Federal Election 2015: Lac-Saint-Jean riding results

Real time live results available on Monday, October 19 2015 after polls close. Overall results will be available here.

Summary: One of just five seats the Conservatives won in Quebec in 2011. Infrastructure Minister Denis Lebel is running again, seeking a fourth trip to Ottawa.

Boundaries: This is a large riding in Central Quebec. It was formerly called Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean. Boundary changes this year move Alma into this riding.

Last Election: Conservative Lebel won with 45.7 per cent of the vote. The NDP candidate, Yvon Guay, finished second with 27.7 per cent.

History: Bloc Québécois MP Michel Gauthier won this seat in the party’s first federal election 1993. He kept it until he resigned in 2007. Lebel was elected in the subsequent by-election.

Demographics: A heavily Francophone riding, Lac-Saint-Jean has the lowest percentage of immigrants (0.69 per cent) and people whose first language is English (0.39 per cent) in all of Quebec.

Candidates

Conservative: Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, MP since 2007

NDP: Gisèle Dallaire, industrial psychologist

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Liberal: Sabin Simard, former mining company executive

Bloc Québécois:  Sabin Gaudreault, retired teacher

Green: Laurence Requilé

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