Joliette (provincial electoral district)

Joliette
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	François St-Louis; Coalition Avenir Québec
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District created	1867
District abolished	1972
District re-created	1980
First contested	1981
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2001)	59,464
Electors (2012)	56,246
Area (km²)	575.6
Pop. density (per km²)	103.3
Census division(s)	Joliette (all), Montcalm (part)
Census subdivision(s)	Crabtree, Joliette, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Saint-Charles-Borromée, Saint-Jacques, Saint-Liguori, Sainte-Marie-Salomé, Sainte-Mélanie, Saint-Paul, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Thomas

Joliette (French pronunciation: [ʒɔljɛt] ^ⓘ) is a provincial electoral district in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the cities of Joliette and Saint-Charles-Borromée.

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Legislature	Years		Party
1st	1867–1871	Vincent-Paul Lavallée	Conservative
2nd	1871–1875
3rd	1875–1878
4th	1878–1881
5th	1881–1885
5th	1885–1886	Joseph-Norbert-Alfred McConville
6th	1886–1890	Louis Basinet	Liberal
7th	1890–1892	Louis Basinet	Liberal
8th	1892–1897	Joseph-Mathias Tellier	Conservative
9th	1897–1900
10th	1900–1904
11th	1904–1908
12th	1908–1912
13th	1912–1916
14th	1916–1919	Ernest Hébert	Liberal
15th	1919–1923	Pierre-Joseph Dufresne	Conservative
16th	1923–1927	Pierre-Joseph Dufresne	Conservative
17th	1927–1931	Lucien Dugas	Liberal
18th	1931–1935
19th	1935–1936
20th	1936–1939	Antonio Barrette	Union Nationale
21st	1939–1944
22nd	1944–1948
23rd	1948–1952
24th	1952–1956
25th	1956–1960
26th	1960–1962	Gaston Lambert	Liberal
27th	1962–1966	Maurice Majeau	Union Nationale
28th	1966–1970	Pierre Roy	Union Nationale
29th	1970–1973	Robert Quenneville	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Joliette-Montcalm
Riding re-created from Joliette-Montcalm and Berthier
32nd	1981–1985	Guy Chevrette	Parti Québécois
33rd	1985–1989
34th	1989–1994
35th	1994–1998
36th	1998–2002
36th	2002–2003	Sylvie Lespérance	Action démocratique
37th	2003–2007	Jonathan Valois	Parti Québécois
38th	2007–2008	Pascal Beaupré	Action démocratique
39th	2008–2012	Véronique Hivon	Parti Québécois
40th	2012–2014
41st	2014–2018
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–Present	François St-Louis	Coalition Avenir Québec

v t e 2022 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François St-Louis	17,925	45.58	+10.93
	Parti Québécois	Véronique Venne	12,281	31.23	-15.01
	Québec solidaire	Flavie Trudel	4,476	11.38	+1.23
	Conservative	Pascal Laurin	3,470	8.82	–
	Liberal	Diana Mélissa Crispin	1,178	3.00	-3.85
Total valid votes			39,330	98.30	–
Total rejected ballots			680	1.70	+0.08
Turnout			40,010	69.76	-2.16
Electors on the lists			57,352	–	–
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+12.97

v t e 2018 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Véronique Hivon	17,685	46.23	+1.9
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François St-Louis	13,254	34.65	+7.58
	Québec solidaire	Judith Sicard	3,881	10.15	+2.88
	Liberal	Emilie Imbeault	2,620	6.85	-12.63
	Green	Étienne St-Jean	528	1.38
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Sébastien Dupuis	283	0.74
Total valid votes			38,251	98.38
Total rejected ballots			630	1.62
Turnout			38,881	71.93
Eligible voters			54,057
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-2.84
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Véronique Hivon	17,477	44.33	-2.79
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Denise Larouche	10,671	27.07	-2.82
	Liberal	Robert Corriveau	7,681	19.48	+5.46
	Québec solidaire	Flavie Trudel	2,866	7.27	+1.64
	Option nationale	Sylvain Legault	510	1.29	-0.20
	Conservative	Mikey Colangelo Lauzon	220	0.56	+0.09
Total valid votes			39,425	98.00
Total rejected ballots			804	2.00	+0.62
Turnout			40,229	69.85	-8.48
Electors on the lists			57,591	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		+0.02

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Véronique Hivon	20,509	47.12	+1.03
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Normand Masse	13,009	29.89
	Liberal	Pascal Beaupré	6,102	14.02	-14.81
	Québec solidaire	Flavie Trudel	2,449	5.63	+0.76
	Option nationale	Amélie Dolbec	649	1.49
	Independent	Jean-Mathieu Desmarais	513	1.18
	Conservative	Mikey Colangelo Lauzon	202	0.46
	Quebec Citizens' Union	Michel Thouin	92	0.21
Total valid votes			43,525	98.62
Total rejected ballots			610	1.38
Turnout			44,135	78.34
Electors on the lists			56,340	–

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

2007 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Action démocratique	Pascal Beaupré	13,805	37.08	+15.65
Parti Québécois	Claude Duceppe	13,055	35.07	-4.41
Liberal	Céline Beaulieu	7,527	20.22	-13.40
Québec solidaire	Flavie Trudel	1,693	4.55	+1.09*
Green	Johanne Edsell	1,149	3.09	-

2003 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Parti Québécois	Jonathan Valois	13,104	39.48	+7.58
Liberal	Robert Groulx	11,161	33.62	+8.89
Action démocratique	Sylvie Lespérance	7,114	21.43	-16.97
UFP	Mathieu Lessard	1,149	3.46	-1.51
Bloc Pot	Marco Geoffroy	667	2.01	-

Joliette by-election, June 17, 2002
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Action démocratique	Sylvie Lespérance	10,970	38.40	+23.33
Parti Québécois	Michel Bellehumeur	9,115	31.90	-24.25
Liberal	Pierre Delangis	7,064	24.73	-2.62
Independent (UFP)	Mathieu Lessard	1,421	4.97	-

1998 Quebec general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Parti Québécois	Guy Chevrette	19,784	56.15	-8.56
Liberal	Sylvie Lespérance	9,636	27.35	+1.61
Action démocratique	Olivier Hamel	5,310	15.07	+7.24
Socialist Democracy	Alexandre Martel	504	1.43	-