Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Quebec electoral district |
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Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
Federal electoral district |
Legislature |
House of Commons |
MP |
Jacques Gourde
Conservative |
District created |
2003 |
First contested |
2004 |
Last contested |
2008 |
District webpage |
profile, map |
Demographics |
Population (2006) |
100,454 |
Electors (2011) |
79,721 |
Area (km²) |
2,113 |
Pop. density (per km²) |
47.5 |
Census divisions |
Lévis, Lotbinière, La Nouvelle-Beauce |
Census subdivisions |
Lévis, Laurier-Station, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Apollinaire, Sainte-Croix, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon |
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.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
2011 general election
2008 general election
Canadian federal election, 2008 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
Jacques Gourde |
24,495 |
47.27 |
-7.07 |
$72,248 |
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Bloc Québécois |
Antoine Sarrazin-Bourgoin |
12,738 |
24.58 |
-5.06 |
$19,090 |
|
New Democrat |
Raymond Côté |
6,828 |
13.18 |
+6.39 |
$2,655 |
|
Liberal |
Marie-Thérèse Hovington |
6,498 |
12.54 |
+7.11 |
$3,272 |
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Green |
Shirley Picknell |
1,265 |
2.44 |
-1.37 |
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Total valid votes/Expense limit |
51,824 |
100.00 |
|
$85,174 |
Total rejected ballots |
908 |
1.72 |
|
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Turnout |
52,732 |
66.41 |
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Total registered electors |
79,406 |
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2006 general election
Canadian federal election, 2006 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Conservative |
Jacques Gourde |
28,236 |
54.34 |
+30.20 |
$45,263 |
|
Bloc Québécois |
Odina Desrochers |
15,402 |
29.64 |
-16.35 |
$61,483 |
|
New Democrat |
Raymond Côté |
3,529 |
6.79 |
+2.50 |
$2,346 |
|
Liberal |
Éric Paradis |
2,820 |
5.43 |
-16.02 |
$17,502 |
|
Green |
Shirley Picknell |
1,978 |
3.81 |
+0.14 |
|
Total |
51,965 |
100.00 |
$78,226 |
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2004 general election
Canadian federal election, 2004 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
|
Bloc Québécois |
Odina Desrochers |
20,245 |
45.99 |
|
$60,894 |
|
Conservative |
Jean Landry |
10,628 |
24.14 |
|
$8,330 |
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Liberal |
Anicet Gagné |
9,445 |
21.45 |
|
$39,450 |
|
New Democrat |
Jean Bernatchez |
2,091 |
4.75 |
|
$2,906 |
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Green |
Rama Borne MacDonald |
1,615 |
3.67 |
|
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Total valid votes/Expense limit |
44,024 |
100.00 |
|
$75,906 |
See also
Sources