Beauport—Limoilou

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Beauport—Limoilou

Quebec electoral district

Beauport—Limoilou in relation to other Quebec City federal electoral districts.

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Raymond Côté
New Democratic

District created

2003

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

103,556

Electors (2011)

83,834

Area (km²)^[2]

74.49

Pop. density (per km²)

1,390.2

Census divisions

Census subdivisions

Beauport—Limoilou is a federal electoral district in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

The riding was created in 2003 as "Beauport" from parts of Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans, Quebec and Quebec East ridings. It was renamed "Beauport—Limoilou" after the 2004 election.

The current MP is the NDP's Raymond Côté.

Geography

The riding, in the Quebec region of Capitale-Nationale, consists of the eastern part of Quebec City, namely the boroughs of Limoilou and most of Beauport.

The neighbouring ridings are Québec, Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, and Lévis—Bellechasse.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans, Québec and Québec East prior to 2003
Beauport
38th	2004–2006		Christian Simard	Bloc Québécois
Beauport—Limoilou
39th	2006–2008		Sylvie Boucher	Conservative
40th	2008–2011		Sylvie Boucher	Conservative
41st	2011–present		Raymond Côté	New Democratic

Election results

Beauport—Limoilou

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Raymond Côté	24,306	46.07	+33.85
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	13,845	26.24	-10.52
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Létourneau	10,250	19.43	-13.18
	Liberal	Lorraine Chartier	3,162	5.99	-8.37
	Green	Louise Courville	950	1.80	-0.98
	Christian Heritage	Anne-Marie Genest	124	0.24	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Moreau	122	0.23	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,759	100.00
Total rejected ballots			843	1.57	-0.14
Turnout			53,602	63.26	+3.86
Eligible voters			84,738	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	17,994	36.76	-2.68	$48,176
	Bloc Québécois	Éléonore Mainguy	15,962	32.61	-5.26	$28,254
	Liberal	Yves Picard	7,030	14.36	+4.32	$19,558
	New Democratic	Simon-Pierre Beaudet	5,986	12.22	+4.24	$4,297
	Green	Luc Côté	1,363	2.78	-1.30	$0
	Independent	Simon Bédard	610	1.23	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,945	100.00	$87,843
Total rejected ballots			849	1.71
Turnout			49,794	59.40
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.29

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Sylvie Boucher	19,409	39.54	+23.59	$46,042
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Simard	18,589	37.87	-11.78	$47,991
	Liberal	Yves Picard	4,929	10.04	-15.59	$29,000
	New Democratic	Simon-Pierre Beaudet	3,917	7.98	+3.89	$3,095
	Green	Mario Laprise	2,005	4.08	+0.68	$1,097
	Marijuana	Jean Bedard	234	0.47	-0.79
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,081	100.00	$82,093

Beauport

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Simard	22,989	49.65	–	$44,941
	Liberal	Dennis Dawson	11,866	25.63	–	$60,945
	Conservative	Stephan Asselin	7,388	15.96	–	$6,879
	New Democratic	Xavier Trégan	1,896	4.09	–	$621
	Green	Jeannine T. Desharnais	1,577	3.41	–	$252
	Marijuana	Nicolas Frichot	585	1.26	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,301	100.00	$81,041

See also

List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Past Canadian electoral districts

References

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012

External links

v t e Quebec City

Boroughs	La Cité-Limoilou Les Rivières Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge Charlesbourg Beauport La Haute-Saint-Charles Laurentien (defunct)

Districts	Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire (Old Quebec, Parliament Hill, Petit Champlain) Saint-Jean-Baptiste Saint-Roch Maizerets

Agglomeration	Quebec L'Ancienne-Lorette Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

Enclaves	Notre-Dame-des-Anges Wendake

See also: List of articles about Quebec City History of Quebec City Quebec Metropolitan Community 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec Regional County Municipalities (RCM): in Capitale-Nationale: Charlevoix Charlevoix-Est La Côte-de-Beaupré La Jacques-Cartier L'Île-d'Orléans Portneuf Equivalent territories: Quebec (TE) Independent Parishes: Notre-Dame-des-Anges Native Reserves: Wendake

v t e Federal ridings in Quebec City

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

v t e 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

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