Jonquière—Alma
Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
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Jonquière—Alma was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011.
 Quebec electoral district | |
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Jonquière-Alma in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts | |
| Coordinates: | 48.523°N 71.385°W |
| District created | 2003 |
| District abolished | 2012 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011)[1] | 99,258 |
| Electors (2011) | 79,322 |
| Area (km²)[2] | 1,524.81 |
| Census division(s) | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM, Saguenay |
| Census subdivision(s) | Alma, Jonquière, Saint-Ambroise |
It was created in 2003 from parts of Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay ridings.
It consists of:
- the borough of Jonquière in the City of Saguenay,
- the City of Alma in the Regional County Municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est, and
- the municipalities of Bégin, Larouche, Saint-Ambroise, Saint-Charles-de-Bourget and Saint-David-de-Falardeau in the Regional County Municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay.
The neighbouring ridings are Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and Chicoutimi—Le Fjord.
This riding is distinctive for having the lowest Liberal vote percentage in the country in the 2006 election, at only 3.1.
This riding was dissolved into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Jonquière—Alma Riding created from Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay |
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| 38th | 2004–2006 | Sébastien Gagnon | Bloc Québécois | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Jean-Pierre Blackburn | Conservative | |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2013 | Claude Patry | New Democratic | |
| 2013–2015 | Bloc Québécois | |||
| Riding dissolved into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean | ||||
Election results
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Claude Patry | 22,900 | 43.44 | +38.56 | ||||
| Conservative | Jean-Pierre Blackburn | 18,569 | 35.22 | -17.35 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Pierre Forest | 9,554 | 18.12 | -19.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Claude Ringuette | 1,043 | 1.98 | -3.18 | ||||
| Green | France Bergeron | 652 | 1.24 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,718 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 624 | 1.17 | -0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,342 | 65.88 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,947 | – | – | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Conservative | Swing | +27.96 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jean-Pierre Blackburn | 26,639 | 52.57 | +0.48 | $76,949 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Chantale Bouchard | 19,035 | 37.56 | -1.74 | $73,003 | |||
| Liberal | Marc Dupéré | 2,616 | 5.16 | +2.20 | $7,392 | |||
| New Democratic | Jean-François Paradis | 2,475 | 4.88 | +1.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,765 | 100.00 | $84,949 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 630 | 1.23 | ||||||
| Turnout | 51,395 | – | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.11 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jean-Pierre Blackburn | 27,262 | 52.09 | +47.26 | $33,046 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Sébastien Gagnon | 20,569 | 39.30 | -15.63 | $61,638 | |||
| New Democratic | Martin Bertrand | 2,028 | 3.87 | +0.47 | $3,447 | |||
| Liberal | Gilles Savard | 1,550 | 2.96 | -26.16 | $12,756 | |||
| Green | Sylvain Dompierre | 928 | 1.77 | +0.29 | $121 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,337 | 100.00 | $79,025 | |||||
| Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +31.45 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Sébastien Gagnon | 25,193 | 54.93 | – | $72,155 | |||
| Liberal | Daniel Giguère | 13,355 | 29.12 | – | $54,103 | |||
| Independent | Jocelyne Girard-Bujold | 2,737 | 5.97 | – | $30,071 | |||
| Conservative | Gilles Lavoie | 2,217 | 4.83 | – | $5,559 | |||
| New Democratic | François Picard | 1,561 | 3.40 | – | $4,169 | |||
| Green | Jean-Sébastien Busque | 679 | 1.48 | – | ||||
| Communist | Michel Perron | 121 | 0.26 | – | $676 | |||
| Total valid votes | 45,863 | 100.00 | – | $78,257 | ||||