Results, Ridings and Candidates
Chicoutimi - Le Fjord
2008 Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST | 224/224 polls | |||
| BQ | Robert Bouchard | 19,737 | 41.21 |
Elected |
| CON | Jean-Guy Maltais | 16,739 | 34.95 |
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| LIB | Marc Pettersen | 6,465 | 13.50 |
|
| NDP | Stéphane Girard | 3,739 | 7.81 |
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| GRN | Jean-François Veilleux | 1,208 | 2.52 |
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Unofficial results were updated at the time shown following judicial recounts in six ridings. For more recent results, visit Elections Canada. The CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites. External links will open in a new window.
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This is a long, narrow riding in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region of Quebec. It has Rivière Péribonka and Lac Péribonka as its western border. The Saguenay River runs through the southern part of the riding. Jonquière is in the southwest corner. It contains that part of the city of Saguenay comprised of the boroughs of Chicoutimi and La Baie and part of the regional county municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay.
This riding has a heavy retail trade profile, followed by the service sector and manufacturing. The average family income is $67,245 and unemployment is 8.8 per cent.
According to the 2006 census, 98 per cent of residents speak French as a first language. The total immigrant population is about one per cent. In the 1995 referendum, 68 per cent of voters opted for separation.
The 2004 redistribution kept all the riding and added 14 per cent of Lac-St-Jean-Saguenay in the north and 10 per cent of Jonquière in the west. This riding was established as Chicoutimi in 1925. The riding name changed to Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in 2000. The 1996 redistribution moved a small part of the riding into Jonquière.
Population: 96,483 (2006 census; a decrease of 2.3% since 2001)
Political History
The 2006 election was less of a two-horse race, but the end result was the same as Bloc Québécois incumbent won his second term. Bouchard squeaked by in 2004, defeating Liberal incumbent André Harvey by fewer than 1,000 votes. In 2000, Harvey defeated Bloc candidate Noel Tremblay. Harvey was elected in 1997 as a Progressive Conservative, defeating the Bloc's Gilbert Fillion by 317 votes. Harvey decided to sit as an Independent as of April 26, 2000. He issued a statement saying he was joining the Liberal caucus in September of the same year. Harvey had served two terms as a PC, winning in 1984 and 1988.
Liberal Paul Langlois was elected in 1965, 1968, 1972 and 1974. Liberal Marcel Dionne won in 1979 and 1980, but was defeated in 1984 by Harvey. In 1993, the Bloc's Gilbert Fillion defeated PC Harvey by 18,385 votes.
- 1925-1940 inclusive - LIB
- 1945, 1949, 1953 - IND
- 1957 - LIB
- 1958 - PC
- 1962, 1963 - SC
- 1965-80 inclusive - LIB
- 1984, 1988 - PC
- 1993 - BQ
- 1997 - PC
- 2000 - LIB
- 2004, 2006 - BQ
Overall Results
| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EST | ||||
| CON | 143 | 0 | 143 | 37.63 |
| LIB | 77 | 0 | 77 | 26.24 |
| BQ | 49 | 0 | 49 | 9.97 |
| NDP | 37 | 0 | 37 | 18.20 |
| IND | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.65 |
| GRN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 |
| OTH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.51 |
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