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Jonquière - Alma
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 246/246 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| NDP | Claude Patry | 22,900 | 43.44 |
Elected |
| CON | Jean-Pierre Blackburn | 18,569 | 35.22 |
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| BQ | Pierre Forest | 9,554 | 18.12 |
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| LIB | Claude Ringuette | 1,043 | 1.98 |
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| GRN | France Bergeron | 652 | 1.24 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
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 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
Conservative candidate Jean-Pierre Blackburn was re-elected in 2008 with 52 per cent of the vote. Blackburn, who had won elections in the riding in 1984 and 1988 as a member of the Progressive Conservative party before losing to the Bloc Québécois in 1993, recaptured it for the Conservatives in 2006 from Bloc Québécois incumbent Sébastien Gagnon.
In 2006, Blackburn was appointed minister of labour and minister of the economic development agency of Canada for the regions of Quebec. In 2008, he was named minister of national revenue and minister of state (agriculture). In 2010, he was appointed minister of veteran affairs.
In 2004, Bloc Québécois candidate 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, 2008 - CON
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 7.84% (7,575) |
| French | 29.34% (28,360) |
| Aboriginal | 3.19% (3,080) |
| American | 0.42% (405) |
| Canadian | 62.77% (60,660) |
| Caribbean | 2.94% (2,840) |
| Latin, Central, South | 2.01% (1,940) |
| Western European | 2.80% (2,705) |
| Northern European | 0.11% (105) |
| Eastern European | 1.68% (1,625) |
| S European | 6.92% (6,685) |
| Other European | 0.11% (110) |
| Scandinavian | 0.10% (95) |
| Baltic | 0.13% (125) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.14% (140) |
| African | 1.30% (1,255) |
| Arab | 2.65% (2,560) |
| Maghrebi | 1.71% (1,655) |
| West Asia | 0.16% (155) |
| South Asia | 0.26% (250) |
| East/SE Asia | 1.60% (1,550) |
| Oceania | 0.02% (15) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 96,645 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 3% (2,515) |
| French | 87% (83,195) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (0) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 2% (1,565) |
| Portuguese | 1% (650) |
| Romanian | 0% (245) |
| Spanish | 2% (1,975) |
| Danish | 0% (0) |
| Dutch | 0% (20) |
| Flemish | 0% (15) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (130) |
| Norwegian | 0% (0) |
| Swedish | 0% (10) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (0) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (60) |
| Croatian | 0% (10) |
| Czech | 0% (0) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (190) |
| Russian | 0% (30) |
| Serbian | 0% (0) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (45) |
| Slovak | 0% (65) |
| Slovenian | 0% (10) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (60) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (10) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (10) |
| Hungarian | 0% (25) |
| Greek | 0% (90) |
| Armenian | 0% (25) |
| Turkish | 0% (40) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 1% (1,180) |
| Hebrew | 0% (0) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (0) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (55) |
| Gujarati | 0% (20) |
| Hindi | 0% (0) |
| Kurdish | 0% (0) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (0) |
| Pashto | 0% (0) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (40) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (10) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (25) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (0) |
| Korean | 0% (10) |
| Cantonese | 0% (80) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 1% (650) |
| Mandarin | 0% (85) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (10) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (155) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (310) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (15) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (20) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (35) |
| Creoles | 1% (1,330) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 95,585 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 5.33 |
| Mining | 0.17 |
| Utilities | 0.35 |
| Construction | 5.23 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 3.54 |
| Retail | 10.64 |
| Transport | 4.38 |
| Info Culture | 1.08 |
| Finance Insurance | 7.52 |
| Real Estate | 0.99 |
| ProSciTech | 4.34 |
| Management | 0.03 |
| Waste/Remediation | 2.67 |
| Education | 5.62 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 11.88 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.33 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 5.25 |
| Public Admin | 5.42 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 56,880 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 6.2%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 15.88%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 20.59%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $64,680
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 1%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 31.26%
34.70% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
We'll be updating these info pages as the campaign progresses. If you have any corrections, suggestions or new information to pass on, please email us.
France Bergeron | |
| Party: Green Party of Canada Contact Information: 418-321-3965 | |
| Political Career: | PROVINCIAL: Defeated in Lac-Saint-Jean in 2008 |
Claude Ringuette | |
| Party: Liberal Party of Canada Contact Information: 418-542-8675 | |
| Profession: | Driver |
Claude Patry | |
| Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: | |
| Profession: | Trade unionist |
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| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
| BQ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6.05 |
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