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


The [[Riding (division)|riding]] was created in 1947 from parts of [[Lake St-John—Roberval]] riding.
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]].
The neighbouring ridings are [[Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou]], [[Chicoutimi—Le Fjord]], [[Jonquière—Alma]], [[Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord]], and [[Saint-Maurice—Champlain]].
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==Election results==
==Election results==

===Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, 2004 - present===
===Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, 2004 - present===
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

Revision as of 04:36, 30 September 2012

For the provincial electoral district, 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
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Denis Lebel
Conservative
District created1947
First contested1949
Last contested2011
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]78,765
Electors (2011)63,240
Area (km²)[2]57,155.64
Pop. density (per km²)1.4
Census division(s)Le Domaine-du-Roy, Maria-Chapdelaine, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Census subdivision(s)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 House of Commons of Canada 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 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |     Joseph-Alfred Dion Liberal
1952–1953 rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives |     Paul-Henri Spence Progressive Conservative
22nd 1953–1957 rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |     Georges Villeneuve Liberal
23rd 1957–1958
24th 1958–1962 rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives |     Jean-Noël Tremblay Progressive Conservative
25th 1962–1963 rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Social Credit |     Charles-Arthur Gauthier Social Credit
26th 1963
1963–1965 rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Social Credit |     Ralliement créditiste
27th 1965–1968
28th 1968–1971
1971–1972 rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Social Credit |     Social Credit
29th 1972–1974
30th 1974–1979
31st 1979–1980
32nd 1980–1984 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal |     Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet Liberal
33rd 1984–1988 rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives |     Benoît Bouchard Progressive Conservative
34th 1988–1993
35th 1993–1997 rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/BQ |     Michel Gauthier Bloc Québécois
36th 1997–2000
37th 2000–2004
38th 2004–2006
Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
39th 2006–2007 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/BQ |     Michel Gauthier Bloc Québécois
2007–2008 rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative |     Denis Lebel Conservative
40th 2008–2011
41st 2011–present

Election results

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, 2004 - present

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Denis Lebel 18,438 45.68 +2.14
Yvon Guay 11,182 27.70 +22.99
Claude Pilote 8,577 21.25 -18.40
Bernard Garneau 1,615 4.00 -6.09
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
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Denis Lebel 16,055 43.54 -16.14 $88,243
Claude Pilote 14,619 39.65 +12.89 $79,101
Bernard Garneau 3,721 10.09 +0.54 $9,041
Catherine Forbes 1,738 4.71 +2.40
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

Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row

Conservative Party hold Swing -14.18

Template:CanElec2-by |- | style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;" | | style="width: 180px; text-align: left;" |Denis Lebel|| 17,463 ||style="text-align:right;"|59.68 ||style="text-align:right;"|+22.50 ||style="text-align:right;"|$95,449 |- | style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;" | | style="width: 180px; text-align: left;" |Céline Houde|| 7,830 ||style="text-align:right;"|26.76 ||style="text-align:right;"|-18.44 ||style="text-align:right;"|$93,915 |- | style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;" | | style="width: 180px; text-align: left;" |Louise Boulanger|| 2,795 ||style="text-align:right;"|9.55 ||style="text-align:right;"|+1.80 ||style="text-align:right;"|$51,293 |- | style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;" | | style="width: 180px; text-align: left;" |Éric Dubois|| 675 ||style="text-align:right;"|2.31 ||style="text-align:right;"|-3.22 ||style="text-align:right;"|$3,123 |- | style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;" | | style="width: 180px; text-align: left;" |Jean-Luc Boily|| 499 ||style="text-align:right;"|1.71 ||style="text-align:right;"|-2.63 ||style="text-align:right;"| |- style="background-color:white;color:black;" |colspan=3 style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"|Total valid votes/Expense limit |style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"|29,262||style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"|100.00||style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"|$95,677 |- style="background-color:white;color:black;" |colspan=3 style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"|Total rejected ballots |style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"|265||style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"|0.90 |- style="background-color:white;color:black;" |colspan=3 style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"|Turnout |style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"|29,527||style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"|46.83 |- bgcolor="white" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |align="left" colspan=2|Conservative Party gain from Bloc Québécois |align="right"|Swing |align="right"| +20.23 |align="right"|

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

Roberval, 1947 - 2004

2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Michel Gauthier 20,655 59.40 +1.77 $54,905
Michel Mallette 8,064 23.19 -9.20 $52,630
Ghislain Lavoie 3,011 8.66 +0.77 $6,974
Isabelle Tremblay 1,777 5.11 +4.32 $895
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.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Michel Gauthier 16,928 55.1 +3.0
Jean-Pierre Boivin 10,680 34.7 +8.5
Raymond A. Brideau 1,829 5.9
Marie-Christine Huot 870 2.8 -17.5
Alain Giguère 437 1.4 +0.1
Total valid votes 30,744 100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Michel Gauthier 16,207 52.1 -7.6
Jean-Pierre Boivin 8,176 26.3 +5.9
France Tanguay 6,312 20.3 +2.0
Alain Giguère 412 1.3 -0.2
Total valid votes 31,107 100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Michel Gauthier 18,869 59.7
Aurélien Gill 6,443 20.4 +8.3
Henri-Paul Brassard 5,793 18.3 -58.0
Alain Giguère 485 1.5 -8.0
Total valid votes 31,590 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Benoît Bouchard 26,717 76.4 +14.5
Martin Cauvier 4,219 12.1 -22.7
Réjean Lalancette 3,318 9.5 +7.2
Mémile Michel Simard 723 2.1
Total valid votes 34,977 100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Benoît Bouchard 22,981 61.8 +60.4
Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet 12,917 34.8 -17.2
Marius Tremblay 837 2.3 +0.6
Candide Simard 422 1.1
Total valid votes 37,157 100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet 17,724 51.9 +11.6
Charles Arthur Gauthier 14,832 43.5 -2.5
Carol André Simard 569 1.7 +0.5
Paul Desbiens 507 1.5 -9.4
Donald Bobette Simard 503 1.5 +0.3
Total valid votes 34,135 100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Charles-Arthur Gauthier 15,582 45.9 -10.4
Georges-Henri Bouchard 13,677 40.3 +2.5
Jacques Brunet 3,705 10.9 +6.1
Pierre Marion 405 1.2
Jacques Ouellet 385 1.1 +0.1
Raymond Archambault 183 0.5
Total valid votes 33,937 100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Charles-Arthur Gauthier 12,877 56.4 +5.2
Louis-Ovide Bouchard 8,636 37.8 -0.5
Louis-Georges Gagnon 1,096 4.8 -5.8
Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt 240 1.1
Total valid votes 22,849 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Charles-Arthur Gauthier 11,316 51.1 +4.1
Julien Mongeon 8,472 38.3 -3.0
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.

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Charles-Arthur Gauthier 8,811 47.0 +2.5
Lucien Larouche 7,727 41.3 +1.9
Fernand Bouchard 1,951 10.4 -0.7
Pierre Cajolais 241 1.3 -3.7
Total valid votes 18,730 100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Charles-Arthur Gauthier 8,736 44.6 -7.3
Georges Villeneuve 7,712 39.3 +4.7
Aurélien Talbot 2,189 11.2 +2.8
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.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Charles-Arthur Gauthier 10,345 51.9 -1.6
Albert Garant 6,908 34.6 +8.3
J.-Eugène Perron 1,667 8.4 -11.8
Robert Gaulin 1,025 5.1
Total valid votes 19,945 100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Charles-Arthur Gauthier 11,180 53.5
Georges Villeneuve 5,510 26.4 -19.7
Jean-Noël Tremblay 4,216 20.2 -33.8
Total valid votes 20,906 100.0
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jean-Noël Tremblay 10,696 53.9 +14.0
Georges Villeneuve 9,130 46.1 -14.0
Total valid votes 19,826 100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Georges Villeneuve 10,860 60.0 +9.5
Jean Lindsay 7,236 40.0 -9.5
Total valid votes 18,096 100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Georges Villeneuve 8,646 50.5 +14.5
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 % ±%
Paul-Henri Spence 6,703 41.2
Cyrille Potvin 5,854 36.0 -13.7
Adjutor Boulanger 3,703 22.8
Total valid votes 16,260 100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Joseph-Alfred Dion 8,103 49.7
J.-Augustin Fortin 6,078 37.3
Louis-Joseph-Xavier Dallaire 2,135 13.1
Total valid votes 16,316 100.0

See also

References

  • "Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (Code 24060) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • Riding history since 2004
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012

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