Lévis—Lotbinière

Lévis—Lotbinière (formerly 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.

As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding was renamed Lévis—Lotbinière, its territory will remain largely the same, but received a small portion from Mégantic—L'Érable.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Riding created from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Lotbinière—L'Érable
38th	2004–2006	Odina Desrochers	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008	Jacques Gourde	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Lévis—Lotbinière
42nd	2015–Present	Jacques Gourde	Conservative

Election results

Lévis—Lotbinière, 2013 Representation Order

This riding was renamed Lévis—Lotbinière, and received a small portion of territory from Mégantic—L'Érable for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jacques Gourde	31,357	50.1	+10.22	–
	Liberal	Claude Boucher	13,562	21.67	+16.58	–
	New Democratic	Hélène Bilodeau	9,246	14.77	-23.72	–
	Bloc Québécois	Steve Gagné	7,163	11.44	-3.44	–
	Green	Tina Biello	1,124	1.8	+0.14	–
	Alliance of the North	François Belanger	136	0.22	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,588	100.0		$226,181.44
Total rejected ballots			975	–	–
Turnout			63,563	–	–
Eligible voters			87,103
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,469	39.88
	New Democratic	21,688	38.49
	Bloc Québécois	8,383	14.88
	Liberal	2,867	5.09
	Green	936	1.66

Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jacques Gourde	22,460	39.88	-7.39	$78,886.19
	New Democratic	Tanya Fredette	21,683	38.50	+25.32	$1,427.87
	Bloc Québécois	Gaston Gourde	8,381	14.88	-9.70	$28,148.35
	Liberal	Nicole Larouche	2,866	5.09	-7.45	$4,858.38
	Green	Richard Domm	936	1.66	-0.78	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,326	100.0		$89,473.12
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			926	1.62	-0.10
Turnout			57,252	69.21	+3.06
Eligible voters			82,725
	Conservative hold		Swing		-16.36
Sources:^[6]^[7]

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jacques Gourde	24,495	47.27	-7.07	$72,248.18
	Bloc Québécois	Antoine Sarrazin-Bourgoin	12,738	24.58	-5.06	$19,089.72
	New Democratic	Raymond Côté	6,828	13.18	+6.39	$2,654.50
	Liberal	Marie-Thérèse Hovington	6,498	12.54	+7.11	$3,272.46
	Green	Shirley Picknell	1,265	2.44	-1.37	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,824	100.0		$85,174
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			908	1.72	+0.74
Turnout			52,732	66.15	-2.21
Eligible voters			79,721
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.00

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jacques Gourde	28,236	54.34	+30.20	$45,970.43
	Bloc Québécois	Odina Desrochers	15,402	29.64	-16.35	$61,218.95
	New Democratic	Raymond Côté	3,529	6.79	+2.50	$2,346.22
	Liberal	Éric Paradis	2,820	5.43	-16.02	$17,938.01
	Green	Shirley Picknell	1,978	3.81	+0.14	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,965	100.0		$78,226
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			513	0.98	-1.41
Turnout			52,478	68.36
Eligible voters			76,764
	Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+23.28

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Odina Desrochers	20,245	45.99	+2.99	$60,246.22
	Conservative	Jean Landry	10,628	24.14	+2.95	$8,765.42
	Liberal	Anicet Gagné	9,445	21.45	-11.87	$38,282.74
	New Democratic	Jean Bernatchez	2,091	4.75	+2.62	$2,905.99
	Green	Rama Borne MacDonald	1,615	3.67	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,024	100.0		$75,906
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,076	2.39
Turnout			45,100	60.42	-3.64
Eligible voters			74,647
	Bloc Québécois notional hold		Swing		+0.02
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party.

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Bloc Québécois	19,500	43.00
	Liberal	15,109	33.32
	Alliance	6,399	14.11
	Progressive Conservative	3,210	7.08
	New Democratic	966	2.13
	Others	161	0.36

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

Notes

Federal ridings in Central Quebec

Bloc Québécois	Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel Joliette Montcalm Repentigny

New Democratic	Berthier—Maskinongé Trois-Rivières

Conservative	Lévis—Lotbinière Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

Liberal	Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Eastern Quebec

The Eastern Townships

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)

Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy

Montérégie

Quebec City

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

Historical federal ridings in Quebec

Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie

Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval

Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles

Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri

Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul

Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent

Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic

Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel

Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun

Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount

Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle

Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières

Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Until 1962	Témiscouata

Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle

Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright

Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska

Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri

Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil

Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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