Jonquière (federal electoral district)

Jonquière
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mario Simard; Bloc Québécois
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District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	87,596
Electors (2019)	72,713
Area (km²)	42,453
Pop. density (per km²)	2.1
Census division(s)	Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, Saguenay
Census subdivision(s)	Saguenay (part), Saint-Honoré, Saint-Ambroise, Saint-David-de-Falardeau, Saint-Fulgence, Saint-Nazaire, Larouche, Labrecque, Bégin, Saint-Charles-de-Bourget

Jonquière is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2004 and again from the 2015 election onward.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Lapointe and Montmorency ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Jonquière—Alma and Chicoutimi—Le Fjord ridings. It was re-created during the 2012 electoral redistribution from parts of Jonquière—Alma, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 94.8% White, 4.1% Indigenous

Languages: 98.2% French

Religions: 78.5% Christian (72.0% Catholic, 6.5% Other), 21.1% None

Median income: $42,400 (2020)

Average income: $49,200 (2020)

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Jonquière Riding created from Lapointe and Montmorency
31st	1979–1980	Gilles Marceau	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Gilles Marceau	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	André Caron	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
37th	2000–2004	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
Riding dissolved into Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and Jonquière—Alma
Riding re-created from Jonquière—Alma, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
42nd	2015–2019	Karine Trudel	New Democratic
43rd	2019–2021	Mario Simard	Bloc Québécois
44th	2021–present	Mario Simard	Bloc Québécois

Graph of election results in Jonquière (since 2011, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	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 Québécois hold		Swing		-1.9
Source: Elections Canada^[3]

2021 federal election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	19,687	43.11
	Conservative	12,926	28.31
	Liberal	9,496	20.80
	New Democratic	2,452	5.37
	Green	774	1.70
	Others	328	0.72

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	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 Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+8.45
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	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 Democratic hold		Swing		-19.54
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	19,829	42.50
	Conservative	15,926	34.13
	Bloc Québécois	8,985	19.26
	Liberal	1,265	2.71
	Green	600	1.29
	Rhinoceros	51	0.11