Jonquière—Alma
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 Quebec electoral district |
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| Federal electoral district | ||
| Legislature | House of Commons | |
| MP | Jean-Pierre Blackburn Conservative |
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| District created | 2003 | |
| First contested | 2004 | |
| Last contested | 2006 | |
| District webpage | profile, map | |
| Demographics | ||
| Population (2006) | 97,232 | |
| Electors (2006) | 78,153 | |
| Area (km²) | 1,667 | |
| Pop. density (per km²) | 58.3 | |
| Census divisions | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM, Saguenay | |
| Census subdivisions | Alma, Jonquière, Saint-Ambroise | |
Jonquière—Alma is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
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%.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay prior to 2003 | ||||
| 38th | 2004-2006 | Sébastien Gagnon | Bloc Québécois | |
| 39th | 2006- | Jean-Pierre Blackburn | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Conservative | Jean-Pierre Blackburn | 27,262 | 52.09 | +47.26 | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Sébastien Gagnon | 20,569 | 39.30 | -15.63 | ||
| New Democrat | Martin Bertrand | 2,028 | 3.87 | +0.47 | ||
| Liberal | Gilles Savard | 1,550 | 2.96 | -26.16 | ||
| Green | Sylvain Dompierre | 928 | 1.77 | +0.29 | ||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Sébastien Gagnon | 25,193 | 54.93 | |||
| Liberal | Daniel Giguère | 13,355 | 29.12 | |||
| Independent | Jocelyne Girard-Bujold | 2,737 | 5.97 | |||
| Conservative | Gilles Lavoie | 2,217 | 4.83 | |||
| New Democrat | François Picard | 1,561 | 3.40 | |||
| Green | Jean-Sébastien Busque | 679 | 1.48 | |||
| Communist | Michel Perron | 121 | 0.26 | |||
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