Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative | ||
District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2004 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 114,966 | ||
Electors (2015) | 91,899 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 3,202.78 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 35.9 | ||
Census divisions | Bellechasse RCM, Les Etchemins RCM, Lévis | ||
Census subdivisions | Beaumont, Lac-Etchemin, Lévis (part), Saint-Anselme, Saint-Damien-de-Buckland, Saint-Henri, Sainte-Claire |
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis (formerly Lévis—Bellechasse) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It was created in 2003 from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet ridings.
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Geography[edit]
The riding is located south of Quebec City and covers a strip of land between the city's cross-river suburbs and the Canada–US border. It is located in the Quebec region of Chaudière-Appalaches. It consists of the RCM of Bellechasse and most of Les Etchemins, as well as the eastern part of the city of Lévis.
The neighbouring ridings are Beauce, Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Louis-Hébert, Québec, Beauport—Limoilou, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup.
The 2012 federal electoral distribution has concluded this riding will retain its current boundaries, but was renamed Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis.
Profile[edit]
The rural regions to the east of the riding are extremely strong areas for the Conservatives. The city of Lévis, however, is more of a battleground region. In the 2011 election, the Tories had to contend with a strong NDP performance in that city. The NDP's support was more concentrated to the west of the Boulevard de la Rive-Sud, closer to the river front.
Members of Parliament[edit]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Lévis—Bellechasse Riding created from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet |
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38th | 2004–2006 | Réal Lapierre | Bloc Québécois | |
39th | 2006–2008 | Steven Blaney | Conservative | |
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis | ||||
42nd | 2015–present | Steven Blaney | Conservative |
Election results[edit]
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, 2013 Representation Order[edit]
This renamed riding will maintain its current boundaries for the 42nd Canadian federal election.
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Steven Blaney | 31,872 | 50.92 | +6.97 | $74,383.13 | |||
Liberal | Jacques Turgeon | 12,961 | 20.71 | +14.89 | $20,553.28 | |||
New Democratic | Jean-Luc Daigle | 8,516 | 13.6 | -20.21 | $11,888.30 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Antoine Dubé | 7,217 | 11.53 | -3.36 | $17,164.62 | |||
Green | André Bélisle | 2,032 | 3.25 | +1.71 | $85,188.63 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 62,598 | 100.0 | $235,171.98 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 824 | 0.89 | – | |||||
Turnout | 63,422 | 68.62 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 92,420 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +13.7 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3] |
Lévis—Bellechasse, 2003 Representation Order[edit]
2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Steven Blaney | 25,850 | 43.95 | -1.95 | $85,522.71 | |||
New Democratic | Nicole Laliberté | 19,890 | 33.81 | +22.97 | $336.36 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Danielle-Maude Gosselin | 8,757 | 14.89 | -10.57 | $44,495.06 | |||
Liberal | Francis Laforesterie | 3,421 | 5.82 | -9.24 | $16,904.21 | |||
Green | Sacha Dougé | 903 | 1.54 | -1.00 | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,821 | 100.0 | $94.740.90 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 808 | 1.36 | -0.19 | |||||
Turnout | 59,629 | 65.88 | +3.43 | |||||
Eligible voters | 90,515 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.46 | ||||||
Sources:[4][5] |
2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Steven Blaney | 24,785 | 45.90 | -0.50 | $66,280.10 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Guy Bergeron | 13,747 | 25.46 | -3.56 | $18,536.02 | |||
Liberal | Pauline Côté | 8,130 | 15.06 | +6.87 | $14,138.27 | |||
New Democratic | Gabriel Biron | 5,856 | 10.84 | +6.21 | none listed | |||
Green | Lynne Champoux-Williams | 1,370 | 2.54 | -1.56 | none listed | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Normand Fournier | 113 | 0.21 | – | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,001 | 100.0 | $90,335 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 848 | 1.55 | +0.57 | |||||
Turnout | 54,849 | 62.45 | -3.47 | |||||
Eligible voters | 87,830 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.53 |
2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Steven Blaney | 25,940 | 46.40 | +27.35 | $59,351.14 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Réal Lapierre | 16,223 | 29.02 | -15.31 | $61,706.32 | |||
Liberal | Shirley Baril | 4,581 | 8.19 | -19.43 | $9,831.42 | |||
Independent | Normand Cadrin | 4,275 | 7.65 | – | $15,519.63 | |||
New Democratic | Éric Boucher | 2,590 | 4.63 | +0.77 | $868.27 | |||
Green | Mathieu Castonguay | 2,293 | 4.10 | -0.69 | $3,066.75 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 55,902 | 100.0 | $83,486 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 551 | 0.98 | -1.24 | |||||
Turnout | 56,453 | 65.92 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 85,635 | |||||||
Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +21.33 |
2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Réal Lapierre | 21,930 | 44.34 | +3.64 | $52,753,68 | |||
Liberal | Christian Jobin | 13,664 | 27.62 | -11.74 | $61,102.89 | |||
Conservative | Gilles Vézina | 9,425 | 19.05 | +0.88 | $14,913.30 | |||
Green | Sylvain Castonguay | 2,372 | 4.80 | – | $936.08 | |||
New Democratic | Louise Foisy | 1,910 | 3.86 | +2.49 | none listed | |||
Communist | Christophe Vaillancourt | 163 | 0.33 | – | $680.79 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,464 | 100.0 | $81,813 | |||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 1,124 | 2.22 | ||||||
Turnout | 50,588 | 59.61 | -3.51 | |||||
Eligible voters | 84,867 | |||||||
Bloc Québécois notional hold | Swing | +7.69 | ||||||
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance. |
2000 federal election redistributed results | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Bloc Québécois | 20,855 | 40.70 | |
Liberal | 20,166 | 39.36 | |
Alliance | 6,480 | 12.65 | |
Progressive Conservative | 2,828 | 5.52 | |
New Democratic | 701 | 1.37 | |
Others | 210 | 0.41 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- "(Code 24034) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Riding history