Jonquière—Alma

Jonquière—Alma
Quebec electoral district
	Jonquière-Alma in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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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

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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.

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		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	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	Conservative
41st	2011–present	Claude Patry	New Democratic

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