The Political Record · Federal electoral districts

Chicoutimi—Le Fjord

Federal riding · QC · No. 24018 · 2023 representation order
Fig. 1 — Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, 2023 boundaries.
Member
Daniel Gobeil Liberal
2025 result
Conservative hold by 1,499 votes
Turnout
68.5% of 75,229 electors
Population
92,460 2021 census
Area
3,989 km²
Figures as of
2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Most French mother tongue: 97.2% have French as a mother tongue, 5th highest of 343 (Share with French as a mother tongue, 2021 census)5th
    Most French mother tongue
    97.2% have French as a mother tongue, 5th highest of 343 (Share with French as a mother tongue, 2021 census)
  • Closeness of the race: Won by 1,499 votes (2.9 pts) · 31st of 343 in Canada31st
    Closeness of the race
    Won by 1,499 votes (2.9 pts) · 31st of 343 in Canada
  • Population, smallest first: 92,460 people, 2021 census · 55th of 343 in Canada55th
    Population, smallest first
    92,460 people, 2021 census · 55th of 343 in Canada
In brief
  1. Richard Martel held the seat for the Conservatives by 1,499 votes (+2.9 points).
  2. 30% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
  3. Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 67.5% of votes were cast on the day.
  4. Share with French as a mother tongue is the 5th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Daniel Gobeil
Liberal · first elected 2026-08-31 · first term

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 30% of today's Chicoutimi—Le Fjord came from ridings other than the old Chicoutimi—Le Fjord.

Share of today's areaFormer riding
70.4%Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
29.6%Jonquière 3% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Conservative hold
Elected
Richard Martel
Conservative
17,356
34.1% of valid votes
Margin
1,499
votes · +2.9 pts
Runner-up
Marc St-Hilaire
Bloc Québécois
15,857
31.2% of valid votes
Conservative 34.1% · Bloc Québécois 31.2% · Liberal 31.1% · New Democratic 1.9%
Turnout68.5% of 75,229 electors
CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Richard MartelConservative17,35634.1%39.6%−5.5
Marc St-HilaireBloc Québécois15,85731.2%33.4%−2.2
Stéphane ProulxLiberal15,82031.1%17.9%+13.2
Raphaël ÉmondNew Democratic9911.9%4.6%−2.7
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
Yves LaporteGreen4760.9%
François SabourinPeople's3390.7%
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Swing needed to flip
1.4 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
15,820 votes
Liberal took more than the 1,499-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
88 of 189
4 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (97) · ■ won by another party (88) · ▨ tied (4).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 750 voters switching from Conservative to Bloc Québécois — 1.5% of the 50,839 valid votes, 1.4 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Conservative17,356
Bloc Québécois15,857
Still Conservative by 1,499 votes. Actual margin: 1,499.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 67.5% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative36.7%28.9%−7.8
Bloc Québécois31.7%30.0%−1.7
Liberal27.6%38.5%+10.9
New Democratic2.2%1.4%−0.8
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhat kind of place this is

2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.

VIWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Chicoutimi—Le Fjord and its 3 neighbouring ridings.

The card

No. 24018QC · 2025
Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
Daniel Gobeil
Result
Conservative hold by 1,499
Turnout
68.5%
Population
92,460
Area
3,989 km²
Most French mother tongue: 97.2% have French as a mother tongue, 5th highest of 343 (Share with French as a mother tongue, 2021 census)5thMost French mother tongueCloseness of the race: Won by 1,499 votes (2.9 pts) · 31st of 343 in Canada31stCloseness of the racePopulation, smallest first: 92,460 people, 2021 census · 55th of 343 in Canada55thPopulation, smallest first
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