Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (; formerly known as Roberval) was a federal
electoral district
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in
Quebec
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, Canada, that represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1949 until 2015.
The riding was created in 1947 from parts of
Lake St-John—Roberval
Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) 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 ...
riding. It was dissolved into
Lac-Saint-Jean
Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) 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 ...
and
Jonquière
Jonquière (; ; Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population: 60,250) is a List of boroughs in Quebec, borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Sag ...
during the
2012 electoral redistribution.
The neighbouring ridings are
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (formerly known as Abitibi, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik and Nunavik—Eeyou) is a federal riding in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 19 ...
,
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 ...
,
Jonquière—Alma
Jonquière—Alma was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011.
It was created in 2003 from parts of Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay ridings.
It co ...
,
Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and
Saint-Maurice—Champlain
Saint-Maurice–Champlain () is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
It consists of:
* the City of Shawinigan;
* the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Sai ...
.
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:
Election results
Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, 2004 – 2015
''Change is from by-election''
Roberval, 1947 – 2004
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
See also
*
List of Canadian electoral districts
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*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References
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Campaign expense data from Elections CanadaRiding history
from the Library of Parliament
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Riding history since 20042011 Results from Elections Canada
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Former federal electoral districts of Quebec
Roberval, Quebec
Saint-Félicien, Quebec