Chicoutimi—Le Fjord (Quebec) 67/338

 Chicoutimi—Le Fjord (Quebec)

Today we're in Quebec with Chicoutimi—Le Fjord!

Chicoutimi—Le Fjord has existed as a riding since 1925 (albeit under different boundaries) and has been contested since. The population was 81,639 in 2016. A majority of the population is based in the city of Saguenay (145,949 in 2016, shared with Jonquière), specifically the boroughs of Chicoutimi and La Baie.

Politically, this seat changed hands four times between 2008 and 2018, going from the Bloc in 2008, to the NDP in 2011, to the Liberals in 2015, to the Conservatives in a 2018 by-election. The 2015 election was particularly close, less than 6,400 votes separated the first place and fourth place candidates. The riding is currently held by Conservative MP Richard Martel.

The interesting part in every election just mentioned, the winning party won the urban center of Chicoutimi. When the Conservatives won the seat in 2019, the Bloc won Chicoutimi, but the Conservatives had sufficient rural support to push the riding in their favour. The riding was 8/78 in Quebec and 18/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 7.4/10 - It makes sense, I just think Chicoutimi would suffice, but I do understand why its named that way.

Shape: 7.1/10 - I appreciate that it follows the municipal lines, but I wish the bottom didn't have that weird little angle in the bottom left.

Individuality: 8.7/10 - Usually the trajectory is Bloc-NDP-Liberal-Bloc, so this is a nice change of pace for volatile Quebec.

Total: 23.2/30 (77.3%)

Tomorrow we're back in the Fraser Valley with Chilliwack—Hope!