Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Quebec electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2015 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	François-Philippe Champagne Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	110,273
Electors (2015)	91,588
Area (km²)[1]	38,904
Pop. density (per km²)	2.8
Census division(s)	La Tuque, Les Chenaux, Mékinac, Shawinigan
Census subdivision(s)	Trois-Rivières (part), Shawinigan, La Tuque, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Saint-Tite, Saint-Maurice, Sainte-Thècle, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Obedjiwan, Champlain

Saint-Maurice–Champlain (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

It consists of:

• the City of Shawinigan;
• the Regional County Municipality of Le Haut-Saint-Maurice, including Communauté de Wemotaci Indian Reserve, Coucoucache Indian Reserve No. 24A and Obedjiwan Indian Reserve No. 28; and
• the regional county municipalities of Les Chenaux and Mékinac.

The neighbouring ridings are Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Lac-Saint-Jean, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, Trois-Rivières, Berthier—Maskinongé, Joliette, Laurentides—Labelle, and Pontiac.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[2]

Ethnic groups: 93.0% White, 5.5% Indigenous

Languages: 93.9% French, 2.6% Atikamekw, 1.1% English

Religions: 75.7% Christian (70.3% Catholic, 5.4% Other), 23.5% none

Median income: $37,200 (2020)

Average income: $43,040 (2020)

History

Saint-Maurice—Champlain riding was created in 2003 from parts of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, Champlain, Roberval and Saint-Maurice ridings.

This riding gained territory from Trois-Rivières during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Saint-Maurice—Champlain Riding created from Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, Champlain, Roberval and Saint-Maurice
38th	2004–2006		Marcel Gagnon	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008		Jean-Yves Laforest
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2012		Lise St-Denis	New Democratic
	2012–2015			Liberal
42nd	2015–2019		François-Philippe Champagne
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

Election results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	François-Philippe Champagne	31,095	49.96	+7.51
	Conservative	Pierre-Augustin Allard	15,321	24.62	+6.62
	Bloc Québécois	Thierry Bilodeau	13,190	21.19	–8.88
	New Democratic	Nathalie Garceau	1,224	1.97	–3.09
	Green	Marie-Claude Gaudet	704	1.13	–0.17
	People's	David Rioux	455	0.73	N/A
	Rhinoceros	Dji-Pé Frazer	251	0.40	–0.11
Total valid votes/expense limit			62,240	98.42
Total rejected ballots			1,001	1.58
Turnout			63,241	65.78
Eligible voters			96,138
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.45
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	François-Philippe Champagne	23,913	42.4	+2.8	$72,408.64
	Bloc Québécois	Jacynthe Bruneau	16,940	30.1	-4.1	$13,486.24
	Conservative	Jacques Bouchard	10,139	18.0	+1.7	$3,888.81
	New Democratic	Valérie Bergeron	2,849	5.1	-0.2	$4,894.13
	Free	Marie Gabrielle Rouleau	932	1.7	N/A	$572.97
	Green	Marie-Claude Gaudet	731	1.3	-1.8	$704.90
	Marijuana	Hugo Beaumont Tremblay	307	0.5	N/A	$1,661.82
	Rhinoceros	Dji-Pé Frazer	285	0.5	N/A	$0.00
	Independent	Alain Magnan	241	0.4	N/A	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,337	97.6	–	$139,639.56
Total rejected ballots			1,379	2.4
Turnout			57,716	61.7
Eligible voters			93,622
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.5
Source: Elections Canada[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	François-Philippe Champagne	23,104	39.55	-1.97	$101,231.55
	Bloc Québécois	Nicole Morin	19,950	34.15	+14.99	$4,638.18
	Conservative	Bruno-Pier Courchesne	9,542	16.33	+0.06	none listed
	New Democratic	Barthélémy Boisguérin	3,071	5.26	-15.51	none listed
	Green	Stéphanie Dufresne	1,809	3.10	+1.16	none listed
	People's	Julie Déziel	938	1.61	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,414	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,307	2.19
Turnout			59,721	65.20
Eligible voters			91,594
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.48
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	François-Philippe Champagne	24,475	41.52	+30.59	$107,029.87
	New Democratic	Jean-Yves Tremblay	12,245	20.77	-20.51	$29,855.51
	Bloc Québécois	Sacki Carignan Deschamps	11,295	19.16	-9.31	$32,567.29
	Conservative	Jacques Grenier	9,592	16.27	-0.86	$49,358.13
	Green	Martial Toupin	1,144	1.94	-0.09	$3,832.69
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	196	0.33	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,947	100.0		$269,923.91
Total rejected ballots			1,175	1.95	–
Turnout			60,122	65.29	–
Eligible voters			92,086
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	22,777	41.28
	Bloc Québécois	15,711	28.47
	Conservative	9,452	17.13
	Liberal	6,029	10.93
	Green	1,120	2.03
	Others	88	0.16

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lise St-Denis	18,628	39.1	+31.3
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Laforest	13,961	29.3	-14.7
	Conservative	Jacques Grenier	8,447	17.7	-6.2
	Liberal	Yves Tousignant	5,670	11.9	-9.1
	Green	Pierre Audette	972	2.0	-1.4
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,678	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,193	2.4	–
Turnout			48,871	60.8	–
Eligible voters			80,315	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Laforest	20,397	44.0	-0.6	$57,864
	Conservative	Stéphane Roof	11,083	23.9	-9.1	$65,544
	Liberal	Ronald St-Onge Lynch	9,755	21.0	+9.5	$1,857
	New Democratic	Anne Marie Aubert	3,601	7.8	+0.3
	Green	Martial Toupin	1,562	3.4	-0.2	$2,629
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,398	100.0	$99,633

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Yves Laforest	21,532	44.3	-11.0	$36,733
	Conservative	Martial Toupin	16,028	33.0	+24.2	$13,342
	Liberal	Lucille Whissell	5,612	11.6	-19.0	$14,587
	New Democratic	Claude Larocque	3,684	7.6	+5.2	$1,524
	Green	Pierre Cayou Audette	1,705	3.5	+1.7	$1,585
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,561	100.0	$93,422

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Gagnon	25,918	55.3	–	$55,299
	Liberal	Marie-Eve Bilodeau	14,320	30.6	–	$64,827
	Conservative	Martial Toupin	4,129	8.8	–	$17,805
	New Democratic	Pierre J.C. Allard	1,104	2.4	–
	Green	Pierre Cayou Audette	855	1.8	–	$7.58
	Marijuana	Paul Giroux	547	1.2	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,873	100.0	$91,967

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Mauricie
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Saint-Maurice—Champlain (Code 24068) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Saint-Maurice--Champlain [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
3. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
4. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
5. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Saint-Maurice—Champlain, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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