Lac-Saint-Jean () is a federal electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, northeast

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, 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 Canada 2021 Census'' Ethnocultural groups: 92.0% European, 6.9% Indigenous, 1.1% Other
Languages: 98.5% French
Religions: 83.3% Christian (76.3% Catholic, 0.6% Jehovah's Witness), 0.5% Other, 16.2% None
Median income: $30,947 (2015)

History

This riding was created in 1924 form parts of

Chicoutimi—Saguenay Chicoutimi—Saguenay was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was created by the ''British North America Act'', 1867, and was amalgamated into the Chicou ...

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 Chicoutimi—Le Fjord (formerly known as Chicoutimi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The riding consists of the northern part of the Chicoutimi borough o ...

, 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 A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

was held on October 23, 2017 due to the resignation of

Denis Lebel Denis Lebel (born May 26, 1954) is a Canadian politician and who served as mayor of Roberval, Quebec and deputy leader of the Official Opposition. Lebel was born in Roberval, Quebec. Political career Lebel was elected to the House of Commo ...

on August 9, 2017. The riding was subsequently won by Liberal

Richard Hébert Richard Hébert is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Lac-Saint-Jean in the House of Commons of Canada from his election in a 2017 by-election until his defeat in the 2019 federal election. He served ...

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

Lac-Saint-Jean, 2015–present

Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay, 2000–2004

Lac-Saint-Jean, 1949–2000

Lake St-John—Roberval, 1935–1949

Lake St. John (1925–1935)

References

External links

Riding history from the

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Lac-Saint-JeanLac-Saint-Jean—SaguenayLake_St-John—Roberval Riding history from the

Lake St. John Riding history from the

{{Ridings in Quebec Quebec federal electoral districts Alma, Quebec Dolbeau-Mistassini Roberval, Quebec