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This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the lake, see Lac Saint-Jean. For the current provincial electoral district, see Lac-Saint-Jean (provincial electoral district)
Lac-Saint-Jean was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 2004.
Now, Lac-Saint-Jean is known as Lac-St-Jean—Saguenay. People living in this region are dividing their regions, Saguenay people and Lac-St-Jean people. The region of Lac-St-Jean is known in the province of Quebec because of their blueberries. There are also Québécoise expressions about this fact: the Lac-St-Jean people are sometimes nicknamed "Les bleuets" (The blueberries) because it's the biggest source of blueberries in Quebec. It's not an insult, they take it good. It's their culture.
They cultivate the blueberry at the end of the summer. That's why at the end of the summer, there is a "Festival du bleuet" (Blueberry festival). This region is well-respected by other Québécois.
[edit] History
This riding was created in 1947 from parts of 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- André Gauthier, Liberal (1949-1958)
- Roger Parizeau, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
- Marcel Lessard, Social Credit (1962-1965)
- Alcide Simard, Ralliement Créditiste (1965-1968)
- Marcel Lessard, Liberal (1968-1980)
- Pierre Gimaïel, Liberal (1980-1984)
- Clément Côté, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
- Lucien Bouchard, Progressive Conservative/Bloc Québécois (1988-1996)
- Stéphan Tremblay, Bloc Québécois (1996-2002)
- Sébastien Gagnon, Bloc Québécois (2002-2004)
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1965 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Ralliement créditiste |
SIMARD, Alcide |
5,642 |
| |
Liberal |
HARVEY, Réal |
5,337 |
| |
Independent |
LESSARD, Marcel |
4,736 |
| |
New Democrat |
COTÉ, Fernand |
1,477 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
GUILMETTE, Vianney |
532 |
| Canadian federal election, 1979 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Liberal |
LESSARD, Marcel |
18,978 |
| |
Social Credit |
BOUCHARD, Ph.-Aug. |
11,048 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
FLEURY, Oswald |
3,251 |
| |
New Democrat |
BÉRUBÉ, Jean-Denis |
1,589 |
| |
Rhino |
HARVEY, Marc |
802 |
| |
Union Populaire |
TREMBLAY, Guy |
421 |
| Canadian federal election, 1980 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Liberal |
GIMAÏEL, Pierre |
21,267 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
FORTIN, Lucien |
4,608 |
| |
New Democrat |
BÉRUBÉ, Jean-Denis |
3,465 |
| |
Social Credit |
TREMBLAY, Paul-Henri |
2,821 |
| |
Rhino |
BRIAND, Béru Louis |
1,159 |
| |
Union Populaire |
FECTEAU, Richard |
252 |
By-election: Resignation of Clément Côté, 28 April 1988.
By-election: Resignation of Lucien Bouchard, 15 January 1996
| Canadian federal election, 2000 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Bloc Québécois |
TREMBLAY, Stéphan |
21,401 |
| |
Liberal |
TREMBLAY, Jérôme |
7,518 |
| |
Canadian Alliance |
CARON, Yannick |
1,536 |
| |
Independent |
LAVOIE, Gilles |
910 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
GAGNON, Claude |
539 |
| |
New Democrat |
PROULX, Linda |
417 |
By-election: On Mr. Tremblay's resignation, 7 May 2002
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
