Louis-Saint-Laurent (electoral district)
Louis-Saint-Laurent is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
It was created in 2003 from parts of Portneuf and Quebec East ridings.
Geography
The riding, in the Quebec region of Capitale-Nationale, consists of the northwestern part of Quebec City, including parts of the boroughs of Laurentien, Les Rivières, and La Haute-Saint-Charles, along with the Wendake Indian reserve and the city of L'Ancienne-Lorette.
The neighbouring ridings are Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, Québec, and Louis-Hébert.
History
The riding is named after former prime minister Louis St. Laurent, and is mostly a reconfigured version of his old riding of Quebec East. In the 2004 federal election, Bernard Cleary defeated Conservative candidate Josée Verner by some 3,000 votes. Verner's win in the 2006 election, was one of the first ever Quebec victories for the Conservative Party of Canada. After a long five years she was defeated by the much younger Alexandrine Latendresse.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2015 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
|
New Democratic | G. Daniel Caron | – | – | – | – |
|
Liberal | Youri Rousseau | – | – | – | – |
| Canadian federal election, 2008 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
|
Conservative | Josée Verner | 23,683 | 47.14 | -10.54 | $75,380 |
|
Bloc Québécois | France Gagné | 13,330 | 26.53 | +2.34 | $40,886 |
|
Liberal | Hélène H. Leone | 6,712 | 13.36 | +6.95 | $14,160 |
|
New Democratic | Alexandrine Latendresse | 5,252 | 10.45 | +4.71 | $1,021 |
|
Green | Jean Cloutier | 1,260 | 2.51 | -0.45 | $253 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit |
50,237 | 100.00 | $85,998 |
| Total rejected ballots |
729 | 1.43 |
| Turnout |
50,966 | 62.88 |
| Canadian federal election, 2006 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
|
Conservative | Josée Verner | 28,606 | 57.68 | +26.55 | $76,425 |
|
Bloc Québécois | Bernard Cleary | 11,997 | 24.19 | -14.25 | $36,060 |
|
Liberal | Isa Gros-Louis | 3,180 | 6.41 | -15.93 | $46,551 |
|
New Democratic | Robert Donnelly | 2,848 | 5.74 | +2.69 | $3,702 |
|
Independent | Christian Légaré | 1,498 | 3.02 | – | $28,956 |
|
Green | Lucien Gravelle | 1,468 | 2.96 | +0.19 | $112 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit |
49,597 | 100.00 | $79,200 |
| Total rejected ballots |
467 | 0.93 |
| Turnout |
50,064 | 64.01 |
| |
Conservative Party gain from Bloc Québécois |
Swing |
-10.7 |
|
|
| Canadian federal election, 2004 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
|
Bloc Québécois | Bernard Cleary | 17,248 | 38.44 | +1.4 | $29,253 |
|
Conservative | Josée Verner | 13,967 | 31.13 | +7.6 | $66,667 |
|
Liberal | Michel Fragasso | 10,025 | 22.34 | -15.6 | $66,345 |
|
New Democratic | Christopher Bojanowski | 1,369 | 3.05 | +1.3 | $271 |
|
Green | Yonnel Bonaventure | 1,243 | 2.77 | – | |
|
Independent | Jean-Guy Carignan | 563 | 1.25 | – | $20,647 |
|
Independent | Henri Gauvin | 332 | 0.74 | – | |
|
Communist | Dominique Théberge | 119 | 0.27 | – | $889 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit |
45,851 | 100.00 | $77,479 |
| Total rejected ballots |
985 | 2.15 |
| Turnout |
45,851 | 59.39 |
| |
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal |
Swing |
-3.1 |
|
|
Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party votes.
See also
References
Notes
Quebec electoral district
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