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This article is about the federal electoral district. For the lake, see Lac Saint-Jean. For the current provincial district, see Lac-Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district).

Lac-Saint-Jean
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe
Bloc Québécois
District created1924
First contested1925
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]103,886
Electors (2021)84,695
Area (km²)[1]555,366.57
Pop. density (per km²)0.19
Census division(s)Le Domaine-du-Roy, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Maria-Chapdelaine
Census subdivision(s)Alma, Dolbeau-Mistassini, Saint-Félicien, Roberval, Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, Normandin, Saint-Bruno, Saint-Prime, Hébertville, Albanel

Lac-Saint-Jean (Canadian French pronunciation: [lak sẽ ʒã]) is a federal electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, northeast Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2004, and has been represented since 2015.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2021 Census

Ethnocultural groups: 92% White, 6.9% Indigenous
Languages: 98.5% French
Religions: 83.3% Christian (76.3% Catholic), 16.2% No Religion
Median income: $38,800 (2020)

History

This riding was created in 1924 form parts of Chicoutimi—Saguenay riding and was originally named in English Lake St. John. It originally consisted of the counties of Lake St. John East and Lake St. John West. It was renamed Lake St-John—Roberval in 1935.

The 1947 redistribution created a new riding with the name Lac-Saint-Jean (in English and French), created from parts of the Lake St-John—Roberval riding. It was initially defined to consist of the county of Lake St. John East and the towns of Riverbend, Ile Maligne and St. Joseph-d'Alma; and parts of the county of Lake St. John West.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the City of Alma, the Town of Desbiens, the County of Lac-Saint-Jean East, and parts of the Counties of Lac-Saint-Jean West and Chicoutimi.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Cities of Alma and Chicoutimi North, and parts of the Counties of Chicoutimi and Lac-Saint-Jean East.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Alma, Desbiens and Métabetchouan; the County of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est; and parts of the Counties of Chicoutimi, Charlevoix-Ouest, Lac-Saint-Jean-Ouest and Montmorency.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Alma, Desbiens and Métabetchouan; the County Regional Municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est; and parts of in the County Regional Municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay.

Its name was changed in 2000 to "Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay".

In 2003, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Jonquière—Alma and Roberval ridings.

The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding re-created from parts of Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière—Alma.

A by-election was held on October 23, 2017 due to the resignation of Denis Lebel on August 9, 2017. The riding was subsequently won by Liberal Richard Hébert.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Lake St. John
Riding created from Chicoutimi—Saguenay
15th  1925–1926     Armand Sylvestre Liberal
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935     Joseph-Léonard Duguay Conservative
Riding renamed Lake St-John—Roberval
18th  1935–1940     Armand Sylvestre Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     Joseph-Alfred Dion Independent Liberal
Riding renamed Lac-Saint-Jean
21st  1949–1953     André Gauthier Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Roger Parizeau Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Marcel Lessard Social Credit
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968     Alcide Simard Ralliement créditiste
28th  1968–1972     Marcel Lessard Liberal
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984 Pierre Gimaïel
33rd  1984–1988     Clément M. Côté Progressive Conservative
 1988–1988 Lucien Bouchard
34th  1988–1990
 1990–1991     Independent
 1991–1993     Bloc Québécois
35th  1993–1996
 1996–1997 Stéphan Tremblay
36th  1997–2000
Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay
37th  2000–2002     Stéphan Tremblay Bloc Québécois
 2002–2004 Sébastien Gagnon
Riding dissolved into Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Jonquière—Alma,
and Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Lac-Saint-Jean
Riding re-created from Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière—Alma
42nd  2015–2017     Denis Lebel Conservative
 2017–2019     Richard Hébert Liberal
43rd  2019–2021     Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe Bloc Québécois
44th  2021–present

Election results

Lac-Saint-Jean, 2015–present

Graph of election results in Lac-Saint-Jean since 2011 (parties that never received 2% of the vote are omitted)


2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe 25,466 50.7 +6.7 $38,464.04
Conservative Serge Bergeron 12,899 25.7 +2.6 $32,221.37
Liberal Marjolaine Étienne 9,371 18.7 -6.4 $6,716.26
New Democratic Mathieu Chambers 1,637 3.3 -1.8 $0.48
Green Annie Thibault 824 1.6 -0.3 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,197 97.6 – $142,430.64
Total rejected ballots 1,215 2.4
Turnout 51,412 60.7
Registered voters 84,695
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +2.1
Source: Elections Canada[2]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe 23,839 43.96 +20.59 $33,354.37
Liberal Richard Hébert 13,633 25.14 -13.45 $83,673.06
Conservative Jocelyn Fradette 12,544 23.13 -1.88 $41,607.93
New Democratic Jean-Simon Fortin 2,753 5.08 -6.63 none listed
Green Julie Gagnon-Bond 1,010 1.86 +0.55 $0.00
People's Dany Boudreault 448 0.9 New none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 53,971 97.87
Total rejected ballots 1,155 2.13
Turnout 55,382 63.9
Eligible voters 84,456
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +17.02
Source: Elections Canada[3]
Canadian federal by-election, October 23, 2017
Resignation of Denis Lebel
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Richard Hébert 13,442 38.59 +20.15
Conservative Rémy Leclerc 8,710 25.01 -8.26
Bloc Québécois Marc Maltais 8,141 23.37 +5.00
New Democratic Gisèle Dallaire 4,079 11.71 -16.75
Green Yves Laporte 457 1.31 -0.15
Total valid votes/Expense limit 34,829 98.67   $133,786.71
Total rejected ballots 469 1.33
Turnout 35,298 41.61
Eligible voters 84,829
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +14.20
Source: Elections Canada
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Denis Lebel 18,393 33.27 -8.99 $144,196.85
New Democratic Gisèle Dallaire 15,735 28.46 -3.67 $90,827.25
Liberal Sabin Simard 10,193 18.44 +15.19 $8,743.01
Bloc Québécois Sabin Gaudreault 10,152 18.37 -2.64 $31,823.52
Green Laurence Requilé 806 1.46 +0.12 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 55,279 98.35   $278,724.96
Total rejected ballots 925 1.65 –
Turnout 56,204 65.78 –
Eligible voters 85,445
Conservative notional hold Swing -2.66
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 22,945 42.26
  New Democratic 17,446 32.14
  Bloc Québécois 11,403 21.00
  Liberal 1,766 3.25
  Green 729 1.34

Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay, 2000–2004

Canadian federal by-election, 9 December 2002
On the resignation of Stéphan Tremblay, 7 May 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Sébastien Gagnon 8,912 48.18 -17.99
Liberal Gilbert Tremblay 7,594 41.06 +17.75
Independent Gilles Lavoie 532 2.88 +0.06
Independent Richard Harvey 467 2.52
Progressive Conservative Clermont Gauthier 434 2.35 +0.69
Alliance Alcide Boudreault 290 1.57 -3.18
New Democratic Yanick Auer 267 1.44 +0.15
Total valid votes 18,831 98.22
Total rejected ballots 335 1.78 -0.90
Turnout 18,831 35.56 -27.24
Eligible voters 52,963
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -17.87
Source: Elections Canada
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Stéphan Tremblay 21,391 66.17 +2.64
Liberal Jérôme Tremblay 7,536 23.31 +2.31
Alliance Yannick Caron 1,536 4.75
Independent Gilles Lavoie 912 2.82
Progressive Conservative Claude Gagnon 535 1.65 -12.66
New Democratic Linda Proulx 417 1.29 +0.13
Total valid votes 32,237 97.32
Total rejected ballots 890 2.68 +0.01
Turnout 33,217 62.80 -5.15
Eligible voters 52,895
Bloc Québécois hold Swing +0.16
Source: Elections Canada

Lac-Saint-Jean, 1949–2000

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Bloc Québécois Stéphan Tremblay 21,506 63.53
Liberal Clément Lajoie 7,109 21.00
Progressive Conservative Sabin Simard 4,845 14.31
New Democratic Jean-François Morval 391 1.16
Total valid votes/Expense limit 33,851 97.33
Total rejected ballots 929 2.67
Turnout 34,780 67.95
Eligible voters 51,184
Canadian federal by-election, 25 March 1996
On the resignation of Lucien Bouchard, 15 January 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Stéphan Tremblay 20,777 76.56 +1.04
Liberal Clément Lajoie 5,846 21.54 +6.93
Progressive Conservative Philippe Harris 205 0.76 -7.89
Reform Denis Simard 175 0.64 New
New Democratic Karl Bélanger 136 0.50 -0.73
Total valid votes 27,139 99.47
Total rejected ballots 144 0.53
Turnout 27,283 54.87
Eligible voters 49,726
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -2.95
Source: Elections Canada[7]
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Bloc Québécois Lucien Bouchard 27,209 75.52
Liberal Noël Girard 5,263 14.61
Progressive Conservative Denise Falardeau 3,115 8.65
New Democratic Marie D. Jalbert 444 1.23
Total valid votes 36,031 99.47
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Lucien Bouchard 23,112
New Democratic Jean Paradis 6,348
Liberal Bertrand Bouchard 5,390
Canadian federal by-election, 20 June 1988
On the resignation of Clément Côté, 28 April 1988
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Lucien Bouchard 16,951
Liberal Pierre Gimaïel 10,746
New Democratic Jean Paradis 2,903
Independent Jolly Taylor 113
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Clément Coté 25,270
Liberal Pierre Gimaïel 12,683
New Democratic Claude Gagnon 2,132
Parti nationaliste Yves Courville 813
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Pierre Gimaïel 21,267
Progressive Conservative Lucien Fortin 4,608
New Democratic Jean-Denis Bérubé 3,465
Social Credit Paul-Henri Tremblay 2,821
Rhinoceros Béru Louis Briand 1,159
Union populaire Richard Fecteau 252
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Marcel Lessard 18,978
Social Credit Ph.-Aug. Bouchard 11,048
Progressive Conservative Oswald Fleury 3,251
New Democratic Jean-Denis Bérubé 1,589
Rhinoceros Marc Harvey 802
Union populaire Guy Tremblay 421
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Marcel Lessard 11,162
Progressive Conservative Gilles Guay 6,129
Social Credit Maurice Brodeur 5,372
New Democratic Jacqueline Simard 625
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Marcel Lessard 11,165
Progressive Conservative Gilles Guay 7,074
Social Credit Claude Gauthier 5,203
Independent Claude Gagnon 362
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Marcel Lessard 9,325
Ralliement créditiste J.-Alcide Simard 8,430
New Democratic Jean-Jacques Tremblay 1,330
Progressive Conservative Raoul Savard 1,034
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Ralliement créditiste Alcide Simard 5,642
Liberal Réal Harvey 5,337
Independent Marcel Lessard 4,736
New Democratic Fernand Coté 1,477
Progressive Conservative Vianney Guilmette 532
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Marcel Lessard 9,318
Liberal Réal Harvey 6,219
New Democratic Rachel Ouellet 1,524
Progressive Conservative Gilles De Beaumont 1,373
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Social Credit Marcel Lessard 10,743
Liberal Benoît Caron 4,018
Progressive Conservative Roger Parizeau 3,341
New Democratic Jean-Claude Lebel 935
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Roger Parizeau 8,255
Liberal André Gauthier 7,353
Co-operative Commonwealth Gérard Larouche 2,120
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal André Gauthier 10,129
Progressive Conservative Aimé-Roger Parizeau 6,374
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal André Gauthier 8,697
Progressive Conservative Dominique Lapointe 6,756
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal André Gauthier 7,084
Nationalist Paul-Emile Harvey 4,994
Union des électeurs Delphis Larouche 824
Progressive Conservative Jean-Charles Gosselin 138

Lake St-John—Roberval, 1935–1949

1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Independent Liberal Joseph-Alfred Dion 9,744
Independent Joseph-Léonard Duguay 8,984
Bloc populaire Paul-Emile Harvey 4,588
Social Credit Delphis Larouche 1,134
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Armand Sylvestre 10,057
National Government Joseph-Léonard Duguay 6,895
New Democracy Louis Even 3,698
Independent Liberal Joseph-O. Dumoulin 717
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Armand Sylvestre 9,231
Conservative Joseph-Léonard Duguay 9,069
Reconstruction Joseph-Ladislas Bolduc 661
Independent Liberal Joseph-Arthur Hamel 544

Lake St. John (1925–1935)

1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Joseph-Léonard Duguay 8,387
Liberal Armand Sylvestre 8,211
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Armand Sylvestre 8,090
Conservative Joseph-Sylvio-Narcisse Turcotte 5,733
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Armand Sylvestre 7,579
Conservative Joseph-Sylvio-Narcisse Turcotte 5,502

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2023
  2. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Lac-Saint-Jean". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  4. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Lac-Saint-Jean, 30 September 2015
  5. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  7. ^ "By-Elections 1996 – Official Voting Results and Candidates' Contributions and Expenses". Elections Canada. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2020.

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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