Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

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Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

Quebec electoral district
Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		André Arthur Independent
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	93,526
Electors (2006)	73,483
Area (km²)	7,617
Pop. density (per km²)	12.3
Census divisions	La Jacques-Cartier, Portneuf, Quebec City
Census subdivisions	Cap-Santé, Donnacona, Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, Lac-Delage, Lac-Saint-Joseph, Lac-Sergent, Neuville, Pont-Rouge, Portneuf, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Saint-Basile, Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Saint-Raymond, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier

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

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier 4.2 Portneuf 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 99.1% White
Languages: 97.0% French, 2.0% English
Religions: 94.0% Catholic, 1.4% Protestant, 4.2% no religious affiliation
Average income: $28,030

[edit] 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 sq. km.

[edit] History

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Portneuf
1st	1867-1872		Jean-Docile Brousseau	Conservative
2nd	1872-1874		Esdras Alfred de St-Georges (first term)	Liberal
3rd	1874-1878
4th	1878-1882		Roch-Pamphile Vallée	Conservative
5th	1882-1887		Esdras Alfred de St-Georges (second term)	Liberal
6th	1887-1891
7th	1891-1896		Arthur Delisle	Liberal
8th	1896		Henri Joly de Lotbinière	Liberal
1896 By-election	1896-1900
9th	1900-1904		Michel-Siméon Deslisle	Liberal
10th	1904-1908
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917
13th	1917-1921			Opposition
14th	1921-1925			Liberal
15th	1925-1926
16th	1926-1930		Herment Marcotte	Independent Liberal
17th	1930-1935		Jules Desrochers	Liberal
18th	1935-1936		Lucien Cannon	Liberal
1936 By-election	1936-1940		Pierre Gauthier	Liberal
19th	1940-1945
20th	1945-1949
21st	1949-1953
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962		Aristide Rompré	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962-1963		Jean-Louis Frénette	Social Credit
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968		Roland Godin	Ralliement créditiste
28th	1968-1972
29th	1972-1974			Social Credit
30th	1974-1979		Pierre Bussières	Liberal
31st	1979-1980		Rolland Dion	Liberal
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Marc Ferland	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997		Pierre de Savoye	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004		Claude Duplain	Liberal
38th	2004-2006		Guy Côté	Bloc Québécois
Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
39th	2006—		André Arthur	Independent

[edit] Election results

[edit] Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	André Arthur	20,158
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Côté	13,094
	Conservative	Howard Bruce	11,472
	Liberal	Gilles Landry	2,489
	New Democrat	Jean-Marie Fiset	1,956
	Green	Jérôme Beaulieu	1,431

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Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Côté	18,471
	Liberal	Claude Duplain	11,863
	Conservative	Howard M. Bruce	9,251
	Green	Pierre Poulin	1,925
	New Democrat	Jean-François Breton	1,540

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude Duplain	17,877
	Bloc Québécois	Patrice Dallaire	15,444
	Canadian Alliance	Howard Bruce	6,699
	Progressive Conservative	François Dion	3,819

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Pierre De Savoye	18,615
	Liberal	Raynald Samson	12,674
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond McBain	10,587
	New Democrat	Majella Desmeules	1,112

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Pierre De Savoye	23,880
	Liberal	Paulin Plamondon	10,269
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Ferland	6,645
	Independent	René Matte	2,260
	Natural Law	Robert Royer	869
	New Democrat	John MacFarlane	626

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Ferland	23,893
	Liberal	Paulin Plamondon	11,055
	New Democrat	Jean-Marie Fiset	5,100
	Green	Reynald Desrochers	1,607

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Ferland	23,797
	Liberal	Rolland Dion	17,687
	New Democrat	Jacques Pelchat	3,012
	Rhino	Jean Paradis	1,222
	Nationaliste	Georges-H. Marcotte	638
	Social Credit	Renée Roberge-Petitclerc	248

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rolland Dion	29,234
	New Democrat	Robert Ferland	3,285
	Progressive Conservative	Christian Légaré	2,905
	Social Credit	Bernard Lapointe	2,320
	Rhino	M. Chrétien M. Paquette	1,634
	Union Populaire	Richard Corbeil	204

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rolland Dion	25,297
	Social Credit	Bernard Lapointe	8,330
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Caron	3,620
	New Democrat	Renée Brisson	1,346
	Rhino	Réjane Mame Bujold	985
	Union Populaire	O'H Ls Gingras	184

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Bussières	25,620
	Social Credit	Roland Godin	19,456
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Paquet	4,427
	New Democrat	Hervé Gauthier	2,980

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Roland Godin	23,626
	Liberal	Claude Bernard	23,113
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Luc Godin	4,664
	New Democrat	Rémi Morissette	2,430

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Roland Godin	18,328
	Liberal	Jules Lapierre	13,965
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Martineau	4,519
	New Democrat	Fernand Drolet	1,126

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Ralliement créditiste	Roland Godin	6,539
	Liberal	Albert Neilson	5,390
	Independent	Jean-Louis Frénette	3,725
	Progressive Conservative	Gilbert Ouellet	3,400
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	Louis-Philippe Bertrand	213
	New Democrat	Fernand Lepage	184

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Jean-Louis Frénette	11,473
	Liberal	Andrée-Robert Rivard	6,776
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	Grégoire Martel	1,616
	Progressive Conservative	René-Paul-Joseph Plourde	459

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Jean-Louis Frénette	12,089
	Liberal	J.-Gérard Maltais	5,377
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Dussault	4,510

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Aristide Rompré	11,386
	Liberal	Pierre Gauthier	10,031

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Gauthier	11,328
	Progressive Conservative	Aristide Rompré	8,102

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Gauthier	12,701
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Tardivel	5,479

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Gauthier	10,932
	Progressive Conservative	Rosaire Chalifour	6,069
	Union des électeurs	J.-Henri Doré	1,579

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Gauthier	8,994
	Independent	Jean-Charles Magnan	7,021
	Social Credit	Raymond Dussault	1,094

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Gauthier	10,033
	Independent Liberal	Laurent Giroux	2,676
	National Government	J.-O. Pronovost	2,141

By-election on 27 January 1936 On Mr. Cannon's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 15 January 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Gauthier	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Cannon	5,981
	Conservative	J.-Achille Joli-Coeur	5,155
	Independent Liberal	Bona Dussault	4,281
	Independent Liberal	C.-Lucien Plamondon	64

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jules Desrochers	7,813
	Conservative	J.-Alfred Foley	7,262

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Herment Marcotte (alias Armand)	5,272

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michel-Siméon Delisle	6,412
	Conservative	C.-Romulus Ducharme	3,405
	Independent Liberal	Herment Marcotte (alias Armand)	2,418

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michel-Siméon Delisle	9,021
	Conservative	C.-Romulus Ducharme	1,475
	Progressive	J. Quetton Fafard	665

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	Michel-Siméon Delisle	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michel-Siméon Delisle	2,868
	Conservative	Honoré Grenier	2,105

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michel-Siméon Delisle	2,949
	Conservative	Lawrence Stafford	2,074
	Independent Liberal	Arthur Delisle	153

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michel-Siméon Delisle	2,630
	Conservative	T.E. Voisard	2,026
	Unknown	C.N. Arcand	101

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michel-Siméon Delisle	2,444
	Conservative	G. Antoine Larue	2,009

By-election on 30 July 1896 On Mr. Joly de Lotbinière being appointed Controller of Inland Revenue, 11 July 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Joly de Lotbinière	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Joly de Lotbinière	2,086
	Conservative	L. Stafford	2,050

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Delisle	1,906
	Conservative	R.P. Vallée	1,756

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges	1,962
	Conservative	Ed. Juchereau Duchesnay	1,661

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges	1,491
	Conservative	Roch-Pamphile Vallée	1,459

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Roch-Pamphile Vallée	1,605
	Liberal	Esdras Alfred de St-Georges	1,572

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Esdras Alfred de Saint-Georges	1,421
	Conservative	J. Belleau	1,086

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Esdras Alfred de St-Georges	1,179
	Conservative	Jean-Docile Brousseau	1,128

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jean-Docile Brousseau	1,027
	Unknown	Dery	718
	Unknown	Dubord	1

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Portneuf from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier from the Library of Parliament

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