District created 1930 Last contested 2014 Province Québec | First contested 1931 Population (2011) 57,080 Elector 44,963 | |
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec MNA Philippe Couillard
Liberal Census divisions Albanel, Quebec, Chambord, Quebec | ||
Roberval is a provincial electoral district in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the cities or municipalities of Roberval, Normandin, Dolbeau-Mistassini, Péribonka, Chambord and Saint-Félicien.
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It was created for the 1931 election from parts of the Lac-Saint-Jean provincial electoral district.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean and part of the unorganized territory of Passes-Dangereuses from Lac-Saint-Jean electoral district.
The district is named after 16th century French explorer Jean-François de la Roque de Roberval.
Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly
- Émile Moreau, Liberal (1931–1935)
- Antoine Castonguay, Action libérale nationale (1935–1936)
- Antoine Castonguay, Union Nationale (1936–1939)
- Georges Potvin, Liberal (1939–1944)
- Antoine Marcotte, Union Nationale (1944–1955)
- Paul-Henri Spence, Union Nationale (1956–1958)
- Jean-Joseph Turcotte, Union Nationale (1958–1960)
- Jean-Claude Plourde, Liberal (1960–1962)
- Joseph-Georges Gauthier, Union Nationale (1962–1970)
- Robert Lamontagne, Liberal (1970–1981)
- Michel Gauthier, Parti Québécois (1981–1988)
- Gaston Blackburn, Liberal (1988–1994)
- Benoît Laprise, Parti Québécois (1994–2003)
- Karl Blackburn, Liberal (2003–2007)
- Denis Trottier, Parti Québécois (2007–2014)
- Philippe Couillard, Liberal (2014–present)
Election results
* Result compared to Action démocratique
* Result compared to UFP
References
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