 Quebec electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec | ||
| MNA |
Coalition Avenir Québec | ||
| District created | 1867 | ||
| District abolished | 1939 | ||
| District re-created | 1944 | ||
| First contested | 1867, 1944 | ||
| Last contested | 1939, 2018 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2012)[1] | 58,109 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 243.6 | ||
| Census division(s) | Le Haut-Richelieu (part) | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (part), Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu | ||
Saint-Jean is a provincial electoral district in the Montérégie region of the province of Quebec. It comprises most of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and all of Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu.
It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). It disappeared in the 1939 election and its successor electoral district was Saint-Jean–Napierville; however, it was re-created for the 1944 election.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged.
In the 1994 election (on September 12) there was a tie between incumbent Liberal candidate Michel Charbonneau and PQ candidate Roger Paquin. A new election was held on October 24 and was won by Paquin by a margin of 532 votes.