Lac-Saint-Jean (electoral district)

Lac-Saint-Jean 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 includes the city of Alma.

It was created for the 1890 election.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean and part of the unorganized territory of Passes-Dangereuses to Roberval electoral district.

It is named for Lac Saint-Jean.

Linguistic demographics

Francophone: 99.4%
Anglophone: 0.4%
Allophone: 0.2%

per cent mother tongue – single answers

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Pierre-Léandre Marcotte, Liberal (1890–1892)
Joseph Girard Conservative Party (1892–1900)
Georges Tanguay, Liberal (1900–1908)
Théodore-Louis-Antoine Broet, Liberal (1908)
Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau, Liberal (1908–1916)
Jean-Sylvio-Narcisse Turcotte, Conservative Party (1916–1919)
Émile Moreau, Liberal (1919–1931)
Joseph-Ludger Fillion, Liberal (1931–1935)
Joseph-Léonard Duguay, Conservative Party – Union Nationale (1935–1939)
Joseph-Ludger Fillion, Liberal (1939–1948)
Antonio Auger, Union Nationale (1948–1959)
Jean-Paul Levasseur, Union Nationale (1959–1960)
Lucien Collard, Liberal (1960–1966)
Joseph-Léonce Desmeules, Union Nationale (1966–1970)
Roger Pilote, Liberal (1970–1976)
Jacques Brassard, Parti Québécois (1976–2002)
Stéphan Tremblay, Parti Québécois (2002–2007)
Alexandre Cloutier, Parti Québécois (2007–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Alexandre Cloutier	13,159	44.53
	Liberal	Pascal Gagnon	8,331	28.19
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Élise Marchildon	5,412	18.32
	Québec solidaire	Frédérick Plamondon	1,872	6.34
	Parti nul	Francis Dubé	318	1.08
	Conservative	Yann Lavoie	235	0.80
	Option nationale	Sabrina Fauteux-Aïmola	222	0.75
Total valid votes			29,549	98.34
Total rejected ballots			500	1.66
Turnout			30,049	70.00
Electors on the lists			43,027	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Alexandre Cloutier	16,972	48.22
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Michel Simard	8,540	25.07
	Liberal	Jeannot Boulianne	5,270	16.49
	Québec solidaire	Frédérick Plamondon	1,214	3.80
	Option nationale	Jordan Racine	323	1.01
	Green	France Bergeron	275	0.86
	Bloc Pot	Matthew Babin	200	0.63
Total valid votes			31,958	99.04
Total rejected ballots			310	0.96
Turnout			32,268	75.53
Electors on the lists			42,721	–

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Alexandre Cloutier	14,539	55.62
	Liberal	Pierre Simard	7,825	29.94
	Action démocratique	Sylvain Carbonneau	2,764	10.57
	Québec solidaire	Samuel Thivierge	527	2.02
	Green	France Bergeron	483	1.85	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Alexandre Cloutier	14,754	46.45
	Liberal	Yves Bolduc	9,165	28.85
	Action démocratique	Éric Girard	6,835	21.52
	Québec solidaire	Denis Plamondon	536	1.69
	Green	Vital Tremblay	475	1.50	–

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphan Tremblay	15,200	53.71
	Liberal	Benoît Harvey	7,405	26.17
	Action démocratique	Roger Filion	5,694	20.12

Quebec provincial by-election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphan Tremblay	10,924	43.50
	Action démocratique	Jocelyn Fradette	10,273	40.91
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Martel	3,914	15.59
Total valid votes			25,111	98.90
Total rejected ballots			280	1.10
Turnout			25,391	76.78
Electors on the lists			41,090	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Brassard	21,498	70.56
	Liberal	Nöel Girard	5,792	19.01
	Action démocratique	Martin Duchesne	3,178	10.43
Total valid votes			30,468	98.89
Total rejected ballots			343	1.11
Turnout			30,811	76.78
Electors on the lists			40,129	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	25,857	73.06
	Non	9,534	26.94

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Brassard	20,743	71.67
	Liberal	Denis Simard	7,269	25.11
	Natural Law	Lise Dufour	931	3.22
Total valid votes			28,943	98.08
Total rejected ballots			568	1.92
Turnout			29,511	78.58
Electors on the lists			37,557	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	23,306	76.14
	Oui	7,302	23.86

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Brassard	17,028	54.82
	Liberal	Luc Harvey	12,765	41.09
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Martel	1,072	3.45
	Christian Socialist	Johanne Collard	199	0.64
Total valid votes			31,064	99.08
Total rejected ballots			289	0.92
Turnout			31,353	83.30
Electors on the lists			37,640	–

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Brassard	19,602	62.32
	Liberal	Maurice Paradis	10,648	33.85
	Union Nationale	Benoit Martel	1,205	3.83
Total valid votes			31,455	99.35
Total rejected ballots			206	0.65
Turnout			31,661	86.29
Electors on the lists			36,692	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	17,674	57.61
	Non	13,007	42.39

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Brassard	14,744	50.91
	Liberal	Roger Pilote	7,833	27.05
	Union Nationale	Charles-Henri Larouche	3,971	13.71
	Ralliement créditiste	Maurice Brodeur	2,414	8.33
Total valid votes			28,962	98.62
Total rejected ballots			404	1.38
Turnout			29,366	86.97
Electors on the lists			33,767	–

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roger Pilote	12,554	50.70
	Parti Québécois	Georges-Henri Fortin	9,217	37.22
	Ralliement créditiste	Maurice Brodeur	1,545	6.22
	Union Nationale	Claude Gauthier	1,378	5.57
	Independent	Claude Gagnon	68	0.27
Total valid votes			24,762	98.52
Total rejected ballots			373	1.48
Turnout			25,135	85.23
Electors on the lists			29,490	–

Quebec general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roger Pilote	9,339	39.76
	Parti Québécois	Georges-Henri Fortin	7,873	33.52
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Léonce Desmeules	5,515	23.48
	Ralliement créditiste	Armand Gaudreault	761	3.24
Total valid votes			23,488	98.98
Total rejected ballots			373	1.02
Turnout			23,731	89.23
Electors on the lists			26,594	–

Quebec general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Léonce Desmeules	10,985	52.22
	Liberal	Lucien Collard	8,430	40.07
	Ralliement national	Normand Bergeron	1,621	7.71
Total valid votes			23,488	98.40
Total rejected ballots			341	1.60
Turnout			21,377	86.09
Electors on the lists			24,831	–

Quebec general election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucien Collard	9,171	52.63
	Union Nationale	Paul Levasseur	8,256	47.37
Total valid votes			17,427	99.04
Total rejected ballots			169	0.96
Turnout			17,596	89.25
Electors on the lists			19,716	–

Quebec general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucien Collard	9,844	56.65
	Union Nationale	Paul Levasseur	7,534	43.35
Total valid votes			17,378	99.30
Total rejected ballots			123	0.70
Turnout			17,501	91.75
Electors on the lists			19,075	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Jean-Paul Levasseur	8,469	56.16
	Independent	Raymond Lapointe	3,324	22.04
	Social Democratic	Michel Chartrand	3,286	21.79
Total valid votes			23,488	98.40
Total rejected ballots			341	1.60
Turnout			21,377	86.09
Electors on the lists			24,831	–

Quebec general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Antonio Auger	7,534	43.35
	Liberal	Lucien Collard	9,844	56.65
Total valid votes			17,378	99.30
Total rejected ballots			123	0.70
Turnout			17,501	91.75
Electors on the lists			19,074	–

Quebec general election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Antonio Auger	8,180	57.87
	Liberal	Louis-Patrick Falardeau	5,795	40.99
	Independent UN	Lionel Charlebois	161	1.14
Total valid votes			14,136	99.12
Total rejected ballots			126	0.88
Turnout			14,262	85.78
Electors on the lists			16,627	–

Quebec general election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Antonio Auger	6,277	55.12
	Liberal	Joseph-Ludger Fillion	4,616	40.54
	Union des électeurs	Delphis Larouche	494	4.34
Total valid votes			11,387	99.04
Total rejected ballots			110	0.96
Turnout			11,497	93.33
Electors on the lists			12,318	–

Quebec general election, 1944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph-Ludger Fillion	3,718	38.07
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Aimé Fortin	3,609	36.95
	Bloc populaire	Camille Lavoie	1,944	19.91
	Union des électeurs	Edmond Major	495	5.07
Total valid votes			9,766	99.43
Total rejected ballots			56	0.57
Turnout			9,822	93.33
Electors on the lists			10,976	–

Quebec general election, 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph-Ludger Fillion	2,482	51.05
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Léonard Duguay	2,347	48.27
	Action libérale nationale	Eutrope Gaudreault	33	0.68
Total valid votes			4,862	99.31
Total rejected ballots			34	0.69
Turnout			4,896	89.15
Electors on the lists			5,492	–

Quebec general election, 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Léonard Duguay	2,544	54.28
	Liberal	Joseph-Adélard Plourde	2,143	45.27
Total valid votes			4,687	99.81
Total rejected ballots			9	0.19
Turnout			4,696	90.12
Electors on the lists			5,211	–

Quebec general election, 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph-Ludger Fillion	2,055	52.75
	Conservative	Lorenzo Deschênes	1,841	47.25
Total valid votes			3,896	99.39
Total rejected ballots			24	0.61
Turnout			3,920	80.84
Electors on the lists			4,849	–

Quebec general election, 1927
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émile Moreau	4,142	64.07
	Conservative	Arthur Arcand	3,593	50.59
Total valid votes			6,465	98.72
Total rejected ballots			84	1.28
Turnout			6,549	67.91
Electors on the lists			9,643	–

Quebec general election, 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émile Moreau	3,266	69.22
	Conservative	Joseph-Arthur Bouchard	1,452	30.78
Total valid votes			4,718	99.45
Total rejected ballots			26	0.55
Turnout			4,744	57.10
Electors on the lists			8,308	–

Quebec general election, 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émile Moreau	3,697	74.70
	Conservative	Thomas-Louis Bergeron	1,251	25.30
Total valid votes			4,945	98.92
Total rejected ballots			54	1.08
Turnout			4,999	57.10
Electors on the lists			7,056	–

Quebec general election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph-Sylvio-Narcisse Turcotte	2,113	39.83
	Liberal	Alexander Benjamin Scott	1,620	30.54
	Liberal	Émile Moreau	1,572	29.63
Total valid votes			5,305	98.44
Total rejected ballots			84	1.56
Turnout			5,389	82.07
Electors on the lists			6,566	–

Quebec general election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau	2,616	59.59
	Conservative	Gédéon Verreault	1,774	40.41
Total valid votes			4,390	98.44
Total rejected ballots			24	1.56
Turnout			4,414	65.26
Electors on the lists			6,764	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau	Acclaimed

Quebec general election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Théodore-Louis-Antoine Broët	2,506	58.43
	Conservative	Hermas Doyon	1,783	41.57
Total valid votes			4,289	99.24
Total rejected ballots			33	0.76
Turnout			4,322	75.93
Electors on the lists			5,692	–

Quebec general election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Georges Tanguay	1,802	52.51
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau	1,630	47.49
Total valid votes			3,432	99.28
Total rejected ballots			25	0.72
Turnout			3,457	70.12
Electors on the lists			4,930	–

Quebec general election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Georges Tanguay	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			4,076	–

Quebec general election, 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Girard	1,555	56.20
	Liberal	L.-C.-P.-C. Dupuis	1,212	43.80
Total valid votes			2,767	98.86
Total rejected ballots			32	1.14
Turnout			2,799	68.86
Electors on the lists			4,065	–

Quebec general election, 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Girard	1,017	51.39
	Liberal	Paul-Léandre Marcotte	962	48.61
Total valid votes			1,979	98.85
Total rejected ballots			23	1.15
Turnout			2,002	68.84
Electors on the lists			2,908	–

Quebec general election, 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paul-Léandre Marcotte	958	51.39
	Conservative	Séverin Dumais	906	48.61
Total valid votes			1,864	98.99
Total rejected ballots			19	1.01
Turnout			1,883	99.84
Electors on the lists			1,886	–

References

External links

Information

Elections Quebec

Election results

Election results (National Assembly)

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

Ungava

Roberval, Laviolette

Dubuc, Jonquière, Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré

Lac-Saint-Jean

Chauveau

Quebec provincial electoral districts

Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Bonaventure Côte-du-Sud¹ Gaspé Îles-de-la-Madeleine Matane-Matapédia Rimouski Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord	Chicoutimi Dubuc Duplessis Jonquière Lac-Saint-Jean René-Lévesque Roberval

Capitale-Nationale	Charlesbourg Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré Chauveau Jean-Lesage Jean-Talon La Peltrie Louis-Hébert Montmorency Portneuf Taschereau Vanier-Les Rivières

Mauricie	Champlain Laviolette Maskinongé Saint-Maurice Trois-Rivières

Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec	Arthabaska Beauce-Nord Beauce-Sud Bellechasse Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Côte-du-Sud¹ Drummond–Bois-Francs Johnson² Lévis Lotbinière-Frontenac Nicolet-Bécancour

Estrie (Eastern Townships)	Mégantic Orford Richmond Saint-François Sherbrooke

Eastern Montérégie	Borduas Brome-Missisquoi Chambly Granby Iberville Johnson² Richelieu Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Jean Verchères

South Shore	Beauharnois Châteauguay Huntingdon La Pinière Laporte La Prairie Marie-Victorin Montarville Sanguinet Soulanges Taillon Vachon Vaudreuil

East Montreal	Anjou–Louis-Riel Bourassa-Sauvé Bourget Crémazie Gouin Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Jeanne-Mance–Viger LaFontaine Laurier-Dorion Mercier Pointe-aux-Trembles Rosemont Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Viau

West Montreal	Acadie D'Arcy-McGee Jacques-Cartier Marguerite-Bourgeoys Marquette Mont-Royal Nelligan Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Outremont Robert-Baldwin Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Saint-Laurent Verdun Westmount–Saint-Louis

Laval	Chomedey Fabre Laval-des-Rapides Mille-Îles Sainte-Rose Vimont

Lanaudière	Berthier Joliette L'Assomption Masson Repentigny Rousseau Terrebonne

Laurentides	Argenteuil Bertrand Blainville Deux-Montagnes Groulx Labelle Mirabel Saint-Jérôme

Outaouais	Chapleau Gatineau Hull Papineau Pontiac

Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec	Abitibi-Est Abitibi-Ouest Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue Ungava

Eliminated in the 2012 election:	Anjou Kamouraska-Témiscouata Matane Matapédia Rivière-du-Loup Charlevoix Vanier Drummond Frontenac Lotbinière Montmagny-L'Islet Nicolet-Yamaska Mégantic-Compton Shefford Marguerite-D'Youville Prévost

¹Côte-du-Sud is split between Bas-Saint-Laurent and Chaudière-Appalaches ²Johnson is split between Centre-du-Québec and Montérégie See also: 2014 election List of elections Politics of Quebec Federal electoral ridings in Quebec

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