Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis

Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
Quebec electoral district

Lévis—Bellechasse in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Steven Blaney
Conservative

District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 112,385
Electors (2015) 91,899
Area (km²)[2] 3,293
Pop. density (per km²) 34.1
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

Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis (formerly Lévis—Bellechasse) 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 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 Canada–US 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 was renamed Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis.

Profile

The rural regions to the east of the riding are extremely strong areas for the Conservatives. The city of Lévis, however, is more of a battleground region. In the 2011 election, the Tories had to contend with a strong NDP performance in that city. The NDP's support was more concentrated to the west of the Boulevard de la Rive-Sud, closer to the river front.

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  2011–2015
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
42nd  2015–Present     Steven Blaney Conservative

Election results

Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, 2013 Representation Order

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

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeSteven Blaney 31,872 50.92 +6.97
LiberalJacques Turgeon 12,961 20.71 +14.89
New DemocraticJean-Luc Daigle 8,516 13.6 -20.21
Bloc QuébécoisAntoine Dubé 7,217 11.53 -3.36
GreenAndré Bélisle 2,032 3.25 +1.71
Total valid votes/Expense limit 62,598100.0 $234,497.01
Total rejected ballots 8240.89
Turnout 63,42268.62
Eligible voters 92,420
Conservative hold Swing +13.7
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

Lévis—Bellechasse, 2003 Representation Order

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeSteven Blaney 25,850 43.95 -1.95 $85,522.71
New DemocraticNicole Laliberté 19,890 33.81 +22.97 $336.36
Bloc QuébécoisDanielle-Maude Gosselin 8,757 14.89 -10.57 $44,495.06
LiberalFrancis Laforesterie 3,421 5.82 -9.24 $16,904.21
GreenSacha Dougé 903 1.54 -1.00 none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,821100.0   $94.740.90
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 808 1.36-0.19
Turnout 59,62965.88+3.43
Eligible voters 90,515
Conservative hold Swing -12.46
Sources:[5][6]
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeSteven Blaney 24,785 45.90 -0.50 $66,280.10
Bloc QuébécoisGuy Bergeron 13,747 25.46 -3.56 $18,536.02
LiberalPauline Côté 8,130 15.06 +6.87 $14,138.27
New DemocraticGabriel Biron 5,856 10.84 +6.21 none listed
GreenLynne Champoux-Williams 1,370 2.54 -1.56 none listed
Marxist–LeninistNormand Fournier 113 0.21 none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 54,001100.0    $90,335
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 8481.55+0.57
Turnout 54,84962.45-3.47
Eligible voters 87,830
Conservative hold Swing +1.53
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeSteven Blaney 25,940 46.40 +27.35 $59,351.14
Bloc QuébécoisRéal Lapierre 16,223 29.02 -15.31 $61,706.32
LiberalShirley Baril 4,581 8.19 -19.43 $9,831.42
IndependentNormand Cadrin 4,275 7.65 $15,519.63
New DemocraticÉric Boucher 2,590 4.63 +0.77 $868.27
GreenMathieu 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 5510.98-1.24
Turnout 56,45365.92
Eligible voters 85,635
Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +21.33
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisRéal Lapierre 21,930 44.34 +3.64 $52,753,68
LiberalChristian Jobin 13,664 27.62 -11.74 $61,102.89
ConservativeGilles Vézina 9,425 19.05 +0.88 $14,913.30
GreenSylvain Castonguay 2,372 4.80 $936.08
New DemocraticLouise Foisy 1,910 3.86 +2.49 none listed
CommunistChristophe Vaillancourt 163 0.33 $680.79
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,464100.0    $81,813
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1,1242.22
Turnout 50,58859.61-3.51
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

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