Manicouagan (electoral district)

Manicouagan
Quebec electoral district
	Manicouagan in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
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District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	83,608
Electors (2011)	63,886
Area (km²)	252,365
Pop. density (per km²)	0.33
Census divisions	Basse-Côte-Nord Territory, Caniapiscau RCM, Manicouagan RCM, Minganie RCM, Sept-Rivières RCM
Census subdivisions	Baie-Comeau, Betsiamites, Chute-aux-Outardes, Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Fermont, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Port-Cartier, Sept-Îles, Uashat-Maliotenam

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Manicouagan is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Charlevoix and Saguenay ridings.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and Labrador.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Charlevoix and Saguenay prior to 1966
28th	1968–1972	Gustave Blouin	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	André Maltais	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	André Maltais	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Brian Mulroney	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Charles Langlois	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Bernard St-Laurent	Bloc Québécois
35th	1997	Bernard St-Laurent	Independent
36th	1997–2000	Ghislain Fournier	Bloc Québécois
37th	2000–2004	Ghislain Fournier	Bloc Québécois
38th	2004–2006	Gérard Asselin	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present	Jonathan Genest-Jourdain	New Democratic

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Jonathan Genest-Jourdain	16,437	48.93	+44.1
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Asselin	10,495	31.24	-18.1
	Conservative	Gordon Ferguson	3,878	11.55	-15.5
	Liberal	André Forbes^{[fn 1]}	1,882	5.60	-9.7
	Green	Jacques Gélineau	898	2.67	-0.9
Total valid votes/Expense limit			33,590	100.00
Total rejected ballots			524	1.54
Turnout			34,114	52.10
Eligible voters			65,481

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Asselin	15,272	49.3	-1.8	$60,396
	Conservative	Pierre Breton	8,374	27.0	+8.0	$57,909
	Liberal	Randy Jones	4,737	15.3	+1.0	$3,407
	New Democrat	Michaël Chicoine	1,491	4.8	-8.0	$228
	Green	Jacques Gélineau	1,112	3.6	+1.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			30,986	100.0		$99,164
Total rejected ballots			444	1.4
Turnout			31,430

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Asselin	18,601	51.1	-7.4	$59,792
	Conservative	Pierre Paradis	6,910	19.0	+14.1	$9,560
	Liberal	Randy Jones	5,214	14.3	-10.6	$22,979
	New Democrat	Pierre Ducasse	4,657	12.8	+2.5	$20,006
	Green	Jacques Gélineau	824	2.3	+0.9
	Independent	Eric Viver	195	0.5
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,401	100.0		$92,367

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Asselin	19,040	58.5	+5.3	$55,212
	Liberal	Anthony Detroio	8,097	24.9	-10.8	$54,120
	New Democrat	Pierre Ducasse	3,361	10.3	+8.6	$23,174
	Conservative	Pierre Paradis	1,601	4.9	-4.4^{[fn 2]}	$4,449
	Green	Les Parsons	444	1.4		$905
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,543	100.0		$90,297

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Ghislain Fournier	11,595	53.2	+6.2
	Liberal	Robert Labadie	7,770	35.7	-5.5
	Canadian Alliance	Laurette De Champlain	1,197	5.5	n/a
	Progressive Conservative	Gaby-Gabriel Robert	830	3.8	-3.9
	New Democrat	Normand Caplette	386	1.8	-2.2
Total valid votes			21,778	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Ghislain Fournier	12,203	47.1	-7.9
	Liberal	André Maltais	10,671	41.2	+20.1
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Allard	2,009	7.7	-14.5
	New Democrat	Pierre Ducasse	1,041	4.0	+2.3
Total valid votes			25,924	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard St-Laurent	14,859	55.0	n/a^{[fn 3]}
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Langlois	6,024	22.3	-39.4
	Liberal	Rita Lavoie	5,694	21.1	-1.8
	New Democrat	Eric Hébert	451	1.7	-12.8
Total valid votes			27,028	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Langlois	17,126	61.7	-9.9
	Liberal	Sylvain Garneau	6,355	22.9	-1.6
	New Democrat	Carol Guay	4,008	14.4	+12.1
	Commonwealth	Alan John York	281	1.0	+0.8
Total valid votes			27,770	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Mulroney	28,208	71.6	+56.1
	Liberal	André Maltais	9,640	24.5	-44.2
	New Democrat	Denis Faubert	939	2.4	-4.4
	Nationaliste	Laurian Dupont	536	1.4
	Commonwealth	Raynald Rouleau	101	0.3
Total valid votes			39,424

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	André Maltais	21,499	68.6	10.0
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Blouin	4,844	15.5	-0.2
	New Democrat	Roger Muller	2,111	6.7	+0.1
	Social Credit	Marcel Brin	1,184	3.8	-13.2
	Rhino	Yves Truchon	841	2.7
	Rhino	Denis Tarzan Bédard	715	2.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Lisette Paradis	125	0.4
Total valid votes			31,319	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	André Maltais	18,528	58.6	-8.6
	Social Credit	Paul-Henri Tremblay	5,378	17.0
	Progressive Conservative	Denyse Patry	4,948	15.6	-1.0
	New Democrat	Carole Noel	2,105	6.7	-6.8
	Union Populaire	Gilles Verrier	659	2.1
Total valid votes			31,618	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustave Blouin	16,220	67.2	+10.7
	Progressive Conservative	Alban Malenfant	4,024	16.7	+1.1
	New Democrat	Raymond Perron	3,247	13.4	+6.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Gilles Verrier	659	2.7
Total valid votes			24,150	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustave Blouin	16,780	56.5	-4.1
	Social Credit	Lionel-Joseph Desjardins	6,136	20.7	+12.8
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Giles	4,625	15.6	-4.8
	New Democrat	Jean-Maurice Pinel	2,156	7.3	-3.8
Total valid votes			29,697	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gustave Blouin	13,504	60.6
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Giles	4,539	20.4
	New Democrat	Louis Rioux	2,463	11.1
	Ralliement créditiste	Roger Boulanger	1,761	7.9
Total valid votes			22,267	100.0

[edit] Notes

^ André Forbes was nominated as a Liberal, but lost party support just before the nomination deadline. Instead of resigning, he continued to run as an Independent. He appears on the ballot as a Liberal.^[1]^[2]
^ Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
^ No BQ candidate in 1988 for comparison.

[edit] References

^ Booted Liberal candidate still in the race. TheSpec.com, 11 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
^ Controversial Quebec Liberal to remain in race. CBC News, 11 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Mount Royal	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1984-1988	Succeeded by Charlevoix

[2] André Forbes was nominated as a Liberal, but lost party support just before the nomination deadline. Instead of resigning, he continued to run as an Independent. He appears on the ballot as a Liberal.^[1]^[2]

[3] Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

[4] No BQ candidate in 1988 for comparison.

[0] Booted Liberal candidate still in the race. TheSpec.com, 11 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

[1] Controversial Quebec Liberal to remain in race. CBC News, 11 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

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