Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
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 Quebec electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2011 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 107,566 | ||
| Electors (2011) | 79,721 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 2,056.90 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 52.3 | ||
| 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:
| 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 | % | ±pp | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 22,460 | 39.88 | -7.39 | ||
| New Democratic | 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 | -0.10 | |||
| Turnout | 57,252 | 69.48 | +4.18 | |||
| Eligible voters | 82,398 | – | – | |||
2008 general election
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | 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 Democratic | 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 | % | ±pp | 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 Democratic | 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 | % | ±pp | 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 Democratic | 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
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References
- "(Code 24036) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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