Joliette (federal electoral district)

Joliette
Quebec electoral district
	File:Joliette.png Joliette in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
;
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	104,136
Electors (2019)	88,831
Area (km²)	9,102
Pop. density (per km²)	11.4
Census divisions	Joliette, Matawinie
Census subdivisions	Joliette, Saint-Charles-Borromée, Rawdon, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Paul, Chertsey, Saint-Donat, Crabtree, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Saint-Thomas

Joliette is a federal 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:

the Regional County Municipality of Matawinie, including Communauté Atikamekw de Manawan indian reserve
the Regional County Municipality of Joliette.

It is bounded by the:

electoral district of Repentigny and Berthier—Maskinongé and the Saint Lawrence River to the south
electoral district of Saint-Maurice—Champlain to the east and north
Lac Nemiscachingue and the electoral districts of Rivière-du-Nord, Montcalm and Laurentides—Labelle to the west

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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Joliette
1st	1867–1872	François Benjamin Godin	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874	Louis François Georges Baby	Conservative
3rd	1874–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1878
	1878–1880
	1880–1882	Lewis Arthur McConville
5th	1882–1882	Édouard Guilbault
5th	1882–1887		Independent Conservative
6th	1887–1889		Conservative
6th	1889–1891	Hilaire Neveu	Nationalist
7th	1891–1896	Urbain Lippé	Conservative
8th	1896–1900	Charles Bazinet	Liberal
9th	1900–1904	Charles Bazinet
10th	1904–1908	Joseph Adélard Dubeau
11th	1908–1911	Joseph Adélard Dubeau
12th	1911–1917	Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault	Conservative
13th	1917–1921	Jean-Joseph Denis	Liberal
14th	1921–1925
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1928
16th	1928–1930	Charles-Édouard Ferland
17th	1930–1935	Charles-Édouard Ferland
Riding dissolved into Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm
Riding re-created from Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm and Terrebonne
28th	1968–1971	Roch La Salle	Progressive Conservative
28th	1971–1972		Independent
29th	1972–1974		Independent
30th	1974–1979		Progressive Conservative
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993	Gaby Larrivée
35th	1993–1997	René Laurin	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	René Laurin
37th	2000–2004	Pierre Paquette
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Francine Raynault	New Democratic
42nd	2015–2018	Gabriel Ste-Marie	Bloc Québécois
	2018–2018		Groupe parlementaire québécois
	2018–2019		Bloc Québécois
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–Present

Election results

1968–present

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

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2011 federal election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	23,813	46.92
	Bloc Québécois	16,751	33.01
	Conservative	4,919	9.69
	Liberal	3,243	6.39
	Green	2,024	3.99

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Canadian federal by-election, 17 August 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On resignation of Mr. LaSalle, 17 March 1981
	Progressive Conservative	Roch Lasalle	24,434	65.32	+18.36
	Liberal	Michel Denis	11,450	30.61	-15.53
	Rhinoceros	Claude Le Propre Forget	667	1.78
	Independent	Jean-Guy Mercier	349	0.93
	New Democratic	Jacques Trudeau	281	0.75	-4.16
	Social Credit	Carl O'Malley	92	0.25	-1.35
	Independent	Paul Desormiers	91	0.24
	Independent	Raymond J. Turmel	42	0.11
Total valid votes			37,406	100.00

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1867–1935

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Charles-Édouard Ferland	5,904	54.25	-12.33
	Conservative	Joseph-Conrad Perrault	4,979	45.75
Total valid votes			10,883	100.00

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

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean-Joseph Denis	5,659	57.39	-0.43
	Conservative	Joseph Damien Neveu	4,202	42.61	+0.43
Total valid votes			9,861	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean-Joseph Denis	5,638	57.81	-2.82
	Conservative	Joseph Emery Ladouceur	4,114	42.19	+5.41
Total valid votes			9,752	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jean-Joseph Denis	6,203	60.63	+6.95
	Conservative	Joseph Pierre Laporte	3,763	36.78
	Independent	Paplinuce Bonin	265	2.59
Total valid votes			10,231	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Jean-Joseph Denis	2,459	53.68
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Joseph Adélard Dubeau	2,122	46.32	-2.93
Total valid votes			4,581	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault	2,239	50.75	+4.74
	Liberal	Joseph Adélard Dubeau	2,173	49.25	-4.74
Total valid votes			4,412	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joseph Adélard Dubeau	2,178	53.99	+1.04
	Conservative	Joseph-Alexandre Guilbault	1,856	46.01	-1.04
Total valid votes			4,034	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joseph Adélard Dubeau	1,972	52.95	+1.76
	Conservative	Joseph Adolphe Renaud	1,752	47.05	-1.76
Total valid votes			3,724	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Charles Bazinet	1,822	51.19	-3.71
	Conservative	Joseph Adolphe Renaud	1,737	48.81	+3.71
Total valid votes			3,559	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Charles Bazinet	1,769	54.90	+5.87
	Conservative	V.P. Lavallée	1,453	45.10	-5.87
Total valid votes			3,222	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Urbain Lippe	1,581	50.97
	Liberal	Hilaire Neveu	1,521	49.03
Total valid votes			3,102	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
By-election on 16 January 1889 On election being declared void, 6 November 1888
	Nationalist	Hilaire Neveu	?
	Independent Conservative	Édouard Guilbault	?	–
Total valid votes			?

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Édouard Guilbault	1,533	50.02	-8.23
	Liberal	Hilaire Neveu	1,532	49.98
Total valid votes			3,065	100.00

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 election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Édouard Guilbault	1,215	55.05
	Conservative	Lewis Arthur McConville	992	44.95	-19.19
Total valid votes			2,207	100.00

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

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 14 November 1878 On Mr. Baby being named Minister of Inland Revenue, 26 October 1878
	Conservative	Louis François Georges Baby	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Louis François Georges Baby	1,264	58.28	+4.15
	Liberal	François Benjamin Godin	905	41.72
Total valid votes			2,169	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

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louis François Georges Baby	924	51.25
	Unknown	A. Beaupré	879	48.75
Total valid votes			1,803	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis François Georges Baby	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	François Benjamin Godin	918	51.57
	Conservative	Louis François Georges Baby	862	48.43
Total valid votes			1780	100.00

References

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Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding electoral history from Parliament of Canada website:

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
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↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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[1] Statistics Canada: 2016

[2] Statistics Canada: 2016

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[4] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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v t e Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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v t e Federal ridings in Central Quebec
Bloc Québécois	Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel Joliette Montcalm Repentigny
New Democratic	Berthier—Maskinongé Trois-Rivières
Conservative	Lévis—Lotbinière Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
Liberal	Saint-Maurice—Champlain