# Jean-Lesage

Jean-Lesage is a provincial electoral district in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of parts of the Beauport and La Cité-Limoilou boroughs of Quebec City.
It was created for the 2003 election from most of the former Limoilou and part of Montmorency electoral districts. Even earlier, before Limoilou, the electoral district of Québec-Est existed in the same general area.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost some territory to Montmorency but gained some territory from Taschereau; it also gained a tiny amount of territory from Charlesbourg.
It was named after former Quebec Premier Jean Lesage who orchestrated the Quiet Revolution from 1960 to 1966.

## Members of the National Assembly

| Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Limoilou and Montmorency |||||
| 37th | 2003–2007 | Michel Després | Liberal |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | Jean-François Gosselin | Action démocratique |
| 39th | 2008–2012 | André Drolet | Liberal |
| 40th | 2012–2014 | André Drolet | Liberal |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | André Drolet | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Sol Zanetti | Québec solidaire |
| 43rd | 2022–Present | Sol Zanetti | Québec solidaire |

## Election results

vte2022 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Québec solidaire | Sol Zanetti | 11,390 | 37.77 | +3.07 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Christiane Gamache | 9,426 | 31.26 | -1.09 |
| | Conservative | Denise Peter | 4,258 | 14.12 | +12.37 |
| | Parti Québécois | Michaël Potvin | 3,337 | 11.07 | +1.75 |
| | Liberal | Charles Robert | 1,326 | 4.40 | -13.52 |
| | Green | Félix-Antoine Bérubé-Simard | 237 | 0.79 | -0.36 |
| | Climat Québec | Mario Ledoux | 67 | 0.22 | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 57 | 0.19 | +0.04 |
| | Démocratie directe | Lucie Perreault | 56 | 0.19 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30.154 | 98.63 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 419 | 1.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,573 | 67.34 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 45,399 | – | – |
vte2018 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Québec solidaire | Sol Zanetti | 10,331 | 34.7 | +20.58 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Christiane Gamache | 9,632 | 32.35 | +8.65 |
| | Liberal | Gertrude Bourdon | 5,335 | 17.92 | -19.41 |
| | Parti Québécois | Claire Vignola | 2,774 | 9.32 | -13.1 |
| | Conservative | Anne Deblois | 520 | 1.75 | +0.96 |
| | New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 399 | 1.34 | |
| | Green | Alex Paradis-Bellefeuille | 343 | 1.15 | |
| | Parti nul | Charles Verreault-Lemieux | 192 | 0.64 | -0.58 |
| | Citoyens au pouvoir | Marie-Pierre Deschênes | 149 | 0.5 | |
| | Équipe Autonomiste | Nicolas Bouffard-Savoie | 52 | 0.17 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 44 | 0.15 | +0.01 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,771 | 98.19 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 548 | 1.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,319 | 65.78 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 46,090 |
| | Québec solidaire gain from Liberal | Québec solidaire gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +5.97 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||
2014 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | André Drolet | 11,645 | 37.27 | +6.66 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Émilie Foster | 7,431 | 23.78 | -3.53 |
| | Parti Québécois | Pierre Châteauvert | 6,998 | 22.40 | -6.21 |
| | Québec solidaire | Sébastien Bouchard | 3,626 | 11.60 | +3.63 |
| | Option nationale | Sol Zanetti | 782 | 2.50 | -1.46 |
| | Parti nul | Sébastien Dumais | 384 | 1.23 | |
| | Conservative | Andréas Garcia | 246 | 0.79 | |
| | Independent | José Breton | 93 | 0.30 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 43 | 0.14 | -0.06 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,248 | 98.65 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 427 | 1.35 | -0.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,675 | 67.91 | -3.22 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 46,643 | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +5.10 |
2012 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | André Drolet | 9,965 | 30.60 | -7.67 |
| | Parti Québécois | Pierre Châteauvert | 9,314 | 28.60 | -2.35 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Johanne Lapointe | 8,894 | 27.31 | +4.10 |
| | Québec solidaire | Élaine Hémond | 2,598 | 7.98 | +2.25 |
| | Option nationale | Christian St-Pierre | 1,289 | 3.96 | |
| | Independent | Debelle Michel | 222 | 0.68 | |
| | Quebec Citizens' Union | Simon Beaudoin | 84 | 0.26 | |
| | Équipe Autonomiste | Steve Nadeau | 77 | 0.24 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Claude Moreau | 64 | 0.20 | |
| | Unité Nationale | Oxana Vassiltchenko | 56 | 0.17 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,563 | 98.56 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 475 | 1.44 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,038 | 71.13 | |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 46,448 | – | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -2.66 |
^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.
2008 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Andre Drolet | 14,196 | 46.48 |
| Parti Québécois | Helene Guillemette | 7,497 | 24.54 |
| Action démocratique | Jean-Francois Gosselin | 7,302 | 23.91 |
| Québec solidaire | Jean-Yves Desgagnes | 1,236 | 4.05 |
| Independent | Jose Breton | 314 | 1.03 |
2007 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Action démocratique | Jean-Francois Gosselin | 13,865 | 39.86 | |
| Liberal | Michel Després | 10,185 | 29.28 | |
| Parti Québécois | Christian Simard | 7,990 | 22.97 | |
| Québec solidaire | Jean-Yves Desgagnes | 1,236 | 3.55 | |
| Green | Lucien Rodrigue | 1,159 | 3.33 | – |
| Independent | Jose Breton | 131 | 0.38 | |
| Christian Democracy | Danielle Benny | 116 | 0.33 | |
| People's Front | Jean Bédard | 100 | 0.29 | |
2003 Quebec general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal | Michel Després | 15547 | 44.22 |
| Parti Québécois | Robert Caron | 9408 | 26.76 |
| Action démocratique | Aurel Bélanger | 8912 | 25.35 |
| Independent | Jean-Yves Desgagnés | 714 | 2.03 |
| Bloc Pot | Nicolas Frichot | 390 | 1.11 |
| People's Front | Jean Bédard | 185 | 0.53 |