Laviolette (electoral district)

Laviolette is a provincial electoral district in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the city of La Tuque and its urban agglomeration, some parts of the city of Shawinigan, and various other municipalities.

Laviolette

Quebec electoral district
Coordinates:	47.560°N 72.981°W / 47.560; -72.981
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
District created	1930
First contested	1931
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Electors (2014)[1]	35,771
Area (km²)[2]	35,726.7
Census divisions	La Tuque, Mékinac Regional County Municipality
Census subdivisions	Shawinigan (part), Grandes-Piles, Hérouxville, La Bostonnais, Lac-aux-Sables, Lac-Édouard, La Tuque, Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Saint-Adelphe, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac, Saint-Séverin, Sainte-Thècle, Saint-Tite, Trois-Rives; Coucoucache, Obedjiwan, Wemotaci; Lac-Boulé, Lac-Masketsi, Lac-Normand, Rivière-de-la-Savane

It was created for the 1931 election from part of Champlain electoral district.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained Lac-aux-Sables and Notre-Dame-de-Montauban from Portneuf electoral district.

Following the change in the 2017 electoral map, the riding will be dissolved into the new riding of Laviolette–Saint-Maurice and Champlain.

It was named after the founder of Trois-Rivières in 1634, the Sieur de Laviolette.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Champlain
18th	1931–1935		Joseph-Alphida Crête	Liberal
19th	1935–1936		Romulus Ducharme	Action libérale nationale
20th	1936–1939			Union Nationale
21st	1939–1944		Edmond Guibord	Liberal
22nd	1944–1948		Romulus Ducharme	Union Nationale
23rd	1948–1952
24th	1952–1956
25th	1956–1960
26th	1960–1962
27th	1962–1966
28th	1966–1970		André Leduc
29th	1970–1973		Prudent Carpentier	Liberal
30th	1973–1976
31st	1976–1981		Jean-Pierre Jolivet	Parti Québécois
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1989
34th	1989–1994
35th	1994–1998
36th	1998–2001
	2001–2003		Julie Boulet	Liberal
37th	2003–2007
38th	2007–2008
39th	2008–2012
40th	2012–2014
41st	2014–2018

Election results

2014 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julie Boulet	12,422	52.58	+9.41
	Parti Québécois	André Beaudoin	5,492	23.25	-7.58
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Sylvain Gauthier	4,432	18.76	-0.78
	Québec solidaire	Jean-François Dubois	1,104	4.67	+0.91
	Option nationale	Gabriel-Olivier Clavet-Massicotte	124	0.52	-1.42
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	52	0.22	-0.05
Total valid votes			23,626	98.40
Total rejected ballots			385	1.60	-0.19
Turnout			24,011	67.12	-4.73
Electors on the lists			35,771	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.50

2012 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Julie Boulet	10,903	43.17
	Parti Québécois	André Beaudoin	7,787	30.83
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Sylvain Medzalabenleth	4,934	19.53
	Québec solidaire	Jean-François Dubois	951	3.77
	Option nationale	Gabriel Pelland	492	1.95
	Independent	Jean Marceau	124	0.49
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	62	0.27
Total valid votes			25,258	98.20
Total rejected ballots			462	1.80
Turnout			25,720	71.86
Electors on the lists			35,793	–

2008 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Julie Boulet	11,645	59.13
	Parti Québécois	Claude Lessard	5,413	27.48
	Action démocratique	Eric Tapps	2,121	10.77
	Québec solidaire	Remy Francoeur	516	2.62

2007 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Julie Boulet	10,100	40.99
	Action démocratique	Stéphane Defoy	6,826	27.70
	Parti Québécois	Patrick Lahaie	6,687	27.14
	Green	Pierre Audette	494	2.00
	Québec solidaire	Pierrette Doucet	468	1.90
	Christian Democracy	Josée Lafontaine	66	0.27
Total valid votes			24,641	99.02
Total rejected ballots			243	0.98
Turnout			24,884	72.59
Electors on the lists			34,279	–

2003 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Julie Boulet	12,806	52.67
	Parti Québécois	Patrick Lahaie	7,730	31.79
	Action démocratique	Sébastien Proulx	3,453	14.20
	UFP	Yves Demers	182	0.74
	Christian Democracy	Josée Lafontaine	144	0.59
Total valid votes			24,315	98.73
Total rejected ballots			312	1.27
Turnout			24,627	72.18
Electors on the lists			34,121	–

Quebec provincial by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Julie Boulet	13,260	61.41
	Parti Québécois	Yves Demers	5,844	27.07
	Action démocratique	Jean-Pierre Grenier	1,607	7.73
	Independent UFP	Christian Flamand	620	2.87
	Bloc Pot	Josée Pellerin	197	0.91
Total valid votes			21,591	98.55
Total rejected ballots			317	1.45
Turnout			21,908	63.60
Electors on the lists			34,445	–

1998 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Pierre Jolivet	14,411	54.13
	Liberal	Céline Trépanier	9,291	34.90
	Action démocratique	Jean Trudel	2,758	10.36
	Natural Law	Roger Périgny	162	0.61
Total valid votes			24,315	98.73
Total rejected ballots			312	1.27
Turnout			24,627	72.18
Electors on the lists			34,067	–

1995 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Oui	17,177	56.75
	Non	13,093	43.25

1994 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Pierre Jolivet	16,670	63.54
	Liberal	Gaston Fortin	7,458	28.43
	Action démocratique	Jacques Beaudry	1,880	7.17
	Natural Law	Yvon Chilton	226	0.86
Total valid votes			26,234	98.42
Total rejected ballots			421	1.58
Turnout			26,655	78.66
Electors on the lists			33,886	–

1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	17,432	64.66
	Oui	9,527	35.34

1989 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Pierre Jolivet	17,021	66.18
	Liberal	Jean-Marie St-Pierre	8,697	33.82
Total valid votes			25,718	97.61
Total rejected ballots			630	2.39
Turnout			26,348	75.79
Electors on the lists			34,763	–

1985 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Pierre Jolivet	15,134	56.33
	Liberal	Laurier Thibault	11,733	43.67
Total valid votes			26,867	97.93
Total rejected ballots			569	2.07
Turnout			27,436	77.70
Electors on the lists			35,310	–

1981 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Pierre Jolivet	16,403	56.44
	Liberal	Jacques Buisson	11,336	39.00
	Union Nationale	Aline Duplessis	1,324	4.56
Total valid votes			29,063	99.17
Total rejected ballots			243	0.83
Turnout			29,306	82.81
Electors on the lists			35,388	–

1980 Quebec referendum
Side		Votes	%
	Non	16,130	56.69
	Oui	12,321	43.31

1976 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Pierre Jolivet	11,003	39.32
	Union Nationale	Gaston Fortin	8,829	31.55
	Liberal	Prudent Carpentier	6,074	21.71
	Ralliement créditiste	Michel Mignault	1,603	5.73
	Parti national populaire	Réjean Gélinas	357	1.28
	NDP-RMS Coalition	Robert Deschamps	115	0.41
Total valid votes			27,981	98.40
Total rejected ballots			454	1.60
Turnout			28,435	86.41
Electors on the lists			32,908	–

1973 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Prudent Carpentier	11,800	46.28
	Parti Québécois	Jean-Pierre Jolivet	7,305	27.60
	Parti créditiste	Alphonse Poulin	4,584	17.98
	Union Nationale	Jean-Marie Lafontaine	2,076	8.14
Total valid votes			25,495	98.39
Total rejected ballots			417	1.61
Turnout			25,912	82.88
Electors on the lists			31,265	–

1973 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Prudent Carpentier	6,974	28.57
	Parti créditiste	Alphonse Poulin	6,677	27.36
	Union Nationale	Jean-Marie Lafontaine	5,390	22.08
	Parti Québécois	Ralph Olsen	5,365	21.98
Total valid votes			24,406	98.08
Total rejected ballots			479	1.92
Turnout			24,885	85.20
Electors on the lists			29,209	–

1966 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	André Leduc	12,082	54.16
	Liberal	Pierre-A. Larocque	8,665	38.85
	RIN	Louis Denoncourt	1,559	6.99
Total valid votes			22,306	98.55
Total rejected ballots			328	1.45
Turnout			22,634	80.86
Electors on the lists			27,990	–

1962 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Romulus Ducharme	11,315	53.63
	Liberal	Laurier Thibault	9,782	46.37
Total valid votes			21,097	98.73
Total rejected ballots			271	1.27
Turnout			21,368	85.24
Electors on the lists			25,069	–

1960 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Romulus Ducharme	11,013	51.71
	Liberal	Joseph-Alfred Therrien	10,285	48.29
Total valid votes			21,298	98.62
Total rejected ballots			298	1.38
Turnout			21,596	88.87
Electors on the lists			24,302	–

1956 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Romulus Ducharme	11,848	59.46
	Liberal	Léo-Joffre Pilon	8,079	40.54
Total valid votes			19,927	98.81
Total rejected ballots			240	1.19
Turnout			20,167	82.94
Electors on the lists			24,316	–

1952 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Romulus Ducharme	9,598	52.67
	Liberal	Léo-Joffre Pilon	8,626	47.33
Total valid votes			18,224	98.63
Total rejected ballots			253	1.37
Turnout			18,477	82.44
Electors on the lists			22,413	–

1948 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Romulus Ducharme	8,612	54.05
	Liberal	Georges-Oscar Roy	4,146	26.02
	Union des électeurs	Gabriel Lacasse	3,176	19.93
Total valid votes			15,934	99.04
Total rejected ballots			154	0.96
Turnout			16,088	79.84
Electors on the lists			20,150	–

1944 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Romulus Ducharme	7,455	55.04
	Liberal	Elzéar Dallaire	4,113	30.37
	Bloc populaire	Joseph-Omer Journeault	1,785	13.18
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Georges-Édouard Verrault	192	1.42
Total valid votes			13,545	99.31
Total rejected ballots			94	0.69
Turnout			13,639	79.48
Electors on the lists			17,161	–

1939 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edmond Guibord	2,838	49.13
	Union Nationale	Romulus Ducharme	2,499	43.27
	Action libérale nationale	Philippe Gravel	439	7.60
Total valid votes			5,776	99.33
Total rejected ballots			45	0.77
Turnout			5,821	72.78
Electors on the lists			7,976	–

1936 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union Nationale	Romulus Ducharme	4,059	64.98
	Liberal	Edmond Guibord	2,188	35.02
Total valid votes			6,247	99.71
Total rejected ballots			18	0.29
Turnout			6,265	79.21
Electors on the lists			7,909	–

1935 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Action libérale nationale	Romulus Ducharme	3,497	61.00
	Liberal	Edmond Tremblay	2,236	39.00
Total valid votes			5,733	99.70
Total rejected ballots			18	0.30
Turnout			5,750	72.64
Electors on the lists			7,916	–

1931 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph-Alphida Crête	3,010	56.11
	Conservative	Léovide Francoeur	2,354	43.89
Total valid votes			5,364	99.20
Total rejected ballots			43	0.80
Turnout			5,407	81.96
Electors on the lists			6,597	–

See also

• Grand-Mère
• History of Canada
• History of Quebec
• La Tuque, Quebec
• Mauricie
• Politics of Canada
• Politics of Quebec
• Saint-Maurice—Champlain

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=583&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=583&section=superficie

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Mauricie region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011