Jonquière—Alma

Electoral district in Quebec, Canada

48°31′23″N 71°23′06″W / 48.523°N 71.385°W / 48.523; -71.385District created2003District abolished2012First contested2004Last contested2011District webpageprofile, mapDemographicsPopulation (2011)^[1]99,258Electors (2011)79,322Area (km²)^[2]1,524.81Census division(s)Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM, SaguenayCensus subdivision(s)Alma, Jonquière, Saint-Ambroise

Jonquière—Alma was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay ridings.

It consists of:

the borough of Jonquière in the City of Saguenay,
the City of Alma in the Regional County Municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, and
the municipalities of Bégin, Larouche, Saint-Ambroise, Saint-Charles-de-Bourget and Saint-David-de-Falardeau in the Regional County Municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay.

The neighbouring ridings are Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and Chicoutimi—Le Fjord.

This riding is distinctive for having the lowest Liberal vote percentage in the country in the 2006 election, at only 3.1.

This riding was dissolved into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Jonquière—Alma Riding created from Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay
38th	2004–2006	Sébastien Gagnon	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	Conservative
40th	2008–2011	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	Conservative
41st	2011–2013	Claude Patry	New Democratic
41st	2013–2015	Claude Patry	Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Claude Patry	22,900	43.44	+38.56
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	18,569	35.22	-17.35
	Bloc Québécois	Pierre Forest	9,554	18.12	-19.44
	Liberal	Claude Ringuette	1,043	1.98	-3.18
	Green	France Bergeron	652	1.24	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,718	100.00
Total rejected ballots			624	1.17	-0.06
Turnout			53,342	65.88	–
Eligible voters			80,947	–	–
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+27.96

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	26,639	52.57	+0.48	$76,949
	Bloc Québécois	Chantale Bouchard	19,035	37.56	-1.74	$73,003
	Liberal	Marc Dupéré	2,616	5.16	+2.20	$7,392
	New Democratic	Jean-François Paradis	2,475	4.88	+1.01
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,765	100.00		$84,949
Total rejected ballots			630	1.23
Turnout			51,395	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.11

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	27,262	52.09	+47.26	$33,046
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Gagnon	20,569	39.30	-15.63	$61,638
	New Democratic	Martin Bertrand	2,028	3.87	+0.47	$3,447
	Liberal	Gilles Savard	1,550	2.96	-26.16	$12,756
	Green	Sylvain Dompierre	928	1.77	+0.29	$121
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,337	100.00		$79,025
	Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+31.45

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Gagnon	25,193	54.93	–	$72,155
	Liberal	Daniel Giguère	13,355	29.12	–	$54,103
	Independent	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold	2,737	5.97	–	$30,071
	Conservative	Gilles Lavoie	2,217	4.83	–	$5,559
	New Democratic	François Picard	1,561	3.40	–	$4,169
	Green	Jean-Sébastien Busque	679	1.48	–
	Communist	Michel Perron	121	0.26	–	$676
Total valid votes			45,863	100.00	–	$78,257

References

"Jonquière—Alma (Code 24026) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
2011 Results from Elections Canada at archive.today (archived January 15, 2013)
Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
Jonquière
Manicouagan
Lac-Saint-Jean

Eastern Quebec

The Eastern Townships

Beauce
Brome—Missisquoi
Compton—Stanstead
Drummond
Mégantic—L'Érable
Richmond—Arthabaska
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
Shefford
Sherbrooke

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
Abitibi—Témiscamingue
Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
Gatineau
Hull—Aylmer
Laurentides—Labelle
Mirabel
Pontiac
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
Rivière-du-Nord
Thérèse-De Blainville
Terrebonne

Montreal
(East, West, North) & Laval

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

Montérégie

Quebec City

Beauport—Limoilou
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Louis-Hébert
Louis-Saint-Laurent
Québec

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

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