Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Quebec electoral district
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.

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 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:

Parliament Years Member Party
Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Lotbinière—L'Érable prior to 2003
38th 2004–2006     Odina Desrochers Bloc Québécois
39th 2006–2008     Jacques Gourde Conservative
40th 2008–2011
41st 2011–present

Election results

2011 general election

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Jacques Gourde 22,460 39.88 -7.39
     New Democrat Tanya Fredette 21,683 38.50 +25.32
     Bloc Québécois Gaston Gourde 8,381 14.88 -9.70
     Liberal Nicole Larouche 2,866 5.09 -7.45
     Green Richard Domm 936 1.66 -0.78
Total valid votes/Expense limit 56,326 100.00
Total rejected ballots 926 1.62
Turnout 57,252 69.48
Eligible voters 82,398

2008 general election

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Jacques Gourde 24,495 47.27 -7.07 $72,248
     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
     Green Shirley Picknell 1,265 2.44 -1.37
Total valid votes/Expense limit 51,824 100.00 $85,174
Total rejected ballots 908 1.72
Turnout 52,732 66.41
Total registered electors 79,406

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

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
     Liberal Anicet Gagné 9,445 21.45 $39,450
     New Democrat Jean Bernatchez 2,091 4.75 $2,906
     Green Rama Borne MacDonald 1,615 3.67
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,024 100.00 $75,906

See also

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