Charlevoix (provincial electoral district)

Charlevoix is a former provincial electoral district in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it included the municipalities of La Malbaie, Saint-Siméon, Baie-Saint-Paul and Baie-Sainte-Catherine.

Charlevoix
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1867
District abolished1912
District re-created1945
District re-abolished2011
First contested1867
Last contested2008
Demographics
Population (2006)40,719
Electors (2008)[1]33,305
Area (km²)[2]7,307.9
Census divisionsCharlevoix, Charlevoix-Est, La Côte-de-Beaupré
Census subdivisionsBaie-Sainte-Catherine, Baie-Saint-Paul, Beaupré, Clermont, La Malbaie, Les Éboulements, L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Notre-Dame-des-Monts, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Saint-Hilarion, Saint-Irénée, Saint-Joachim, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente, Saint-Siméon, Saint-Tite-des-Caps, Saint-Urbain; Lac-Jacques-Cartier (part), Lac-Pikauba, Mont-Élie, Sagard, Sault-au-Cochon

It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 1908. It disappeared in the 1912 election and its successor electoral district was Charlevoix-Saguenay.

It was recreated for the 1948 election and its final election was in 2008. It disappeared again in the 2012 election, and its successor electoral district was Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Election results
2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Parti QuébécoisPauline Marois10,51052.21-6.99
  Liberal Jean Luc Simard 6,241 31.01 -
Action démocratiqueMark Cardwell2,56012.72-24.28
Québec solidaireAndré Jacob3431.70-
GreenDavid Turcotte3251.61-0.48
     No designation Jean-Michel Harvey 150 0.75 -
Charlevoix by-election, September 24, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Parti QuébécoisPauline Marois11,40059.20+21.53
Action démocratiqueConrad Harvey7,12537.00+6.22
GreenDavid Turcotte4032.09-0.20
Christian DemocracyPaul Biron1350.70-
     Independent Claude Gagnon 77 0.40 -
     Independent Daniel Laforest 64 0.33 -
     Republic of Quebec François Robert Lemire 52 0.27 -
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Parti QuébécoisRosaire Bertrand9,09937.67-5.96
Action démocratiqueConrad Harvey7,43630.78+13.56
  Liberal Jean-Guy Bouchard 6,541 27.08 -10.63
GreenDavid Turcotte5532.29-
Québec solidaireLucie Charbonneau5272.18+1.46*

* Increase is from UFP

2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Parti QuébécoisRosaire Bertrand10,13143.63-12.97
  Liberal Denis Lavoie 8,758 37.71 +3.19
Action démocratiqueDaniel Bouchard3,99817.22+9.75
UFPÉric Tremblay1680.72-
     Independent Gabriel Tremblay 105 0.45 -0.21
Christian DemocracyPhilippe Thivierge620.27-
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Parti QuébécoisRosaire Bertrand13,64856.60+4.01
  Liberal Claire Gagnon 8,322 34.52 -4.56
Action démocratiqueKevin Tremblay1,8007.47-
  Socialist Democracy Guillaume Tremblay 183 0.76 -
     Independent Gabriel Tremblay 158 0.66 -
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 15,702 56.64
Non 12,019 43.36
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Parti QuébécoisRosaire Bertrand12,09152.59+6.72
  Liberal Daniel Bradet 8,986 39.08 -15.05
     Independent Guy Fontaine 1,915 8.33 -
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side Votes %
Non 14,407 61.95
Oui 8,849 38.05
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Daniel Bradet 11,816 54.13 -7.00
Parti QuébécoisRosaire Bertrand10,01245.87+9.61
1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Daniel Bradet 14,847 61.13 +10.48
Parti QuébécoisPaul-Henri Jean8,80836.26-11.21
  New Democrat Robert Vigneault 634 2.61 -
1981 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Raymond Mailloux 12,712 50.65 -3.93
Parti QuébécoisPaul-Henri Jean11,91347.47+14.42
Union NationaleJeannot Lavoie4731.88-5.46
1980 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 13,906 57.58
Oui 10,244 42.42
1976 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Liberal Raymond Mailloux 12,419 54.58 -9.33
Parti QuébécoisGérard Drouin7,52033.05+15.76
Union NationaleGaston Dion1,6707.34+3.79
     Ralliement créditiste Angelo Emond 1,146 5.03 -10.22

References
  1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=678&section=population
  2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=678&section=superficie
  3. Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2012.
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