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Jonquière—Alma
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
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Jonquière-Alma in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Jean-Pierre Blackburn
Conservative
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2008
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
Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay prior to 2003
38th 2004-2006     Sébastien Gagnon Bloc Québécois
39th 2006-2008     Jean-Pierre Blackburn Conservative
40th 2008-present

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Conservative Jean-Pierre Blackburn 26,639 52.57% +0.48
     Bloc Québécois Chantale Bouchard 19,035 37.56% -1.74
     Liberal Marc Dupéré 2,616 5.16% +2.20
     New Democrat Jean-François Paradis 2,475 4.88% +1.01
Total valid votes 50,765
Total rejected ballots 630
Turnout 51,395  %
Canadian federal election, 2006
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
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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