Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier Explained

Province:Quebec
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:24058
Fed-Created:1867
Fed-Election-First:1867
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Joël Godin
Fed-Rep-Party:Conservative
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:Conservative Party of Canada
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:104394
Demo-Electors:86884
Demo-Electors-Date:2015
Demo-Area:7617
Demo-Cd:La Jacques-Cartier, Portneuf, Quebec City
Demo-Csd:Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Saint-Raymond, Pont-Rouge, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Lac-Beauport, Donnacona, Shannon, Neuville

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier (formerly known as Portneuf) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867. Its population in 2001 was 87,141. It is currently represented by Joël Godin of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 96.6% White, 1.7% Indigenous
Languages: 96.0% French, 1.7% English
Religions: 71.1% Christian (64.2% Catholic, 6.9% Other) 28.3% None

Median income: $48,400 (2020)
Average income: $57,150 (2020)

Geography

The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Portneuf and La Jacques-Cartier as well as the municipality of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. The main communities are Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Donnacona, Lac-Beauport, Neuville, Pont-Rouge, Shannon, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Saint-Raymond, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, and Deschambault-Grondines. Its area is 7,617 km2.

History

The electoral district was created in the British North America Act of 1867 as "Portneuf". It was renamed "Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier" on 1 September 2004.

The Conservative Party did not run a candidate in Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier in the 2008 and 2011 elections as incumbent independent André Arthur was a self-described libertarian who consistently voted with and supported the Conservative Party in the House of Commons.

There were no changes to this riding during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
PartyVote%
 29,771 52.35
 13,501 23.74
 8,614 15.15
 2,686 4.72
 1,392 2.45
 Others 910 1.60

Portneuf

Note: Change in popular vote is calculated from popular vote in the 1896 general election.

See also

References

Notes

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Portneuf--Jacques-Cartier [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec ]. 2023-10-13 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.