert". and Script error: No such module "convert".. The terrain is characterized by forested mountains and numerous streams and lakes. Notable lakes include Barron, Hughes, Chevreuil, aux Oiseaux, Solar, Caroline, Evans, Dawson, Clark, Grace, Sugarloaf, Clair, and Carruthers; many of them have been entirely developed over the years, but there still remain many with little or no construction to date.[1]
The majority of its territory is covered by old-growth forests with a wide variety of species both deciduous and coniferous, such as birch, poplar, sugar maple, beech, white pine, fir, spruce, hemlock, and cedar.[1]
History
The Gore Township was established in 1840, named after Francis Gore (1769–1852), Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1806 to 1811 and from 1815 to 1817. It was colonized by Scottish and Irish settlers, such as Robert Smith and James Stephenson.[2][3]
In 1845, the Gore Municipality was formed, abolished two years later, and restored in 1855. In 1853 it had about 1000 inhabitants but this dropped to about 800 people ten years later, almost all of Irish origin. The Gore Post Office operated between 1898 and 1958.[2]
Demographics
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Mother tongue (2021):
- English as first language: 17.8%
- French as first language: 76.8%
- English and French as first language: 2.2%
- Other as first language: 3.1%
Local government
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| Year | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | Green | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Template:Canadian party colour| | 2021 | Template:Canadian party colour | 35% | 337 | Template:Canadian party colour | 14% | 130 | Template:Canadian party colour | 36% | 341 | Template:Canadian party colour | 7% | 70 | Template:Canadian party colour | 0% | 0 |
| 2019 | Template:Canadian party colour | 32% | 305 | Template:Canadian party colour | 11% | 103 | Template:Canadian party colour | 42% | 405 | Template:Canadian party colour | 8% | 75 | Template:Canadian party colour | 5% | 52 | |
| Year | CAQ | Liberal | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | |||||
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| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Template:Canadian party colour| | 2018 | Template:Canadian party colour | 39% | 391 | Template:Canadian party colour | 22% | 219 | Template:Canadian party colour | 14% | 138 | Template:Canadian party colour | 17% | 169 |
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: Template:Canadian party colour| | 2014 | Template:Canadian party colour | 22% | 215 | Template:Canadian party colour | 40% | 384 | Template:Canadian party colour | 4% | 41 | Template:Canadian party colour | 32% | 310 |
Due to the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, Gore was redistricted to the new riding of Les Pays-d'en-Haut, which is represented by Tim Watchorn of the Liberal Party since 2025. Before that, Gore formed part of the federal electoral district of Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation and was represented by Stéphane Lauzon of the Liberal Party between 2015 and 2025. Provincially, Gore is part of the Argenteuil electoral district and is represented by Agnès Grondin of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
List of former mayors:
- Ron Kelley (1997–2005)
- Scott Pearce (2005–present)
Education
The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) operates Francophone public schools:[7]
- École primaire Bellefeuille in Saint-Jérôme
- École secondaire Émilien-Frenette in Saint-Jérôme and École polyvalente Lavigne in Lachute
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools:
- Laurentian Elementary School in Lachute[8]
- Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute[9]
See also
References
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- ↑ "Trouver une école ou un centre." Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord. Retrieved on September 24, 2017. For attendance boundary information, click "Par bassin d'école"
- ↑ "LAURENTIAN ELEMENTARY ZONE Template:Webarchive." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.
- ↑ "LAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE Template:Webarchive." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.
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