Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Jonquière Quebecelectoral district |
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| Federal electoral district |
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| Legislature | House of Commons |
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| MP | Mario Simard Bloc Québécois |
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| District created | 2013 |
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| First contested | 2015 |
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| Last contested | 2021 |
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| District webpage | profile,map |
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| Demographics |
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| Population (2016)[1] | 87,596 |
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| Electors (2019) | 72,713 |
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| Area (km²)[1] | 42,453 |
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| Pop. density (per km²) | 2.1 |
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| Census division(s) | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay,Lac-Saint-Jean-Est,Saguenay |
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| Census subdivision(s) | Saguenay (part),Saint-Ambroise,Saint-Bruno,Hébertville,L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur,Saint-Nazaire,Larouche,Labrecque,Hébertville-Station |
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Jonquière (French pronunciation:[ʒɔ̃kjɛʁ]) is a federalelectoral district inQuebec, Canada, that was represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004 and again from the2015 election onward.
This riding was created in 1976 from parts ofLapointe andMontmorency ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed intoJonquière—Alma andChicoutimi—Le Fjord ridings. It was re-created during the2012 electoral redistribution from parts ofJonquière—Alma,Chicoutimi—Le Fjord andRoberval—Lac-Saint-Jean.
Following the2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding lost the municipalities ofSaint-David-de-Falardeau,Sainte-Rose-du-Nord,Saint-Fulgence, andSaint-Honoré toChicoutimi—Le Fjord, and gained the municipalities ofHébertville,Hébertville-Station,L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur,Saint-Augustin,Saint-Bruno,Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc,Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay,Saint-Ludger-de-Milot andSaint-Stanislas as well as thePasses-Dangereuses unorganized area fromLac-Saint-Jean.
According to the2021 Canadian census,2023 representation order[2]
Race: 94.8% White, 4.0% Indigenous
Languages: 98.8% French, 1.1% English
Religions: 79.3% Christian (72.9% Catholic, 6.4% Other), 20.3% None
Median income: $42,000 (2020)
Average income: $48,720 (2020)
Members of Parliament
[edit]This riding elected the followingmembers of Parliament:
Graph of election results in Jonquière (since 2011, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2021 Canadian federal election |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
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| 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 Québécoishold | Swing | -1.9 |
| Source:Elections Canada[6] |
| 2019 Canadian federal election |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
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| 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 Québécoisgain fromNew Democratic | Swing | +8.45 |
| Source:Elections Canada[7][8] |
| 2015 Canadian federal election |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
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| 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 Democratichold | Swing | -19.54 |
| Source:Elections Canada[9][10] |
- ^abStatistics Canada: 2016
- ^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 2, 2024)."Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Jonquière [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Quebec".www12.statcan.gc.ca. RetrievedJune 4, 2025.
- ^"Voter information service".Elections Canada. RetrievedMay 3, 2025.
- ^"Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. RetrievedJune 4, 2025.
- ^"Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders".Elections Canada. RetrievedApril 9, 2024.
- ^"Confirmed candidates — Jonquière".Elections Canada. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2021.
- ^"List of confirmed candidates".Elections Canada. RetrievedOctober 3, 2019.
- ^"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. RetrievedNovember 12, 2019.
- ^Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Jonquière, 30 September 2015
- ^Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for CandidatesArchived 2015-08-15 at theWayback Machine
- ^Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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