Results, Ridings and Candidates
Jonquière - Alma
2008 Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST | 235/235 polls | |||
| CON | Jean-Pierre Blackburn | 26,639 | 52.50 |
Elected |
| BQ | Chantale Bouchard | 19,015 | 37.47 |
|
| LIB | Marc Dupéré | 2,616 | 5.16 |
|
| NDP | Jean-François Paradis | 2,475 | 4.88 |
|
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This Saguenay riding has Lac Kénogami as its southern border. The riding includes part of the city of Saguenay containing the borough of Jonquière and part of the regional county municipalities of Lac-St-Jean-Est and Le Fjord-du-Saguenay. The city of Alma and the municipalities of Bégin, Larouche, St-Ambroise, St-Charles-de-Bourget and St-David-de-Falardeau fall in the riding.
The largest source of employment in the area is manufacturing, followed by retail trade and other services. In the 2006 census, 98 per cent of residents listed French as their first language, one of the highest in the province. In the 1995 referendum, 71 per cent of the population voted in favour of separation. The average family income is $65,706 with unemployment at 9.6 per cent.
The Jonquière-Alma riding was created in 2004 with 90 per cent of Jonquière riding and 54 per cent of Lac-St-Jean-Saguenay. Jonquière riding was created in 1976 from 99 per cent of Lapointe and one per cent of Montmorency. In 1996, part of Chicoutimi was added.
Population: 97,232 (2006 census; a decrease of 1% since 2001)
Political History
The Conservatives rebounded from a poor showing in the 2004 campaign and captured the riding in 2006. Tory candidate Jean-Pierre Blackburn defeated Bloc Québécois incumbent Sébastien Gagnon.
In 2004, Gagnon defeated Liberal Daniel Giguère to win his second term as an MP. The Conservatives won less than five per cent of the vote in that race. Giguère was first elected in Lac-St-Jean-Saguenay in a 2002 byelection.
In 2000, Bloc candidate Jocelyn Girard-Bujold defeated Liberal Jean-Guy Boily to win a second term as MP.
In Lapointe riding, Gilles Gregoire won for Social Credit in 1962, 1963 and for Raillement des Créditiste in 1965. Liberal Gilles Marceau won three terms in Lapointe beginning in 1968, then went on to win in Jonquière in 1979 and 1980, In 1984, Progressive Conservative Jean-Pierre Blackburn defeated Marceau. Blackburn won a second term in 1988. In 1993, BQ André Caron defeated Blackburn. Caron died in 1997 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Jonquière:
- 1979, 1980 - LIB
- 1984, 1988 - PC
- 1993, 1997, 2000 - BQ
Jonquière-Alma:
- 2004 - BQ
- 2006 - CON
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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