Laviolette (electoral district)

Laviolette
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
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District created	1930
First contested	1931
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Electors (2014)	35,771
Area (km²)	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

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.

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.

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly[edit]

Name	Assignments ^[3]	Party	Election ^[4]	Popular Vote ^[5]
Joseph-Alphida Crête ^[6]	Government MLA	Liberal	1931	56%
Romulus Ducharme	Opposition MLA	Action libérale nationale	1935	61%
Romulus Ducharme ^[7]	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1936	65%
Edmond Guibord	Government MLA	Liberal	1939	49%
Romulus Ducharme	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1944	55%
Romulus Ducharme	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1948	54%
Romulus Ducharme	Government MLA Parliamentary Secretary (after 1956)	Union Nationale	1952	53%
Romulus Ducharme	Parliamentary Secretary	Union Nationale	1956	59%
Romulus Ducharme	Official Opposition MLA	Union Nationale	1960	52%
Romulus Ducharme	Official Opposition MLA	Union Nationale	1962	54%
André Leduc	Government MLA	Union Nationale	1966	54%
Prudent Carpentier	Government MNA	Liberal	1970	29%
Prudent Carpentier ^[8]	Government MNA	Liberal	1973	46%
Jean-Pierre Jolivet	Government MNA Deputy Speaker (after 1980)	Parti Québécois	1976	39%
Jean-Pierre Jolivet	Deputy Speaker (before 1984) Cabinet Member (after 1984)	Parti Québécois	1981	56%
Jean-Pierre Jolivet	Official Opposition MNA	Parti Québécois	1985	56%
Jean-Pierre Jolivet	Official Opposition MNA	Parti Québécois	1989	66%
Jean-Pierre Jolivet	Government House Whip (until 1997) Government House Leader (after 1997) Cabinet Member (after 1997)	Parti Québécois	1994	64%
Jean-Pierre Jolivet ^[9]	Cabinet Member	Parti Québécois	1998	54%
Julie Boulet	Official Opposition MNA	Liberal	2001	61%
Julie Boulet ^[10]	Cabinet Member	Liberal	2003	53%
Julie Boulet	Cabinet Member	Liberal	2007	41%
Julie Boulet	Cabinet Member	Liberal	2008	59%
Julie Boulet	Official Opposition MNA	Liberal	2012	43%

Election results[edit]

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Julie Boulet	12,422	52.58
	Parti Québécois	André Beaudoin	5,492	23.25
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Sylvain Gauthier	4,432	18.76
	Québec solidaire	Jean-François Dubois	1,104	4.67
	Option nationale	Gabriel-Olivier Clavet-Massicotte	124	0.52
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	52	0.22
Total valid votes			23,626	98.40
Total rejected ballots			385	1.60
Turnout			24,011	67.00
Electors on the lists			35,771	–

Quebec general election, 2012
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	–

Quebec general election, 2008
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

Quebec general election, 2007
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	–

Quebec general election, 2003
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	–

Quebec general election, 1998
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

Quebec general election, 1994
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

Quebec general election, 1989
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	–

Quebec general election, 1985
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	–

Quebec general election, 1981
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

Quebec general election, 1976
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	–

Quebec general election, 1973
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	–

Quebec general election, 1973
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	–

Quebec general election, 1966
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	–

Quebec general election, 1962
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	–

Quebec general election, 1960
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	–

Quebec general election, 1956
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	–

Quebec general election, 1952
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	–

Quebec general election, 1948
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	–

Quebec general election, 1944
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	–

Quebec general election, 1939
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	–

Quebec general election, 1936
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	–

Quebec general election, 1935
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	–

Quebec general election, 1931
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	–

References[edit]

^ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=583&section=population
^ http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=583&section=superficie
^ Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.
^ By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.
^ Elections par circonscriptions – Laviolette
^ Crête resigned in 1935 to become a Member of the Canadian House of Commons.
^ Ducharme lost the 1939 election.
^ Carpentier lost the 1976 election.
^ Jolivet resigned in 2001.
^ Boulet was excluded from the Cabinet from May 30 to September 10, 2003.

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[electors-1] ttp://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=583&section=population

[area-2] ttp://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions-2011.php?bsq=583&section=superficie

[3] Cabinet assignments are indicated with a bold font.

[4] By-elections are indicated with an Italic font.

[5] Elections par circonscriptions – Laviolette

[6] Crête resigned in 1935 to become a Member of the Canadian House of Commons.

[7] Ducharme lost the 1939 election.

[8] Carpentier lost the 1976 election.

[9] Jolivet resigned in 2001.

[10] Boulet was excluded from the Cabinet from May 30 to September 10, 2003.

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