Joliette

Nestled 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 at the foot of the Laurentian Mountains. The district takes in municipalities such as Crabtree, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Charles-Borromee, and Sainte-Melanie, forming a blend of small-town centres and agricultural land within commuting distance of the northern fringes of Greater Montreal.

Candidates

Gabriel Ste-Marie (Bloc Quebecois) — The incumbent MP first elected in 2015, Ste-Marie holds a bachelor's and master's degree in economics from the Universite du Quebec a Montreal and teaches economics at the Cegep regional de Lanaudiere. He also worked as a researcher at the Institut de recherche en economie contemporaine. He briefly sat as an independent in 2018 during an internal Bloc dispute before rejoining the party caucus.

Michel Bourgeois (Liberal) — A businessman who had lived in the Joliette area for more than thirty-five years, Bourgeois had also been the Liberal candidate in the 2015 election, finishing second. He won the party's nomination for 2019 in August after a contested investiture.

Jean-Martin Masse (Conservative) — A Joliette native and son of former federal minister Marcel Masse, Jean-Martin Masse had been involved in the Conservative Party since his youth, holding several positions in local and provincial party organizations. He campaigned on rural broadband, infrastructure, and labour shortages.

Julienne Soumaoro (NDP) — Soumaoro carried the NDP banner in a riding where the party had limited historical support, seeking to raise the party's profile in the Lanaudiere region.

Erica Poirier (Green Party) — Poirier ran for the Green Party, advocating for environmental stewardship in a riding that includes both agricultural areas and the ecologically sensitive foothills of the Laurentians.

Sylvain Prescott ran for the People's Party and Paul Savard for Pour l'Independance du Quebec.

About the Riding

Joliette serves as the administrative and commercial hub of the Lanaudiere region. The city is home to the Musee d'art de Joliette, one of Quebec's important regional art museums, and hosts the annual Festival de Lanaudiere, a classical music festival of international reputation. Agriculture, including dairy farming and maple syrup production, underpins the rural economy, while Joliette's commercial core provides services to the broader region. The riding's proximity to Montreal means a growing number of residents commute south for work. Federal issues in the campaign included rural broadband access, support for agricultural producers facing trade uncertainty, health care transfers, and infrastructure for small municipalities. The Bloc Quebecois has historically performed well in the riding, and sovereignty sentiment runs deep in the Lanaudiere hinterland.