Jonquière—Alma

Quebec electoral district
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%.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

[edit] Election results

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

v • d • e Federal ridings in Côte-Nord and Saguenay Bloc Québécois Chicoutimi—Le Fjord • Manicouagan • Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Conservative Jonquière—Alma • Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean