Lac-Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)

Lac-Saint-Jean is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1890.

Geography

The riding is located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean administrative region of the province of Quebec.

It consists of the municipalities of:
*Alma
*Desbiens
*Hébertville
*Hébertville-Station
*Labrecque
*Lamarche
*Larouche
*L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur
*Métabetchouan Lac-à-la-Croix
*St-André-du-Lac-St-Jean
*St-Bruno
*St-Gédéon
*St-Henri-de-Taillon
*St-Ludger-de-Milot
*Sainte-Monique
*Saint-Nazaire

Linguistic demographics

*Francophone: 99.4%
*Anglophone: 0.4%
*Allophone: 0.2%per cent mother tongue - single answers

Members of Legislative Assembly

* Pierre-Léandre Marcotte, Liberal (1890-1892)
* Joseph Girard Conservative Party (1892-1900)
* Georges Tanguay, Liberal (1900-1908)
* Théodore-Louis-Antoine Broet, Liberal (1908)
* Jean-Baptiste Carbonneau, Liberal (1908-1916)
* Jean-Sylvio-Narcisse Turcotte, Conservative Party (1916-1919)
* Émile Moreau, Liberal (1919-1931)
* Joseph-Ludger Fillion, Liberal (1931-1935)
* Joseph-Léonard Duguay, Conservative Party - Union Nationale (1935-1939)
* Joseph-Ludger Fillion, Liberal (1939-1948)
* Antonio Auger, Union Nationale (1948-1959)
* Jean-Paul Levasseur, Union Nationale (1959-1960)
* Lucien Collard, Liberal (1960-1966)

Members of National Assembly

* Joseph-Léonce Desmeules, Union Nationale (1966-1970)
* Roger Pilote, Liberal (1970-1976)
* Jacques Brassard, Parti Québécois (1976-2002)
* Stéphan Tremblay, Parti Québécois (2002-2007)
* Alexandre Cloutier, Parti Québécois (2007-)

Election results

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Parti Québécois
Alexandre Cloutier
align="right"|14,754
align="right"|46.45
align="right"
- Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row
Liberal
Yves Bolduc
align="right"|9,165
align="right"|28.85
align="right"
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Action démocratique
Éric Girard
align="right"|6,835
align="right"|21.52
align="right"
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Québec solidaire
Denis Plamondon
align="right"|536
align="right"|1.69
align="right"
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Green
Vital Tremblay
align="right"|475
align="right"|1.50
align="right"

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Parti Québécois
Stéphan Tremblay
align="right"|15,200
align="right"|53.71
align="right"
- Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row
Liberal
Benoît Harvey
align="right"|7,405
align="right"|26.17
align="right"
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Action démocratique
Roger Filion
align="right"|5,694
align="right"|20.12
align="right"
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References

* [http://www.cbc.ca/quebecvotes2007/riding/055 Quebec Votes 2007, Riding Profiles] "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation", retrieved 27 March 2007
* [http://www.monvote.qc.ca/fr/infoCirc_resultats.asp?br=br&brs=brs&bvh=bvh&bva=bva&bvo=bvo&onglet=3&langue=fr&lstCirc=778&nomCirc=&codePostal=&nocivique= Information on the Electoral Divisions Holding Elections] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 27 March 2007
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/fr/tableaux/Referendum_1995_8481.asp Référendum du 30 octobre 1995] "Directeur Général des Élections du Québec", retrieved 27 March 2007
* [http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-lac-saint-jean.html Lac-Saint-Jean elections results, Quebec Politique]
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/script/affiche_carte.asp?annee=2001&bsq=778 Map of Lac-Saint-Jean electoral district]
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/fr/pdf/carte_recto.pdf Quebec electoral map]

Neighbouring electoral districts

Canadian City Geographic Location
North=Ungava
West=Roberval, Laviolette
Center=Lac-Saint-Jean
East=Dubuc, Jonquière, Charlevoix
South=Chauveau