Lévis—Bellechasse

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

Last contested

District webpage

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.

The 2012 federal electoral distribution has concluded this riding will retain its current boundaries, but will be renamed Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lévis—Bellechasse Riding created from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet
38th	2004 − 2006		Réal Lapierre	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006 − 2008		Steven Blaney	Conservative
40th	2008 − 2011
41st	2011 − Present

Election results

Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, 2013 Representation Order

This renamed riding will maintain its current boundaries for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Lévis—Bellechasse, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Blaney	25,850	43.95	-1.95	$85,522.71
	New Democratic	Nicole Laliberté	19,890	33.81	+22.97	$336.36
	Bloc Québécois	Danielle-Maude Gosselin	8,757	14.89	-10.57	$44,495.06
	Liberal	Francis Laforesterie	3,421	5.82	-9.24	$16,904.21
	Green	Sacha Dougé	903	1.54	-1.00	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,821	100.0		$94.740.90
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			808	1.36	-0.19
Turnout			59,629	65.88	+3.43
Eligible voters			90,515
	Conservative hold		Swing		-12.46
Sources:^[3]^[4]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Blaney	24,785	45.90	-0.50	$66,280.10
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Bergeron	13,747	25.46	-3.56	$18,536.02
	Liberal	Pauline Côté	8,130	15.06	+6.87	$14,138.27
	New Democratic	Gabriel Biron	5,856	10.84	+6.21	none listed
	Green	Lynne Champoux-Williams	1,370	2.54	-1.56	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Fournier	113	0.21	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,001	100.0		$90,335
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			848	1.55	+0.57
Turnout			54,849	62.45	-3.47
Eligible voters			87,830
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.53

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Steven Blaney	25,940	46.40	+27.35	$59,351.14
	Bloc Québécois	Réal Lapierre	16,223	29.02	-15.31	$61,706.32
	Liberal	Shirley Baril	4,581	8.19	-19.43	$9,831.42
	Independent	Normand Cadrin	4,275	7.65	–	$15,519.63
	New Democratic	Éric Boucher	2,590	4.63	+0.77	$868.27
	Green	Mathieu Castonguay	2,293	4.10	-0.69	$3,066.75
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,902	100.0		$83,486
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			551	0.98	-1.24
Turnout			56,453	65.92
Eligible voters			85,635
	Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+21.33

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Réal Lapierre	21,930	44.34	+3.64	$52,753,68
	Liberal	Christian Jobin	13,664	27.62	-11.74	$61,102.89
	Conservative	Gilles Vézina	9,425	19.05	+0.88	$14,913.30
	Green	Sylvain Castonguay	2,372	4.80	–	$936.08
	New Democratic	Louise Foisy	1,910	3.86	+2.49	none listed
	Communist	Christophe Vaillancourt	163	0.33	–	$680.79
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,464	100.0		$81,813
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,124	2.22
Turnout			50,588	59.61	-3.51
Eligible voters			84,867
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+7.69
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the totals of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	20,855	40.70
	Liberal	20,166	39.36
	Alliance	6,480	12.65
	Progressive Conservative	2,828	5.52
	New Democratic	701	1.37
	Others	210	0.41

See also

List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Past Canadian electoral districts

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

Federal ridings in Eastern Quebec

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

Conservative	Lévis—Bellechasse

Forces et Démocratie	Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia

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