# Lac-Saint-Jean

Lac-Saint-Jean (French:, Quebec French pronunciation:) is a federal electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, northeast Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2004, and has been represented since 2015.

## Demographics

    According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnocultural groups: 92% White, 6.9% Indigenous Languages: 98.5% French Religions: 83.3% Christian (76.3% Catholic), 16.2% No Religion Median income: $38,800 (2020)

## History

This riding was created in 1924 form parts of Chicoutimi—Saguenay riding and was originally named in English Lake St. John. It originally consisted of the counties of Lake St. John East and Lake St. John West. It was renamed Lake St-John—Roberval in 1935.
The 1947 redistribution created a new riding with the name Lac-Saint-Jean (in English and French), created from parts of the Lake St-John—Roberval riding. It was initially defined to consist of the county of Lake St. John East and the towns of Riverbend, Ile Maligne and St. Joseph-d'Alma; and parts of the county of Lake St. John West.
In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the City of Alma, the Town of Desbiens, the County of Lac-Saint-Jean East, and parts of the Counties of Lac-Saint-Jean West and Chicoutimi.
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Cities of Alma and Chicoutimi North, and parts of the Counties of Chicoutimi and Lac-Saint-Jean East.
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Alma, Desbiens and Métabetchouan; the County of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est; and parts of the Counties of Chicoutimi, Charlevoix-Ouest, Lac-Saint-Jean-Ouest and Montmorency.
In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Alma, Desbiens and Métabetchouan; the County Regional Municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est; and parts of in the County Regional Municipality of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay.
Its name was changed in 2000 to "Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay".
In 2003, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Jonquière—Alma and Roberval ridings.
The 2012 electoral redistribution saw this riding re-created from parts of Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière—Alma.
A by-election was held on October 23, 2017 due to the resignation of Denis Lebel on August 9, 2017. The riding was subsequently won by Liberal Richard Hébert.

### Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Lake St. John Riding created from Chicoutimi—Saguenay |||||
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Armand Sylvestre | Liberal |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | Armand Sylvestre | Liberal |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | Joseph-Léonard Duguay | Conservative |
| Riding renamed Lake St-John—Roberval |||||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Armand Sylvestre | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Armand Sylvestre | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Joseph-Alfred Dion | Independent Liberal |
| Riding renamed Lac-Saint-Jean |||||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | André Gauthier | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | André Gauthier | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | André Gauthier | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Roger Parizeau | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Marcel Lessard | Social Credit |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Marcel Lessard | Social Credit |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Alcide Simard | Ralliement créditiste |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Marcel Lessard | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Marcel Lessard | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Marcel Lessard | Liberal |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Marcel Lessard | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Pierre Gimaïel | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Clément M. Côté | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1988–1988 | Lucien Bouchard | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1990 | Lucien Bouchard | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1990–1991 | Lucien Bouchard | Independent |
| 34th | 1991–1993 | Lucien Bouchard | Bloc Québécois |
| 35th | 1993–1996 | Lucien Bouchard | Bloc Québécois |
| 35th | 1996–1997 | Stéphan Tremblay | Bloc Québécois |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Stéphan Tremblay | Bloc Québécois |
| Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay |||||
| 37th | 2000–2002 | Stéphan Tremblay | Bloc Québécois |
| 37th | 2002–2004 | Sébastien Gagnon | Bloc Québécois |
| Riding dissolved into Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Jonquière—Alma, and Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean |||||
| Lac-Saint-Jean Riding re-created from Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière—Alma |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2017 | Denis Lebel | Conservative |
| 42nd | 2017–2019 | Richard Hébert | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe | Bloc Québécois |
| 44th | 2021–present | Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe | Bloc Québécois |

## Election results
### Lac-Saint-Jean, 2015–present

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe | 25,466 | 50.7 | +6.7 | $38,464.04 |
| | Conservative | Serge Bergeron | 12,899 | 25.7 | +2.6 | $32,221.37 |
| | Liberal | Marjolaine Étienne | 9,371 | 18.7 | -6.4 | $6,716.26 |
| | New Democratic | Mathieu Chambers | 1,637 | 3.3 | -1.8 | $0.48 |
| | Green | Annie Thibault | 824 | 1.6 | -0.3 | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,197 | 97.6 | – | $142,430.64 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,215 | 2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,412 | 60.7 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 84,695 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | +2.1 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Bloc Québécois | 22,662 | 50.90 |
| Conservative | 11,249 | 25.27 |
| Liberal | 8,444 | 18.97 |
| New Democratic | 1,454 | 3.27 |
| Green | 712 | 1.60 |
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe | 23,839 | 43.96 | +20.59 | $33,354.37 |
| | Liberal | Richard Hébert | 13,633 | 25.14 | -13.45 | $83,673.06 |
| | Conservative | Jocelyn Fradette | 12,544 | 23.13 | -1.88 | $41,607.93 |
| | New Democratic | Jean-Simon Fortin | 2,753 | 5.08 | -6.63 | none listed |
| | Green | Julie Gagnon-Bond | 1,010 | 1.86 | +0.55 | $0.00 |
| | People's | Dany Boudreault | 448 | 0.9 | New | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,971 | 97.87 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,155 | 2.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,382 | 63.9 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 84,456 |
| | Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +17.02 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
Canadian federal by-election, October 23, 2017 Resignation of Denis Lebel :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Richard Hébert | 13,442 | 38.59 | +20.15 | |
| | Conservative | Rémy Leclerc | 8,710 | 25.01 | -8.26 | |
| | Bloc Québécois | Marc Maltais | 8,141 | 23.37 | +5.00 | |
| | New Democratic | Gisèle Dallaire | 4,079 | 11.71 | -16.75 | |
| | Green | Yves Laporte | 457 | 1.31 | -0.15 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 34,829 | 98.67 | | $133,786.71 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 469 | 1.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,298 | 41.61 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 84,829 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | +14.20 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Denis Lebel | 18,393 | 33.27 | -8.99 | $144,196.85 |
| | New Democratic | Gisèle Dallaire | 15,735 | 28.46 | -3.67 | $90,827.25 |
| | Liberal | Sabin Simard | 10,193 | 18.44 | +15.19 | $8,743.01 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Sabin Gaudreault | 10,152 | 18.37 | -2.64 | $31,823.52 |
| | Green | Laurence Requilé | 806 | 1.46 | +0.12 | – |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 55,279 | 98.35 | | $278,724.96 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 925 | 1.65 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,204 | 65.78 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 85,445 |
| | Conservative notional hold | Conservative notional hold | Swing | Swing | -2.66 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 22,945 | 42.26 |
| New Democratic | 17,446 | 32.14 |
| Bloc Québécois | 11,403 | 21.00 |
| Liberal | 1,766 | 3.25 |
| Green | 729 | 1.34 |

### Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay, 2000–2004

Canadian federal by-election, 9 December 2002 On the resignation of Stéphan Tremblay, 7 May 2002 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Sébastien Gagnon | 8,912 | 48.18 | -17.99 |
| | Liberal | Gilbert Tremblay | 7,594 | 41.06 | +17.75 |
| | Independent | Gilles Lavoie | 532 | 2.88 | +0.06 |
| | Independent | Richard Harvey | 467 | 2.52 | |
| | Progressive Conservative | Clermont Gauthier | 434 | 2.35 | +0.69 |
| | Alliance | Alcide Boudreault | 290 | 1.57 | -3.18 |
| | New Democratic | Yanick Auer | 267 | 1.44 | +0.15 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,831 | 98.22 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 335 | 1.78 | -0.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,831 | 35.56 | -27.24 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 52,963 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -17.87 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Stéphan Tremblay | 21,391 | 66.17 | +2.64 |
| | Liberal | Jérôme Tremblay | 7,536 | 23.31 | +2.31 |
| | Alliance | Yannick Caron | 1,536 | 4.75 | |
| | Independent | Gilles Lavoie | 912 | 2.82 | |
| | Progressive Conservative | Claude Gagnon | 535 | 1.65 | -12.66 |
| | New Democratic | Linda Proulx | 417 | 1.29 | +0.13 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,237 | 97.32 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 890 | 2.68 | +0.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,217 | 62.80 | -5.15 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 52,895 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | +0.16 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||

### Lac-Saint-Jean, 1949–2000

1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Bloc Québécois | Stéphan Tremblay | 21,506 | 63.53 |
| | Liberal | Clément Lajoie | 7,109 | 21.00 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Sabin Simard | 4,845 | 14.31 |
| | New Democratic | Jean-François Morval | 391 | 1.16 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 33,851 | 97.33 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 929 | 2.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,780 | 67.95 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 51,184 |
Canadian federal by-election, 25 March 1996 On the resignation of Lucien Bouchard, 15 January 1996 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Stéphan Tremblay | 20,777 | 76.56 | +1.04 |
| | Liberal | Clément Lajoie | 5,846 | 21.54 | +6.93 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Philippe Harris | 205 | 0.76 | -7.89 |
| | Reform | Denis Simard | 175 | 0.64 | New |
| | New Democratic | Karl Bélanger | 136 | 0.50 | -0.73 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,139 | 99.47 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 144 | 0.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,283 | 54.87 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 49,726 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -2.95 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Bloc Québécois | Lucien Bouchard | 27,209 | 75.52 |
| | Liberal | Noël Girard | 5,263 | 14.61 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Denise Falardeau | 3,115 | 8.65 |
| | New Democratic | Marie D. Jalbert | 444 | 1.23 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,031 | 99.47 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Lucien Bouchard | 23,112 |
| New Democratic | Jean Paradis | 6,348 |
| Liberal | Bertrand Bouchard | 5,390 |
Canadian federal by-election, 20 June 1988 On the resignation of Clément Côté, 28 April 1988 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Lucien Bouchard | 16,951 |
| Liberal | Pierre Gimaïel | 10,746 |
| New Democratic | Jean Paradis | 2,903 |
| Independent | Jolly Taylor | 113 |
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Clément Coté | 25,270 |
| Liberal | Pierre Gimaïel | 12,683 |
| New Democratic | Claude Gagnon | 2,132 |
| Parti nationaliste | Yves Courville | 813 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Pierre Gimaïel | 21,267 |
| Progressive Conservative | Lucien Fortin | 4,608 |
| New Democratic | Jean-Denis Bérubé | 3,465 |
| Social Credit | Paul-Henri Tremblay | 2,821 |
| Rhinoceros | Béru Louis Briand | 1,159 |
| Union populaire | Richard Fecteau | 252 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Marcel Lessard | 18,978 |
| Social Credit | Ph.-Aug. Bouchard | 11,048 |
| Progressive Conservative | Oswald Fleury | 3,251 |
| New Democratic | Jean-Denis Bérubé | 1,589 |
| Rhinoceros | Marc Harvey | 802 |
| Union populaire | Guy Tremblay | 421 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Marcel Lessard | 11,162 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gilles Guay | 6,129 |
| Social Credit | Maurice Brodeur | 5,372 |
| New Democratic | Jacqueline Simard | 625 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Marcel Lessard | 11,165 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gilles Guay | 7,074 |
| Social Credit | Claude Gauthier | 5,203 |
| Independent | Claude Gagnon | 362 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Marcel Lessard | 9,325 |
| Ralliement créditiste | J.-Alcide Simard | 8,430 |
| New Democratic | Jean-Jacques Tremblay | 1,330 |
| Progressive Conservative | Raoul Savard | 1,034 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Ralliement créditiste | Alcide Simard | 5,642 |
| Liberal | Réal Harvey | 5,337 |
| Independent | Marcel Lessard | 4,736 |
| New Democratic | Fernand Coté | 1,477 |
| Progressive Conservative | Vianney Guilmette | 532 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Marcel Lessard | 9,318 |
| Liberal | Réal Harvey | 6,219 |
| New Democratic | Rachel Ouellet | 1,524 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gilles De Beaumont | 1,373 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Marcel Lessard | 10,743 |
| Liberal | Benoît Caron | 4,018 |
| Progressive Conservative | Roger Parizeau | 3,341 |
| New Democratic | Jean-Claude Lebel | 935 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Roger Parizeau | 8,255 |
| Liberal | André Gauthier | 7,353 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gérard Larouche | 2,120 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | André Gauthier | 10,129 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Aimé-Roger Parizeau | 6,374 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | André Gauthier | 8,697 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dominique Lapointe | 6,756 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | André Gauthier | 7,084 |
| Nationalist | Paul-Emile Harvey | 4,994 |
| Union des électeurs | Delphis Larouche | 824 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Charles Gosselin | 138 |

### Lake St-John—Roberval, 1935–1949

1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Independent Liberal | Joseph-Alfred Dion | 9,744 |
| Independent | Joseph-Léonard Duguay | 8,984 |
| Bloc populaire | Paul-Emile Harvey | 4,588 |
| Social Credit | Delphis Larouche | 1,134 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Armand Sylvestre | 10,057 |
| National Government | Joseph-Léonard Duguay | 6,895 |
| New Democracy | Louis Even | 3,698 |
| Independent Liberal | Joseph-O. Dumoulin | 717 |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Armand Sylvestre | 9,231 |
| Conservative | Joseph-Léonard Duguay | 9,069 |
| Reconstruction | Joseph-Ladislas Bolduc | 661 |
| Independent Liberal | Joseph-Arthur Hamel | 544 |

### Lake St. John, 1925–1935

1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Joseph-Léonard Duguay | 8,387 |
| | Liberal | Armand Sylvestre | 8,211 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Armand Sylvestre | 8,090 |
| | Conservative | Joseph-Sylvio-Narcisse Turcotte | 5,733 |
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Armand Sylvestre | 7,579 |
| | Conservative | Joseph-Sylvio-Narcisse Turcotte | 5,502 |