title: Lac-Saint-Joseph
text: # Lac-Saint-Joseph
  
  Lac-Saint-Joseph is a town in Quebec, Canada, located on the namesake Saint-Joseph Lake.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac-Saint-Joseph had a population of 304 living in 167 of its 334 total private dwellings, a change of 16.9% from its 2016 population of 260. With a land area of 33.65 $km^2$ (12.99 sq mi), it had a population density of $9.0/km^2$ (23.4/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  Mother tongue:
  
  * English as first language: 0%
  * French as first language: 98.4%
  * English and French as first language: 0%
  * Other as first language: 0%
  
  ## List of mayors
  
  * J. Gérald Coote, 1936
  * J. A. Saucier, 1936-1952
  * Henri Giguère, 1952-1961
  * Guy Desrivières, lawyer, 1961-1967
  * Fernand Grenier, Professor University Laval 1967-1974
  * J.-Arthur Bédard, 1974-1982
  * Raymond Blouin, 1982-1990 and 1994-2005
  * Robert Simard, 1990-1994
  * O'Donnell Bédard, 2005-
  
  ## Political representation
  
  Lac-Saint-Joseph federal election results :
  
  | Year | Year | Liberal | Liberal | Conservative | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | Bloc Québécois | New Democratic | New Democratic | Green | Green |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 2021 | 22% | 31 | 53% | 74 | 21% | 30 | 1% | 2 | 0% | 0 |
  | | 2019 | 25% | 29 | 36% | 42 | 30% | 35 | 3% | 4 | 2% | 3 |
  
  Lac-Saint-Joseph provincial election results :
  
  | Year | Year | CAQ | CAQ | Liberal | Liberal | QC solidaire | QC solidaire | Parti Québécois | Parti Québécois |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 2018 | 40% | 67 | 45% | 76 | 8% | 13 | 5% | 9 |
  | | 2014 | 39% | 40 | 47% | 49 | 1% | 1 | 13% | 13 |
  
  Provincially it is part of the riding of La Peltrie. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Éric Caire, of the Coalition Avenir Québec, was re-elected to represent the population of Lac-Saint-Joseph in the National Assembly of Quebec.
  
  Federally, Lac-Saint-Joseph is part of the federal riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, the incumbent Joël Godin of the Conservative Party was re-elected to represent the population Lac-Saint-Joseph in the House of Commons of Canada.
  
  