Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

Quebec electoral district
Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	André Arthur Independent
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	93,526
Electors (2006)	73,483
Area (km²)	7,617
Pop. density (per km²)	12.3
Census division(s)	La Jacques-Cartier, Portneuf, Quebec City
Census subdivision(s)	Cap-Santé, Donnacona, Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, Lac-Delage, Lac-Saint-Joseph, Lac-Sergent, Neuville, Pont-Rouge, Portneuf, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Saint-Basile, Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Saint-Raymond, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier (formerly known as Portneuf) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867. Its population in 2001 was 87,141.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 99.1% White
Languages: 97.0% French, 2.0% English
Religions: 94.0% Catholic, 1.4% Protestant, 4.2% no religious affiliation
Average income: $28,030

Geography

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Portneuf and La Jacques-Cartier as well as the municipality of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. The main communities are Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Donnacona, Lac-Beauport, Neuville, Pont-Rouge, Shannon, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Saint-Raymond, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, and Deschambault-Grondines. Its area is 7,617 sq. km.

History

The electoral district was created in the British North America Act of 1867 as "Portneuf". It was renamed "Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier" on September 1, 2004.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Portneuf
1st	1867-1872	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservative |	Jean-Docile Brousseau	Conservative
2nd	1872-1874	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Esdras Alfred de St-Georges (first term)	Liberal
3rd	1874-1878
4th	1878-1882	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservative |	Roch-Pamphile Vallée	Conservative
5th	1882-1887	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Esdras Alfred de St-Georges (second term)	Liberal
6th	1887-1891
7th	1891-1896	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Arthur Delisle	Liberal
8th	1896	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Henri Joly de Lotbinière	Liberal
1896 By-election	1896-1900
9th	1900-1904	rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Michel-Siméon Deslisle	Liberal
10th	1904-1908
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917
13th	1917-1921	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |		Opposition
14th	1921-1925	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |		Liberal
15th	1925-1926
16th	1926-1930	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independent |	Herment Marcotte	Independent Liberal
17th	1930-1935	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Jules Desrochers	Liberal
18th	1935-1936	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Lucien Cannon	Liberal
1936 By-election	1936-1940	rowspan="6" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Pierre Gauthier	Liberal
19th	1940-1945
20th	1945-1949
21st	1949-1953
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservative |	Aristide Rompré	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962-1963	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Social Credit |	Jean-Louis Frénette	Social Credit
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Social Credit |	Roland Godin	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1968-1972
29th	1972-1974	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Social Credit |		Social Credit
30th	1974-1979	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Pierre Bussières	Liberal
31st	1979-1980	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Rolland Dion	Liberal
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservative |	Marc Ferland	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/BQ |	Pierre de Savoye	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |	Claude Duplain	Liberal
38th	2004-2006	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/BQ |	Guy Côté	Bloc Québécois
Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
39th	2006—	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independent |	André Arthur	Independent

Election results

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

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By-election on 27 January 1936 On Mr. Cannon's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 15 January 1936
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By-election on 30 July 1896 On Mr. Joly de Lotbinière being appointed Controller of Inland Revenue, 11 July 1896
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See also

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

External links

• Riding history for Portneuf from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier from the Library of Parliament