Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier (; formerly known as Portneuf) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867. Its population in 2001 was 87,141. It is currently represented by Joël Godin of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order
Race: 96.5% White, 1.8% Indigenous<br>Languages: 97.1% French, 2.7% English <br>Religions: 72.4% Christian (65.5% Catholic, 6.9% Other) 27.0% None<br/>Median income: $47,600 (2020)<br>Average income: $55,650 (2020)
Geography
The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Portneuf and La Jacques-Cartier as well as the municipality of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. The main communities are Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Donnacona, Lac-Beauport, Neuville, Pont-Rouge, Shannon, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Saint-Raymond, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, and Deschambault-Grondines. Its area is 7,617 km<sup>2</sup>.
History
The electoral district was created in the British North America Act 1867 as "Portneuf". It was renamed "Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier" on 1 September 2004.
The Conservative Party did not run a candidate in Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier in the 2008 and 2011 elections as incumbent independent André Arthur was a self-described libertarian who consistently voted with and supported the Conservative Party in the House of Commons.
There were no changes to this riding during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, it lost the municipalities of Lac-Beauport and Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval to Montmorency—Charlevoix.
It is proposed that the riding's name be changed to Saint-Augustin—Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier as part of Bill C-25 of the 45th Canadian Parliament.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Election results
Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| Conservative ||align=right| 29,771 ||align=right| 52.35
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| Bloc Québécois ||align=right| 13,501 ||align=right| 23.74
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| Liberal ||align=right| 8,614 ||align=right| 15.15
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| New Democratic ||align=right| 2,686 ||align=right| 4.72
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| People's ||align=right| 1,392 ||align=right| 2.45
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| Free ||align=right| 530 ||align=right| 0.93
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| Rhinoceros ||align=right| 380 ||align=right| 0.67
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| colspan="2" | Total valid votes ||align=right| 56,874 ||align=right| 98.44
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| colspan="2" | Rejected ballots ||align=right| 902 ||align=right| 1.56
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| colspan="2" | Registered voters/ estimated turnout ||align=right| 84,241 ||align=right| 68.58
|}
Portneuf
Note: Change in popular vote is calculated from popular vote in the 1896 general election.
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- Riding history for Portneuf from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada