Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Explained

Province:Quebec
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-District-Number:24060
Fed-Created:1947
Fed-Abolished:2013
Fed-Election-First:1949
Fed-Election-Last:2011
Fed-Rep:Denis Lebel
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:78765
Demo-Electors:63240
Demo-Electors-Date:2011
Demo-Area:57155.64
Demo-Cd:Le Domaine-du-Roy, Maria-Chapdelaine, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Demo-Csd:Dolbeau-Mistassini, Roberval, Saint-Félicien, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Normandin, Saint-Prime, Hébertville, Saint-Bruno, Albanel

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (formerly known as Roberval) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 until 2015.

The riding was created in 1947 from parts of Lake St-John—Roberval riding. It was dissolved into Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

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

This is the riding with the highest percentage of non-immigrants (99.4%)[3] and of people with French as their home language (also 99.4%).[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, 2004 – 2015

Change is from by-election

Roberval, 1947 – 2004

2000 federal election redistributed results[5]
PartyVote%
 21,095 57.63
 11,857 32.39
 2,021 5.52
 869 2.37
 489 1.34
 Independents 271 0.74

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

See also

References

Notes

49.37°N -73.7°W

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: English title / Titre en anglais .
  4. Web site: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census . 24 October 2012 . 2.statcan.gc.ca . 2012-11-19.
  5. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?rid=1038 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections