Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec


caption = Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24060
fed-created = 1947
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1949
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Denis Lebel
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 78895
demo-electors = 63050
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 60574
demo-cd = Le Domaine-du-Roy, Maria-Chapdelaine, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
demo-csd = Dolbeau-Mistassini, oberval, Saint-Félicien, Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix, Normandin, Saint-Prime, Hébertville, Saint-Bruno, Albanel

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (formerly known as Roberval) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.

The riding was created in 1947 from parts of Lake St-John—Roberval riding.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Jonquière—Alma, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and Saint-Maurice—Champlain.

A federal by-election to the 39th Canadian Parliament was held in this district on 17 September 2007 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of former Bloc Québécois leader Michel Gauthier, who left to host a public affairs show on TQS. The byelection was won by Conservative candidate Denis Lebel. See Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean by-election, 2007.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

#Joseph-Alfred Dion, Liberal (1949-1952)
#Paul-Henri Spence, Progressive Conservative (1952-1953)
#Georges Villeneuve, Liberal (1953-1958)
#Jean-Noël Tremblay, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
#Charles-Arthur Gauthier, Social Credit (1962-1980)
#Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet, Liberal (1980-1984)
#Benoît Bouchard, Progressive Conservative (1984-1993)
#Michel Gauthier, Bloc Québécois (1993-2007)
#Denis Lebel, Conservative (2007-present)

Election results

- bgcolor="white"
align="left" colspan=2|Conservative Party gain from Bloc Québécois
align="right"|Swing
align="right"| -20.23
align="right"

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=617&Include= Riding history] from the Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=1418&Include= Riding history since 2004]