Saint-Maurice—Champlain

For homonymy, see Champlain.

Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Quebec electoral district
Saint-Maurice—Champlain in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	François-Philippe Champagne Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	110,273
Electors (2015)	91,588
Area (km²)	38,904
Pop. density (per km²)	2.8
Census divisions	La Tuque, Les Chenaux, Mékinac, Shawinigan
Census subdivisions	La Tuque, Saint-Tite, Shawinigan, Batiscan, Champlain, Grandes-Piles, Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Saint-Stanislas, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Sainte-Thècle, Trois-Rives

Saint-Maurice—Champlain is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

It consists of:

• the City of Shawinigan;
• the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Saint-Maurice, including Communauté de Wemotaci Indian Reserve, Coucoucache Indian Reserve No. 24A and Obedjiwan Indian Reserve No. 28; and
• the regional county municipalities of Les Chenaux and Mékinac.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, Trois-Rivières, Berthier—Maskinongé, Joliette, Laurentides—Labelle, and Pontiac.

History

Saint-Maurice—Champlain riding was created in 2003 from parts of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, Champlain, Roberval and Saint-Maurice ridings.

This riding gained territory from Trois-Rivières during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Saint-Maurice—Champlain Riding created from Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, Champlain, Roberval and Saint-Maurice
38th	2004–2006		Marcel Gagnon	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008		Jean-Yves Laforest
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2012		Lise St-Denis	New Democratic
	2012–2015			Liberal
42nd	2015–Present		François-Philippe Champagne

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	François-Philippe Champagne	24,475	41.52	+30.59	–
	New Democratic	Jean-Yves Tremblay	12,245	20.77	-20.51	–
	Bloc Québécois	Sacki Carignan Deschamps	11,295	19.16	-9.31	–
	Conservative	Jacques Grenier	9,592	16.27	-0.86	–
	Green	Martial Toupin	1,144	1.94	-0.09	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	196	0.33	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,947	100.0		$269,328.91
Total rejected ballots			1,175	–	–
Turnout			60,122	–	–
Eligible voters			92,086
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	22,777	41.28
	Bloc Québécois	15,711	28.47
	Conservative	9,452	17.13
	Liberal	6,029	10.93
	Green	1,120	2.03
	Others	88	0.16

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Lise St-Denis	18,628	39.1	+31.3
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Laforest	13,961	29.3	-14.7
	Conservative	Jacques Grenier	8,447	17.7	-6.2
	Liberal	Yves Tousignant	5,670	11.9	-9.1
	Green	Pierre Audette	972	2.0	-1.4
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,678	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,193	2.4	–
Turnout			48,871	60.8	–
Eligible voters			80,315	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Laforest	20,397	44.0	-0.6	$57,864
	Conservative	Stéphane Roof	11,083	23.9	-9.1	$65,544
	Liberal	Ronald St-Onge Lynch	9,755	21.0	+9.5	$1,857
	New Democratic	Anne Marie Aubert	3,601	7.8	+0.3
	Green	Martial Toupin	1,562	3.4	-0.2	$2,629
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,398	100.0	$99,633

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Laforest	21,532	44.3	-11.0	$36,733
	Conservative	Martial Toupin	16,028	33.0	+24.2	$13,342
	Liberal	Lucille Whissell	5,612	11.6	-19.0	$14,587
	New Democratic	Claude Larocque	3,684	7.6	+5.2	$1,524
	Green	Pierre Cayou Audette	1,705	3.5	+1.7	$1,585
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,561	100.0	$93,422

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Gagnon	25,918	55.3	–	$55,299
	Liberal	Marie-Eve Bilodeau	14,320	30.6	–	$64,827
	Conservative	Martial Toupin	4,129	8.8	–	$17,805
	New Democratic	Pierre J.C. Allard	1,104	2.4	–
	Green	Pierre Cayou Audette	855	1.8	–	$7.58
	Marijuana	Paul Giroux	547	1.2	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,873	100.0	$91,967

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Mauricie
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 24068) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada