Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

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
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		 

Denis Lebel
Conservative

District created 1947
First contested 1949
Last contested 2011
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 78,765
Electors (2011) 63,240
Area (km²)[2] 57,155.64
Pop. density (per km²) 1.4
Census divisions Le Domaine-du-Roy, Maria-Chapdelaine, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Census subdivisions 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.

This is the riding with the highest percentage of non-immigrants (99.4%)[3] and of people with French as their home language (also 99.4%).[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Roberval
Riding created from Lake St-John—Roberval
21st  1949 − 1952     Joseph-Alfred Dion Liberal
 1952 − 1953     Paul-Henri Spence Progressive Conservative
22nd  1953 − 1957     Georges Villeneuve Liberal
23rd  1957 − 1958
24th  1958 − 1962     Jean-Noël Tremblay Progressive Conservative
25th  1962 − 1963     Charles-Arthur Gauthier Social Credit
26th  1963 − 1963
 1963 − 1965     Ralliement créditiste
27th  1965 − 1968
28th  1968 − 1971
 1971 − 1972     Social Credit
29th  1972 − 1974
30th  1974 − 1979
31st  1979 − 1980
32nd  1980 − 1984     Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet Liberal
33rd  1984 − 1988     Benoît Bouchard Progressive Conservative
34th  1988 − 1993
35th  1993 − 1997     Michel Gauthier Bloc Québécois
36th  1997 − 2000
37th  2000 − 2004
38th  2004 − 2006
Riding renamed — Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
39th  2006 − 2007     Michel Gauthier Bloc Québécois
 2007 − 2008     Denis Lebel Conservative
40th  2008 − 2011
41st  2011 − Present

Election results

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, 2004 – present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDenis Lebel 18,438 45.68 +2.14 –
New DemocraticYvon Guay 11,182 27.70 +22.99 –
Bloc QuébécoisClaude Pilote 8,577 21.25 -18.40 –
LiberalBernard Garneau 1,615 4.00 -6.09 –
GreenSteeve Simard 553 1.37 -0.63 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 40,365100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 4941.21+0.04
Turnout 40,85964.42+5.43
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDenis Lebel 16,055 43.54 -16.14 $88,243
Bloc QuébécoisClaude Pilote 14,619 39.65 +12.89 $79,101
LiberalBernard Garneau 3,721 10.09 +0.54 $9,041
New DemocraticCatherine Forbes 1,738 4.71 +2.40 –
GreenJocelyn Tremblay 737 2.00 +0.29 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 36,870100.00  $98,690
Total rejected ballots 4371.17–
Turnout 37,30758.99–
     Conservative Party hold Swing -14.18
Canadian federal by-election, 17 September 2007
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDenis Lebel 17,463 59.68 +22.50 $95,449
Bloc QuébécoisCéline Houde 7,830 26.76 -18.44 $93,915
LiberalLouise Boulanger 2,795 9.55 +1.80 $51,293
New DemocraticÉric Dubois 675 2.31 -3.22 $3,123
GreenJean-Luc Boily 499 1.71 -2.63 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 29,262100.00 $95,677
Total rejected ballots 2650.90
Turnout 29,52746.83
Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +20.23
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Gauthier 17,586 45.20 -14.20 $57,312
ConservativeGhislain Lavoie 14,463 37.18 +28.52 $12,647
LiberalLuc Chiasson 3,014 7.75 -15.44 $9,150
New DemocraticFrançois Privé 2,151 5.53 +0.42 $936
GreenSébastien Girard 1,689 4.34 +0.72 $719
Total valid votes/Expense limit 38,903100.00  $91,857

Roberval, 1947 – 2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Gauthier 20,655 59.40 +1.77 $54,905
LiberalMichel Mallette 8,064 23.19 -9.20 $52,630
ConservativeGhislain Lavoie 3,011 8.66 +0.77 $6,974
New DemocraticIsabelle Tremblay 1,777 5.11 +4.32 $895
GreenMarc-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.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Gauthier 16,928 55.1 +3.0
LiberalJean-Pierre Boivin 10,680 34.7 +8.5
AllianceRaymond A. Brideau 1,829 5.9
Progressive ConservativeMarie-Christine Huot 870 2.8 -17.5
New DemocraticAlain Giguère 437 1.4 +0.1
Total valid votes 30,744100.0
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Gauthier 16,207 52.1 -7.6
LiberalJean-Pierre Boivin 8,176 26.3 +5.9
Progressive ConservativeFrance Tanguay 6,312 20.3 +2.0
New DemocraticAlain Giguère 412 1.3 -0.2
Total valid votes 31,107 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Bloc QuébécoisMichel Gauthier 18,869 59.7
LiberalAurélien Gill 6,443 20.4 +8.3
Progressive ConservativeHenri-Paul Brassard 5,793 18.3 -58.0
New DemocraticAlain Giguère 485 1.5 -8.0
Total valid votes 31,590 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeBenoît Bouchard 26,717 76.4 +14.5
LiberalMartin Cauvier 4,219 12.1 -22.7
New DemocraticRéjean Lalancette 3,318 9.5 +7.2
RhinocerosMémile Michel Simard 723 2.1
Total valid votes 34,977 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeBenoît Bouchard 22,981 61.8 +60.4
LiberalSuzanne Beauchamp-Niquet 12,917 34.8 -17.2
New DemocraticMarius Tremblay 837 2.3 +0.6
Parti nationalisteCandide Simard 422 1.1
Total valid votes 37,157 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalSuzanne Beauchamp-Niquet 17,724 51.9 +11.6
Social CreditCharles Arthur Gauthier 14,832 43.5 -2.5
New DemocraticCarol André Simard 569 1.7 +0.5
Progressive ConservativePaul Desbiens 507 1.5 -9.4
RhinocerosDonald Bobette Simard 503 1.5 +0.3
Total valid votes 34,135 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Social CreditCharles-Arthur Gauthier 15,582 45.9 -10.4
LiberalGeorges-Henri Bouchard 13,677 40.3 +2.5
Progressive ConservativeJacques Brunet 3,705 10.9 +6.1
RhinocerosPierre Marion 405 1.2
New DemocraticJacques Ouellet 385 1.1 +0.1
Union populaireRaymond Archambault 183 0.5
Total valid votes 33,937 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Social CreditCharles-Arthur Gauthier 12,877 56.4 +5.2
LiberalLouis-Ovide Bouchard 8,636 37.8 -0.5
Progressive ConservativeLouis-Georges Gagnon 1,096 4.8 -5.8
New DemocraticJean-Pierre Vaillancourt 240 1.1
Total valid votes 22,849 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Social CreditCharles-Arthur Gauthier 11,316 51.1 +4.1
LiberalJulien Mongeon 8,472 38.3 -3.0
Progressive ConservativeMarcel 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.

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Ralliement créditisteCharles-Arthur Gauthier 8,811 47.0 +2.5
LiberalLucien Larouche 7,727 41.3 +1.9
Progressive ConservativeFernand Bouchard 1,951 10.4 -0.7
New DemocraticPierre Cajolais 241 1.3 -3.7
Total valid votes 18,730 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Ralliement créditisteCharles-Arthur Gauthier 8,736 44.6 -7.3
LiberalGeorges Villeneuve 7,712 39.3 +4.7
Progressive ConservativeAurélien Talbot 2,189 11.2 +2.8
New DemocraticRobert 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.

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Social CreditCharles-Arthur Gauthier 10,345 51.9 -1.6
LiberalAlbert Garant 6,908 34.6 +8.3
Progressive ConservativeJ.-Eugène Perron 1,667 8.4 -11.8
New DemocraticRobert Gaulin 1,025 5.1
Total valid votes 19,945 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Social CreditCharles-Arthur Gauthier 11,180 53.5
LiberalGeorges Villeneuve 5,510 26.4 -19.7
Progressive ConservativeJean-Noël Tremblay 4,216 20.2 -33.8
Total valid votes 20,906 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJean-Noël Tremblay 10,696 53.9 +14.0
LiberalGeorges Villeneuve 9,130 46.1 -14.0
Total valid votes 19,826 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGeorges Villeneuve 10,860 60.0 +9.5
Progressive ConservativeJean Lindsay 7,236 40.0 -9.5
Total valid votes 18,096 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGeorges Villeneuve 8,646 50.5 +14.5
Progressive ConservativePaul-Henri Spence 8,477 49.5 +8.3
Total valid votes 17,123 100.0
Canadian federal by-election, 26 May 1952
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativePaul-Henri Spence 6,703 41.2 –
LiberalCyrille Potvin 5,854 36.0 -13.7
Independent LiberalAdjutor Boulanger 3,703 22.8 –
Total valid votes 16,260 100.0
Called on Mr. Dion's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 8 April 1952
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJoseph-Alfred Dion 8,103 49.7
IndependentJ.-Augustin Fortin 6,078 37.3
Union des électeursLouis-Joseph-Xavier Dallaire 2,135 13.1
Total valid votes 16,316 100.0

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
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  4. ↑ "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-19.