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Roberval (electoral district)

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Quebec electoral district
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Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1947
District abolished 2013
First contested 1949
Last contested 2011
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) 78,765
Electors (2011) 63,240
Area (km²) 57,155.64
Census divisions Le Domaine-du-Roy, Maria-Chapdelaine, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Census subdivisions Dolbeau-Mistassini, Roberval, Saint-Félicien, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Normandin, Saint-Prime, Hébertville, Saint-Bruno, Albanel

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (formerly known as Roberval) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 until 2015.

The riding was created in 1947 from parts of Lake St-John—Roberval riding. It was dissolved into Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Jonquière—Alma, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and Saint-Maurice—Champlain.

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%).

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Change is from by-election

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.


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