Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

For the electoral district in the Quebec National Assembly see Roberval (provincial electoral district)

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Quebec electoral district
Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Denis Lebel Conservative
District created	1947
First contested	1949
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	78,895
Electors (2011)	63,240
Area (km²)	60,574
Pop. density (per km²)	1.3
Census divisions	Le Domaine-du-Roy, Maria-Chapdelaine, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Census subdivisions	Dolbeau-Mistassini, Roberval, Saint-Félicien, Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix, Normandin, Saint-Prime, Hébertville, Saint-Bruno, Albanel

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (formerly known as Roberval) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.

The riding was created in 1947 from parts of Lake St-John—Roberval riding.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Jonquière—Alma, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and Saint-Maurice—Champlain.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lake St-John—Roberval prior to 1947
Roberval
21st	1949–1952		Joseph-Alfred Dion	Liberal
	1952–1953		Paul-Henri Spence	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953–1957		Georges Villeneuve	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Jean-Noël Tremblay	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Charles-Arthur Gauthier	Social Credit
26th	1963
	1963–1965			Ralliement créditiste
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1971
	1971–1972			Social Credit
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984		Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		Benoît Bouchard	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Michel Gauthier	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
39th	2006–2007		Michel Gauthier	Bloc Québécois
	2007–2008		Denis Lebel	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, 2004 - present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Denis Lebel	18,438	45.68	+2.14
	New Democratic	Yvon Guay	11,182	27.70	+22.99
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Pilote	8,577	21.25	-18.40
	Liberal	Bernard Garneau	1,615	4.00	-6.09
	Green	Steeve Simard	553	1.37	-0.63
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,365	100.00
Total rejected ballots			494	1.21	+0.04
Turnout			40,859	64.42	+5.43

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Denis Lebel	16,055	43.54	-16.14	$88,243
	Bloc Québécois	Claude Pilote	14,619	39.65	+12.89	$79,101
	Liberal	Bernard Garneau	3,721	10.09	+0.54	$9,041
	New Democratic	Catherine Forbes	1,738	4.71	+2.40
	Green	Jocelyn Tremblay	737	2.00	+0.29
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,870	100.00	$98,690
Total rejected ballots			437	1.17
Turnout			37,307	58.99
	Conservative Party hold		Swing	-14.18

By-election on 17 September 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Denis Lebel	17,463	59.68	+22.50	$95,449
	Bloc Québécois	Céline Houde	7,830	26.76	-18.44	$93,915
	Liberal	Louise Boulanger	2,795	9.55	+1.80	$51,293
	New Democratic	Éric Dubois	675	2.31	-3.22	$3,123
	Green	Jean-Luc Boily	499	1.71	-2.63
Total valid votes/Expense limit			29,262	100.00	$95,677
Total rejected ballots			265	0.90
Turnout			29,527	46.83
	Conservative Party gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing	+20.23

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Gauthier	17,586	45.20	-14.20	$57,312
	Conservative	Ghislain Lavoie	14,463	37.18	+28.52	$12,647
	Liberal	Luc Chiasson	3,014	7.75	-15.44	$9,150
	New Democratic	François Privé	2,151	5.53	+0.42	$936
	Green	Sébastien Girard	1,689	4.34	+0.72	$719
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,903	100.00	$91,857

Roberval, 1947 - 2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Gauthier	20,655	59.40	+1.77	$54,905
	Liberal	Michel Mallette	8,064	23.19	-9.20	$52,630
	Conservative	Ghislain Lavoie	3,011	8.66	+0.77	$6,974
	New Democratic	Isabelle Tremblay	1,777	5.11	+4.32	$895
	Green	Marc-André Gauthier	1,260	3.62	–	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,767	100.0	$89,754
Total rejected ballots			687	1.94
Turnout			35,454	55.84

Note: Vote change is based on redistributed votes. Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Gauthier	16,928	55.1	+3.0
	Liberal	Jean-Pierre Boivin	10,680	34.7	+8.5
	Alliance	Raymond A. Brideau	1,829	5.9
	Progressive Conservative	Marie-Christine Huot	870	2.8	-17.5
	New Democratic	Alain Giguère	437	1.4	+0.1
Total valid votes			30,744	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Gauthier	16,207	52.1	-7.6
	Liberal	Jean-Pierre Boivin	8,176	26.3	+5.9
	Progressive Conservative	France Tanguay	6,312	20.3	+2.0
	New Democratic	Alain Giguère	412	1.3	-0.2
Total valid votes			31,107	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Gauthier	18,869	59.7
	Liberal	Aurélien Gill	6,443	20.4	+8.3
	Progressive Conservative	Henri-Paul Brassard	5,793	18.3	-58.0
	New Democratic	Alain Giguère	485	1.5	-8.0
Total valid votes			31,590	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Benoît Bouchard	26,717	76.4	+14.5
	Liberal	Martin Cauvier	4,219	12.1	-22.7
	New Democratic	Réjean Lalancette	3,318	9.5	+7.2
	Rhinoceros	Mémile Michel Simard	723	2.1
Total valid votes			34,977	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Benoît Bouchard	22,981	61.8	+60.4
	Liberal	Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet	12,917	34.8	-17.2
	New Democratic	Marius Tremblay	837	2.3	+0.6
	Parti nationaliste	Candide Simard	422	1.1
Total valid votes			37,157	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet	17,724	51.9	+11.6
	Social Credit	Charles Arthur Gauthier	14,832	43.5	-2.5
	New Democratic	Carol André Simard	569	1.7	+0.5
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Desbiens	507	1.5	-9.4
	Rhinoceros	Donald Bobette Simard	503	1.5	+0.3
Total valid votes			34,135	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Social Credit	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	15,582	45.9	-10.4
	Liberal	Georges-Henri Bouchard	13,677	40.3	+2.5
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Brunet	3,705	10.9	+6.1
	Rhinoceros	Pierre Marion	405	1.2
	New Democratic	Jacques Ouellet	385	1.1	+0.1
	Union populaire	Raymond Archambault	183	0.5
Total valid votes			33,937	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Social Credit	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	12,877	56.4	+5.2
	Liberal	Louis-Ovide Bouchard	8,636	37.8	-0.5
	Progressive Conservative	Louis-Georges Gagnon	1,096	4.8	-5.8
	New Democratic	Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt	240	1.1
Total valid votes			22,849	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Social Credit	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	11,316	51.1	+4.1
	Liberal	Julien Mongeon	8,472	38.3	-3.0
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Vallée	2,347	10.6	+0.2
Total valid votes			22,135	100.0

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Ralliement créditiste	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	8,811	47.0	+2.5
	Liberal	Lucien Larouche	7,727	41.3	+1.9
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Bouchard	1,951	10.4	-0.7
	New Democratic	Pierre Cajolais	241	1.3	-3.7
Total valid votes			18,730	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Ralliement créditiste	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	8,736	44.6	-7.3
	Liberal	Georges Villeneuve	7,712	39.3	+4.7
	Progressive Conservative	Aurélien Talbot	2,189	11.2	+2.8
	New Democratic	Robert Gaulin	968	4.9	-0.2
Total valid votes			19,605	100.0

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Social Credit	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	10,345	51.9	-1.6
	Liberal	Albert Garant	6,908	34.6	+8.3
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Eugène Perron	1,667	8.4	-11.8
	New Democratic	Robert Gaulin	1,025	5.1
Total valid votes			19,945	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Social Credit	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	11,180	53.5
	Liberal	Georges Villeneuve	5,510	26.4	-19.7
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Noël Tremblay	4,216	20.2	-33.8
Total valid votes			20,906	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Noël Tremblay	10,696	53.9	+14.0
	Liberal	Georges Villeneuve	9,130	46.1	-14.0
Total valid votes			19,826	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Georges Villeneuve	10,860	60.0	+9.5
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Lindsay	7,236	40.0	-9.5
Total valid votes			18,096	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Georges Villeneuve	8,646	50.5	+14.5
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Henri Spence	8,477	49.5	+8.3
Total valid votes			17,123	100.0

By-election on 26 May 1952 On Mr. Dion's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 8 April 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Henri Spence	6,703	41.2
	Liberal	Cyrille Potvin	5,854	36.0	-13.7
	Independent Liberal	Adjutor Boulanger	3,703	22.8
Total valid votes			16,260	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph-Alfred Dion	8,103	49.7
	Independent	J.-Augustin Fortin	6,078	37.3
	Union des électeurs	Louis-Joseph-Xavier Dallaire	2,135	13.1
Total valid votes			16,316	100.0

See also

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

Sources

• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history since 2004
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada