Lévis—Lotbinière

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Lévis—Lotbinière
Quebec electoral district
Lotbinière.PNG
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Jacques Gourde
Conservative
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.

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
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Riding created from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
and Lotbinière—L'Érable
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
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]
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
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
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


Canadian federal election, 2006
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


Canadian federal election, 2004
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
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

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