Jonquière (provincial electoral district)

Jonquière is a provincial electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located within the city of Saguenay and consists of most of the borough of Jonquière.

Jonquière
Quebec electoral district
Location in Saguenay
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Yannick Gagnon
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created1965
First contested1966
Last contested2022
Demographics
Electors (2014)[1]45,648
Area (km²)[2]409.3
Census division(s)Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord (part)
Census subdivision(s)Saguenay (part)

It was created for the 1966 election from parts of Jonquière-Kénogami and Lac-Saint-Jean electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost a small amount of territory to Dubuc.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

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Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Jonquière-Kénogami and Lac-Saint-Jean
28th  1966–1970     Gérald Harvey Liberal
29th  1970–1973
30th  1973–1976
31st  1976–1981     Claude Vaillancourt Parti Québécois
32nd  1981–1983
 1983–1985     Aline Saint-Amand Liberal
33rd  1985–1989     Francis Dufour Parti Québécois
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1996
 1996–1998 Lucien Bouchard
36th  1998–2001
 2001–2003     Françoise Gauthier Liberal
37th  2003–2007
38th  2007–2008     Sylvain Gaudreault Parti Québécois
39th  2008–2012
40th  2012–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–Present     Yannick Gagnon Coalition Avenir Québec

Election results

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2022 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Yannick Gagnon 18,196 59.39 +26.92
Parti Québécois Caroline Dubé 5,912 19.30 –29.06
Conservative Isabelle Champagne 2,926 9.55 +8.46
Québec solidaire Karla Cynthia Garcia Martinez 2,778 9.07 +1.79
Liberal Wilda Solon 648 2.12 –7.72
Parti nul Line Bélanger 177 0.58 New
Total valid votes 30,637 98.75
Total rejected ballots 387 1.25 –0.16
Turnout 31,024 68.46 –0.80
Electors on the lists 45,320
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois Swing +27.99
Source: Élections Québec[3]
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Sylvain Gaudreault 14,887 48.35 +4.83
Coalition Avenir Québec Benoit Rochefort 9,997 32.47 +8.86
Liberal Alexandre Duguay 3,029 9.84 -16.79
Québec solidaire Marcel Lapointe 2,242 7.28 +2.09
Conservative Jimmy Voyer 337 1.09
Green Julie Sion 296 0.96
Total valid votes 30,788 98.60
Total rejected ballots 438 1.40
Turnout 31,226 69.25
Eligible voters 45,091
Parti Québécois hold Swing -2.02
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Sylvain Gaudreault 13,487 43.52
Liberal Tommy Pageau 8,254 26.63
Coalition Avenir Québec Mélanie Boucher 7,318 23.61
Québec solidaire Réjean Dumais 1,608 5.19
Option nationale Nicolas Beaulieu 326 1.05
Total valid votes 30,993 97.67
Total rejected ballots 738 2.33
Turnout 31,731 69.51
Electors on the lists 45,648
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Sylvain Gaudreault 16,429 48.22
Coalition Avenir Québec Pierre-Olivier Simard 8,540 25.07
Liberal Martine Girard 6,833 20.06
Québec solidaire Réjean Dumais 1,089 3.20
Option nationale Sébastien Lévesque 427 1.25
Parti nul Alain Létourneau 269 0.79
Quebec Citizens' Union Alexis St-Gelais 265 0.78
Independent Tommy Gagnon 218 0.64
Total valid votes 34,070 98.80
Total rejected ballots 413 1.20
Turnout 34,483 76.13
Electors on the lists 45,294
2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Sylvain Gaudreault 13,077 47.52
  Liberal Martine Girard 10,367 37.67
Action démocratique Marc Jomphe 2,913 10.58
Québec solidaire Gabrielle Desbiens 1,164 4.23
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Sylvain Gaudreault 12,851 39.33
Liberal Françoise Gauthier 11,576 35.43
Action démocratique Marc Jomphe 6,634 20.30
Québec solidaire Sylvain Bergeron 839 2.57
Green Dominic Rouette 703 2.15
Independent Pierre Laliberté 71 0.22
Total valid votes 32,674 99.17
Total rejected ballots 275 0.83
Turnout 32,949 74.87
Electors on the lists 44,011
2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Françoise Gauthier 13,826 44.42
Parti Québécois Myrtha Laflamme 11,386 36.58
Action démocratique Réjean Laforest 5,216 16.76
Bloc Pot Batiste W. Foisy 368 1.18
UFP Michel Perron 330 1.06
Total valid votes 31,126 98.93
Total rejected ballots 337 1.07
Turnout 31,463 70.68
Electors on the lists 44,515
Quebec provincial by-election, 2001
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Françoise Gauthier 13,077 46.54
Parti Québécois Nicole Racine 8,830 31.42
Action démocratique Michèle Boulianne 5,391 19.18
RAP Gilbert Talbot 480 1.71
Bloc Pot Marc-Boris St-Maurice 323 1.15
Total valid votes 28,101 99.04
Total rejected ballots 273 0.96
Turnout 28,374 63.45
Electors on the lists 44,716
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Lucien Bouchard 20,475 60.48
Liberal Guylaine Caron 6,552 19.35
Independent RAP Michel Chartrand 5,023 14.84
Action démocratique Hélène Vigneault 1,686 4.98
Natural Law Sylvain Bergeron 120 0.35
Total valid votes 33,856 99.12
Total rejected ballots 302 0.88
Turnout 34,158 76.91
Electors on the lists 44,415
Quebec provincial by-election, 1996
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Lucien Bouchard 24,900 94.82
CANADA! George Butcher 484 1.84
Natural Law Normand Dufour 222 0.85
Independent Stéphane Guy Maurice Gagnon 215 0.82
Independent Claude Gagnon 198 0.75
Socialist Democracy Gervais Tremblay 185 0.70
Independent Jolly Taylor 57 0.22
Total valid votes 26,261 98.72
Total rejected ballots 341 1.28
Turnout 26,602 60.99
Electors on the lists 43,614
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 28,385 71.02
Non 11,584 28.98
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Francis Dufour 22,598 69.64
Liberal Stéphane Dallaire 8,703 26.74
Natural Law Sylvie Francoeur 1,248 3.83
Total valid votes 32,549 97.01
Total rejected ballots 1,002 2.99
Turnout 33,551 80.03
Electors on the lists 41,921
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side Votes %
Non 27,001 77.31
Oui 7,926 22.69
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Francis Dufour 17,294 56.05
Liberal Aline St-Amand 11,789 38.21
New Democratic Maurice Bilodeau 1,774 5.75
Total valid votes 30,857 97.63
Total rejected ballots 750 2.37
Turnout 31,607 76.16
Electors on the lists 41,502
1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Francis Dufour 17,741 52.51
Liberal Aline St-Amand 14,130 41.82
New Democratic Maurice Bilodeau 1,784 5.28
Christian Socialist Jean-Pierre Rannou 132 0.39
Total valid votes 33,787 98.70
Total rejected ballots 444 1.30
Turnout 34,231 79.86
Electors on the lists 42,864
Quebec provincial by-election, 1983
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Aline St-Amand 16,338 52.09
Parti Québécois Céline Gagnon 15,028 47.91
Total valid votes 31,366 97.66
Total rejected ballots 751 2.34
Turnout 32,117 75.17
Electors on the lists 42,725
1981 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Claude Vaillancourt 23,562 65.99
Liberal André Harvey 11,327 31.72
Union Nationale Jacques Trahan 582 1.63
Workers Communist Edouard Lavallière 235 0.66
Total valid votes 35,706 99.06
Total rejected ballots 338 0.94
Turnout 36,044 83.63
Electors on the lists 43,099
1980 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 22,058 60.74
Non 14,25 39.26
1976 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Claude Vaillancourt 20,373 58.23
Liberal Gérald Harvey 10,682 31.04
Union Nationale Roselda Duguay Brassard 2,220 6.34
Ralliement créditiste Serge Racine 1,535 4.39
Total valid votes 34,990 98.31
Total rejected ballots 600 1.69
Turnout 35,590 89.26
Electors on the lists 39,873
1973 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Gérald Harvey 16,985 53.71
Parti Québécois Francis Dufour 12,850 40.63
Union Nationale Lucien Audet 897 2.84
Parti créditiste Albert Bouchard 892 2.82
Total valid votes 31,624 98.42
Total rejected ballots 507 1.58
Turnout 32,131 84.30
Electors on the lists 38,117
1970 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Gérald Harvey 15,010 49.49
Parti Québécois Gilles Grégoire 11,354 37.44
Union Nationale Claude Boily 3,108 10.25
Ralliement créditiste Gérard Lacombe 856 2.82
Total valid votes 30,328 99.06
Total rejected ballots 289 0.94
Turnout 30,617 88.64
Electors on the lists 34,540
1966 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Gérald Harvey 11,959 46.91
Union Nationale Roger Dufault 7,464 29.28
Ralliement national Magella Tremblay 4,992 19.50
RIN Gérard Lacombe 916 3.59
Independent Socialist Richard Tremblay 165 0.65
Total valid votes 25,496 98.69
Total rejected ballots 339 1.31
Turnout 25,835 79.06
Electors on the lists 32,677

References

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Maps

48°22′41″N 71°13′48″W / 48.378°N 71.230°W / 48.378; -71.230