Jonquière (provincial electoral district)

Jonquière

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Sylvain Gaudreault Parti Québécois
District created	1965
First contested	1966
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Electors (2014)[1]	45,648
Area (km²)[2]	409.3
Census divisions	Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord (part)
Census subdivisions	Saguenay (part)

Jonquière is a provincial electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located within the city of Saguenay and consists of most of the borough of Jonquière.

It was created for the 1966 election from a part of Jonquière-Kénogami electoral district.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost a small amount of territory to Dubuc.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

1. Gérald Harvey, Liberal (1966–1976)
2. Claude Vaillancourt, Parti Québécois (1976–1983)
3. Aline Saint-Amand, Liberal (1983–1985)
4. Francis Dufour, Parti Québécois (1985–1996)
5. Lucien Bouchard, Parti Québécois (1996–2001)
6. Françoise Gauthier, Liberal (2001–2007)
7. Sylvain Gaudreault, Parti Québécois (2007–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Gaudreault	13,487	43.52
	Liberal	Tommy Pageau	8,254	26.63
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Mélanie Boucher	7,318	23.61
	Québec solidaire	Réjean Dumais	1,608	5.19
	Option nationale	Nicolas Beaulieu	326	1.05
Total valid votes			30,993	97.67
Total rejected ballots			738	2.33
Turnout			31,731	70.00
Electors on the lists			45,648	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Gaudreault	16,429	48.22
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Pierre-Olivier Simard	8,540	25.07
	Liberal	Martine Girard	6,833	20.06
	Québec solidaire	Réjean Dumais	1,089	3.20
	Option nationale	Sébastien Lévesque	427	1.25
	Parti nul	Alain Létourneau	269	0.79
	Quebec Citizens' Union	Alexis St-Gelais	265	0.78
	Independent	Tommy Gagnon	218	0.64
Total valid votes			34,070	98.80
Total rejected ballots			413	1.20
Turnout			34,483	76.13
Electors on the lists			45,294	–

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Gaudreault	13,077	47.52
	Liberal	Martine Girard	10,367	37.67
	Action démocratique	Marc Jomphe	2,913	10.58
	Québec solidaire	Gabrielle Desbiens	1,164	4.23

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Gaudreault	12,851	39.33
	Liberal	Françoise Gauthier	11,576	35.43
	Action démocratique	Marc Jomphe	6,634	20.30
	Québec solidaire	Sylvain Bergeron	839	2.57
	Green	Dominic Rouette	703	2.15
	Independent	Pierre Laliberté	71	0.22
Total valid votes			32,674	99.17
Total rejected ballots			275	0.83
Turnout			32,949	74.87
Electors on the lists			44,011	–

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Françoise Gauthier	13,826	44.42
	Parti Québécois	Myrtha Laflamme	11,386	36.58
	Action démocratique	Réjean Laforest	5,216	16.76
	Bloc Pot	Batiste W. Foisy	368	1.18
	UFP	Michel Perron	330	1.06
Total valid votes			31,126	98.93
Total rejected ballots			337	1.07
Turnout			31,463	70.68
Electors on the lists			44,515	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Françoise Gauthier	13,077	46.54
	Parti Québécois	Nicole Racine	8,830	31.42
	Action démocratique	Michèle Boulianne	5,391	19.18
	RAP	Gilbert Talbot	480	1.71
	Bloc Pot	Marc-Boris St-Maurice	323	1.15
Total valid votes			28,101	99.04
Total rejected ballots			273	0.96
Turnout			28,374	63.45
Electors on the lists			44,716	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Lucien Bouchard	20,475	60.48
	Liberal	Guylaine Caron	6,552	19.35
	Independent RAP	Michel Chartrand	5,023	14.84
	Action démocratique	Hélène Vigneault	1,686	4.98
	Natural Law	Sylvain Bergeron	120	0.35
Total valid votes			33,856	99.12
Total rejected ballots			302	0.88
34,158			76.91
Electors on the lists			44,415	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Lucien Bouchard	24,900	94.82
	CANADA!	George Butcher	484	1.84
	Natural Law	Normand Dufour	222	0.85
	Independent	Stéphane Guy Maurice Gagnon	215	0.82
	Independent	Claude Gagnon	198	0.75
	Socialist Democracy	Gervais Tremblay	185	0.70
	Independent	Jolly Taylor	57	0.22
Total valid votes			26,261	98.72
Total rejected ballots			341	1.28
26,602			60.99
Electors on the lists			43,614	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	28,385	71.02
	Non	11,584	28.98

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Francis Dufour	22,598	69.64
	Liberal	Stéphane Dallaire	8,703	26.74
	Natural Law	Sylvie Francoeur	1,248	3.83
Total valid votes			32,549	97.01
Total rejected ballots			1,002	2.99
33,551			80.03
Electors on the lists			41,921	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	27,001	77.31
	Oui	7,926	22.69

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Francis Dufour	17,294	56.05
	Liberal	Aline St-Amand	11,789	38.21
	New Democratic	Maurice Bilodeau	1,774	5.75
Total valid votes			30,857	97.63
Total rejected ballots			750	2.37
31,607			76.16
Electors on the lists			41,502	–

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Francis Dufour	17,741	52.51
	Liberal	Aline St-Amand	14,130	41.82
	New Democratic	Maurice Bilodeau	1,784	5.28
	Christian Socialist	Jean-Pierre Rannou	132	0.39
Total valid votes			33,787	98.70
Total rejected ballots			444	1.30
34,231			79.86
Electors on the lists			42,864	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aline St-Amand	16,338	52.09
	Parti Québécois	Céline Gagnon	15,028	47.91
Total valid votes			31,366	97.66
Total rejected ballots			751	2.34
32,117			75.17
Electors on the lists			42,725	–

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Claude Vaillancourt	23,562	65.99
	Liberal	André Harvey	11,327	31.72
	Union Nationale	Jacques Trahan	582	1.63
	Workers Communist	Edouard Lavallière	235	0.66
Total valid votes			35,706	99.06
Total rejected ballots			338	0.94
36,044			83.63
Electors on the lists			43,099	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	22,058	60.74
	Non	14,25	39.26

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Claude Vaillancourt	20,373	58.23
	Liberal	Gérald Harvey	10,682	31.04
	Union Nationale	Roselda Duguay Brassard	2,220	6.34
	Ralliement créditiste	Serge Racine	1,535	4.39
Total valid votes			34,990	98.31
Total rejected ballots			600	1.69
35,590			89.26
Electors on the lists			39,873	–

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérald Harvey	16,985	53.71
	Parti Québécois	Francis Dufour	12,850	40.63
	Union Nationale	Lucien Audet	897	2.84
	Parti créditiste	Albert Bouchard	892	2.82
Total valid votes			31,624	98.42
Total rejected ballots			507	1.58
32,131			84.30
Electors on the lists			38,117	–

Quebec general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérald Harvey	15,010	49.49
	Parti Québécois	Gilles Grégoire	11,354	37.44
	Union Nationale	Claude Boily	3,108	10.25
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Lacombe	856	2.82
Total valid votes			30,328	99.06
Total rejected ballots			289	0.94
30,617			88.64
Electors on the lists			34,540	–

Quebec general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérald Harvey	11,959	46.91
	Union Nationale	Roger Dufault	7,464	29.28
	Ralliement national	Magella Tremblay	4,992	19.50
	RIN	Gérard Lacombe	916	3.59
	Independent Socialist	Richard Tremblay	165	0.65
Total valid votes			25,496	98.69
Total rejected ballots			339	1.31
25,835			79.06
Electors on the lists			32,677	–

Quebec general election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérald Harvey	16,100	60.38
	Union Nationale	Léonce Ouellet	10,564	39.62
Total valid votes			26,664	98.70
Total rejected ballots			352	1.30
27,016			86.48
Electors on the lists			31,241	–

Quebec general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gérald Harvey	15,310	56.86
	Union Nationale	Léonce Ouellet	9,296	34.52
	Independent	Laurent-Paul Bolduc	2,134	19.50
	Liberal Republican	Jean-Marie Lessard	188	0.70
Total valid votes			26,928	98.22
Total rejected ballots			487	1.78
27,415			89.82
Electors on the lists			30,521	–

Quebec general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Léonce Ouellet	11,946	50.68
	Independent	René Chaloult	11,626	49.32
Total valid votes			23,572	95.01
Total rejected ballots			1,239	4.99
24,811			88.00
Electors on the lists			28,194	–

References

1. "General information on the provincial electoral divisions - Le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ)". Electionsquebec.qc.ca. 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
2. "General information on the provincial electoral divisions - Le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ)". Electionsquebec.qc.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-24.

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (Elections Quebec)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011

Neighbouring electoral districts