Jonquière (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada This article is about the federal district. For the provincial district, see Jonquière (provincial electoral district).

Jonquière

Quebec electoral district

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Mario Simard
Bloc Québécois

District created

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2016)

87,596

Electors (2019)

72,713

Area (km²)

42,453

Pop. density (per km²)

2.1

Census division(s)

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Saguenay

Census subdivision(s)

Saguenay (part), Saint-Honoré, Saint-Ambroise, Saint-David-de-Falardeau, Saint-Fulgence, Saint-Nazaire, Larouche, Labrecque, Bégin, Saint-Charles-de-Bourget

Jonquière (French pronunciation: [ʒɔ̃kjɛʁ]) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004 and again from the 2015 election onward.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Lapointe and Montmorency ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Jonquière—Alma and Chicoutimi—Le Fjord ridings. It was re-created during the 2012 electoral redistribution from parts of Jonquière—Alma, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 94.8% White, 4.1% Indigenous

Languages: 98.2% French

Religions: 78.5% Christian (72.0% Catholic, 6.5% Other), 21.1% None

Median income: $42,400 (2020)

Average income: $49,200 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Jonquière Riding created from Lapointe and Montmorency
31st	1979–1980	Gilles Marceau	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Gilles Marceau	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	André Caron	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
37th	2000–2004	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
Riding dissolved into Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and Jonquière—Alma
Riding re-created from Jonquière—Alma, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
42nd	2015–2019	Karine Trudel	New Democratic
43rd	2019–2021	Mario Simard	Bloc Québécois
44th	2021–present	Mario Simard	Bloc Québécois

Election results

2015–present

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Graph of election results in Jonquière (since 2011, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Simard	19,036	41.9	+6.3	$21,445.47
	Conservative	Louise Gravel	13,223	29.1	+8.2	$28,273.75
	Liberal	Stéphane Bégin	9,546	21.0	+5.1	$15,443.09
	New Democratic	Marieve Ruel	2,559	5.6	-19.0	$1,358.35
	Green	Marie-Josée Yelle	738	1.6	-0.4	$0.00
	Rhinoceros	Line Bélanger	372	0.8	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,474	97.5	–	$127,988.39
Total rejected ballots			1,188	2.5
Turnout			46,662	63.2
Registered voters			73,830
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-1.9
Source: Elections Canada

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	19,687	43.11
	Conservative	12,926	28.31
	Liberal	9,496	20.80
	New Democratic	2,452	5.37
	Green	774	1.70
	Others	328	0.72

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Mario Simard	17,577	35.6	+12.31	$11,695.16
	New Democratic	Karine Trudel	12,141	24.6	-4.59	$58,005.08
	Conservative	Philippe Gagnon	10,338	20.9	+4.01	$52,967.51
	Liberal	Vincent Garneau	7,849	15.9	-12.58	$42,992.12
	Green	Lyne Bourdages	1,009	2.0	+0.64	$0.00
	People's	Sylvie Théodore	453	0.9		$1,360.01
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,367	100.0
Total rejected ballots			999
Turnout			50,366	69.3
Eligible voters			72,713
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+8.45
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Karine Trudel	14,039	29.19	-13.31	$73,851.56
	Liberal	Marc Pettersen	13,700	28.48	+25.77	$11,172.02
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-François Caron	11,202	23.29	+4.03	$40,340.00
	Conservative	Ursula Larouche	8,124	16.89	-17.24	$43,411.16
	Green	Carmen Budilean	656	1.36	+0.07	–
	Rhinoceros	Marielle Couture	382	0.79	+0.68	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,103	100.0		$244,585.34
Total rejected ballots			899	–	–
Turnout			49,002	–	–
Eligible voters			72,605
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-19.54
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	19,829	42.50
	Conservative	15,926	34.13
	Bloc Québécois	8,985	19.26
	Liberal	1,265	2.71
	Green	600	1.29
	Rhinoceros	51	0.11

1979–2004

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold	16,189
	Liberal	Jean-Guy Boily	11,574
	Alliance	Sylvain Néron	3,428
	New Democratic	Michel Deraiche	1,139

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold	16,415
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Giguère	11,808
	Liberal	Martial Guay	4,874
	New Democratic	Carmel Bélanger	353
	Natural Law	Normand Dufour	348

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	André Caron	25,061
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	6,637
	Liberal	Gilles Savard	4,519
	Natural Law	Normand Dufour	435
	New Democratic	Karl Bélanger	410

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	21,523
	New Democratic	Françoise Gauthier	7,026
	Liberal	Laval Tremblay	5,277

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	18,217
	Liberal	Gilles Marceau	14,088
	New Democratic	Jean Malaison	1,870
	Parti nationaliste	Magella Archibald	1,620
	Rhinoceros	Richard Boudrias Bouchard	905

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilles Marceau	22,202
	New Democratic	Jacques Hubert	4,444
	Social Credit	Harold Lévesque	1,315
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Mireault	1,126
	Union populaire	Luc Trottier	380
	Marxist–Leninist	John J. Walsh	127

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilles Marceau	21,969
	Social Credit	Jean Maurice Colombe	7,596
	New Democratic	Jacques Hubert	2,724
	Progressive Conservative	Gaston Dion	1,597
	Rhinoceros	Alain-Arthur Painchaud	1,069
	Marxist–Leninist	John Joseph Walsh	75

References

^ Statistics Canada: 2016
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Jonquière [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
"Confirmed candidates — Jonquière". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
"Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Jonquière, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada
Riding History from the Parliament of Canada

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Conservative	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord

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Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy
Ahuntsic-Cartierville Bourassa Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle Hochelaga Honoré-Mercier Lac-Saint-Louis LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Laurier—Sainte-Marie Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Outremont Papineau Pierrefonds—Dollard La Pointe-de-l'Île Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Sœurs

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v t e Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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