René-Lévesque

René-Lévesque

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Martin Ouellet Parti Québécois
District created	1945
First contested	1948
Last contested	2015 (by-election)
Demographics
Population (2006)	45,355
Electors (2014)[1]	34,459
Area (km²)[2]	57,755.3
Pop. density (per km²)	0.79
Census divisions	La Haute-Côte-Nord, Manicouagan
Census subdivisions	Baie-Comeau, Baie-Trinité, Chute-aux-Outardes, Colombier, Forestville, Franquelin, Godbout, Les Bergeronnes, Les Escoumins, Longue-Rive, Pointe-aux-Outardes, Pointe-Lebel, Portneuf-sur-Mer, Ragueneau, Sacré-Coeur, Tadoussac; Essipit, Pessamit; Lac-au-Brochet, Rivière-aux-Outardes

René-Lévesque is a provincial electoral district in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality and La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, as well as the cities of Baie-Comeau and Forestville.

It was created for the 1948 election under the name Saguenay from part of the former Charlevoix-Saguenay electoral district. The predecessor to Charlevoix-Saguenay (before 1912) was Chicoutimi-Saguenay. Despite its former name, the district has not included the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region since at least the 1994 election.

It was renamed René-Lévesque for the 2003 election, after former Quebec Premier René Lévesque, although its territory was unchanged.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was once again unchanged.

Members of the National Assembly

Saguenay

1. Pierre Ouellet, Union Nationale (1948–1960)
2. Lucien Belanger, Liberal (1960–1962)
3. Rodrigue Thibault, Liberal (1962–1963)
4. Pierre-Willie Maltais, Liberal (1964–1970)
5. Lucien Lessard, Parti Québécois (1970–1982)
6. Ghislain Maltais, Liberal (1983–1994)
7. Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon, Parti Québécois (1994–2001)
8. François Corriveau, Action démocratique (2002–2003)

René-Lévesque

1. Marjolain Dufour, Parti Québécois (2003–2015)
2. Martin Ouellet, Parti Québécois (2015-present)

Election results

René-Lévesque, 2001 - present

Quebec provincial by-election, 9 November 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Martin Ouellet	6,548	48.97	-6.04
	Liberal	Karine Otis	5,214	38.99	+17.22
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Dave Savard	744	5.56	-10.16
	Québec solidaire	Claire Du Sablon	652	4.88	-1.59
	Conservative	Eric Sirois	118	0.88	–
	Option nationale	Yan Rivard	96	0.72	-0.31
Total valid votes			13,372	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			102	0.76	-1.22
Turnout			13,474	39.62	-19.74
Eligible voters			34,008
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-11.63

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Marjolain Dufour	11,029	55.00
	Liberal	Michel Levesque	4,366	21.77
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Marie-Christine Fortin-Morand	3,152	15.72
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Pierre Clavette	1,297	6.47
	Option nationale	Nicolas Boivin Ringuette	207	1.03
Total valid votes			20,051	98.02
Total rejected ballots			404	1.98
Turnout			20,455	59.36
Electors on the lists			34,459	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Marjolain Dufour	13,634	59.68	+1.25
	Liberal	Pascal Chouinard	4,160	18.21	-8.33
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Dereck Blouin-Perry	3,643	15.95	+3.72*
	Québec solidaire	Julie Gonthier-Brazeau	892	3.90	+1.10
	Option nationale	Maxime Cantin	517	2.26	–
Total valid votes			22,846	99.11	–
Total rejected ballots			204	0.89	–
Turnout			23,050	66.67	+12.24
Electors on the lists			34,575	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Marjolain Dufour	10,748	58.43	+6.65
	Liberal	Patrick Sullivan	4,882	26.54	+10.69
	Action démocratique	Louis-Olivier Minville	2,250	12.23	-16.05
	Québec solidaire	Stéphane Lessard	516	2.80	+0.99
Total valid votes			18,396	98.79	–
Total rejected ballots			225	1.21	–
Turnout			18,621	54.43	-14.18
Electors on the lists			34,213	–	–

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Marjolain Dufour	12,160	51.78	+10.92
	Action démocratique	André Desrosiers	6,642	28.28	-5.13
	Liberal	François Désy	3,723	15.85	-7.84
	Green	Styves Griffith	533	2.27	–
	Québec solidaire	Mylène Lapierre	426	1.81	–
Total valid votes			23,484	99.27	–
Total rejected ballots			173	0.73	–
Turnout			23,657	68.61	+5.54
Electors on the lists			34,480	–	–

Quebec general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Marjolain Dufour	8,997	40.86	+16.91
	Action démocratique	François Corriveau	7,356	33.41	-14.43
	Liberal	François Désy	5,215	23.69	-4.52
	Independent	Jean-Pierre Brisson	449	2.04	–
Total valid votes			22,017	99.15	–
Total rejected ballots			189	0.85	–
Turnout			22,206	63.07	+2.66
Electors on the lists			35,210	–	–

Saguenay, 1945 - 2001

Quebec provincial by-election, April 15, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Action démocratique	François Corriveau	10,129	47.84	+31.44
	Liberal	Isabelle Melançon	5,973	28.21	+7.89
	Parti Québécois	Louise Levasseur	5,070	23.95	-38.69
Total valid votes			21,172	99.07	–
Total rejected ballots			199	0.93	–
Turnout			21,371	60.41	-8.06
Electors on the lists			35,378	–	–

Quebec general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon	15,419	62.64
	Liberal	Paul Fournier	5,001	20.32
	Action démocratique	Armand Maltais	4,036	16.40
	Socialist Democracy	Hélène Lévesque	159	0.65
Total valid votes			24,615	99.17
Total rejected ballots			206	0.83
Turnout			24,821	69.47
Electors on the lists			35,727	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	23,067	73.33
	Non	8,389	26.67

Quebec general election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon	14,439	57.44
	Liberal	Georges-Henri Gagné	7,435	29.58
	Action démocratique	Armand Maltais	3,264	12.98
Total valid votes			25,138	98.14
Total rejected ballots			476	1.86
Turnout			25,614	72.47
Electors on the lists			35,344	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	18,861	71.60
	Oui	7,482	28.40

Quebec general election, 1989
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ghislain Maltais	9,273	43.45
	Parti Québécois	Carol Guay	8,771	41.10
	Green	Denis Hubert	3,296	15.45
Total valid votes			21,340	97.51
Total rejected ballots			545	2.49
Turnout			21,885	64.83
Electors on the lists			33,756	–

Quebec general election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ghislain Maltais	11,270	43.45
	Parti Québécois	Pierre Michaud	11,109	41.10
	New Democratic	Jocelyn Toulouse	516	15.45
	Parti indépendantiste	Carol Fiset	277	15.45
	Christian Socialist	Patricia Dufour	134	15.45
Total valid votes			23,306	98.76
Total rejected ballots			293	1.24
Turnout			23,599	66.48
Electors on the lists			35,500	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ghislain Maltais	9,375	43.33
	Parti Québécois	Johanne Isabel	6,130	28.33
	Independent	Pierre-Willie Maltais	5,844	27.01
	United Social Credit	J. Émilien Martel	287	1.33
Total valid votes			21,636	98.59
Total rejected ballots			309	1.41
Turnout			21,945	62.05
Electors on the lists			35,366	–

Quebec general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Lucien Lessard	17,069	66.56
	Liberal	Ghislain Maltais	8,139	31.74
	Union Nationale	Albert N. Martin	436	1.70
Total valid votes			25,644	99.18
Total rejected ballots			212	0.82
Turnout			25,856	75.43
Electors on the lists			34,277	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	14,032	61.91
	Non	8,634	38.09

Quebec general election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Lucien Lessard	15,491	69.16
	Liberal	Jean-Guy Tremblay	4,279	19.10
	Union Nationale	Réal St-Laurent	2,074	9.17
	Ralliement créditiste	Camille Hélie	575	2.57
Total valid votes			22,399	97.49
Total rejected ballots			576	2.51
Turnout			22,975	78.48
Electors on the lists			29,276	–

Quebec general election, 1973
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Lucien Lessard	10,226	51.14
	Liberal	Claude Perrault	7,933	39.67
	Ralliement créditiste	André Fortier	1,404	7.02
	Union Nationale	Gérard Vallée	327	1.64
	Independent	Gaston Michaud	105	0.52
Total valid votes			19,995	98.76
Total rejected ballots			252	1.24
Turnout			20,247	72.20
Electors on the lists			28,044	–

Quebec general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Lucien Lessard	12,392	44.77
	Liberal	Pierre-Willie Maltais	10,144	36.65
	Union Nationale	Paul-André Tremblay	4,007	14.48
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean-Nil Jean	1,138	4.11
Total valid votes			27,681	98.61
Total rejected ballots			391	1.39
Turnout			28,072	82.19
Electors on the lists			28,044	–

Quebec general election, 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pierre-Willie Maltais	10,737	46.43
	Union Nationale	J.-Ernest Bruyére	9,505	41.11
	Ralliement national	Lucien Lessard	2,444	10.57
	Independent	Odias Mimeault	437	1.89
Total valid votes			23,123	98.20
Total rejected ballots			423	1.80
Turnout			23,546	64.33
Electors on the lists			36,600	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Pierre-Willie Maltais	11,919	59.45
	Union Nationale	J.-Ernest Bruyére	8,130	40.55
Total valid votes			20,049	97.59
Total rejected ballots			495	2.41
Turnout			20,544	60.00
Electors on the lists			34,240	–

Quebec general election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rodrigue Thibault	12,116	57.35
	Union Nationale	Roland Verreault	9,010	42.65
Total valid votes			21,126	98.42
Total rejected ballots			340	1.58
Turnout			21,466	78.97
Electors on the lists			27,181	–

Quebec general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucien Bélanger	10,475	59.14
	Union Nationale	Léopold-Jean Cormier	7,238	40.86
Total valid votes			17,713	97.55
Total rejected ballots			444	2.45
Turnout			18,457	75.91
Electors on the lists			22,672	–

Quebec general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Pierre Ouellet	10,899	58.60
	Liberal	Gérard Lefrançois	7,701	41.40
Total valid votes			18,600	98.76
Total rejected ballots			233	1.24
Turnout			18,833	75.91
Electors on the lists			24,811	–

Quebec general election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Pierre Ouellet	8,977	62.55
	Liberal	Rodrigue Thibault	4,923	34.30
	Independent	Ange Paradis	452	3.15
Total valid votes			14,352	98.63
Total rejected ballots			199	1.37
Turnout			14,551	75.34
Electors on the lists			19,315	–

Quebec general election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Pierre Ouellet	4,726	41.11
	Independent UN	Laurent Brisson	2,713	23.60
	Liberal	Joseph Gauthier	2,519	21.91
	Union des électeurs	Ovide Gagnon	1,274	11.08
	Independent	Paul-Émile Therrien	264	2.30
Total valid votes			11,496	98.63
Total rejected ballots			160	1.37
Turnout			11,656	75.15
Electors on the lists			15,511	–

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=753&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=753&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 to Saguenay (Flash)

• Electoral map of Côte-Nord region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011

Neighbouring electoral districts