Joliette, QC — 2015 Federal Election Results Map
Joliette — 2015 Election Results
📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Joliette was contested in the 2015 election.
🏆 Gabriel Ste-Marie, the Bloc Québécois candidate, won the riding with 18,875 votes (33.3% of the vote).
🥈 The runner-up was Michel Bourgeois (Liberal) with 15,995 votes (28.2%), defeated by a margin of 2,880 votes.
📊 Other notable candidates: Danielle Landreville (NDP-New Democratic Party, 26%) and Soheil Eid (Conservative, 10%).
Riding information
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Located in the Lanaudiere region northeast of Montreal, the riding of Joliette centres on the city of Joliette along the L'Assomption River and extends into the surrounding countryside. The riding includes the municipalities of Crabtree, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Charles-Borromee, Sainte-Melanie, and Saint-Paul, among others, forming a mix of small-town centres and agricultural land at the foot of the Laurentian Mountains.
Candidates
Gabriel Ste-Marie (Bloc Quebecois) -- An economist and teacher, Ste-Marie taught economics at the Cegep regional de Lanaudiere and worked as a researcher at the Contemporary Economics Research Institute and a lecturer at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal. He sought to reclaim the riding for the Bloc Quebecois after the party had lost it in the 2011 NDP sweep.
Michel Bourgeois (Liberal) -- A Lanaudiere businessman, Bourgeois campaigned on the Liberal platform of economic growth and fiscal fairness, advocating for federal investment to stimulate the region's communities.
Danielle Landreville (NDP) -- Landreville carried the NDP banner in a riding where incumbent Francine Raynault, who had won the seat in 2011, did not seek re-election.
Soheil Eid (Conservative) -- Eid represented the Conservative Party in the riding.
Mathieu Morin (Green Party) -- Morin carried the Green Party standard.
About the Riding
Joliette had been one of the Bloc Quebecois's most reliable seats from the party's founding until the 2011 NDP wave, when Francine Raynault ended the long tenure of Bloc MP Pierre Paquette. The city of Joliette serves as the commercial and institutional heart of the Lanaudiere region, hosting a regional hospital, courthouse, and the Musee d'art de Joliette, one of Quebec's most significant art museums outside Montreal. The riding's economy mixes agriculture, small manufacturing, and public-sector employment, with many residents commuting to Montreal's northern suburbs for work. Cultural life is enriched by the Festival de Lanaudiere, a prominent summer classical music festival. In 2015, the contest turned on whether the Bloc could reclaim its traditional Lanaudiere base or whether the Liberal surge and NDP incumbency would hold.
