Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Saint-Maurice–Champlain (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Quebec electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2015 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	François-Philippe Champagne Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	110,273
Electors (2015)	91,588
Area (km²)[1]	38,904
Pop. density (per km²)	2.8
Census division(s)	La Tuque, Les Chenaux, Mékinac, Shawinigan
Census subdivision(s)	Trois-Rivières (part), Shawinigan, La Tuque, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Saint-Tite, Saint-Maurice, Sainte-Thècle, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Obedjiwan, Champlain

It consists of:

• the City of Shawinigan;
• the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Saint-Maurice, including Communauté de Wemotaci Indian Reserve, Coucoucache Indian Reserve No. 24A and Obedjiwan Indian Reserve No. 28; and
• the regional county municipalities of Les Chenaux and Mékinac.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Lac-Saint-Jean, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, Trois-Rivières, Berthier—Maskinongé, Joliette, Laurentides—Labelle, and Pontiac.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[2]

Ethnic groups: 93.0% White, 5.5% Indigenous

Languages: 93.9% French, 2.6% Atikamekw, 1.1% English

Religions: 75.7% Christian (70.3% Catholic, 5.4% Other), 23.5% none

Median income: $37,200 (2020)

Average income: $43,040 (2020)

History

Saint-Maurice—Champlain riding was created in 2003 from parts of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, Champlain, Roberval and Saint-Maurice ridings.

This riding gained territory from Trois-Rivières during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Saint-Maurice—Champlain Riding created from Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, Champlain, Roberval and Saint-Maurice
38th	2004–2006		Marcel Gagnon	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008		Jean-Yves Laforest
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2012		Lise St-Denis	New Democratic
	2012–2015			Liberal
42nd	2015–2019		François-Philippe Champagne
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

Election results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	François-Philippe Champagne	31,095	49.96	+7.51
	Conservative	Pierre-Augustin Allard	15,321	24.62	+6.62
	Bloc Québécois	Thierry Bilodeau	13,190	21.19	–8.88
	New Democratic	Nathalie Garceau	1,224	1.97	–3.09
	Green	Marie-Claude Gaudet	704	1.13	–0.17
	People's	David Rioux	455	0.73	N/A
	Rhinoceros	Dji-Pé Frazer	251	0.40	–0.10
Total valid votes/expense limit			62,240	98.42
Total rejected ballots			1,001	1.58	-0.81
Turnout			63,241	65.78	+4.23
Eligible voters			96,138
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.45
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	François-Philippe Champagne	23,913	42.45	+2.8	$72,408.64
	Bloc Québécois	Jacynthe Bruneau	16,940	30.07	-4.1	$13,486.24
	Conservative	Jacques Bouchard	10,139	18.00	+1.7	$3,888.81
	New Democratic	Valérie Bergeron	2,849	5.06	-0.2	$4,894.13
	Free	Marie Gabrielle Rouleau	932	1.65	N/A	$572.97
	Green	Marie-Claude Gaudet	731	1.30	-1.8	$704.90
	Marijuana	Hugo Beaumont Tremblay	307	0.54	N/A	$1,661.82
	Rhinoceros	Dji-Pé Frazer	285	0.51	N/A	$0.00
	Independent	Alain Magnan	241	0.43	N/A	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,337	97.61	–	$139,639.56
Total rejected ballots			1,379	2.39
Turnout			57,716	61.55
Eligible voters			93,769
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.5
Source: Elections Canada[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	François-Philippe Champagne	23,104	39.55	-1.97	$101,231.55
	Bloc Québécois	Nicole Morin	19,950	34.15	+14.99	$4,638.18
	Conservative	Bruno-Pier Courchesne	9,542	16.33	+0.06	none listed
	New Democratic	Barthélémy Boisguérin	3,071	5.26	-15.51	none listed
	Green	Stéphanie Dufresne	1,809	3.10	+1.16	none listed
	People's	Julie Déziel	938	1.61	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,414	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,307	2.19
Turnout			59,721	65.20
Eligible voters			91,594
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.48
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	François-Philippe Champagne	24,475	41.52	+30.59	$107,029.87
	New Democratic	Jean-Yves Tremblay	12,245	20.77	-20.51	$29,855.51
	Bloc Québécois	Sacki Carignan Deschamps	11,295	19.16	-9.31	$32,567.29
	Conservative	Jacques Grenier	9,592	16.27	-0.86	$49,358.13
	Green	Martial Toupin	1,144	1.94	-0.09	$3,832.69
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	196	0.33	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,947	100.0		$269,923.91
Total rejected ballots			1,175	1.95	–
Turnout			60,122	65.29	–
Eligible voters			92,086
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	22,777	41.28
	Bloc Québécois	15,711	28.47
	Conservative	9,452	17.13
	Liberal	6,029	10.93
	Green	1,120	2.03
	Others	88	0.16

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lise St-Denis	18,628	39.1	+31.3
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Laforest	13,961	29.3	-14.7
	Conservative	Jacques Grenier	8,447	17.7	-6.2
	Liberal	Yves Tousignant	5,670	11.9	-9.1
	Green	Pierre Audette	972	2.0	-1.4
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,678	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,193	2.4	–
Turnout			48,871	60.8	–
Eligible voters			80,315	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Laforest	20,397	44.0	-0.6	$57,864
	Conservative	Stéphane Roof	11,083	23.9	-9.1	$65,544
	Liberal	Ronald St-Onge Lynch	9,755	21.0	+9.5	$1,857
	New Democratic	Anne Marie Aubert	3,601	7.8	+0.3
	Green	Martial Toupin	1,562	3.4	-0.2	$2,629
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,398	100.0	$99,633

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Laforest	21,532	44.3	-11.0	$36,733
	Conservative	Martial Toupin	16,028	33.0	+24.2	$13,342
	Liberal	Lucille Whissell	5,612	11.6	-19.0	$14,587
	New Democratic	Claude Larocque	3,684	7.6	+5.2	$1,524
	Green	Pierre Cayou Audette	1,705	3.5	+1.7	$1,585
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,561	100.0	$93,422

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Gagnon	25,918	55.3	–	$55,299
	Liberal	Marie-Eve Bilodeau	14,320	30.6	–	$64,827
	Conservative	Martial Toupin	4,129	8.8	–	$17,805
	New Democratic	Pierre J.C. Allard	1,104	2.4	–
	Green	Pierre Cayou Audette	855	1.8	–	$7.58
	Marijuana	Paul Giroux	547	1.2	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,873	100.0	$91,967

See also

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