Jacques-Cartier () is an electoral district in the

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, Canada, that elects members to the

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. It is the only provincial electoral district in

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with an

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majority. It notably includes the city of

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. Named after

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, the district existed in the

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, and its present incarnation dates from the 1867 election. In 2011, district boundaries were redrawn, and part of Kirkland was transferred to Nelligan, in exchange for

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Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Electoral results

* Result compared to Action démocratique , - , No designation , Daniel Cormier-Roach , align="right", 49 , align="right", 0.14 , align="right", – , - , Socialist Democracy , Eugène Busque , align="right", 217 , align="right", 0.55 , align="right", – , - ,

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, Maurice Bergeron , align="right", 206 , align="right", 0.52 , align="right", – , - ,

CANADA! The CANADA! Party was an official political party in the province of Quebec from 1994 to 1998. It was founded on Canada Day 1994 by federalist Tony Kondaks, former top-aide to Equality Party leader Robert Libman. It was initially called the Ca ...

, Gilles Florent Pepin , align="right", 186 , align="right", 0.47 , align="right", – , - ,

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, Karl Berryman , align="right", 94 , align="right", 0.24 , align="right", – , - , - , Liberal , Joan Dougherty , align="right", 14,019 , align="right", 41.52 , align="right", -38.84 , - , - , New Democratic , Thomas Ezzy , align="right", 228 , align="right", 0.68 , align="right", -2.72 , - ,

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, Neal Ford , align="right", 192 , align="right", 0.57 , align="right", – , - ,

, Howard Galganov , align="right", 50 , align="right", 0.15 , align="right", –

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Electoral results

References

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