Lac-Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)

Lac-Saint-Jean is a provincial electoral district in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the city of Alma.

Lac-Saint-Jean

Quebec electoral district
Coordinates:	49.598°N 71.472°W
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Éric Girard Coalition Avenir Québec
District created	1890
First contested	1890
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2012)[1]	42,637
Area (km²)[2]	20,185.0
Census subdivision(s)	Alma, Desbiens, Hébertville, Hébertville-Station, Labrecque, Lamarche, Larouche, L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Saint-Bruno, Saint-Gédéon, Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, Saint-Ludger-de-Milot, Sainte-Monique, Saint-Nazaire; Belle-Rivière, Lac-Achouakan, Lac-Moncouche, Mont-Apica, Passes-Dangereuses (part)

It was created for the 1890 election.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean and part of the unorganized territory of Passes-Dangereuses to Roberval electoral district.

It is named for Lac Saint-Jean.

Linguistic demographics

• Francophone: 99.4%
• Anglophone: 0.4%
• Allophone: 0.2%

per cent mother tongue – single answers

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
7th	1890–1892		Pierre-Léandre Marcotte	Liberal
8th	1892–1897		Joseph Girard	Conservative
9th	1897–1900
10th	1900–1904		Georges Tanguay	Liberal
11th	1904–1908
12th	1908–1908		Théodore-Louise-Antoine Broet
	1908–1912		Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau
13th	1912–1916
14th	1916–1919		Jean-Sylvio-Narcisse Turcotte	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		Émile Moreau	Liberal
16th	1923–1927
17th	1927–1931
18th	1931–1935		Joseph-Ludger Fillion
19th	1935–1936		Joseph-Léonard Duguay	Conservative
20th	1936–1939			Union Nationale
21st	1939–1944		Joseph-Ludger Fillion	Liberal
22nd	1944–1948
23rd	1948–1952		Antonio Auger	Union Nationale
24th	1952–1956
25th	1956–1959
	1959–1960		Jean-Paul Levasseur
26th	1960–1962		Lucien Collard	Liberal
27th	1962–1966
28th	1966–1970		Joseph-Léonce Desmeules	Union Nationale
29th	1970–1973		Roger Pilote	Liberal
30th	1973–1976
31st	1976–1981		Jacques Brassard	Parti Québécois
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1989
34th	1989–1994
35th	1994–1998
36th	1998–2002
	2002–2003		Stéphan Tremblay
37th	2003–2007
38th	2007–2008		Alexandre Cloutier
39th	2008–2012
40th	2012–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–Present		Éric Girard	Coalition Avenir Québec

Election results

2018 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Éric Girard	11,437	39.46	+21.15
	Parti Québécois	William Fradette	9,138	31.53	-13.00
	Québec solidaire	Manon Girard	4,305	14.85	+8.52
	Liberal	Mathieu Huot	3,630	12.53	-15.67
	Conservative	Michael Grecoff	272	0.94	+0.14
	Équipe autonomiste	Maude Gouin Huot	199	0.69
Total valid votes			28,981	98.24
Total rejected ballots			518	1.76	+0.09
Turnout			29,499	68.68	-1.16
Eligible voters			42,954
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+17.08

2014 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Alexandre Cloutier	13,159	44.53
	Liberal	Pascal Gagnon	8,331	28.19
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Élise Marchildon	5,412	18.32
	Québec solidaire	Frédérick Plamondon	1,872	6.34
	Parti nul	Francis Dubé	318	1.08
	Conservative	Yann Lavoie	235	0.80
	Option nationale	Sabrina Fauteux-Aïmola	222	0.75
Total valid votes			29,549	98.34
Total rejected ballots			500	1.66
Turnout			30,049	69.84
Electors on the lists			43,027	–

2012 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Alexandre Cloutier	16,972	53.11
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Michel Simard	8,540	24.11
	Liberal	Jeannot Boulianne	5,270	16.49
	Québec solidaire	Frédérick Plamondon	1,214	3.80
	Option nationale	Jordan Racine	323	1.01
	Green	France Bergeron	275	0.86
	Bloc Pot	Matthew Babin	200	0.63
Total valid votes			31,958	99.04
Total rejected ballots			310	0.96
Turnout			32,268	75.53
Electors on the lists			42,721	–

2008 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Alexandre Cloutier	14,539	55.62
	Liberal	Pierre Simard	7,825	29.94
	Action démocratique	Sylvain Carbonneau	2,764	10.57
	Québec solidaire	Samuel Thivierge	527	2.02
	Green	France Bergeron	483	1.85	–

2007 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Alexandre Cloutier	14,754	46.45
	Liberal	Yves Bolduc	9,165	28.85
	Action démocratique	Éric Girard	6,835	21.52
	Québec solidaire	Denis Plamondon	536	1.69
	Green	Vital Tremblay	475	1.50	–

2003 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphan Tremblay	15,200	53.71
	Liberal	Benoît Harvey	7,405	26.17
	Action démocratique	Roger Filion	5,694	20.12

Quebec provincial by-election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Stéphan Tremblay	10,924	43.50
	Action démocratique	Jocelyn Fradette	10,273	40.91
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Martel	3,914	15.59
Total valid votes			25,111	98.90
Total rejected ballots			280	1.10
Turnout			25,391	76.78
Electors on the lists			41,090	–

1998 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Brassard	21,498	70.56
	Liberal	Nöel Girard	5,792	19.01
	Action démocratique	Martin Duchesne	3,178	10.43
Total valid votes			30,468	98.89
Total rejected ballots			343	1.11
Turnout			30,811	76.78
Electors on the lists			40,129	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	25,857	73.06
	Non	9,534	26.94

1994 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Brassard	20,743	71.67
	Liberal	Denis Simard	7,269	25.11
	Natural Law	Lise Dufour	931	3.22
Total valid votes			28,943	98.08
Total rejected ballots			568	1.92
Turnout			29,511	78.58
Electors on the lists			37,557	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	23,306	76.14
	Oui	7,302	23.86

1985 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Brassard	17,028	54.82
	Liberal	Luc Harvey	12,765	41.09
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Martel	1,072	3.45
	Christian Socialist	Johanne Collard	199	0.64
Total valid votes			31,064	99.08
Total rejected ballots			289	0.92
Turnout			31,353	83.30
Electors on the lists			37,640	–

1981 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Brassard	19,602	62.32
	Liberal	Maurice Paradis	10,648	33.85
	Union Nationale	Benoit Martel	1,205	3.83
Total valid votes			31,455	99.35
Total rejected ballots			206	0.65
Turnout			31,661	86.29
Electors on the lists			36,692	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	17,674	57.61
	Non	13,007	42.39

1976 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Brassard	14,744	50.91
	Liberal	Roger Pilote	7,833	27.05
	Union Nationale	Charles-Henri Larouche	3,971	13.71
	Ralliement créditiste	Maurice Brodeur	2,414	8.33
Total valid votes			28,962	98.62
Total rejected ballots			404	1.38
Turnout			29,366	86.97
Electors on the lists			33,767	–

1973 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roger Pilote	12,554	50.70
	Parti Québécois	Georges-Henri Fortin	9,217	37.22
	Ralliement créditiste	Maurice Brodeur	1,545	6.22
	Union Nationale	Claude Gauthier	1,378	5.57
	Independent	Claude Gagnon	68	0.27
Total valid votes			24,762	98.52
Total rejected ballots			373	1.48
Turnout			25,135	85.23
Electors on the lists			29,490	–

1970 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Roger Pilote	9,339	39.76
	Parti Québécois	Georges-Henri Fortin	7,873	33.52
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Léonce Desmeules	5,515	23.48
	Ralliement créditiste	Armand Gaudreault	761	3.24
Total valid votes			23,488	98.98
Total rejected ballots			373	1.02
Turnout			23,731	89.23
Electors on the lists			26,594	–

1966 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Léonce Desmeules	10,985	52.22
	Liberal	Lucien Collard	8,430	40.07
	Ralliement national	Normand Bergeron	1,621	7.71
Total valid votes			23,488	98.40
Total rejected ballots			341	1.60
Turnout			21,377	86.09
Electors on the lists			24,831	–

1962 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucien Collard	9,171	52.63
	Union Nationale	Paul Levasseur	8,256	47.37
Total valid votes			17,427	99.04
Total rejected ballots			169	0.96
Turnout			17,596	89.25
Electors on the lists			19,716	–

1960 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucien Collard	9,844	56.65
	Union Nationale	Paul Levasseur	7,534	43.35
Total valid votes			17,378	99.30
Total rejected ballots			123	0.70
Turnout			17,501	91.75
Electors on the lists			19,075	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Jean-Paul Levasseur	8,469	56.16
	Independent	Raymond Lapointe	3,324	22.04
	Social Democratic	Michel Chartrand	3,286	21.79
Total valid votes			23,488	98.40
Total rejected ballots			341	1.60
Turnout			21,377	86.09
Electors on the lists			24,831	–

1956 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Antonio Auger	7,534	43.35
	Liberal	Lucien Collard	9,844	56.65
Total valid votes			17,378	99.30
Total rejected ballots			123	0.70
Turnout			17,501	91.75
Electors on the lists			19,074	–

1952 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Antonio Auger	8,180	57.87
	Liberal	Louis-Patrick Falardeau	5,795	40.99
	Independent UN	Lionel Charlebois	161	1.14
Total valid votes			14,136	99.12
Total rejected ballots			126	0.88
Turnout			14,262	85.78
Electors on the lists			16,627	–

1948 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Antonio Auger	6,277	55.12
	Liberal	Joseph-Ludger Fillion	4,616	40.54
	Union des électeurs	Delphis Larouche	494	4.34
Total valid votes			11,387	99.04
Total rejected ballots			110	0.96
Turnout			11,497	93.33
Electors on the lists			12,318	–

1944 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph-Ludger Fillion	3,718	38.07
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Aimé Fortin	3,609	36.95
	Bloc populaire	Camille Lavoie	1,944	19.91
	Union des électeurs	Edmond Major	495	5.07
Total valid votes			9,766	99.43
Total rejected ballots			56	0.57
Turnout			9,822	93.33
Electors on the lists			10,976	–

1939 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph-Ludger Fillion	2,482	51.05
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Léonard Duguay	2,347	48.27
	Action libérale nationale	Eutrope Gaudreault	33	0.68
Total valid votes			4,862	99.31
Total rejected ballots			34	0.69
Turnout			4,896	89.15
Electors on the lists			5,492	–

1936 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Joseph-Léonard Duguay	2,544	54.28
	Liberal	Joseph-Adélard Plourde	2,143	45.27
Total valid votes			4,687	99.81
Total rejected ballots			9	0.19
Turnout			4,696	90.12
Electors on the lists			5,211	–

1931 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph-Ludger Fillion	2,055	52.75
	Conservative	Lorenzo Deschênes	1,841	47.25
Total valid votes			3,896	99.39
Total rejected ballots			24	0.61
Turnout			3,920	80.84
Electors on the lists			4,849	–

1927 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émile Moreau	4,142	64.07
	Conservative	Arthur Arcand	3,593	50.59
Total valid votes			6,465	98.72
Total rejected ballots			84	1.28
Turnout			6,549	67.91
Electors on the lists			9,643	–

1923 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émile Moreau	3,266	69.22
	Conservative	Joseph-Arthur Bouchard	1,452	30.78
Total valid votes			4,718	99.45
Total rejected ballots			26	0.55
Turnout			4,744	57.10
Electors on the lists			8,308	–

1919 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Émile Moreau	3,697	74.70
	Conservative	Thomas-Louis Bergeron	1,251	25.30
Total valid votes			4,945	98.92
Total rejected ballots			54	1.08
Turnout			4,999	57.10
Electors on the lists			7,056	–

1916 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph-Sylvio-Narcisse Turcotte	2,113	39.83
	Liberal	Alexander Benjamin Scott	1,620	30.54
	Liberal	Émile Moreau	1,572	29.63
Total valid votes			5,305	98.44
Total rejected ballots			84	1.56
Turnout			5,389	82.07
Electors on the lists			6,566	–

1912 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau	2,616	59.59
	Conservative	Gédéon Verreault	1,774	40.41
Total valid votes			4,390	98.44
Total rejected ballots			24	1.56
Turnout			4,414	65.26
Electors on the lists			6,764	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau	Acclaimed

1908 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Théodore-Louis-Antoine Broët	2,506	58.43
	Conservative	Hermas Doyon	1,783	41.57
Total valid votes			4,289	99.24
Total rejected ballots			33	0.76
Turnout			4,322	75.93
Electors on the lists			5,692	–

1904 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Georges Tanguay	1,802	52.51
	Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau	1,630	47.49
Total valid votes			3,432	99.28
Total rejected ballots			25	0.72
Turnout			3,457	70.12
Electors on the lists			4,930	–

1900 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Georges Tanguay	Acclaimed
Electors on the lists			4,076	–

1897 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Girard	1,555	56.20
	Liberal	L.-C.-P.-C. Dupuis	1,212	43.80
Total valid votes			2,767	98.86
Total rejected ballots			32	1.14
Turnout			2,799	68.86
Electors on the lists			4,065	–

1892 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Girard	1,017	51.39
	Liberal	Paul-Léandre Marcotte	962	48.61
Total valid votes			1,979	98.85
Total rejected ballots			23	1.15
Turnout			2,002	68.84
Electors on the lists			2,908	–

1890 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paul-Léandre Marcotte	958	51.39
	Conservative	Séverin Dumais	906	48.61
Total valid votes			1,864	98.99
Total rejected ballots			19	1.01
Turnout			1,883	99.84
Electors on the lists			1,886	–

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=779&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=779&section=superficie

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011