Jonquière (electoral district)

This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Jonquière (provincial electoral district).
Jonquière
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Karine Trudel
New Democratic

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 87,596
Electors (2015) 72,605
Area (km²)[1] 42,453
Pop. density (per km²) 2.1
Census divisions Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Saguenay
Census subdivisions Saguenay (Jonquière, Chicoutimi), Saint-Ambroise, Saint-David-de-Falardeau, Saint-Honoré, Saint-Nazaire

Jonquière is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004, and again from the 2015 election onward.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Lapointe and Montmorency ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Jonquière—Alma and Chicoutimi—Le Fjord ridings. It was re-created during the 2012 electoral redistribution from parts of Jonquière—Alma, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament}:

Parliament Years Member Party
Jonquière
Riding created from Lapointe and Montmorency
31st  1979–1980     Gilles Marceau Liberal
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     Jean-Pierre Blackburn Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     André Caron Bloc Québécois
36th  1997–2000 Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and Jonquière—Alma
Riding re-created from Jonquière—Alma, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
and Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
42nd  2015–Present     Karine Trudel New Democratic

Election results

2015–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticKarine Trudel 14,039 29.19 -13.31
LiberalMarc Pettersen 13,700 28.48 +25.77
Bloc QuébécoisJean-François Caron 11,202 23.29 +4.03
ConservativeUrsula Larouche 8,124 16.89 -17.24
GreenCarmen Budilean 656 1.36 +0.07
RhinocerosMarielle Couture 382 0.79
Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,103100.0 $243,988.74
Total rejected ballots 899
Turnout 49,002
Eligible voters 72,605
New Democratic hold Swing -19.54
Source: Elections Canada[2][3]
2011 federal election redistributed results[4]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 19,829 42.50
  Conservative 15,926 34.13
  Bloc Québécois 8,985 19.26
  Liberal 1,265 2.71
  Green 600 1.29
  Others 51 0.11

1979–2004

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisJocelyne Girard-Bujold 16,189
LiberalJean-Guy Boily 11,574
AllianceSylvain Néron 3,428
New DemocraticMichel Deraiche 1,139
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisJocelyne Girard-Bujold 16,415
Progressive ConservativeDaniel Giguère 11,808
LiberalMartial Guay 4,874
New DemocraticCarmel Bélanger 353
Natural LawNormand Dufour 348
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc QuébécoisAndré Caron 25,061
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Blackburn 6,637
LiberalGilles Savard 4,519
Natural LawNormand Dufour 435
New DemocraticKarl Bélanger 410
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Blackburn 21,523
New DemocraticFrançoise Gauthier 7,026
LiberalLaval Tremblay 5,277
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeJean-Pierre Blackburn 18,217
LiberalGilles Marceau 14,088
New DemocraticJean Malaison 1,870
Parti nationalisteMagella Archibald 1,620
RhinocerosRichard Boudrias Bouchard 905
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGilles Marceau 22,202
New DemocraticJacques Hubert 4,444
Social CreditHarold Lévesque 1,315
Progressive ConservativeMarcel Mireault 1,126
Union populaireLuc Trottier 380
Marxist–LeninistJohn J. Walsh 127
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGilles Marceau 21,969
Social CreditJean Maurice Colombe 7,596
New DemocraticJacques Hubert 2,724
Progressive ConservativeGaston Dion 1,597
RhinocerosAlain-Arthur Painchaud 1,069
Marxist–LeninistJohn Joseph Walsh 75

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