For the provincial electoral district, see Roberval (provincial electoral district) .
Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec electoral district Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Legislature House of Commons District created 1947 District abolished 2013 First contested 1949 Last contested 2011 District webpage profile , map Population (2011 )[1] 78,765 Electors (2011)63,240 Area (km²)[2] 57,155.64 Census division(s) Le Domaine-du-Roy , Maria-Chapdelaine , Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Census subdivision(s) Dolbeau-Mistassini , Roberval , Saint-Félicien , Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix , Normandin , Saint-Prime , Hébertville , Saint-Bruno , Albanel
Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (formerly known as Roberval ) was a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada, that represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 until 2015.
The riding was created in 1947 from parts of Lake St-John—Roberval riding. It was dissolved into Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière during the 2012 electoral redistribution .
The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou , Chicoutimi—Le Fjord , Jonquière—Alma , Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord , and Saint-Maurice—Champlain .
This is the riding with the highest percentage of non-immigrants (99.4%)[3] and of people with French as their home language (also 99.4%).[4]
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Election results [ ]
Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, 2004 – 2015 [ ]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Denis Lebel
18,438
45.68
+2.13
$99,662
New Democratic
Yvon Guay
11,182
27.70
+22.99
$1,983
Bloc Québécois
Claude Pilote
8,577
21.25
-18.40
$70,809
Liberal
Bernard Garneau
1,615
4.00
-6.09
$5,913
Green
Steeve Simard
553
1.37
-0.63
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
40,365
98.79
$102,172
Total rejected ballots
494
1.21
+0.04
Turnout
40,859
64.20
+5.21
Eligible voters
63,645
Conservative hold
Swing
-10.43
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Denis Lebel
16,055
43.54
-16.13
$88,243
Bloc Québécois
Claude Pilote
14,619
39.65
+12.89
$79,101
Liberal
Bernard Garneau
3,721
10.09
+0.54
$9,041
New Democratic
Catherine Forbes
1,738
4.71
+2.41
–
Green
Jocelyn Tremblay
737
2.00
+0.29
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
36,870
98.83
$98,690
Total rejected ballots
437
1.17
+0.27
Turnout
37,307
58.99
+12.16
Eligible voters
63,240
Conservative hold
Swing
-14.51
Change is from by-election
Canadian federal by-election, 17 September 2007
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative
Denis Lebel
17,463
59.68
+22.50
$95,449
Bloc Québécois
Céline Houde
7,830
26.76
-18.45
$93,915
Liberal
Louise Boulanger
2,795
9.55
+1.80
$51,293
New Democratic
Éric Dubois
675
2.31
-3.22
$3,123
Green
Jean-Luc Boily
499
1.71
-2.64
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
29,262
99.10
$95,677
Total rejected ballots
265
0.90
-0.11
Turnout
29,527
46.83
-15.32
Eligible voters
63,050
Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois
Swing
+20.47
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Michel Gauthier
17,586
45.20
-14.21
$57,312
Conservative
Ghislain Lavoie
14,463
37.18
+28.52
$12,647
Liberal
Luc Chiasson
3,014
7.75
-15.45
$9,150
New Democratic
François Privé
2,151
5.53
+0.42
$936
Green
Sébastien Girard
1,689
4.34
+0.72
$719
Total valid votes/Expense limit
38,903
98.99
$91,857
Total rejected ballots
397
1.01
-0.93
Turnout
39,300
62.15
+6.31
Eligible voters
63,236
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
-21.36
Roberval, 1947 – 2004 [ ]
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois
Michel Gauthier (incumbent)
20,655
59.41
+1.78
$54,905
Liberal
Michel Mallette
8,064
23.19
-9.20
$52,574
Conservative
Ghislain Lavoie
3,011
8.66
+0.77
$10,049
New Democratic
Isabelle Tremblay
1,777
5.11
+3.77
$895
Green
Marc-André Gauthier
1,260
3.62
$0
Total valid votes/expense limit
34,767
100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
687
1.94
Turnout
35,454
55.84
Electors on the lists
63,497
Bloc Québécois notional hold
Swing
+5.49
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative totals from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada .
2000 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party
Vote
%
Bloc Québécois
21,095
57.63
Liberal
11,857
32.39
Canadian Alliance
2,021
5.52
Progressive Conservative
869
2.37
New Democratic
489
1.34
Independents
271
0.74
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
Michel Gauthier
16,928
55.1
+3.0
Liberal
Jean-Pierre Boivin
10,680
34.7
+8.5
Alliance
Raymond A. Brideau
1,829
5.9
Progressive Conservative
Marie-Christine Huot
870
2.8
-17.5
New Democratic
Alain Giguère
437
1.4
+0.1
Total valid votes
30,744
100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Bloc Québécois
Michel Gauthier
18,869
59.7
Liberal
Aurélien Gill
6,443
20.4
+8.3
Progressive Conservative
Henri-Paul Brassard
5,793
18.3
-58.0
New Democratic
Alain Giguère
485
1.5
-8.0
Total valid votes
31,590
100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet
17,724
51.9
+11.6
Social Credit
Charles Arthur Gauthier
14,832
43.5
-2.5
New Democratic
Carol André Simard
569
1.7
+0.5
Progressive Conservative
Paul Desbiens
507
1.5
-9.4
Rhinoceros
Donald Bobette Simard
503
1.5
+0.3
Total valid votes
34,135
100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Social Credit
Charles-Arthur Gauthier
12,877
56.4
+5.2
Liberal
Louis-Ovide Bouchard
8,636
37.8
-0.5
Progressive Conservative
Louis-Georges Gagnon
1,096
4.8
-5.8
New Democratic
Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt
240
1.1
Total valid votes
22,849
100.0
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
1968 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Ralliement créditiste
Charles-Arthur Gauthier
8,811
47.0
+2.5
Liberal
Lucien Larouche
7,727
41.3
+1.9
Progressive Conservative
Fernand Bouchard
1,951
10.4
-0.7
New Democratic
Pierre Cajolais
241
1.3
-3.7
Total valid votes
18,730
100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Ralliement créditiste
Charles-Arthur Gauthier
8,736
44.6
-7.3
Liberal
Georges Villeneuve
7,712
39.3
+4.7
Progressive Conservative
Aurélien Talbot
2,189
11.2
+2.8
New Democratic
Robert Gaulin
968
4.9
-0.2
Total valid votes
19,605
100.0
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
1963 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Social Credit
Charles-Arthur Gauthier
10,345
51.9
-1.6
Liberal
Albert Garant
6,908
34.6
+8.3
Progressive Conservative
J.-Eugène Perron
1,667
8.4
-11.8
New Democratic
Robert Gaulin
1,025
5.1
Total valid votes
19,945
100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Social Credit
Charles-Arthur Gauthier
11,180
53.5
Liberal
Georges Villeneuve
5,510
26.4
-19.7
Progressive Conservative
Jean-Noël Tremblay
4,216
20.2
-33.8
Total valid votes
20,906
100.0
1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Jean-Noël Tremblay
10,696
53.9
+14.0
Liberal
Georges Villeneuve
9,130
46.1
-14.0
Total valid votes
19,826
100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Georges Villeneuve
10,860
60.0
+9.5
Progressive Conservative
Jean Lindsay
7,236
40.0
-9.5
Total valid votes
18,096
100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Georges Villeneuve
8,646
50.5
+14.5
Progressive Conservative
Paul-Henri Spence
8,477
49.5
+8.3
Total valid votes
17,123
100.0
Canadian federal by-election, 26 May 1952
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Paul-Henri Spence
6,703
41.2
–
Liberal
Cyrille Potvin
5,854
36.0
-13.7
Independent Liberal
Adjutor Boulanger
3,703
22.8
–
Total valid votes
16,260
100.0
Called on Mr. Dion's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 8 April 1952
1949 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
Joseph-Alfred Dion
8,103
49.7
Independent
J.-Augustin Fortin
6,078
37.3
Union des électeurs
Louis-Joseph-Xavier Dallaire
2,135
13.1
Total valid votes
16,316
100.0
See also [ ]
References [ ]
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Coordinates : 49°22′N 73°42′W / 49.37°N 73.70°W / 49.37; -73.70