Lévis—Lotbinière
Quebec electoral district | |||
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Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière (2003 boundaries)
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative |
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District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 107,593 | ||
Electors (2015) | 86,700 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 2,123 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 50.7 | ||
Census divisions | Lévis, Lotbinière, La Nouvelle-Beauce | ||
Census subdivisions | Lévis, Laurier-Station, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Apollinaire, Sainte-Croix, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon |
Lévis—Lotbinière (formerly Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) is a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
It was created in 2003 from parts of Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Lotbinière—L'Érable ridings.
Contents
Geography
Located southwest of Quebec City along the Saint Lawrence River, the riding includes parts of the city's south shore suburbs.
It consists of:
- the Regional County Municipality of Lotbinière;
- the part of the City of Lévis comprising: the former cities of Saint-Nicolas, Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome and Saint-Rédempteur, the former Municipality of Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, and the former Parish Municipality of Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville; and
- the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon in the Regional County Municipality of La Nouvelle-Beauce.
The neighbouring ridings are Lévis—Bellechasse, Beauce, Mégantic—L'Érable, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, and Louis-Hébert.
As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding was renamed Lévis—Lotbinière, its territory will remain largely the same, but received a small portion from Mégantic—L'Érable.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Riding created from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Lotbinière—L'Érable |
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38th | 2004–2006 | Odina Desrochers | Bloc Québécois | |
39th | 2006–2008 | Jacques Gourde | Conservative | |
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
Lévis—Lotbinière | ||||
42nd | 2015–Present | Jacques Gourde | Conservative |
Election results
Lévis—Lotbinière, 2013 Representation Order
This riding was renamed Lévis—Lotbinière, and received a small portion of territory from Mégantic—L'Érable for the 42nd Canadian federal election.
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 31,357 | 50.1 | +10.22 | – | |||
Liberal | Claude Boucher | 13,562 | 21.67 | +16.58 | – | |||
New Democratic | Hélène Bilodeau | 9,246 | 14.77 | -23.72 | – | |||
Bloc Québécois | Steve Gagné | 7,163 | 11.44 | -3.44 | – | |||
Green | Tina Biello | 1,124 | 1.8 | +0.14 | – | |||
Alliance of the North | François Belanger | 136 | 0.22 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 62,588 | 100.0 | $226,181.44 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 975 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 63,563 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 87,103 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3][4] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 22,469 | 39.88 | |
New Democratic | 21,688 | 38.49 | |
Bloc Québécois | 8,383 | 14.88 | |
Liberal | 2,867 | 5.09 | |
Green | 936 | 1.66 |
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, 2003 Representation Order
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 22,460 | 39.88 | -7.39 | $78,886.19 | |||
New Democratic | Tanya Fredette | 21,683 | 38.50 | +25.32 | $1,427.87 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Gaston Gourde | 8,381 | 14.88 | -9.70 | $28,148.35 | |||
Liberal | Nicole Larouche | 2,866 | 5.09 | -7.45 | $4,858.38 | |||
Green | Richard Domm | 936 | 1.66 | -0.78 | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,326 | 100.0 | $89,473.12 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 926 | 1.62 | -0.10 | |||||
Turnout | 57,252 | 69.21 | +3.06 | |||||
Eligible voters | 82,725 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -16.36 | ||||||
Sources:[6][7] |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 24,495 | 47.27 | -7.07 | $72,248.18 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Antoine Sarrazin-Bourgoin | 12,738 | 24.58 | -5.06 | $19,089.72 | |||
New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 6,828 | 13.18 | +6.39 | $2,654.50 | |||
Liberal | Marie-Thérèse Hovington | 6,498 | 12.54 | +7.11 | $3,272.46 | |||
Green | Shirley Picknell | 1,265 | 2.44 | -1.37 | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,824 | 100.0 | $85,174 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 908 | 1.72 | +0.74 | |||||
Turnout | 52,732 | 66.15 | -2.21 | |||||
Eligible voters | 79,721 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.00
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Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 28,236 | 54.34 | +30.20 | $45,970.43 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Odina Desrochers | 15,402 | 29.64 | -16.35 | $61,218.95 | |||
New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 3,529 | 6.79 | +2.50 | $2,346.22 | |||
Liberal | Éric Paradis | 2,820 | 5.43 | -16.02 | $17,938.01 | |||
Green | Shirley Picknell | 1,978 | 3.81 | +0.14 | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,965 | 100.0 | $78,226 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 513 | 0.98 | -1.41 | |||||
Turnout | 52,478 | 68.36 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 76,764 | |||||||
Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +23.28
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Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Odina Desrochers | 20,245 | 45.99 | +2.99 | $60,246.22 | |||
Conservative | Jean Landry | 10,628 | 24.14 | +2.95 | $8,765.42 | |||
Liberal | Anicet Gagné | 9,445 | 21.45 | -11.87 | $38,282.74 | |||
New Democratic | Jean Bernatchez | 2,091 | 4.75 | +2.62 | $2,905.99 | |||
Green | Rama Borne MacDonald | 1,615 | 3.67 | – | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,024 | 100.0 | $75,906 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 1,076 | 2.39 | ||||||
Turnout | 45,100 | 60.42 | -3.64 | |||||
Eligible voters | 74,647 | |||||||
Bloc Québécois notional hold | Swing | +0.02 | ||||||
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party. |
2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Bloc Québécois | 19,500 | 43.00 | |
Liberal | 15,109 | 33.32 | |
Alliance | 6,399 | 14.11 | |
Progressive Conservative | 3,210 | 7.08 | |
New Democratic | 966 | 2.13 | |
Others | 161 | 0.36 |
See also
References
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- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
Notes
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Lévis—Lotbinière, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
- ↑ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ↑ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election