Jonquière—Alma

Jonquière—Alma was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011.

Jonquière—Alma

Quebec electoral district
Jonquière-Alma in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Coordinates:	48.523°N 71.385°W / 48.523; -71.385
District created	2003
District abolished	2012
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	99,258
Electors (2011)	79,322
Area (km²)[2]	1,524.81
Census division(s)	Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM, Saguenay
Census subdivision(s)	Alma, Jonquière, Saint-Ambroise

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.

This riding was dissolved into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Jonquière—Alma Riding created from Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay
38th	2004–2006		Sébastien Gagnon	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008		Jean-Pierre Blackburn	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2013		Claude Patry	New Democratic
	2013–2015			Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Claude Patry	22,900	43.44	+38.56
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	18,569	35.22	-17.35
	Bloc Québécois	Pierre Forest	9,554	18.12	-19.44
	Liberal	Claude Ringuette	1,043	1.98	-3.18
	Green	France Bergeron	652	1.24	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,718	100.00
Total rejected ballots			624	1.17	-0.06
Turnout			53,342	65.88	–
Eligible voters			80,947	–	–
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		+27.96

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	26,639	52.57	+0.48	$76,949
	Bloc Québécois	Chantale Bouchard	19,035	37.56	-1.74	$73,003
	Liberal	Marc Dupéré	2,616	5.16	+2.20	$7,392
	New Democratic	Jean-François Paradis	2,475	4.88	+1.01
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,765	100.00		$84,949
Total rejected ballots			630	1.23
Turnout			51,395	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.11

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jean-Pierre Blackburn	27,262	52.09	+47.26	$33,046
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Gagnon	20,569	39.30	-15.63	$61,638
	New Democratic	Martin Bertrand	2,028	3.87	+0.47	$3,447
	Liberal	Gilles Savard	1,550	2.96	-26.16	$12,756
	Green	Sylvain Dompierre	928	1.77	+0.29	$121
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,337	100.00		$79,025
	Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+31.45

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Sébastien Gagnon	25,193	54.93	–	$72,155
	Liberal	Daniel Giguère	13,355	29.12	–	$54,103
	Independent	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold	2,737	5.97	–	$30,071
	Conservative	Gilles Lavoie	2,217	4.83	–	$5,559
	New Democratic	François Picard	1,561	3.40	–	$4,169
	Green	Jean-Sébastien Busque	679	1.48	–
	Communist	Michel Perron	121	0.26	–	$676
Total valid votes			45,863	100.00	–	$78,257

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada