Jonquière was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1979 to 2004.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Lapointe and Montmorency

Montmorency (electoral district)

Montmorency was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917, and from 1968 to 2004.-History:"Montmorency" riding was created by the British North America Act...

 ridings. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Jonquière—Alma

Jonquière—Alma

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:...

 and Chicoutimi—Le Fjord

Chicoutimi—Le Fjord

Chicoutimi—Le Fjord is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925.It was created as "Chicoutimi" riding in 1924 from Chicoutimi—Saguenay...

 ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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}:

1. Gilles Marceau
   Gilles Marceau
   Gilles Marceau was a Canadian politician. He was a former mayor of Jonquière and a Liberal Party member of the Canadian House of Commons....
   
   , Liberal
   Liberal Party of Canada
   The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
   
    (1979-1984)
2. Jean-Pierre Blackburn
   Jean-Pierre Blackburn
   Jean-Pierre Blackburn, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. He was the Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons from the riding of Jonquière—Alma from 2006 to 2011; earlier, he was the Progressive Conservative MP from Jonquière from 1984 to 1993.In 1993, Blackburn was the Parliamentary...
   
   , Progressive Conservative
   Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
   The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
   
    (1984-1993)
3. André Caron
   André Caron
   André Caron was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. He was a school guidance counsellor in the Jonquière area and became a church deacon in 1988....
   
   , Bloc Québécois
   Bloc Québécois
   The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
   
    (1993-1997)
4. Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
   Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
   Jocelyne Girard-Bujold was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. She is a businesswoman and political assistant by career....
   
   , Bloc Québécois (1997-2004)

Election results

|-

|MARCEAU, Gilles ||align=right|21,969
|-

|COLOMBE, Jean Maurice ||align=right|7,596
|-

|HUBERT, Jacques ||align=right| 2,724
|-

|DION, Gaston ||align=right|1,597
|-

|PAINCHAUD, Alain-Arthur ||align=right|1,069
|-

|WALSH, John Joseph ||align=right|75
|-

|MARCEAU, Gilles ||align=right|22,202
|-

|HUBERT, Jacques ||align=right| 4,444
|-

|LÉVESQUE, Harold ||align=right|1,315
|-

|MIREAULT, Marcel ||align=right| 1,126
|-

|TROTTIER, Luc ||align=right|380
|-

|WALSH, John J. ||align=right|127
|-

|BLACKBURN, Jean-Pierre ||align=right|18,217
|-

|MARCEAU, Gilles ||align=right|14,088
|-

|MALAISON, Jean ||align=right| 1,870
|-

|ARCHIBALD, Magella ||align=right| 1,620
|-

|BOUCHARD, Richard Boudrias ||align=right| 905
|-

|BLACKBURN, Jean-Pierre ||align=right|21,523
|-

|GAUTHIER, Françoise ||align=right|7,026
|-

|TREMBLAY, Laval ||align=right| 5,277
|-

|CARON, André ||align=right| 25,061
|-

|BLACKBURN, Jean-Pierre ||align=right|6,637
|-

|SAVARD, Gilles ||align=right|4,519
|-

|DUFOUR, Normand ||align=right| 435
|-

|BÉLANGER, Karl

Karl Belanger

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 ||align=right|410
|-

|GIRARD-BUJOLD, Jocelyne ||align=right|16,415
|-

|GIGUÈRE, Daniel ||align=right| 11,808
|-

|GUAY, Martial ||align=right|4,874
|-

|BÉLANGER, Carmel ||align=right|353
|-

|DUFOUR, Normand ||align=right| 348
|-

|GIRARD-BUJOLD, Jocelyne ||align=right|16,189
|-

|BOILY, Jean-Guy ||align=right| 11,574
|-

|NÉRON, Sylvain ||align=right| 3,428
|-

|DERAICHE, Michel ||align=right| 1,139

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Riding History from the Parliament of Canada