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Jonquière-Kénogami

Coordinates: 48°21′32″N 71°19′01″W / 48.359°N 71.317°W / 48.359; -71.317
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Jonquière-Kénogami
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1954
District abolished1965
First contested1956
Last contested1962

Jonquière-Kénogami was a former provincial electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

It was created for the 1956 election, from parts of the existing Chicoutimi and Lac-Saint-Jean electoral districts. Its final election was in 1962. It disappeared in the 1966 election and its successor electoral district was Jonquière.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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  1. Léonce Ouellet, Union Nationale (1956–1960)
  2. Gérald Harvey, Liberal (1960–1966) (Was re-elected in Jonquière in 1966)

Election history

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1962 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Gérald Harvey 16,100 60.38
Union Nationale Léonce Ouellet 10,564 39.62
Total valid votes 26,664 98.70
Total rejected ballots 352 1.30
27,016 86.48
Electors on the lists 31,241
1960 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Gérald Harvey 15,310 56.86
Union Nationale Léonce Ouellet 9,296 34.52
Independent Laurent-Paul Bolduc 2,134 7.92
Liberal Republican Jean-Marie Lessard 188 0.70
Total valid votes 26,928 98.22
Total rejected ballots 487 1.78
27,415 89.82
Electors on the lists 30,521
1956 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Union Nationale Léonce Ouellet 11,946 50.68
Independent René Chaloult 11,626 49.32
Total valid votes 23,572 95.01
Total rejected ballots 1,239 4.99
24,811 88.00
Electors on the lists 28,194
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Election results

48°21′32″N 71°19′01″W / 48.359°N 71.317°W / 48.359; -71.317