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| DISTRICT: Roberval |
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Party |
Vote Count |
Vote Share |
Elected |
| Michel Gauthier |
BQ |
20655 |
59.41%
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| Michel Mallette |
LIB |
8064 |
23.19%
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| Ghislain Lavoie |
CON |
3011 |
8.75%
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| Isabelle Tremblay |
NDP |
1777 |
5.11%
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| Marc-Andr� Gauthier |
GRN |
1260 |
3.62%
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Ridings
092 Roberval
2004 Candidates
GRN: Marc-Andr� Gauthier
BQ: Michel Gauthier (Incumbent)
CON: Ghislain Lavoie
LIB: Michel Mallette
NDP: Isabelle Tremblay
Riding Profile
This rural riding surrounds Lac St-Jean. Lac Péribonka and Rivière Péribonka form part of the eastern boundary. It contains the regional county municipalities of Le Domaine-du-Roy and Maria-Chapdelaine and part of Lac-St-Jean-Est. The Mashteuiatsh Indian Reserve is in the riding. The main population centres are around Lac St-Jean itself in the southeast and include Roberval and St. Félicien.
The economy in this riding is based on manufacturing, forestry and some agriculture. The average family income is $50,249 with an unemployment rate of 15.7 per cent.
According to 2001 census, the total immigrant population is only 0.44 per cent, but 2.56 per cent of the riding's residents are aboriginal. More than 97 per cent of the population cited French as a mother tongue, while 0.29 cited English. This riding voted 66 per cent in favour of separation in the 1995 referendum.
In 2004, 85 per cent of the riding has been retained and 31 per cent from Lac-St-Jean-Saguenay has been added in the southeast. This riding was established in 1947. There was no change in the 1996 redistribution.
Population: 81,373
Political History
In 2000, Bloc Québécois MP Michel Gauthier defeated Liberal Jean-Pierre Boivin, to win a third term of office. He was elected BQ leader in 1996, but announced later that year that he would step down as leader in 1997.
Social Credit's C.A. Gauthier won in 1962 and was MP until 1980, part of that time with Ralliement Créditiste. Liberal Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet won in 1980. Progressive Conservative Benoît Bouchard won in 1984 and 1988. He was appointed minister of state for transport in 1984, secretary of state in 1985, minister of employment and immigration in 1986, minister of transport in 1988, minister of industry, science and technology in 1990 and minister of health and welfare in 1991. He announced he wouldn't be running again for the 1993 campaign and was named Canadian ambassador to France.
1949: LIB
1952 byelection: PC
1953, 1957: LIB
1958: PC
1962-1979 inclusive: SC/R des C
1980: LIB
1984, 1988: PC
1993, 1997, 2000: BQ
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Candidate Profiles
Michel Mallette
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
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Michel Gauthier
Party: Bloc Québécois
Birth Date: Feb. 18, 1950
Age: 54
Birthplace: Quebec
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Education: Diploma in education administration, University of Sherbrooke; Diploma in human resource management, University of Quebec in Chicoutimi; studies in pedagogy, �cole normale de Roberval and UQAC.
Profession: Administrator
Career Background: Teacher and administrator, Roberval School Board (taught at local grade school), 1970-81. Director-general of Roberval School Board, 1988-93.
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: Two adult children, Alexandre and Isabelle
Political History
Provincial: MNA for Roberval, 1981-88
Federal: Elected in Roberval in 1993, 1997, 2000
Political History (Federal/Provincial)
Parliamentary Secretary: To Quebec Minister of Finance Jacques Parizeau, 1982-85.
Committee: Vice president of the Quebec Social Affairs Committee, 1985-88.
Member of board of Internal Economy and Procedure and House Affairs, 1994-96.
Former member of Special Committee on the Modernization and
Improvement of the Procedures of the House of Commons.
Member of board of Internal Economy since 1997.
Caucus: Former intergovernmental affairs critic and Privy Council critic. Former BQ House leader. Current critic for leader of the government in the House of Commons.
Leadership: Became leader of BQ on Feb. 17, 1996; announced on Dec. 2 of that year that he would
be stepping down, and did so on March 15, 1997.
Office Address:
208-775 blvd St-Joseph
Roberval, Quebec
418-275-2768
Capital Address:
531-C Centre Block
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ont.
613-992-2244
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Ghislain Lavoie
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
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Isabelle Tremblay
Party: New Democratic Party of Canada
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Marc-André Gauthier
Party: The Green Party of Canada
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