Misplaced Pages

Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada

Saint-Maurice—Champlain
Quebec electoral district
Saint-Maurice–Champlain in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
François-Philippe Champagne
Liberal
District created2003
First contested2004
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)110,273
Electors (2015)91,588
Area (km²)38,904
Pop. density (per km²)2.8
Census division(s)La Tuque, Les Chenaux, Mékinac, Shawinigan
Census subdivision(s)Trois-Rivières (part), Shawinigan, La Tuque, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Saint-Tite, Saint-Maurice, Sainte-Thècle, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Obedjiwan, Champlain

Saint-Maurice–Champlain (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

It consists of:

  • the City of Shawinigan;
  • the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Saint-Maurice, including Communauté de Wemotaci Indian Reserve, Coucoucache Indian Reserve No. 24A and Obedjiwan Indian Reserve No. 28; and
  • the regional county municipalities of Les Chenaux and Mékinac.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, Trois-Rivières, Berthier—Maskinongé, Joliette, Laurentides—Labelle, and Pontiac.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 93.0% White, 5.5% Indigenous

Languages: 93.9% French, 2.6% Atikamekw, 1.1% English

Religions: 75.7% Christian (70.3% Catholic, 5.4% Other), 23.5% none

Median income: $37,200 (2020)

Average income: $43,040 (2020)

History

Saint-Maurice—Champlain riding was created in 2003 from parts of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, Champlain, Roberval and Saint-Maurice ridings.

This riding gained territory from Trois-Rivières during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Saint-Maurice—Champlain
Riding created from Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik,
Champlain, Roberval and Saint-Maurice
38th  2004–2006     Marcel Gagnon Bloc Québécois
39th  2006–2008 Jean-Yves Laforest
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2012     Lise St-Denis New Democratic
 2012–2015     Liberal
42nd  2015–2019 François-Philippe Champagne
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal François-Philippe Champagne 23,913 42.4 +2.8 $72,408.64
Bloc Québécois Jacynthe Bruneau 16,940 30.1 -4.1 $13,486.24
Conservative Jacques Bouchard 10,139 18.0 +1.7 $3,888.81
New Democratic Valérie Bergeron 2,849 5.1 -0.2 $4,894.13
Free Marie Gabrielle Rouleau 932 1.7 N/A $572.97
Green Marie-Claude Gaudet 731 1.3 -1.8 $704.90
Marijuana Hugo Beaumont Tremblay 307 0.5 N/A $1,661.82
Rhinoceros Dji-Pé Frazer 285 0.5 N/A $0.00
Independent Alain Magnan 241 0.4 N/A none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 56,337 97.6 $139,639.56
Total rejected ballots 1,379 2.4
Turnout 57,716 61.7
Eligible voters 93,622
Liberal hold Swing +3.5
Source: Elections Canada


2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal François-Philippe Champagne 23,104 39.55 -1.97 $101,231.55
Bloc Québécois Nicole Morin 19,950 34.15 +14.99 $4,638.18
Conservative Bruno-Pier Courchesne 9,542 16.33 +0.06 none listed
New Democratic Barthélémy Boisguérin 3,071 5.26 -15.51 none listed
Green Stéphanie Dufresne 1,809 3.10 +1.16 none listed
People's Julie Déziel 938 1.61 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,414 100.0
Total rejected ballots 1,307 2.19
Turnout 59,721 65.20
Eligible voters 91,594
Liberal hold Swing -8.48
Source: Elections Canada
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal François-Philippe Champagne 24,475 41.52 +30.59 $107,029.87
New Democratic Jean-Yves Tremblay 12,245 20.77 -20.51 $29,855.51
Bloc Québécois Sacki Carignan Deschamps 11,295 19.16 -9.31 $32,567.29
Conservative Jacques Grenier 9,592 16.27 -0.86 $49,358.13
Green Martial Toupin 1,144 1.94 -0.09 $3,832.69
Marxist–Leninist Jean-Paul Bédard 196 0.33
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,947 100.0   $269,923.91
Total rejected ballots 1,175 1.95
Turnout 60,122 65.29
Eligible voters 92,086
Source: Elections Canada
2011 federal election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 22,777 41.28
  Bloc Québécois 15,711 28.47
  Conservative 9,452 17.13
  Liberal 6,029 10.93
  Green 1,120 2.03
  Others 88 0.16
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lise St-Denis 18,628 39.1 +31.3
Bloc Québécois Jean-Yves Laforest 13,961 29.3 -14.7
Conservative Jacques Grenier 8,447 17.7 -6.2
Liberal Yves Tousignant 5,670 11.9 -9.1
Green Pierre Audette 972 2.0 -1.4
Total valid votes/expense limit 47,678 100.0
Total rejected ballots 1,193 2.4
Turnout 48,871 60.8
Eligible voters 80,315
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Jean-Yves Laforest 20,397 44.0 -0.6 $57,864
Conservative Stéphane Roof 11,083 23.9 -9.1 $65,544
Liberal Ronald St-Onge Lynch 9,755 21.0 +9.5 $1,857
New Democratic Anne Marie Aubert 3,601 7.8 +0.3
Green Martial Toupin 1,562 3.4 -0.2 $2,629
Total valid votes/expense limit 46,398 100.0 $99,633
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Jean-Yves Laforest 21,532 44.3 -11.0 $36,733
Conservative Martial Toupin 16,028 33.0 +24.2 $13,342
Liberal Lucille Whissell 5,612 11.6 -19.0 $14,587
New Democratic Claude Larocque 3,684 7.6 +5.2 $1,524
Green Pierre Cayou Audette 1,705 3.5 +1.7 $1,585
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,561 100.0 $93,422
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Marcel Gagnon 25,918 55.3 $55,299
Liberal Marie-Eve Bilodeau 14,320 30.6 $64,827
Conservative Martial Toupin 4,129 8.8 $17,805
New Democratic Pierre J.C. Allard 1,104 2.4
Green Pierre Cayou Audette 855 1.8 $7.58
Marijuana Paul Giroux 547 1.2
Total valid votes/expense limit 46,873 100.0 $91,967

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Maurice--Champlain [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  3. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  6. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Saint-Maurice—Champlain, 30 September 2015
  7. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  8. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
Federal ridings in Central Quebec
Bloc Québécois
Conservative
Liberal
Federal ridings in Quebec
Central Quebec
Côte-Nord and Saguenay
Eastern Quebec
The Eastern Townships
The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec
Montreal
(East, West, North) & Laval
Laval
Montérégie
Quebec City
See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts
Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015
Until 2006
Until 2004
Until 2000
Until 1997
Until 1993
Until 1988
Until 1984
Until 1980
Until 1979
Until 1974
Until 1972
Until 1968
Until 1962
Until 1953
Until 1949
Until 1935
Until 1925
Until 1917
Before 1900


47°00′32″N 72°37′12″W / 47.009°N 72.620°W / 47.009; -72.620

Categories: