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Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets

Formerly Jonquière; renamed by S.C. 2026, c. 20, s. 88. The 2025 election here was fought under the former name.

Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets is a federal riding in Quebec, renamed from Jonquière on . Mario Simard (Bloc Québécois, first elected to the House in 2019) represents Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets. Mario Simard (Bloc Québécois) held Jonquière (now Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets) for the Bloc Québécois in the 2025 election by 4,933 votes (9.8 points), with 40.0% of the vote. Fanny Boulanger (Conservative) was second with 30.2%, on a turnout of 67.8% of 75,860 electors. Member as of .

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou · LiberalChicoutimi—Le Fjord · LiberalCôte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan · Bloc QuébécoisLac-Saint-Jean · Bloc QuébécoisMontmorency—Charlevoix · ConservativeJonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets
Fig. 1 — Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets

BMario Simard
Mario Simard's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Mario Simard

Member of Parliament for Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets

Bloc Québécois

MP since · 3 terms

  • Natural Resources committee
  • Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
  • Vice-Chair, Natural Resources committee

341 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Build Canada Homes Act.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result, as Jonquière: Bloc Québécois hold

Elected
Mario Simard
Bloc Québécois
20,247
40.0% of valid votes
Margin
4,933
votes · 9.8 pts
Runner-up
Fanny Boulanger
Conservative
15,314
30.2% of valid votes

Bloc Québécois 40.0% · Conservative 30.2% · Liberal 26.0% · New Democratic 1.8% · People's 1.0% · of 50,629 valid votes

Turnout 67.8% of 75,860 electors51,446 ballots cast, 50,629 valid6 candidates

Since 2021BQ −2.0 ptsCPC +2.6 ptsLPC +5.7 ptsNDP −3.4 ptsPPC +1.0 pts2021 transposed onto the 2023 boundaries by Elections Canada.
Before 2025
  • 2021 Bloc Québécois · Mario Simard, by 5,813 votes (12.8 pts)
  • 2019 Bloc Québécois · Mario Simard, by 5,436 votes (11.0 pts)
  • 2015 New Democratic · Karine Trudel, by 339 votes (0.7 pts)

In Jonquière on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets lived in; Elections Canada's official results. The elections from 2004, carried onto today's lines, are below.

Since 2004

No party has held it since 2004: the Bloc Québécois were first at four of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at two and the NDP at two; it changed hands three times. In 2025 the Bloc Québécois took 40.0% of the vote here, 3.7 points above their average of 36.3% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2015 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

What kind of place Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets is

Population
91,0602021 census
Area
59,261km²
Density
1.5people per km²
Electors
75,860on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 2nd-smallest immigrant share: 0.9% are immigrants, 2nd lowest of 343 (Share who are immigrants, 2021 census)2nd
    2nd-smallest immigrant share
    0.9% are immigrants, 2nd lowest of 343 (Share who are immigrants, 2021 census)
  • 2nd-most French mother tongue: 98.2% have French as a mother tongue, 2nd highest of 343 (Share with French as a mother tongue, 2021 census)2nd
    2nd-most French mother tongue
    98.2% have French as a mother tongue, 2nd highest of 343 (Share with French as a mother tongue, 2021 census)
  • 3rd-largest by area in Quebec: 59,261 km² · 3rd of 78 in Quebec · 20th of 343 in Canada3rd
    3rd-largest by area in Quebec
    59,261 km² · 3rd of 78 in Quebec · 20th of 343 in Canada
  • Share who are immigrants is 0.9% — about 5 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest2nd lowest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 98.2% — about 61.4 times the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest2nd highest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.5% — about 62 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest62nd lowest of 343
  • Median age is 45.6 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest72nd highest of 343
  • Median total household income is $72,500 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest76th lowest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 69.9% — about the same as the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest155th lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 87% of the 2025 electors in today's Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets lived in the old Jonquière; by area, 30% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
86.5%Jonquière 69.8% of the area · 97% of it kept
13.5%Lac-Saint-Jean 30.2% of the area · 30% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result, as Jonquière

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Mario SimardBloc Québécois20,24740.0%42.0%−2.0
Fanny BoulangerConservative15,31430.2%27.6%+2.6
William Van TasselLiberal13,17226.0%20.3%+5.7
Lise GaronNew Democratic9321.8%5.2%−3.4
Patrick GaudreaultPeople's5161.0%—+1.0
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Marie-Josée YelleGreen4480.9%
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

Third place vs. the margin
13,172 votes
Liberal took more than the 4,933-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
51 of 177
2 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Bloc Québécois (124) · ■ won by another party (51) · ▨ tied (2).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 2,467 voters switching from Bloc Québécois to Conservative — 4.9% of the 50,629 valid votes, 4.9 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Bloc Québécois20,247
Conservative15,314
Still Bloc Québécois by 4,933 votes. Actual margin: 4,933.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 70.8% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Bloc Québécois39.7%40.8%+1.1
Conservative33.2%23.0%−10.2
Liberal22.9%33.5%+10.6
New Democratic2.0%1.4%−0.6
People's1.1%0.8%−0.3
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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets and its 5 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-03.

"Jonquière—Hébertville—Pays-des-Bleuets — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/jonquiere-hebertville-pays-des-bleuets/ Accessed 2026-11-03.