Saint-Jacques (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 45°31′16″N 73°34′55″W / 45.521°N 73.582°W / 45.521; -73.582
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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)

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

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[edit]

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[edit]

1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois André Boulerice 10,659 48.61 +7.19
Liberal Jean-François Viau 8,795 40.11 -9.01
New Democratic Pierre Graveline 1,115 5.08 -
Parti indépendantiste Denis Monière 417 1.90 -
Humanist Marie-Claire Desroches 314 1.43 -
Independent Pierre Beauregard 164 0.75 -
Union Nationale Normand Huneault 129 0.59 -
Socialist Movement Johanne Galipeau 106 0.48 -
Christian Socialist Gérard Lachance 68 0.31 -
Communist Marianne Roy 64 0.29 -
Commonwealth of Canada Catherine Fortier 41 0.19 -
United Social Credit Micheline Mohamed 32 0.15 -0.53
Christian Socialist Patrick Michaud 23 0.11 -
Total valid votes 21,927 97,96
Rejected and declined votes 457 2,04
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 %
Liberal Jean-François Viau 7,889 49.12
Parti Québécois André Boulerice 6,651 41.42
Independent Patrice Legendre 699 4.35
Workers Gérard Lachance 268 1.67
Not affiliated Patricia Métivier 156 0.97
Unitaire Jacques Tardif 145 0.90
United Social Credit Marcel Tremblay 109 0.68
Parti République du Québec Jacques Lambert 77 0.48
Independent Georges Tassé 66 0.41
Total valid votes 16,060 97,83
Rejected and declined votes 356 2,17
Turnout 16,416 50.64
Electors on the lists 32,414
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References[edit]

45°31′16″N 73°34′55″W / 45.521°N 73.582°W / 45.521; -73.582