Roberval (provincial electoral district)

Roberval

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Philippe Couillard Liberal
District created	1930
First contested	1931
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	57,080
Electors (2012)[1]	44,963
Area (km²)[2]	40,930.6
Pop. density (per km²)	1.4
Census subdivisions	Albanel, Chambord, Dolbeau-Mistassini, Girardville, La Doré, Lac-Bouchette, Normandin, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Péribonka, Roberval, Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean, Saint-Augustin, Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines, Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay, Saint-Félicien, Saint-François-de-Sales, Sainte-Hedwidge, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Saint-Prime, Saint-Stanislas, Saint-Thomas-Didyme; Mashteuiatsh; Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Rivière-Mistassini, Passes-Dangereuses (part)

Roberval 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 cities or municipalities of Roberval, Normandin, Dolbeau-Mistassini, Péribonka, Chambord and Saint-Félicien.

It was created for the 1931 election from parts of the Lac-Saint-Jean provincial electoral district.

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

The district is named after 16th century French explorer Jean-François de la Roque de Roberval.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

1. Émile Moreau, Liberal (1931–1935)
2. Antoine Castonguay, Action libérale nationale (1935–1936)
3. Antoine Castonguay, Union Nationale (1936–1939)
4. Georges Potvin, Liberal (1939–1944)
5. Antoine Marcotte, Union Nationale (1944–1955)
6. Paul-Henri Spence, Union Nationale (1956–1958)
7. Jean-Joseph Turcotte, Union Nationale (1958–1960)
8. Jean-Claude Plourde, Liberal (1960–1962)
9. Joseph-Georges Gauthier, Union Nationale (1962–1970)
10. Robert Lamontagne, Liberal (1970–1981)
11. Michel Gauthier, Parti Québécois (1981–1988)
12. Gaston Blackburn, Liberal (1988–1994)
13. Benoît Laprise, Parti Québécois (1994–2003)
14. Karl Blackburn, Liberal (2003–2007)
15. Denis Trottier, Parti Québécois (2007–2014)
16. Philippe Couillard, Liberal (2014–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Philippe Couillard	17,816	55.17	+26.79
	Parti Québécois	Denis Trottier	10,764	33.33	-13.37
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Truchon	2,239	6.93	-12.45
	Québec solidaire	Guillaume Néron	1,018	3.15	-0.88
	Parti des sans Parti	Julie Boucher	237	0.73	–
	Option nationale	Luc-Antoine Cauchon	218	0.68	-0.83
Total valid votes			32,292	98.95	–
Total rejected ballots			342	1.05	–
Turnout			32,634	72.29	-0.30
Electors on the lists			45,143	–	–
	Liberal gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+20.08

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Denis Trottier	15,069	46.70	+0.28
	Liberal	Georges Simard	9,157	28.38	-11.27
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Alain Hamel	6,252	19.38	+9.63*
	Québec solidaire	Olivier Bouchard-Lamontagne	1,302	4.03	+1.95
	Option nationale	Catherine Douesnard	488	1.51	–
Total valid votes			32,268	98.75	–
Total rejected ballots			407	1.25	–
Turnout			32,675	72.59	+11.96
Electors on the lists			45,012	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Denis Trottier	12,522	46.42	+4.67
	Liberal	Georges Simard	10,697	39.65	+5.21
	Action démocratique	Jacques Cadieux	2,630	9.75	-10.77
	Durable	Sébastien Girard	567	2.10	–
	Québec solidaire	Nicole Schmitt	561	2.08	-1.21
Total valid votes			26,977	98.98	–
Total rejected ballots			278	1.02	–
Turnout			27,255	60.63	-12.07
Electors on the lists			44,952	–	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Denis Trottier	13,506	41.75	+3.38
	Liberal	Karl Blackburn	11,141	34.44	-4.73
	Action démocratique	Mario-Michel Jomphe	6,638	20.52	-0.45
	Québec solidaire	Nicole Schmitt	1,065	3.29	+1.80*
Total valid votes			32,350	99.08	–
Total rejected ballots			302	0.92	–
Turnout			32,652	72.70	+4.25
Electors on the lists			44,913	–	–

* Result compared to UFP

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Karl Blackburn	11,930	39.17	+14.38
	Parti Québécois	Réjean Lalancette	11,686	38.37	-21.58
	Action démocratique	Bernard Généreux	6,388	20.97	+6.62
	UFP	Francis Breton	453	1.49	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Benoît Laprise	19,288	59.95	-0.13
	Liberal	Pierre Thibeault	7,978	24.79	-12.10
	Action démocratique	François Gendron	4,616	14.35	–
	Socialist Democracy	Pieter Wentholt	294	0.91	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	25,194	65.21
	Non	13,441	34.79

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Benoît Laprise	18,281	60.08	+15.72
	Liberal	Jean-Marc Gendron	11,226	36.89	-16.42
	Natural Law	Normand Dufour	923	3.03	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	21,162	66.42
	Oui	10,697	33.58

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gaston Blackburn	14,931	53.31	-8.71
	Parti Québécois	Bernard Généreux	12,424	44.36	+8.44
	Socialist Movement	Rachel Grenon	651	2.32	–

Quebec provincial by-election, June 20, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Gaston Blackburn	16,152	62.02	+15.81
	Parti Québécois	Bernard Généreux	9,356	35.92	-16.72
	Parti indépendantiste	Stéphane Duchesne	313	1.20	–
	La Belle Province de Québec	Alexandre Roy	224	0.86	–

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Michel Gauthier	16,684	52.64	-5.21
	Liberal	Patrice Laroche	14,649	46.21	+7.96
	Christian Socialist	Gilles Boivin	364	1.15	–

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Michel Gauthier	19,301	57.85	+21.32
	Liberal	Robert Lamontagne	12,760	38.25	-1.42
	Union Nationale	Irène Gagnon	1,302	3.90	-6.68

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	16,088	50.65
	Non	15,672	49.35

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Lamontagne	11,767	39.67	-13.39
	Parti Québécois	Paul Néron	10,835	36.53	+13.06
	Ralliement créditiste	Émilien Fradet	3,923	13.22	-4.89
	Union Nationale	Antonio Genest	3,139	10.58	+5.22

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Lamontagne	13,737	53.06
	Parti Québécois	Alain Bouchard	6,076	23.47
	Ralliement créditiste	Camille Lupien	4,689	18.11
	Union Nationale	François-Paul Boivin	1,388	5.36
Total valid votes			25,890	98.64
Total rejected ballots			357	1.36
Turnout			26,247	79.58
Electors on the lists			32,983	–

Quebec general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Lamontagne	9,845	37.85
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Georges Gauthier	7,236	27.82
	Parti Québécois	Gilles Simard	5,977	22.98
	Ralliement créditiste	Marcel Vézina	2,956	11.36
Total valid votes			26,014	98.76
Total rejected ballots			327	1.24
Turnout			26,341	84.64
Electors on the lists			31,122	–

Quebec general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Georges Gauthier	11,799	48.35
	Liberal	Henri-Paul Brassard	10,253	42.02
	Ralliement national	Claude Munger	2,077	8.51
	Independent	J.-Armand Bilodeau	273	1.12
Total valid votes			24,402	98.43
Total rejected ballots			390	1.57
Turnout			24,792	82.92
Electors on the lists			29,899	–

Quebec general election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Georges Gauthier	11,172	51.23
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Plourde	10,635	48.77
Total valid votes			21,807	99.11
Total rejected ballots			195	0.89
Turnout			22,002	85.07
Electors on the lists			25,864	–

Quebec general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Plourde	12,761	58.50
	Union Nationale	Jean-Joseph Turcotte	8,790	40.30
	Independent UN	Georges-Henri Boucher	261	1.20
Total valid votes			21,812	99.38
Total rejected ballots			135	0.62
Turnout			21,947	87.78
Electors on the lists			25,002	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Jean-Joseph Turcotte	10,487	58.19
	Independent UN	J.-Augustin Fortin	7,535	41.81
Total valid votes			18,022	99.17
Total rejected ballots			151	0.83
Turnout			18,173	75.21
Electors on the lists			24,162	–

Quebec general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Paul-Henri Spence	10,903	52.50
	Liberal	Alphée Lessard	9,865	47.50
Total valid votes			20,768	99.15
Total rejected ballots			178	0.85
Turnout			20,946	88.94
Electors on the lists			23,551	–

Quebec general election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Antoine Marcotte	11,478	59.24
	Liberal	Émile Vincent	7,899	40.76
Total valid votes			19,377	98.86
Total rejected ballots			223	1.14
Turnout			19,600	87.64
Electors on the lists			22,365	–

Quebec general election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Antoine Marcotte	9,695	55.02
	Liberal	Joseph-Antoine Fortin	5,913	33.56
	Union des électeurs	Xavier Dallaire	2,013	11.42
Total valid votes			17,621	99.40
Total rejected ballots			106	0.60
Turnout			17,727	89.83
Electors on the lists			19,735	–

Quebec general election, 1944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Antoine Marcotte	6,071	42.86
	Liberal	Georges Potvin	5,363	37.86
	Bloc populaire	Hubert Villeneuve	1,509	10.65
	Union des électeurs	Gabriel Lacasse	1,222	8.63
Total valid votes			14,165	99.33
Total rejected ballots			95	0.67
Turnout			14,260	85.57
Electors on the lists			16,665	–

Quebec general election, 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Georges Potvin	3,424	50.69
	Union Nationale	Antoine Castonguay	2,835	41.97
	Action libérale nationale	Armand Tremblay	496	7.34
Total valid votes			6,755	99.18
Total rejected ballots			56	0.82
Turnout			6,811	82.75
Electors on the lists			8,231	–

Quebec general election, 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Antoine Castonguay	4,191	61.69
	Liberal	Léonce Lévesque	2,603	38.31
Total valid votes			6,794	99.77
Total rejected ballots			16	0.23
Turnout			6,810	86.47
Electors on the lists			7,876	–

Quebec general election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Action libérale nationale	Antoine Castonguay	3,768	60.56
	Liberal	Louis-Gonzague Potvin	2,157	34.67
	Independent Liberal	Joseph-Édouard-Nathanaël Boivin	297	4.77
Total valid votes			6,222	99.73
Total rejected ballots			17	0.27
Turnout			6,239	81.59
Electors on the lists			7,647	–

Quebec general election, 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émile Moreau	2,732	52.89
	Conservative	Joseph-Sylvio-Narcisse Turcotte	2,433	47.11
Total valid votes			5,165	99.04
Total rejected ballots			50	0.96
Turnout			5,215	88.00
Electors on the lists			5,926	–

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=783&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=783&section=superficie

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (QuébecPolitique)

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