Lévis—Bellechasse

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Lévis—Bellechasse

Quebec electoral district

Lévis—Bellechasse in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Steven Blaney
Conservative

District created

2003

First contested

2004

Last contested

2011

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

112,385

Electors (2011)

87,830

Area (km²)^[2]

3,202.52

Pop. density (per km²)

35.1

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

Lévis—Bellechasse, is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It was created in 2003 from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet ridings.

Geography

The riding is located south of Quebec City and covers a strip of land between the city's cross-river suburbs and the American 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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet prior to 2003
38th	2004–2006	Réal Lapierre	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008	Steven Blaney	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Blaney	25,850	43.95	-1.95
	New Democratic	Nicole Laliberté	19,890	33.81	+22.97
	Bloc Québécois	Danielle-Maude Gosselin	8,757	14.89	-10.59
	Liberal	Francis Laforesterie	3,421	5.82	-9.20
	Green	Sacha Dougé	903	1.54	-1.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,821	100.00
Total rejected ballots			808	1.36	–
Turnout			59,629	66.05	–
Eligible voters			90,284	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Blaney	24,760	45.90	-0.50	$66,280
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Bergeron	13,746	25.48	-3.54	$18,536
	Liberal	Pauline Côté	8,105	15.02	+6.83	$13,958
	New Democratic	Gabriel Biron	5,850	10.84	+6.21
	Green	Lynne Champoux-Williams	1,370	2.54	-1.56
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Fournier	113	0.21	N/A
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,944	100.00	$90,335
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.52

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Blaney	25,940	46.40	+27.35	$59,371
	Bloc Québécois	Réal Lapierre	16,223	29.02	-15.31	$62,326
	Liberal	Shirley Baril	4,581	8.19	-19.43	$10,797
	Independent	Normand Cadrin	4,275	7.65	–	$15,520
	New Democratic	Eric Boucher	2,590	4.63	+0.77	$868
	Green	Mathieu Castonguay	2,293	4.10	-0.69	$3,067
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,902	100.00	–	$83,486

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Réal Lapierre	21,930	44.34	–	$52,760
	Liberal	Christian Jobin	13,664	27.62	–	$61,522
	Conservative	Gilles Vézina	9,425	19.05	–	$11,375
	Green	Sylvain Castonguay	2,372	4.80	–	$936
	New Democratic	Louise Foisy	1,910	3.86
	Communist	Christophe Vaillancourt	163	0.33	–	$681
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,464	100.00	$81,813

References

"(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

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012

v t e Federal ridings in Eastern Quebec

New Democratic	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

Bloc Québécois	Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia

Conservative	Lévis—Bellechasse

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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Lévis—Bellechasse

Geography

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

Notes