Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (formerly known as Roberval) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 until 2015.
Quebec electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1947 |
District abolished | 2013 |
First contested | 1949 |
Last contested | 2011 |
District webpage | profile, map |
Demographics | |
Population (2011)[1] | 78,765 |
Electors (2011) | 63,240 |
Area (km²)[2] | 57,155.64 |
Census division(s) | Le Domaine-du-Roy, Maria-Chapdelaine, Lac-Saint-Jean-Est |
Census subdivision(s) | Dolbeau-Mistassini, Roberval, Saint-Félicien, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Normandin, Saint-Prime, Hébertville, Saint-Bruno, Albanel |
The riding was created in 1947 from parts of Lake St-John—Roberval riding. It was dissolved into Lac-Saint-Jean and Jonquière during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Jonquière—Alma, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and Saint-Maurice—Champlain.
This is the riding with the highest percentage of non-immigrants (99.4%)[3] and of people with French as their home language (also 99.4%).[4]