Joliette (federal electoral district) Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
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Legislature House of Commons MP Gabriel Ste-Marie Bloc Québécois District created 1966 First contested 1968 Last contested 2021 District webpage profile , map Population (2016 )[ 1] 104,136 Electors (2019)88,831 Area (km²)[ 2] 9,102 Pop. density (per km²) 11.4 Census division(s) Joliette , Matawinie Census subdivision(s) Joliette , Saint-Charles-Borromée , Rawdon , Notre-Dame-des-Prairies , Saint-Paul , Chertsey , Saint-Donat , Crabtree , Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare , Saint-Thomas
Joliette (French pronunciation: [ʒɔljɛt] ⓘ electoral district in Quebec , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935 and since 1968.
Geography
This electoral district, located northeast of Montreal in the Quebec region of Lanaudière , currently consists of:
It is bounded by the:
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census [ 3]
Ethnic groups: 93.4% White, 3.8% Indigenous, 1.1% Black
Languages: 92.5% French, 2.1% English, 1.8% Atikamekw
Religions: 70.0% Christian (63.5% Catholic, 6.5% Other), 28.4% None
Median income: $37,200 (2020)
Average income: $45,280 (2020)
History
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada . In 1933, Joliette became part of the new electoral district of Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm .
It was created again in 1966 from Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière , Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm and Terrebonne ridings .
This riding lost territory to Berthier—Maskinongé during the 2012 electoral redistribution .
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution , the riding will largely be replaced by Joliette—Manawan . It loses the municipalities of Saint-Donat and Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci to Laurentides—Labelle ; loses Entrelacs and Chertsey to Les Pays-d'en-Haut ; and gains the Domaine-Ouellet area from Repentigny .
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament :
Election results
Graph of election results in Joliette (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Gabriel Ste-Marie 30,913
55.0
-3.2
$20,415.99
Liberal Michel Bourgeois
12,731
22.7
+0.2
$14,000.77
Conservative Roger Materne
5,314
9.5
+0.5
$2,412.32
New Democratic Alexis Beaudet
3,100
5.5
+0.9
$59.42
People's Maxime Leclerc
1,771
3.2
+2.3
$0.00
Green Érica Poirier
1,126
2.0
-2.1
$80.52
Free Manon Coutu
992
1.8
N/A $2,900.09
Marijuana Yanick Théoret
251
0.4
N/A $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit
56,198 97.7 – $120,469.50
Total rejected ballots
1,332 2.3
Turnout
57,530 62.3
Registered voters
92,281
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
-1.8
Source: Elections Canada [ 5]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Gabriel Ste-Marie 33,590
58.22
+24.92
$25,277.75
Liberal Michel Bourgeois
12,995
22.52
-5.70
$33,054.52
Conservative Jean-Martin Masse
5,176
8.97
-1.09
$15,856.88
New Democratic Julienne Soumaoro
2,623
4.55
-21.14
none listed
Green Érica Poirier
2,343
4.06
+1.71
$752.47
People's Sylvain Prescott
498
0.86
–
$932.68
Indépendence du Québec
Paul Savard
474
0.82
–
$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit
57,699 100.0
Total rejected ballots
1,203 1.35 +0.15
Turnout
58,902 66.31 -0.91
Eligible voters
88,831
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
+15.31
Source: Elections Canada [ 6] [ 7]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Gabriel Ste-Marie 18,875
33.30
+0.29
$39,176.25
Liberal Michel Bourgeois
15,995
28.22
+21.83
$24,407.76
New Democratic Danielle Landreville
14,566
25.69
-21.23
$46,434.16
Conservative Soheil Eid
5,705
10.06
+0.37
$34,086.31
Green Mathieu Morin
1,335
2.35
-1.64
$1,229.90
Strength in Democracy Robert D. Morais
213
0.38
–
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
56,689 100.0 $233,084.37
Total rejected ballots
1,109 1.20 -0.36
Turnout
57,798 67.22 +3.7
Eligible voters
85,981
Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic
Swing
+10.8
Source: Elections Canada [ 8] [ 9]
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Pierre Paquette 28,040
52.40
-1.63
$66,256
Conservative Sylvie Lavallée
9,540
17.83
-8.93
$55,729
Liberal Suzie St-Onge
7,769
14.52
+4.62
$4,504
New Democratic Francine Raynault 5,579
10.42
+5.05
$1,331
Green Annie Durette
2,588
4.84
+0.90
$2,465
Total valid votes/Expense limit
53,516 100.00 $94,530
Total rejected ballots
878 1.61
Turnout
54,394 62.02
Bloc Québécois hold
Swing
+3.65
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Pierre Paquette 28,630
54.03
-9.39
$59,887
Conservative Sylvie Lavallée
14,182
26.76
+20.33
$33,883
Liberal Gérard Leclerc
5,245
9.90
-12.80
$8,879
New Democratic Jacques Trudeau
2,845
5.37
+1.74
$2,326
Green Jean-François Lévêque
2,086
3.94
+1.57
$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit
52,988 100.00 $86,852
2004 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Pierre Paquette 30,661
63.42
+11.22
$68,711
Liberal Jean-François Coderre
10,975
22.70
-10.06
$40,336
Conservative Daniel Bouchard
3,107
6.43
-4.98
$4,639
New Democratic Jacques Trudeau
1,755
3.63
+1.23
$1,187
Green Wendy Gorchinsky
1,147
2.37
–
$77
Marijuana Marco Geoffroy
701
1.45
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
48,346 100.00 $84,187
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Bloc Québécois René Laurin 22,605
46.54
$58,632
Progressive Conservative Anie Perrault
17,417
35.86
$27,044
Liberal Denise Cloutier Bergeron
7,452
15.34
–
$19,618
Natural Law Gilles Roy
594
1.22
$707
New Democratic Jacques Trudeau
502
1.03
$910
Total valid votes
48,570 100.00
Total rejected ballots
2,407
Turnout
50,977 73.56
Electors on the lists
69,304
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada .
Note: results from the 1974 federal election are missing from the Library of Parliament website. Results shown are incomplete results (250 of 256 polling stations reporting) reported in the Globe and Mail on 9 July 1974.
Note: percentage change for Roch LaSalle compares his vote as a PC candidate in 1974 to his vote as an independent candidate in 1972.
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
Note: percentage change for Roch LaSalle compares his vote as an independent candidate in 1972 to his vote as a PC candidate in 1968.
Canadian federal by-election, 17 December 1928
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
On Mr. Denis' acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 3 November 1928
Liberal Charles-Édouard Ferland 5,251
66.58
Liberal René-Laurier Guilbault
2,636
33.42
Total valid votes
7,887 100.00
By-election on 16 January 1889 On election being declared void, 6 November 1888
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Nationalist
Hilaire Neveu
?
Independent Conservative
Édouard Guilbault ?
–
Total valid votes
?
N.B. Mr. Guilbault elected by the casting vote of the Returning Officer.
Canadian federal by-election, 7 December 1882
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
On election being declared void, 4 November 1882
Independent Conservative
Édouard Guilbault 1,070
58.25
+3.20
Conservative J.N.A. McConville
767
41.75
Total valid votes
1,837 100.00
Note: The change in Mr. Guilbault's popular vote is compared to his result in the 1882 general election.
Canadian federal by-election, 9 December 1880
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
On Mr. Baby being appointed Puisne Judge, Quebec Superior Court, 29 October 1880
Conservative Lewis Arthur McConville 1,225
64.14
+5.86
Liberal F.B. Godin
685
35.86
-5.86
Total valid votes
1,910 100.00
Canadian federal by-election, 10 December 1874
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Mr. Baby being unseated on petition, 6 November 1874
Conservative Louis François Georges Baby 1,069
54.13
+2.88
Unknown
Amable Beaupré
906
45.87
-2.88
Total valid votes
1,975 100.00
See also
References
Riding electoral history from Parliament of Canada website:
Notes
^ Statistics Canada : 2016^ Statistics Canada : 2016^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Joliette [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec" . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Retrieved October 12, 2023 . ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders" . Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024 .^ "Confirmed candidates — Joliette" . Elections Canada . Retrieved September 20, 2021 .^ "List of confirmed candidates" . Elections Canada . Retrieved October 3, 2019 .^ "Election Night Results" . Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Joliette, 30 September 2015 ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 15 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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