# Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (French pronunciation:; formerly known as Roberval) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 until 2015.
The riding was created in 1947 from parts of Lake St-John—Roberval riding. It was dissolved into Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Jonquière—Alma, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and Saint-Maurice—Champlain.
This is the riding with the highest percentage of non-immigrants (99.4%) and of people with French as their home language (also 99.4%).

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Roberval Riding created from Lake St-John—Roberval |||||
| 21st | 1949–1952 | Joseph-Alfred Dion | Liberal |
| 21st | 1952–1953 | Paul-Henri Spence | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Georges Villeneuve | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Georges Villeneuve | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Jean-Noël Tremblay | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | Social Credit |
| 26th | 1963–1963 | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | Social Credit |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | Ralliement créditiste |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | Ralliement créditiste |
| 28th | 1968–1971 | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | Ralliement créditiste |
| 28th | 1971–1972 | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | Social Credit |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | Social Credit |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | Social Credit |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | Social Credit |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Benoît Bouchard | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Benoît Bouchard | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Michel Gauthier | Bloc Québécois |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Michel Gauthier | Bloc Québécois |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Michel Gauthier | Bloc Québécois |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Michel Gauthier | Bloc Québécois |
| Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean |||||
| 39th | 2006–2007 | Michel Gauthier | Bloc Québécois |
| 39th | 2007–2008 | Denis Lebel | Conservative |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Denis Lebel | Conservative |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Denis Lebel | Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière |||||

## Election results
### Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, 2004 – 2015

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Denis Lebel | 18,438 | 45.68 | +2.13 | $99,662 |
| | New Democratic | Yvon Guay | 11,182 | 27.70 | +22.99 | $1,983 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Claude Pilote | 8,577 | 21.25 | -18.40 | $70,809 |
| | Liberal | Bernard Garneau | 1,615 | 4.00 | -6.09 | $5,913 |
| | Green | Steeve Simard | 553 | 1.37 | -0.63 | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,365 | 98.79 | | $102,172 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 494 | 1.21 | +0.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,859 | 64.20 | +5.21 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 63,645 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -10.43 |
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Denis Lebel | 16,055 | 43.54 | -16.13 | $88,243 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Claude Pilote | 14,619 | 39.65 | +12.89 | $79,101 |
| | Liberal | Bernard Garneau | 3,721 | 10.09 | +0.54 | $9,041 |
| | New Democratic | Catherine Forbes | 1,738 | 4.71 | +2.41 | – |
| | Green | Jocelyn Tremblay | 737 | 2.00 | +0.29 | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 36,870 | 98.83 | | $98,690 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 437 | 1.17 | +0.27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,307 | 58.99 | +12.16 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 63,240 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -14.51 |
Change is from by-election
Canadian federal by-election, 17 September 2007 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Denis Lebel | 17,463 | 59.68 | +22.50 | $95,449 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Céline Houde | 7,830 | 26.76 | -18.45 | $93,915 |
| | Liberal | Louise Boulanger | 2,795 | 9.55 | +1.80 | $51,293 |
| | New Democratic | Éric Dubois | 675 | 2.31 | -3.22 | $3,123 |
| | Green | Jean-Luc Boily | 499 | 1.71 | -2.64 | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 29,262 | 99.10 | | $95,677 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 265 | 0.90 | -0.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,527 | 46.83 | -15.32 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 63,050 |
| | Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | Swing | +20.47 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Gauthier | 17,586 | 45.20 | -14.21 | $57,312 |
| | Conservative | Ghislain Lavoie | 14,463 | 37.18 | +28.52 | $12,647 |
| | Liberal | Luc Chiasson | 3,014 | 7.75 | -15.45 | $9,150 |
| | New Democratic | François Privé | 2,151 | 5.53 | +0.42 | $936 |
| | Green | Sébastien Girard | 1,689 | 4.34 | +0.72 | $719 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 38,903 | 98.99 | | $91,857 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 397 | 1.01 | -0.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,300 | 62.15 | +6.31 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 63,236 |
| | Bloc Québécois hold | Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | Swing | -21.36 |

### Roberval, 1947 – 2004

vte2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Gauthier (incumbent) | 20,655 | 59.41 | +1.78 | $54,905 |
| | Liberal | Michel Mallette | 8,064 | 23.19 | -9.20 | $52,574 |
| | Conservative | Ghislain Lavoie | 3,011 | 8.66 | +0.77 | $10,049 |
| | New Democratic | Isabelle Tremblay | 1,777 | 5.11 | +3.77 | $895 |
| | Green | Marc-André Gauthier | 1,260 | 3.62 | | $0 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 34,767 | 100.00 | | |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 687 | 1.94 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,454 | 55.84 | | |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 63,497 | | | |
| | Bloc Québécois notional hold | Bloc Québécois notional hold | Swing | Swing | +5.49 |
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative totals from 2000. |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |||||||
2000 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Bloc Québécois | 21,095 | 57.63 |
| Liberal | 11,857 | 32.39 |
| Canadian Alliance | 2,021 | 5.52 |
| Progressive Conservative | 869 | 2.37 |
| New Democratic | 489 | 1.34 |
| Independents | 271 | 0.74 |
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Gauthier | 16,928 | 55.1 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal | Jean-Pierre Boivin | 10,680 | 34.7 | +8.5 |
| | Alliance | Raymond A. Brideau | 1,829 | 5.9 | |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marie-Christine Huot | 870 | 2.8 | -17.5 |
| | New Democratic | Alain Giguère | 437 | 1.4 | +0.1 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,744 | 100.0 |
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Gauthier | 16,207 | 52.1 | -7.6 |
| | Liberal | Jean-Pierre Boivin | 8,176 | 26.3 | +5.9 |
| | Progressive Conservative | France Tanguay | 6,312 | 20.3 | +2.0 |
| | New Democratic | Alain Giguère | 412 | 1.3 | -0.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,107 | 100.0 |
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Bloc Québécois | Michel Gauthier | 18,869 | 59.7 | |
| | Liberal | Aurélien Gill | 6,443 | 20.4 | +8.3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Henri-Paul Brassard | 5,793 | 18.3 | -58.0 |
| | New Democratic | Alain Giguère | 485 | 1.5 | -8.0 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 31,590 | 100.0 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Benoît Bouchard | 26,717 | 76.4 | +14.5 |
| | Liberal | Martin Cauvier | 4,219 | 12.1 | -22.7 |
| | New Democratic | Réjean Lalancette | 3,318 | 9.5 | +7.2 |
| | Rhinoceros | Mémile Michel Simard | 723 | 2.1 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 34,977 | 100.0 |
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Benoît Bouchard | 22,981 | 61.8 | +60.4 |
| | Liberal | Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet | 12,917 | 34.8 | -17.2 |
| | New Democratic | Marius Tremblay | 837 | 2.3 | +0.6 |
| | Parti nationaliste | Candide Simard | 422 | 1.1 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 37,157 | 100.0 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet | 17,724 | 51.9 | +11.6 |
| | Social Credit | Charles Arthur Gauthier | 14,832 | 43.5 | -2.5 |
| | New Democratic | Carol André Simard | 569 | 1.7 | +0.5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Paul Desbiens | 507 | 1.5 | -9.4 |
| | Rhinoceros | Donald Bobette Simard | 503 | 1.5 | +0.3 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 34,135 | 100.0 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | 15,582 | 45.9 | -10.4 |
| | Liberal | Georges-Henri Bouchard | 13,677 | 40.3 | +2.5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jacques Brunet | 3,705 | 10.9 | +6.1 |
| | Rhinoceros | Pierre Marion | 405 | 1.2 | |
| | New Democratic | Jacques Ouellet | 385 | 1.1 | +0.1 |
| | Union populaire | Raymond Archambault | 183 | 0.5 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,937 | 100.0 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | 12,877 | 56.4 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal | Louis-Ovide Bouchard | 8,636 | 37.8 | -0.5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Louis-Georges Gagnon | 1,096 | 4.8 | -5.8 |
| | New Democratic | Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt | 240 | 1.1 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,849 | 100.0 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | 11,316 | 51.1 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal | Julien Mongeon | 8,472 | 38.3 | -3.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marcel Vallée | 2,347 | 10.6 | +0.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,135 | 100.0 |
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ralliement créditiste | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | 8,811 | 47.0 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal | Lucien Larouche | 7,727 | 41.3 | +1.9 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Fernand Bouchard | 1,951 | 10.4 | -0.7 |
| | New Democratic | Pierre Cajolais | 241 | 1.3 | -3.7 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,730 | 100.0 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Ralliement créditiste | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | 8,736 | 44.6 | -7.3 |
| | Liberal | Georges Villeneuve | 7,712 | 39.3 | +4.7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Aurélien Talbot | 2,189 | 11.2 | +2.8 |
| | New Democratic | Robert Gaulin | 968 | 4.9 | -0.2 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,605 | 100.0 |
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | 10,345 | 51.9 | -1.6 |
| | Liberal | Albert Garant | 6,908 | 34.6 | +8.3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | J.-Eugène Perron | 1,667 | 8.4 | -11.8 |
| | New Democratic | Robert Gaulin | 1,025 | 5.1 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,945 | 100.0 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | 11,180 | 53.5 | |
| | Liberal | Georges Villeneuve | 5,510 | 26.4 | -19.7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean-Noël Tremblay | 4,216 | 20.2 | -33.8 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,906 | 100.0 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean-Noël Tremblay | 10,696 | 53.9 | +14.0 |
| | Liberal | Georges Villeneuve | 9,130 | 46.1 | -14.0 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,826 | 100.0 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Georges Villeneuve | 10,860 | 60.0 | +9.5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean Lindsay | 7,236 | 40.0 | -9.5 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,096 | 100.0 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Georges Villeneuve | 8,646 | 50.5 | +14.5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Paul-Henri Spence | 8,477 | 49.5 | +8.3 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,123 | 100.0 |
Canadian federal by-election, 26 May 1952 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Paul-Henri Spence | 6,703 | 41.2 | – |
| | Liberal | Cyrille Potvin | 5,854 | 36.0 | -13.7 |
| | Independent Liberal | Adjutor Boulanger | 3,703 | 22.8 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,260 | 100.0 |
| Called on Mr. Dion's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 8 April 1952 |||||||
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Joseph-Alfred Dion | 8,103 | 49.7 |
| | Independent | J.-Augustin Fortin | 6,078 | 37.3 |
| | Union des électeurs | Louis-Joseph-Xavier Dallaire | 2,135 | 13.1 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,316 | 100.0 |