Saint-Jacques (provincial electoral district)

Saint-Jacques was a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada.

Saint-Jacques
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1965
District abolished1988
First contested1966
Last contested1985
Demographics
Census division(s)Montreal (part)
Census subdivision(s)Montreal (part)

It corresponded to part of the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and Ville-Marie areas of Montreal.

It was created for the 1966 election from parts of Montréal–Saint-Jacques, Montréal–Sainte-Marie and Montréal–Saint-Louis electoral districts. Its final election was in 1985. It disappeared in the 1989 election and its successor electoral district was Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Montréal–Saint-Jacques,
Montréal–Sainte-Marie and Montréal–Saint-Louis
28th  1966–1969     Paul Dozois Union Nationale
 1969–1970 Jean Cournoyer
29th  1970–1973     Claude Charron Parti Québécois
30th  1973–1976
31st  1976–1981
32nd  1981–1982
 1983–1984     Serge Champagne Liberal
 1984–1985 Jean-François Viau
33rd  1985–1989     André Boulerice Parti Québécois
Dissolved into Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques

Election results

1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Parti QuébécoisAndré Boulerice10,65948.61+7.19
LiberalJean-François Viau8,79540.11-9.01
New DemocraticPierre Graveline1,1155.08-
Parti indépendantisteDenis Monière4171.90-
HumanistMarie-Claire Desroches3141.43-
IndependentPierre Beauregard1640.75-
Union NationaleNormand Huneault1290.59-
Socialist MovementJohanne Galipeau1060.48-
Christian SocialistGérard Lachance680.31-
CommunistMarianne Roy640.29-
Commonwealth of CanadaCatherine Fortier410.19-
United Social CreditMicheline Mohamed320.15-0.53
Christian SocialistPatrick Michaud230.11-
Total valid votes 21,92797,96
Rejected and declined votes 4572,04
Turnout 22,384 68.93
Electors on the lists 32,474
Parti Québécois gain from Liberal Swing +8.10
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
Quebec provincial by-election, 26 November 1984
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJean-François Viau7,88949.12
Parti QuébécoisAndré Boulerice6,65141.42
IndependentPatrice Legendre6994.35
WorkersGérard Lachance2681.67
Not affiliatedPatricia Métivier1560.97
UnitaireJacques Tardif1450.90
United Social CreditMarcel Tremblay1090.68
Parti République du QuébecJacques Lambert770.48
IndependentGeorges Tassé660.41
Total valid votes 16,06097,83
Rejected and declined votes 3562,17
Turnout 16,416 50.64
Electors on the lists 32,414
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

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