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 of Saguenay, as well as the La Baie borough and the municipalities of Ferland-et-Boilleau, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Petit-Saguenay, Rivière-Éternité and Saint-Félix-d'Otis and the unorganized territory of Lalemant.

Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Richard Martel
Conservative
District created1924
First contested1925
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]81,639
Electors (2019)65,618
Area (km²)[2]2,819
Pop. density (per km²)29
Census division(s)Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay
Census subdivision(s)Saguenay (part), L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Saint-Félix-d'Otis, Ferland-et-Boilleau, Petit-Saguenay, Rivière-Éternité

It was created as "Chicoutimi" riding in 1924 from Chicoutimi—Saguenay. It was renamed "Chicoutimi—Le Fjord" in 2000.

The neighbouring ridings are Manicouagan, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix, and Jonquière.

Richard Martel won the 2018 by-election.

Geography

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The riding has always been centred on the city (now borough) of Chicoutimi, Quebec. When it was created, the riding consisted of Chicoutimi County until 1947, when the western half of the riding became the new riding of Lapointe. The 1976 redistribution removed all of the riding's territory north of the Saguenay River. This territory was added back to the riding in the 2003 redistribution. This riding lost some territory to Jonquière during the 2012 electoral redistribution, including much of the area north of the Saguenay River again.

Demographics

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According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnocultural groups: 93.8% European, 3.7% Indigenous, 2.5% Other
Languages: 96.9% French, 0.9% English
Religion: 77.9%% Christian (71.4% Catholic), 0.8% Muslim, 21.0% None
Median income: $32,291 (2015) Average income: $40,803 (2015)

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Chicoutimi
Riding created from Chicoutimi—Saguenay
15th  1925–1926     Alfred Dubuc Liberal
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     Paul-Edmond Gagnon Independent
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Rosaire Gauthier Liberal
24th  1958–1962     Vincent Brassard Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Maurice Côté Social Credit
26th  1963–1963
 1963–1965     Ralliement créditiste
27th  1965–1968     Paul Langlois Liberal
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980 Marcel Dionne
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988     André Harvey Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Gilbert Fillion Bloc Québécois
36th  1997–2000     André Harvey Progressive Conservative
 2000–2000     Independent
 2000–2000     Liberal
Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
37th  2000–2004     André Harvey Liberal
38th  2004–2006     Robert Bouchard Bloc Québécois
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Dany Morin New Democratic
42nd  2015–2017     Denis Lemieux Liberal
 2018–2019     Richard Martel Conservative
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

The riding followed the typical path of most nationalist Quebec ridings, except for an independent being elected (1945–1957), and former MP André Harvey narrowly defeating incumbent Gilbert Fillion in 1997, one of only a few PC seats in Quebec that year.

Election results

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Graph of election results in Chicoutmi—Le Fjord (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)


2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Richard Martel 17,291 40.95 +4.14 $49,214.19
Bloc Québécois Julie Bouchard 14,096 33.38 -1.53 $13,745.50
Liberal Jean Duplain 7,746 18.35 +1.24 $0.00
New Democratic Ismaël Raymond 1,952 4.62 -1.88 $2,095.41
People's Jimmy Voyer 650 1.54 +0.72 none listed
Green Yves Laporte 489 1.16 -2.00 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 42,224 $104,807.38
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 64.47 -3.68
Registered voters 65,498
Conservative hold Swing +2.83
Source: Elections Canada[3]
2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 19,175 40.37
  Bloc Québécois 16,181 34.07
  Liberal 8,653 18.22
  New Democratic 2,234 4.70
  People's 649 1.37
  Green 557 1.17
  Others 44 0.09
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Richard Martel 16,155 36.82 -15.85 $88,278.98
Bloc Québécois Valérie Tremblay 15,321 34.91 +29.31 none listed
Liberal Dajana Dautovic 7,504 17.10 -12.40 $9,048.24
New Democratic Stéphane Girard 2,855 6.51 -2.14 $1,181.55
Green Lynda Youde 1,388 3.16 +0.07 $2,988.37
People's Jimmy Voyer 359 0.82 $1,360.01
Rhinoceros Line Bélanger 299 0.68 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 43,881 97.94
Total rejected ballots 925 2.06 +0.42
Turnout 44,806 68.15 +1.48
Eligible voters 65,747
Conservative hold Swing -21.09
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
Canadian federal by-election, June 18, 2018
Resignation of Denis Lemieux
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Martel 12,600 52.76 +36.16
Liberal Lina Boivin 7,044 29.50 -1.60
New Democratic Éric Dubois 2,065 8.65 -21.07
Bloc Québécois Catherine Bouchard-Tremblay 1,337 5.60 -14.92
Green Lynda Youde 738 3.09 +1.02
Independent John Turmel 98 0.41
Total valid votes/expense limit 23,882 98.67
Total rejected ballots 322 1.33 -0.34
Turnout 24,294 36.52 -30.15
Eligible voters 66,267
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +18.88
Source:Elections Canada: Official Voting Results
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Denis Lemieux 13,619 31.09 +25.34 $15,757.95
New Democratic Dany Morin 13,019 29.72 -7.96 $61,908.19
Bloc Québécois Élise Gauthier 8,990 20.52 -8.29 $34,879.59
Conservative Caroline Ste-Marie 7,270 16.60 -8.97 $33,846.47
Green Dany St-Gelais 907 2.07 +0.55 $64.43
Total valid votes/Expense limit 43,805 98.33   $201,130.77
Total rejected ballots 745 1.67
Turnout 44,550 66.67
Eligible voters 66,821
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +16.65
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 16,238 37.68
  Bloc Québécois 12,418 28.81
  Conservative 11,017 25.56
  Liberal 2,479 5.75
  Green 655 1.52
  Others 289 0.67
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Dany Morin 19,430 38.13 +30.30
Bloc Québécois Robert Bouchard 14,675 28.80 -12.51
Conservative Carol Néron 12,881 25.28 -9.63
Liberal Marc Pettersen 2,852 5.60 -7.85
Green Charles-Olivier Bolduc-Tremblay 780 1.53 -0.97
Rhinoceros Marielle Couture 340 0.67
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,958 98.69
Total rejected ballots 678 1.31 -0.24
Turnout 51,636 65.06 +2.82
Eligible voters 79,369
New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +21.40
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Robert Bouchard 19,737 41.31 +2.82 $87,392
Conservative Jean-Guy Maltais 16,680 34.91 +10.19 $73,050
Liberal Marc Pettersen 6,425 13.45 -15.74 $11,593
New Democratic Stéphane Girard 3,742 7.83 +2.69 $2,101
Green Jean-François Veilleux 1,193 2.50 +0.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,777 98.44 $100,545
Total rejected ballots 756 1.56 +0.42
Turnout 48,533 62.25 -2.47
Eligible voters 77,959
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -3.68
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Robert Bouchard 19,226 38.49 -6.8 $72,889
Liberal André Harvey 14,581 29.19 -14.2 $52,235
Conservative Alcide Boudreault 12,350 24.72 +19.4 $7,792
New Democratic Éric Dubois 2,571 5.15 +1.4 $4,812
Green Jean-Martin Gauthier 1,226 2.45 +0.2
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,954 98.86 $94,498
Total rejected ballots 575 1.14
Turnout 50,529 64.72 -2.11
Eligible voters 78,073
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Robert Bouchard 20,650 45.3 +9.2 $63,059
Liberal André Harvey 19,787 43.4 -4.8 $69,076
Conservative Alcide Boudreault 2,385 5.2 +0.4 $17,677
New Democratic Éric Dubois 1,699 3.7 +2.1 $7,418
Green Paul Tremblay 1,038 2.3 >
Total valid votes/Expense limit 45,559 100.0 $93,636

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the Canadian Alliance vote in the 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal André Harvey 20,105 48.2 +36.9
Bloc Québécois Noel Tremblay 15,073 36.2 -6.8
Independent Mauril Desbiens 3,797 9.1
Alliance Douglas Schroeder-Tabah 2,001 4.8
New Democratic Alain Ranger 698 1.7 -0.3
Total valid votes 41,674 100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative André Harvey 18,598 43.7 +19.7
Bloc Québécois Gilbert Fillion 18,281 42.9 -21.1
Liberal Eric Delisle 4,839 11.4 +0.6
New Democratic Anne-Marie Buck 853 2.0 +0.8
Total valid votes 42,571 100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Bloc Québécois Gilbert Fillion 29,392 64.0
Progressive Conservative André Harvey 11,038 24.0 -46.4
Liberal Georges Frenette 4,958 10.8 -7.7
New Democratic Christine Moore 541 1.2 -10.0
Total valid votes 45,929 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative André Harvey 30,699 70.4 +9.6
Liberal Laval Gauthier 8,047 18.4 -10.8
New Democratic Mustapha Elayoubi 4,870 11.2 +5.1
Total valid votes 43,616 100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative André Harvey 22,304 60.8 +42.6
Liberal Marcel Dionne 10,736 29.3 -38.2
New Democratic Denise Coté 2,211 6.0 -3.5
Rhinoceros Réjean Fou Fournier 801 2.2
Parti nationaliste Marie-Claude Desloges 626 1.7
Total valid votes 36,678 100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marcel Dionne 20,821 67.5 +18.1
Progressive Conservative Rodrigue Begin 5,607 18.2 -5.3
New Democratic Marc St-Hilaire 2,926 9.5 +5.2
Social Credit Hilaire Vézina 1,110 3.6 -16.5
Union populaire Carol Lavoie 375 1.2
Total valid votes 30,839 100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marcel Dionne 16,605 49.5 -1.4
Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Lavoie 7,897 23.5 -5.7
Social Credit Magella Tremblay 6,763 20.1 +3.4
New Democratic Marc St-Hilaire 1,435 4.3 +1.7
Rhinoceros Eric Blackburn 872 2.6
Total valid votes 33,572 100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Langlois 17,096 50.9 +7.2
Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Lavoie 9,817 29.2 -6.2
Social Credit Maurice Côté 5,618 16.7 -1.6
New Democratic Colette Richard 882 2.6 0.0
Marxist–Leninist Robert Laporte 202 0.6
Total valid votes 33,615 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Langlois 15,655 43.6 -6.7
Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Lavoie 12,712 35.4 +0.3
Social Credit Maurice Côté 6,572 18.3 +7.0
New Democratic Serge Morin 935 2.6 -0.5
Total valid votes 35,874 100.0

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Langlois 14,054 50.4 +12.9
Progressive Conservative Jean-Marc Lavoie 9,811 35.2 +18.0
Ralliement créditiste Antonio Simard 3,151 11.3 -15.4
New Democratic Jean-Baptiste Gauthier 879 3.2 -0.7
Total valid votes 27,895 100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Langlois 11,092 37.4 +4.4
Ralliement créditiste Majella Tremblay 7,894 26.6 -20.0
Progressive Conservative Vincent Brassard 5,087 17.2 +5.4
Independent Maurice Côté 4,419 14.9
New Democratic Denis Beaudoin 1,131 3.8 -4.8
Total valid votes 29,623 100.0

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Maurice Côté 14,581 46.6 -4.0
Liberal Gérard Tremblay 10,334 33.1
Progressive Conservative Claude Bouchard 3,670 11.7 -6.0
New Democratic Maurice Villeneuve 2,687 8.6 +5.3
Total valid votes 31,272 100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Maurice Côté 16,566 50.6
Liberal Gérard Tremblay 9,310 28.4 -12.2
Progressive Conservative Vincent Brassard 5,803 17.7 -32.9
New Democratic Maurice Villeneuve 1,071 3.3 -5.5
Total valid votes 32,750 100.0
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Vincent Brassard 15,407 50.6
Liberal Rosaire Gauthier 12,348 40.6 -11.8
Co-operative Commonwealth Victor Gladu 2,666 8.8
Total valid votes 30,421 100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rosaire Gauthier 15,124 52.4 +18.0
Independent Paul-Edmond Gagnon 13,733 47.6 -18.0
Total valid votes 28,857 100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul-Edmond Gagnon 16,046 65.6 18.5
Liberal Roland Angers 8,408 34.4 -10.5
Total valid votes 24,454 100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul-Edmond Gagnon 10,252 47.1 +14.8
Liberal Charles-Henri Desbiens 9,763 44.8 +20.8
Union des électeurs Charles-David Jean 1,757 8.1 -0.1
Total valid votes 21,772 100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul-Edmond Gagnon 10,796 32.3
Bloc populaire Rolland Angers 10,215 30.6
Liberal Joseph-Arthur Hamel 8,027 24.0 -14.8
Social Credit David Maltais 2,713 8.1
Independent Jules Landry 1,282 3.8
Co-operative Commonwealth Antoine Brisson 371 1.1
Total valid votes 33,404 100.0
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Dubuc 8,693 38.8 -8.5
National Government François-Albert Dumas 8,330 37.2 -0.5
Independent Liberal Eudore Boivin 5,390 24.0
Total valid votes 22,413 100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Dubuc 9,685 47.3 -4.9
Conservative Joseph-Adam Lavergne 7,719 37.7 -10.1
Independent Liberal Georges-Aimé Gagnon 2,373 11.6
Independent Donat Demers 690 3.4
Total valid votes 20,467 100.0
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Dubuc 10,641 52.2 -28.0
Conservative Joseph-Adam Lavergne 9,744 47.8 +28.0
Total valid votes 20,385 100.0

Note: Alfred Dubuc's popular vote as a Liberal candidate is compared to his popular vote as an independent Liberal candidate in the 1926 general election.

1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Alfred Dubuc 8,658 80.2 +26.0
Conservative Joseph Eugène Bergeron 2,142 19.8 +11.4
Total valid votes 10,800 100.0
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Liberal Alfred Dubuc 7,198 54.1
Liberal Louis-Joseph Levesque 4,981 37.5
Conservative Jean-Charles Gagne 1,120 8.4
Total valid votes 13,299 100.0

See also

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References

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  • "Chicoutimi—Le Fjord (Code 24016) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

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  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  3. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Chicoutimi—Le Fjord". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  7. ^ "Confirmed candidates for Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, 30 September 2015". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Alice Funke. "Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections". Punditsguide.ca. Retrieved June 19, 2018.

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