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Lac-Saint-Jean (later known as Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 2004.
[edit] History
This riding was created in 1947 from parts of 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- André Gauthier, Liberal (1949-1958)
- Roger Parizeau, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
- Marcel Lessard, Social Credit (1962-1965)
- Alcide Simard, Ralliement Créditiste (1965-1968)
- Marcel Lessard, Liberal (1968-1980)
- Pierre Gimaïel, Liberal (1980-1984)
- Clément Côté, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
- Lucien Bouchard, Progressive Conservative/Bloc Québécois (1988-1996)
- Stéphan Tremblay, Bloc Québécois (1996-2002)
- Sébastien Gagnon, Bloc Québécois (2002-2004)
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1965 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Ralliement créditiste |
SIMARD, Alcide |
5,642 |
| |
Liberal |
HARVEY, Réal |
5,337 |
| |
Independent |
LESSARD, Marcel |
4,736 |
| |
New Democrat |
COTÉ, Fernand |
1,477 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
GUILMETTE, Vianney |
532 |
| Canadian federal election, 1979 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Liberal |
LESSARD, Marcel |
18,978 |
| |
Social Credit |
BOUCHARD, Ph.-Aug. |
11,048 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
FLEURY, Oswald |
3,251 |
| |
New Democrat |
BÉRUBÉ, Jean-Denis |
1,589 |
| |
Rhino |
HARVEY, Marc |
802 |
| |
Union Populaire |
TREMBLAY, Guy |
421 |
| Canadian federal election, 1980 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Liberal |
GIMAÏEL, Pierre |
21,267 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
FORTIN, Lucien |
4,608 |
| |
New Democrat |
BÉRUBÉ, Jean-Denis |
3,465 |
| |
Social Credit |
TREMBLAY, Paul-Henri |
2,821 |
| |
Rhino |
BRIAND, Béru Louis |
1,159 |
| |
Union Populaire |
FECTEAU, Richard |
252 |
By-election: Resignation of Clément Côté, 28 April 1988.
By-election: Resignation of Lucien Bouchard, 15 January 1996
| Canadian federal election, 2000 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Bloc Québécois |
TREMBLAY, Stéphan |
21,401 |
| |
Liberal |
TREMBLAY, Jérôme |
7,518 |
| |
Canadian Alliance |
CARON, Yannick |
1,536 |
| |
Independent |
LAVOIE, Gilles |
910 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
GAGNON, Claude |
539 |
| |
New Democrat |
PROULX, Linda |
417 |
By-election: On Mr. Tremblay's resignation, 7 May 2002
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
