- Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
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Chicoutimi—Le Fjord 
Quebec electoral districtFederal electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP
Dany Morin
NDPDistrict created 1924 First contested 1925 Last contested 2011 District webpage profile, map Demographics Population (2006) 96,483 Electors (2011) 77,959 Area (km²) 43,435 Pop. density (per km²) 2.2 Census divisions Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay Census subdivisions Chicoutimi, La Baie, Saguenay, Saint-Fulgence, Saint-Honoré Chicoutimi—Le Fjord (formerly known as Chicoutimi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925.
It was created as "Chicoutimi" riding in 1924 from Chicoutimi—Saguenay. It was re-named "Chicoutimi—Le Fjord" in 2000.
The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Manicouagan, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, and Jonquière—Alma.
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Geography
The riding consisted of Chicoutimi County until 1947, when it shrank somewhat, but has always been centred on the city of Chicoutimi, Quebec.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament Years Member Party Chicoutimi—Saguenay prior to 1924 Chicoutimi 15th 1925–1926 Alfred Dubuc Liberal 16th 1926–1930 17th 1930–1935 18th 1935–1940 19th 1940–1945 20th 1945–1949 Paul-Edmond Gagnon Independent 21st 1949–1953 22nd 1953–1957 23rd 1957–1958 Rosaire Gauthier Liberal 24th 1958–1962 Vincent Brassard Progressive Conservative 25th 1962–1963 Maurice Côté Social Credit 26th 1963 1963–1965 Ralliement créditiste 27th 1965–1968 Paul Langlois Liberal 28th 1968–1972 29th 1972–1974 30th 1974–1979 31st 1979–1980 Marcel Dionne Liberal 32nd 1980–1984 33rd 1984–1988 André Harvey Progressive Conservative 34th 1988–1993 35th 1993–1997 Gilbert Fillion Bloc Québécois 36th 1997–2000 André Harvey Progressive Conservative 2000 Independent 2000 Liberal 37th 2000–2004 38th 2004–2006 Robert Bouchard Bloc Québécois 39th 2006–2008 40th 2008–2011 41st 2011–present Dany Morin New Democratic The riding followed the typical path of most nationalist Quebec ridings, except for an independent being elected (1945-1957), and former MP André Harvey narrowly defeating incumbent Gilbert Fillion in 1997, one of only a few PC seats in Quebec that year.
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures New Democrat Dany Morin 19,430 38.21 +30.38 Bloc Québécois Robert Bouchard 14,675 28.87 -12.44 Conservative Carol Néron 12,881 25.13 -9.78 Liberal Marc Pettersen 2,852 5.57 -7.87 Green Charles-Olivier Bolduc-Tremblay 780 1.53 -0.96 Rhinoceros Marielle Couture 340 0.67 Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,958 100.00 Total rejected ballots 678 1.31 Turnout 51,636 65.28 Eligible voters 79,101 Canadian federal election, 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Robert Bouchard 19,737 41.31 +2.8 $87,392 Conservative Jean-Guy Maltais 16,680 34.91 +10.3 $73,050 Liberal Marc Pettersen 6,425 13.44 -15.8 $11,593 New Democrat Stéphane Girard 3,742 7.83 +2.7 $2,101 Green Jean-François Veilleux 1,193 2.49 0.0 Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,777 100.00 $100,545 Total rejected ballots 756 1.56 Turnout 48,533 62.25 Canadian federal election, 2006 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Robert Bouchard 19,216 38.5 -6.8 $72,889 Liberal André Harvey 14,621 29.3 -14.2 $52,235 Conservative Alcide Boudreault 12,300 24.6 +19.4 $7,792 New Democrat Éric Dubois 2,572 5.2 +1.4 $4,812 Green Jean-Martin Gauthier 1,226 2.5 +0.2 Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,935 100.0 $94,498 Canadian federal election, 2004 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Bloc Québécois Robert Bouchard 20,650 45.3 +9.2 $63,059 Liberal André Harvey 19,787 43.4 -4.8 $,69,076 Conservative Alcide Boudreault 2,385 5.2 +0.4 $17,677 New Democrat Éric Dubois 1,699 3.7 +2.1 $7,418 Green Paul Tremblay 1,038 2.3 > {{{6}}} Total valid votes/Expense limit 45,559 100.0 $93,636 Note: Conservative vote is compared to the Canadian Alliance vote in the 2000 election.
Canadian federal election, 2000 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal André Harvey 20,105 48.2 +36.9 Bloc Québécois Noel Tremblay 15,073 36.2 -6.8 Independent Mauril Desbiens 3,797 9.1 Canadian Alliance Douglas Schroeder-Tabah 2,001 4.8 New Democrat Alain Ranger 698 1.7 -0.3 Total valid votes 41,674 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1997 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative André Harvey 18,598 43.7 +19.7 Bloc Québécois Gilbert Fillion 18,281 42.9 -21.1 Liberal Eric Delisle 4,839 11.4 +0.6 New Democrat Anne-Marie Buck 853 2.0 +0.8 Total valid votes 42,571 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1993 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Bloc Québécois Gilbert Fillion 29,392 64.0 Progressive Conservative André Harvey 11,038 24.0 -46.4 Liberal Georges Frenette 4,958 10.8 -7.7 New Democrat Christine Moore 541 1.2 -10.0 Total valid votes 45,929 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1988 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative André Harvey 30,699 70.4 +9.6 Liberal Laval Gauthier 8,047 18.4 -10.8 New Democrat Mustapha Elayoubi 4,870 11.2 +5.1 Total valid votes 43,616 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1984 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative André Harvey 22,304 60.8 +42.6 Liberal Marcel Dionne 10,736 29.3 -38.2 New Democrat Denise Coté 2,211 6.0 -3.5 Rhino Réjean Fou Fournier 801 2.2 Nationaliste Marie-Claude Desloges 626 1.7 Total valid votes 36,678 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1980 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Marcel Dionne 20,821 67.5 +18.1 Progressive Conservative Rodrigue Begin 5,607 18.2 -5.3 New Democrat Marc St-Hilaire 2,926 9.5 +5.2 Social Credit Hilaire Vézina 1,110 3.6 -16.5 Union Populaire Carol Lavoie 375 1.2 Total valid votes 30,839 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Marcel Dionne 16,605 49.5 -1.4 Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Lavoie 7,897 23.5 -5.7 Social Credit Magella Tremblay 6,763 20.1 +3.4 New Democrat Marc St-Hilaire 1,435 4.3 +1.7 Rhino Eric Blackburn 872 2.6 Total valid votes 33,572 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1974 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Paul Langlois 17,096 50.9 +7.2 Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Lavoie 9,817 29.2 -6.2 Social Credit Maurice Côté 5,618 16.7 -1.6 New Democrat Colette Richard 882 2.6 0.0 Marxist–Leninist Robert Laporte 202 0.6 Total valid votes 33,615 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Paul Langlois 15,655 43.6 -6.7 Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Lavoie 12,712 35.4 +0.3 Social Credit Maurice Côté 6,572 18.3 +7.0 New Democrat Serge Morin 935 2.6 -0.5 Total valid votes 35,874 100.0 Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
Canadian federal election, 1968 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Paul Langlois 14,054 50.4 +12.9 Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Lavoie 9,811 35.2 +18.0 Ralliement créditiste Antonio Simard 3,151 11.3 -15.4 New Democrat Jean-Baptiste Gauthier 879 3.2 -0.7 Total valid votes 27,895 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1965 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Paul Langlois 11,092 37.4 +4.4 Ralliement créditiste Majella Tremblay 7,894 26.6 -20.0 Progressive Conservative Vincent Brassard 5,087 17.2 +5.4 Independent Maurice Côté 4,419 14.9 New Democrat Denis Beaudoin 1,131 3.8 -4.8 Total valid votes 29,623 100.0 Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
Canadian federal election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Social Credit Maurice Côté 14,581 46.6 -4.0 Liberal Gérard Tremblay 10,334 33.1 Progressive Conservative Claude Bouchard 3,670 11.7 -6.0 New Democrat Maurice Villeneuve 2,687 8.6 +5.3 Total valid votes 31,272 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Social Credit Maurice Côté 16,566 50.6 Liberal Gérard Tremblay 9,310 28.4 -12.2 Progressive Conservative Vincent Brassard 5,803 17.7 -32.9 New Democrat Maurice Villeneuve 1,071 3.3 -5.5 Total valid votes 32,750 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1958 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative Vincent Brassard 15,407 50.6 Liberal Rosaire Gauthier 12,348 40.6 -11.8 Co-operative Commonwealth Victor Gladu 2,666 8.8 Total valid votes 30,421 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1957 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Rosaire Gauthier 15,124 52.4 +18.0 Independent Paul-Edmond Gagnon 13,733 47.6 -18.0 Total valid votes 28,857 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1953 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Paul-Edmond Gagnon 16,046 65.6 18.5 Liberal Roland Angers 8,408 34.4 -10.5 Total valid votes 24,454 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Paul-Edmond Gagnon 10,252 47.1 +14.8 Liberal Charles-Henri Desbiens 9,763 44.8 +20.8 Union des électeurs Charles-David Jean 1,757 8.1 -0.1 Total valid votes 21,772 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Paul-Edmond Gagnon 10,796 32.3 Bloc populaire canadien Rolland Angers 10,215 30.6 Liberal Joseph-Arthur Hamel 8,027 24.0 -14.8 Social Credit David Maltais 2,713 8.1 Independent Jules Landry 1,282 3.8 Co-operative Commonwealth Antoine Brisson 371 1.1 Total valid votes 33,404 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1940 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Alfred Dubuc 8,693 38.8 -8.5 National Government François-Albert Dumas 8,330 37.2 -0.5 Independent Liberal Eudore Boivin 5,390 24.0 Total valid votes 22,413 100.0 Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
Canadian federal election, 1935 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Alfred Dubuc 9,685 47.3 -4.9 Conservative Joseph-Adam Lavergne 7,719 37.7 -10.1 Independent Liberal Georges-Aimé Gagnon 2,373 11.6 Unknown Donat Demers 690 3.4 Total valid votes 20,467 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1930 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Alfred Dubuc 10,641 52.2 -28.0 Conservative Joseph-Adam Lavergne 9,744 47.8 +28.0 Total valid votes 20,385 100.0 Note: Alfred Dubuc's popular vote as a Liberal candidate is compared to his popular vote as an independent Liberal candidate in the 1926 general election.
Canadian federal election, 1926 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Liberal Alfred Dubuc 8,658 80.2 +26.0 Conservative Joseph Eugène Bergeron 2,142 19.8 +11.4 Total valid votes 10,800 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1925 Party Candidate Votes % Independent Liberal Alfred Dubuc 7,198 54.1 Liberal Louis-Joseph Levesque 4,981 37.5 Conservative Jean-Charles Gagne 1,120 8.4 Total valid votes 13,299 100.0 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
Sources
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
New Democratic 
Conservative Categories:- Quebec federal electoral districts
- Politics of Saguenay, Quebec
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