Jonquière—Alma

Jonquière—Alma

Quebec electoral district
Jonquière-Alma in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Claude Patry NDP
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	97,232
Electors (2011)	79,322
Area (km²)	1,667
Pop. density (per km²)	58.3
Census divisions	Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM, Saguenay
Census subdivisions	Alma, Jonquière, Saint-Ambroise

Jonquière—Alma is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay ridings.

It consists of:

• the borough of Jonquière in the City of Saguenay,
• the City of Alma in the Regional County Municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, and
• the municipalities of Bégin, Larouche, Saint-Ambroise, Saint-Charles-de-Bourget and Saint-David-de-Falardeau in the Regional County Municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay.

The neighbouring ridings are Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and Chicoutimi—Le Fjord.

This riding is distinctive for having the lowest Liberal vote percentage in the country in the 2006 election, at only 3.1.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay prior to 2003
38th	2004–2006		Sébastien Gagnon	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008		Jean-Pierre Blackburn	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present		Claude Patry	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Claude Patry	22,900	43.44	+38.56
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	18,569	35.22	-17.35
	Bloc Québécois	Pierre Forest	9,554	18.12	-19.44
	Liberal	Claude Ringuette	1,043	1.98	-3.18
	Green	France Bergeron	652	1.24	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,718	100.00
Total rejected ballots			624	1.17
Turnout			53,342	65.88
Eligible voters			80,947

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	26,639	52.57	+0.48	$76,949
	Bloc Québécois	Chantale Bouchard	19,035	37.56	-1.74	$73,003
	Liberal	Marc Dupéré	2,616	5.16	+2.20	$7,392
	New Democrat	Jean-François Paradis	2,475	4.88	+1.01
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,765	100.00		$84,949
Total rejected ballots			630	1.23
Turnout			51,395
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.11

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	27,262	52.09	+47.26	$33,046
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Gagnon	20,569	39.30	-15.63	$61,638
	New Democrat	Martin Bertrand	2,028	3.87	+0.47	$3,447
	Liberal	Gilles Savard	1,550	2.96	-26.16	$12,756
	Green	Sylvain Dompierre	928	1.77	+0.29	$121
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,337	100.00		$79,025

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Gagnon	25,193	54.93		$72,155
	Liberal	Daniel Giguère	13,355	29.12		$54,103
	Independent	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold	2,737	5.97		$30,071
	Conservative	Gilles Lavoie	2,217	4.83		$5,559
	New Democrat	François Picard	1,561	3.40		$4,169
	Green	Jean-Sébastien Busque	679	1.48
	Communist	Michel Perron	121	0.26		$676
Total valid votes			45,863	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament