This article is about the federal electoral district. For the lake, see Lac Saint-Jean . For the current provincial district, see Lac-Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district) .
Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe Bloc Québécois District created 1924 First contested 1925 Last contested 2019 District webpage profile , map Population (2016 )[1] 104,911 Electors (2019)84,456 Area (km²)[1] 56,970.862 Pop. density (per km²) 1.8 Census division(s) Le Domaine-du-Roy , Lac-Saint-Jean-Est , Maria-Chapdelaine Census subdivision(s) Albanel , Alma , Belle-Rivière , Chambord , Desbiens , Dolbeau-Mistassini , Girardville , Hébertville , Hébertville-Station , Lac-Achouakan , Lac-Bouchette , Lac-Moncouche , La Doré , L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur , Mashteuiatsh , Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix , Normandin , Notre-Dame-de-Lorette , Passes-Dangereuses , Péribonka , Rivière-Mistassini , Roberval , Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean , Saint-Augustin , Saint-Bruno , Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines , Sainte-Hedwidge , Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc , Sainte-Monique , Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay , Saint-Félicien , Saint-François-de-Sales , Saint-Gédéon , Saint-Henri-de-Taillon , Saint-Ludger-de-Milot , Saint-Prime , Saint-Stanislas , Saint-Thomas-Didyme
Lac-Saint-Jean is a federal electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of northeast Quebec , Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2004, and has been represented since 2015.
Demographics [ ]
According to the Canada 2016 Census [2] or Canada 2011 Census [3]
Ethnic groups: 93.1% White, 6.4% Indigenous, 0.5% Other (2011)
Languages: 99.0% French (2016)
Religions: 95.6% Christian, 0.2% Other, 4.2% None (2011)
Median income: $30,947 (2015)
History [ ]
This riding was created in 1924 form parts of Chicoutimi—Saguenay riding and was originally named in English Lake St. John . It originally consisted of the counties of Lake St. John East and Lake St. John West. It was renamed Lake St-John—Roberval in 1935.
The 1947 redistribution created a new riding with the name Lac-Saint-Jean (in English and French), created from parts of the Lake St-John—Roberval riding. It was initially defined to consist of the county of Lake St. John East and the towns of Riverbend, Ile Maligne and St. Joseph-d'Alma; and parts of the county of Lake St. John West.
In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the City of Alma, the Town of Desbiens, the County of Lac-Saint-Jean East, and parts of the Counties of Lac-Saint-Jean West and Chicoutimi.
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Cities of Alma and Chicoutimi North, and parts of the Counties of Chicoutimi and Lac-Saint-Jean East.
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Alma, Desbiens and Métabetchouan; the County of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est; and parts of the Counties of Chicoutimi, Charlevoix-Ouest, Lac-Saint-Jean-Ouest and Montmorency.
In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Alma, Desbiens and Métabetchouan; the County Regional Municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est; and parts of in the County Regional Municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay.
Its name was changed in 2000 to "Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay".
In 2003, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Chicoutimi—Le Fjord , Jonquière—Alma and Roberval ridings.
The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding re-created from parts of Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière—Alma .
A by-election was held on October 23, 2017 due to the resignation of Denis Lebel on August 9, 2017. The riding was subsequently won by Liberal Richard Hébert .
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Election results [ ]
Lac-Saint-Jean, 2015–present [ ]
Graph of election results in Lac-Saint-Jean (since 2015, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
hide 2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Serge Bergeron
Bloc Québécois
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe
New Democratic
Mathieu Chambers
Liberal
Marjolaine Étienne
Green
Annie Thibault
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections Canada [4]
hide 2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe
23,839
43.96
+20.59
$33,354.37
Liberal
Richard Hébert
13,633
25.14
-13.45
$83,673.06
Conservative
Jocelyn Fradette
12,544
23.13
-1.88
$41,607.93
New Democratic
Jean-Simon Fortin
2,753
5.08
-6.63
none listed
Green
Julie Gagnon-Bond
1,010
1.86
+0.55
$0.00
People's
Dany Boudreault
448
0.3
New
none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit
53,971
97.87
Total rejected ballots
1,155
2.13
Turnout
55,382
63.9
Eligible voters
84,456
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal
Swing
+17.02
Source: Elections Canada [5]
hide Canadian federal by-election, October 23, 2017 Resignation of Denis Lebel
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Liberal
Richard Hébert
13,442
38.59
+20.15
Conservative
Rémy Leclerc
8,710
25.01
-8.26
Bloc Québécois
Marc Maltais
8,141
23.37
+5.00
New Democratic
Gisèle Dallaire
4,079
11.71
-16.75
Green
Yves Laporte
457
1.31
-0.15
Total valid votes/Expense limit
34,829
98.67
$133,786.71
Total rejected ballots
469
1.33
Turnout
35,298
41.61
Eligible voters
84,829
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
+14.20
Source: Elections Canada
hide 2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Denis Lebel
18,393
33.27
-8.99
$144,196.85
New Democratic
Gisèle Dallaire
15,735
28.46
-3.67
$90,827.25
Liberal
Sabin Simard
10,193
18.44
+15.19
$8,743.01
Bloc Québécois
Sabin Gaudreault
10,152
18.37
-2.64
$31,823.52
Green
Laurence Requilé
806
1.46
+0.12
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
55,279
98.35
$278,724.96
Total rejected ballots
925
1.65
–
Turnout
56,204
65.78
–
Eligible voters
85,445
Conservative notional hold
Swing
-2.66
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party
Vote
%
Conservative
22,945
42.26
New Democratic
17,446
32.14
Bloc Québécois
11,403
21.00
Liberal
1,766
3.25
Green
729
1.34
Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay, 2000–2004 [ ]
hide Canadian federal by-election, 9 December 2002 On the resignation of Stéphan Tremblay , 7 May 2002
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
Sébastien Gagnon
8,912
48.18
-17.99
Liberal
Gilbert Tremblay
7,594
41.06
+17.75
Independent
Gilles Lavoie
532
2.88
+0.06
Independent
Richard Harvey
467
2.52
Progressive Conservative
Clermont Gauthier
434
2.35
+0.69
Alliance
Alcide Boudreault
290
1.57
-3.18
New Democratic
Yanick Auer
267
1.44
+0.15
Total valid votes
18,831
98.22
Total rejected ballots
335
1.78
-0.90
Turnout
18,831
35.56
-27.24
Eligible voters
52,963
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
-17.87
Source: Elections Canada
hide 2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
Stéphan Tremblay
21,391
66.17
+2.64
Liberal
Jérôme Tremblay
7,536
23.31
+2.31
Alliance
Yannick Caron
1,536
4.75
Independent
Gilles Lavoie
912
2.82
Progressive Conservative
Claude Gagnon
535
1.65
-12.66
New Democratic
Linda Proulx
417
1.29
+0.13
Total valid votes
32,237
97.32
Total rejected ballots
890
2.68
+0.01
Turnout
33,217
62.80
-5.15
Eligible voters
52,895
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
+0.16
Source: Elections Canada
Lac-Saint-Jean, 1949–2000 [ ]
hide 1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
Stéphan Tremblay
21,506
63.53
Liberal
Clément Lajoie
7,109
21.00
Progressive Conservative
Sabin Simard
4,845
14.31
New Democratic
Jean-François Morval
391
1.16
Total valid votes/Expense limit
33,851
97.33
Total rejected ballots
929
2.67
Turnout
34,780
67.95
Eligible voters
51,184
hide Canadian federal by-election, 25 March 1996 On the resignation of Lucien Bouchard , 15 January 1996
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
Stéphan Tremblay
20,777
76.56
+1.04
Liberal
Clément Lajoie
5,846
21.54
+6.93
Progressive Conservative
Philippe Harris
205
0.76
-7.89
Reform
Denis Simard
175
0.64
New
New Democratic
Karl Bélanger
136
0.50
-0.73
Total valid votes
27,139
99.47
Total rejected ballots
144
0.53
Turnout
27,283
54.87
Eligible voters
49,726
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
-2.95
Source: Elections Canada [9]
hide 1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
Lucien Bouchard
27,209
75.52
Liberal
Noël Girard
5,263
14.61
Progressive Conservative
Denise Falardeau
3,115
8.65
New Democratic
Marie D. Jalbert
444
1.23
Total valid votes
36,031
99.47
hide 1988 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
Lucien Bouchard
23,112
New Democratic
Jean Paradis
6,348
Liberal
Bertrand Bouchard
5,390
hide Canadian federal by-election, 20 June 1988 On the resignation of Clément Côté , 28 April 1988
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
Lucien Bouchard
16,951
Liberal
Pierre Gimaïel
10,746
New Democratic
Jean Paradis
2,903
Independent
Jolly Taylor
113
hide 1974 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Marcel Lessard
11,162
Progressive Conservative
Gilles Guay
6,129
Social Credit
Maurice Brodeur
5,372
New Democratic
Jacqueline Simard
625
hide 1968 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Marcel Lessard
9,325
Ralliement créditiste
J.-Alcide Simard
8,430
New Democratic
Jean-Jacques Tremblay
1,330
Progressive Conservative
Raoul Savard
1,034
hide 1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Ralliement créditiste
Alcide Simard
5,642
Liberal
Réal Harvey
5,337
Independent
Marcel Lessard
4,736
New Democratic
Fernand Coté
1,477
Progressive Conservative
Vianney Guilmette
532
hide 1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Social Credit
Marcel Lessard
10,743
Liberal
Benoît Caron
4,018
Progressive Conservative
Roger Parizeau
3,341
New Democratic
Jean-Claude Lebel
935
hide 1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
Roger Parizeau
8,255
Liberal
André Gauthier
7,353
Co-operative Commonwealth
Gérard Larouche
2,120
hide 1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
André Gauthier
10,129
Progressive Conservative
Aimé-Roger Parizeau
6,374
hide 1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
André Gauthier
8,697
Progressive Conservative
Dominique Lapointe
6,756
hide 1949 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
André Gauthier
7,084
Nationalist
Paul-Emile Harvey
4,994
Union des électeurs
Delphis Larouche
824
Progressive Conservative
Jean-Charles Gosselin
138
Lake St-John—Roberval, 1935–1949 [ ]
Lake St. John (1925–1935) [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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