Louis-Hébert (electoral district)

Louis-Hébert is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. Represented in the House of Commons since 2004, its population was certified, according to the detailed statistics of 2001, as 98,156.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 Sources

Geography

The district, in the Quebec region of Capitale-Nationale, consists of the western part of Quebec City, mainly the boroughs of Sainte-Foy—Sillery and the southern part of Laurentien.

The neighbouring ridings are Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, Louis-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Lévis—Bellechasse, and Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière.

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from Quebec East, Quebec South, Quebec West, and Québec—Montmorency ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Quebec East, Quebec South, Quebec West, and Québec—Montmorency prior to 1966
28th	1968–1972	Jean-Charles Cantin	Liberal
29th	1972–1974	Albanie Morin	Liberal
30th	1974–1976	Albanie Morin	Liberal
30th	1977–1979	Dennis Dawson	Liberal
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988	Suzanne Duplessis	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Suzanne Duplessis	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Philippe Paré	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Hélène Alarie	Bloc Québécois
37th	2000–2004	Hélène Scherrer	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Roger Clavet	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008	Luc Harvey	Conservative
40th	2008–2011	Pascal-Pierre Paillé	Bloc Québécois
41st	2011–present	Denis Blanchette	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Denis Blanchette	23,373	38.65	+29.32
	Bloc Québécois	Pascal-Pierre Paillé	14,640	24.21	-12.02
	Conservative	Pierre Paul-Hus	13,207	21.84	-6.37
	Liberal	Jean Beaupré	8,110	13.41	-10.18
	Green	Michelle Fontaine	996	1.65	-0.78
	Christian Heritage	Marie-Claude Bouffard	143	0.24	+0.03
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,469	100.00
Total rejected ballots			636	1.04
Turnout			61,105	73.73

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Pascal-Pierre Paillé	20,992	36.23	+2.15	$78,716
	Conservative	Luc Harvey	16,343	28.21	-6.26	$96,878
	Liberal	Jean Beaupré	13,669	23.59	+8.58	$42,500
	New Democrat	Denis Blanchette	5,403	9.33	+0.26	$7,979
	Green	Michelle Fontaine	1,408	2.43	-1.84
	Christian Heritage	Stefan Jetchick	119	0.21	+0.01	$383
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,934	100.00		$87,350
Total rejected ballots			595	1.02
Turnout			58,529	70.29

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Luc Harvey	20,332	34.47	+21.02	$63,705
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Clavet	20,101	34.08	-9.03	$61,438
	Liberal	Hélène Scherrer	8,852	15.01	-19.02	$43,177
	New Democrat	Denis Blanchette	5,351	9.07	+3.50	$6,274
	Green	Robert Hudon	2,517	4.27	+0.44
	Independent	Frédérick Têtu	1,147	1.94		$430
	Independent	Francis Fortin	565	0.96		$460
	Christian Heritage	Stefan Jetchick	116	0.20		$189
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,981	100.00		$81,438

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Clavet	24,071	43.11	+6.23	$57,547
	Liberal	Hélène Scherrer	18,999	34.03	-7.11	$58,530
	Conservative	Clermont Gauthier	7,512	13.45	-5.78	$11,262
	New Democrat	Robert Turcotte	3,112	5.57	+3.49	$2,646
	Green	Jean-Pierre Guay	2,137	3.83
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,831	100.00		$80,654

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hélène Scherrer	23,695	41.14	+7.52
	Bloc Québécois	Hélène Alarie	21,240	36.88	-2.97
	Canadian Alliance	Léonce-E. Roy	5,887	10.22	+8.50
	Progressive Conservative	Clermont Gauthier	5,189	9.01	-12.90
	New Democrat	Karl Adomeit	1,200	2.08	+0.13
	Marxist–Leninist	Gisèle Desrochers	382	0.66
Total valid votes			57,593	100.00

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Hélène Alarie	23,653	39.85	-15.78
	Liberal	Hélène Scherrer	19,955	33.62	+7.86
	Progressive Conservative	Christian Lessard	13,002	21.91	+6.62
	New Democrat	Karl Adomeit	1,161	1.96	+0.60
	Reform	Gilles St-Laurent	1,024	1.73
	Natural Law	Réal Croteau	558	0.94	-0.51
Total valid votes			59,353	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Philippe Paré	33,683	55.63
	Liberal	Margo Brousseau	15,596	25.76	+0.99
	Progressive Conservative	Suzanne Duplessis	9,254	15.28	-44.49
	Natural Law	Michel Nadeau	878	1.45
	New Democrat	Karl Adomeit	823	1.36	-11.67
	Abolitionist	Raymond Guimond	167	0.28
	Commonwealth	Jacques Brochu	145	0.24
Total valid votes			60,546	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Suzanne Duplessis	37,329	59.77	+13.81
	Liberal	Nicole Duplé	15,469	24.77	-10.53
	New Democrat	Pierre Lavigne	8,139	13.03	+1.24
	Rhino	Éric Houblon Ouellet	1,515	2.43	-0.70
Total valid votes			62,452	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Suzanne Duplessis	29,420	45.96	+35.58
	Liberal	Dennis Dawson	22,592	35.30	-29.46
	New Democrat	Gilles Fiset	7,548	11.79	-2.19
	Rhino	Hélène Bernier	2,003	3.13	-4.05
	Independent	Raymond Boisvert	1,153	1.80
	Nationaliste	Jean-Baptiste Giroux	1,106	1.73
	Social Credit	Sylvain Desbiens	184	0.29	-2.07
Total valid votes			64,006	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dennis Dawson	34,231	64.75	-1.25
	New Democrat	Robert Caron	7,392	13.98	+3.86
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Doyon	5,490	10.39	+4.60
	Rhino	François Ouellet	3,795	7.18
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Rhéaume	1,247	2.36	-13.83
	Union Populaire	Henri Laberge	596	1.13	-0.17
	Marxist–Leninist	Lynda Forgues	112	0.21	-0.40
Total valid votes			52,863	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dennis Dawson	37,908	66.00	-6.25
	Social Credit	Henri Gariépy	9,297	16.19	+12.31
	New Democrat	Jean Daoust	5,812	10.12
	Progressive Conservative	Maxime Langlois	3,322	5.78	-15.69
	Union Populaire	Michel Tremblay	746	1.30
	Marxist–Leninist	Lynda Forgues	351	0.61
Total valid votes			57,436	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on 24 May 1977 On Mrs. Morin's death, 1 October 1976
	Liberal	Dennis Dawson	30,763	72.25	+4.22
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Lavoie	9,142	21.47	+10.57
	Social Credit	Daniel Boulay	1,652	3.88	-1.99
	Communist	Hervé Fuyet	1,021	2.40
Total valid votes			42,578	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albanie Morin	32,441	68.03	+10.21
	New Democrat	Françoise Gamache Stanton	6,829	14.32	-0.17
	Progressive Conservative	Blanche Boucher	5,201	10.91	-3.24
	Social Credit	Rosaire Proulx	2,799	5.87	-2.86
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Lapointe	419	0.88
Total valid votes			47,689	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albanie Morin	30,928	57.82	-6.49
	New Democrat	Françoise Stanton	7,750	14.49	+9.81
	Progressive Conservative	Cécile Bergeron	7,566	14.14	-4.48
	Social Credit	Ghislaine Clavet	4,672	8.73	-3.65
	Not affiliated	Lisette Pouliot	1,490	2.79
	Independent	Henri Tremblay	1,085	2.03
Total valid votes			53,491	100.00

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Charles Cantin	28,220	64.31
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Berlinguette	8,174	18.63
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean Turgeon	5,433	12.38
	New Democrat	Gaétan Dutil	2,054	4.68
Total valid votes			43,881	100.00

Sources

Federal ridings in Quebec City

New Democratic	Beauport—Limoilou • Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles • Louis-Hébert • Louis-Saint-Laurent • Québec

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour • Berthier—Maskinongé • Joliette • Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière • Montcalm • Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier • Repentigny • Saint-Maurice—Champlain • Trois-Rivières

Côte-Nord and Saguenay	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord • Jonquière—Alma • Manicouagan • Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord • Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Eastern Quebec	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine • Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia • Lévis—Bellechasse • Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup • Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

The Eastern Townships	Beauce • Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Mégantic—L'Érable • Richmond—Arthabaska • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke

The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou • Abitibi—Témiscamingue • Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel • Gatineau • Hull—Aylmer • Laurentides—Labelle • Pontiac • Rivière-des-Mille-Îles • Rivière-du-Nord • Terrebonne—Blainville

Montreal (East, West, North & Laval)	Ahuntsic • Alfred-Pellan • Bourassa • Hochelaga • Honoré-Mercier • Jeanne-Le Ber • Lac-Saint-Louis • La Pointe-de-l'Île • LaSalle—Émard • Laurier—Sainte-Marie • Laval • Laval—Les Îles • Marc-Aurèle-Fortin • Mount Royal • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine • Outremont • Papineau • Pierrefonds—Dollard • Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie • Saint-Laurent—Cartierville • Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel • Westmount—Ville-Marie

Montérégie	Beauharnois—Salaberry • Brossard—La Prairie • Chambly—Borduas • Châteauguay—Saint-Constant • Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher • Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert • Saint-Jean • Saint-Lambert • Vaudreuil-Soulanges • Verchères—Les Patriotes

Quebec City	Beauport—Limoilou • Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles • Louis-Hébert • Louis-Saint-Laurent • Québec

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts