Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
Saint-Jean electoral district Federal electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP Christine Normandin Bloc Québécois District created 1966 First contested 1968 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile ,map Demographics Population (2011 )[ 1] 108,244 Electors (2015)88,081 Area (km²)[ 1] 734 Pop. density (per km²) 147.5 Census subdivision(s) Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ,Mont-Saint-Grégoire ,Lacolle ,Saint-Alexandre ,Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois ,Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix ,Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu ,Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville ,Saint-Valentin
Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ⓘ electoral district inQuebec , Canada, that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada since 1968.
According to the2021 Canadian census ,2023 representation order [ 2] Racial groups: 94.7% White, 1.5% Indigenous, 1.2% BlackLanguages: 94.4% French, 4.1% EnglishReligions: 69.2% Christian (62.4% Catholic, 6.8% Other), 1.2% Muslim, 29.1% NoneMedian income: $42,400 (2020)Average income: $49,680 (2020)
The riding extends along theRichelieu River southeast ofMontreal , in the Quebec region ofMontérégie . It consists of the northern and western parts of the RCM ofLe Haut-Richelieu .
The neighbouring ridings areBeauharnois—Salaberry ,Brossard—La Prairie ,Chambly—Borduas ,Shefford , andBrome—Missisquoi .
Its population is 102,902, with 85,659 registered electors, and has an area of 734 km2 .
Long a Bloc stronghold, the riding of Saint-Jean turned orange as the NDP swept the province of Quebec in 2011. BQ support was generally spread evenly throughout the riding, like the victorious NDP. The Liberals did slightly better in and around Lacolle than in other portions of the seat but had weak support in all parts of the riding. The Conservatives did have some pockets of good support, but they were largely isolated. Their support was largely uniform, although they did slightly better in the rural areas.
It was created in 1966 from parts ofBeauharnois—Salaberry ,Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie andSaint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville ridings.
This riding was not changed during the2012 electoral redistribution .
Members of Parliament [ edit ] 2021 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Christine Normandin 27,243 46.01 +1.16 $24,135.60 Liberal Jean Rioux 16,650 28.12 -2.44 $25,867.78 Conservative Serge Benoit 7,544 12.74 +2.05 $8,881.79 New Democratic Jeremy Fournier 4,308 7.28 -0.47 $1,799.40 Free Jean-Charles Cléroux 1,790 3.02 – $574.88 Green Leigh V. Ryan 1,262 2.13 -2.92 none listed Indépendance du Québec Pierre Duteau 413 0.70 +0.23 $0.00 Total valid votes/expense limit 59,210 – – $120,327.62 Total rejected ballots Turnout Eligible voters 91,951 Bloc Québécois hold Swing +1.80 Source:Elections Canada [ 5]
2019 Canadian federal election :Saint-Jean Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Christine Normandin 27,750 44.8 +19.99 $14,561.23 Liberal Jean Rioux 18,906 30.6 -2.56 $111,054.31 Conservative Martin Thibert 6,612 10.7 -0.15 $12,932.62 New Democratic Chantal Reeves 4,794 7.7 -21.37 $0.10 Green André-Philippe Chenail 3,127 5.1 +2.98 $2,436.80 People's Marc Hivon 397 0.6 – none listed Indépendance du Québec Yvon Savary 289 0.5 – $137.94 Total valid votes/expense limit 61,875 100.0 Total rejected ballots 1,241 Turnout 63,116 Eligible voters 91,035 Population 111,190 Bloc Québécois gain fromLiberal Swing +11.28 Source:Elections Canada [ 6] [ 7]
2015 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Liberal Jean Rioux 20,022 33.16 +24.32 – New Democratic Hans Marotte 17,555 29.07 -18.40 – Bloc Québécois Denis Hurtubise 14,979 24.81 -5.69 – Conservative Stéphane Guinta 6,549 10.85 +0.18 – Green Marilyn Redivo 1,281 2.12 -0.40 – Total valid votes/expense limit 60,386 100.00 $228,390.29 Total rejected ballots 1,231 2.00 – Turnout 61,617 69.69 – Eligible voters 88,414 Liberal gain fromNew Democratic Swing +21.36 Source:Elections Canada [ 8] [ 9]
2008 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Claude Bachand 26,506 49.6 -4.4 $75,270 Liberal Claire Ste-Marie 9,430 17.7 +5.3 $18,708 Conservative Marie-Josée Mercier 9,281 17.4 -4.7 $86,608 New Democratic Philippe Refghi 5,529 10.3 +3.3 $1,813 Green Pierre Tremblay 2,160 4.0 -0.6 $872 Independent Guy Berger 520 1.0 Total valid votes/expense limit 53,426 100.0 $87,185 Total rejected ballots 830 1.5 Turnout 54,256 67.9
2006 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Claude Bachand 28,070 54.0 -6.1 $71,327 Conservative Francis Lévesque 11,516 22.1 +14.3 $6,476 Liberal Maro Akoury 6,426 12.4 -13.6 $27,591 New Democratic Mathieu-Gilles Lanciault 3,622 7.0 +3.5 $2,283 Green Véronique Bisaillon 2,371 4.6 +1.9 $311 Total valid votes/expense limit 52,005 100.0 $80,251
2004 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Claude Bachand 29,485 60.1 +12.3 $74,555 Liberal Michel Fecteau 12,729 25.9 -10.4 $73,815 Conservative Joseph Khoury 3,856 7.9 -4.6 $29,196 New Democratic Jonathan Trépanier 1,687 3.4 +2.0 $86 Green Claude Genest 1,298 2.6 – Total valid votes/expense limit 49,055 100.0 $77,882
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
^a b Statistics Canada : 2012^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 2, 2024)."Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Jean [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Quebec" .www12.statcan.gc.ca . RetrievedNovember 14, 2025 . ^ "Voter information service" .Elections Canada . RetrievedMay 3, 2025 .^ "Official Voting Results" . Elections Canada. RetrievedNovember 14, 2025 .^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election" .Elections Canada . RetrievedSeptember 2, 2021 .^ "List of confirmed candidates" .Elections Canada . RetrievedOctober 3, 2019 .^ Canada, Elections."Election Night Results - Electoral Districts" .enr.elections.ca . RetrievedOctober 29, 2019 . ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Saint-Jean, 30 September 2015 ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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