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.
Lévis—Bellechasse in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 114,966 | ||
| Electors (2021) | 94,257 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 3,202.78 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 35.9 | ||
| Census division(s) | Bellechasse RCM, Les Etchemins RCM, Lévis | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Lévis (part), Saint-Henri, Saint-Anselme, Lac-Etchemin, Sainte-Claire, Beaumont, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Saint-Raphaël, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Damien-de-Buckland | ||
Geography
editThe 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 concluded that this riding will retain its current boundaries, but was renamed Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis.
Profile
editThe 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
editThis 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 |
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| 38th | 2004–2006 | Réal Lapierre | Bloc Québécois | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Steven Blaney | Conservative | |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | |||
| Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis | ||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Steven Blaney | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–present | Dominique Vien | ||
Election results
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Graph of election results in Lévis—Bellechasse, Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, 2023 representation order
edit| 2021 federal election redistributed results[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 30,341 | 52.00 | |
| Bloc Québécois | 13,280 | 22.76 | |
| Liberal | 9,070 | 15.55 | |
| New Democratic | 2,869 | 4.92 | |
| Green | 840 | 1.44 | |
| Others | 1,945 | 3.33 | |
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, 2013 representation order
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Graph of election results in Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dominique Vien | 32,259 | 51.04 | +0.94 | $27,017.86 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Marie-Christine Richard | 14,670 | 23.21 | +0.32 | $15,804.72 | |||
| Liberal | Daniel Vaillancourt | 10,075 | 15.94 | -0.72 | $5,446.69 | |||
| New Democratic | Marie-Philippe Gagnon Gauthier | 3,183 | 5.04 | -0.02 | $0.48 | |||
| Free | Raymond Arcand | 1,802 | 2.85 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Green | Hélène Lefebvre | 913 | 1.44 | -1.54 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Chamroeun Khuon | 306 | 0.48 | – | $915.04 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,208 | – | – | $123,757.24 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 65.62 | -3.71 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 96,317 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.31 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Steven Blaney | 32,283 | 50.09 | -0.83 | $56,210.72 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Sébastien Bouchard-Théberge | 14,754 | 22.89 | +11.36 | $5,276.21 | |||
| Liberal | Laurence Harvey | 10,734 | 16.66 | -4.05 | $12,368.08 | |||
| New Democratic | Chamroeun Khuon | 3,256 | 5.05 | -8.55 | $3,070.83 | |||
| Green | André Voyer | 1,925 | 2.99 | -0.26 | none listed | |||
| People's | Marc Johnston | 1,307 | 2.03 | - | $0.00 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Yves Gilbert | 188 | 0.29 | - | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 64,447 | 98.30 | -1.70 | - | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,113 | 1.70 | +0.81 | |||||
| Turnout | 65,560 | 69.33 | +0.71 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 94,558 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -6.10 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
This renamed riding maintained its boundaries for the 42nd Canadian federal election:
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Steven Blaney | 31,872 | 50.92 | +6.97 | $74,383.13 | |||
| Liberal | Jacques Turgeon | 12,961 | 20.71 | +14.89 | $20,553.28 | |||
| New Democratic | Jean-Luc Daigle | 8,516 | 13.6 | -20.21 | $11,888.30 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Antoine Dubé | 7,217 | 11.53 | -3.36 | $17,164.62 | |||
| Green | André Bélisle | 2,032 | 3.25 | +1.71 | $85,188.63 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 62,598 | 98.70 | +0.06 | $235,171.98 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 824 | 1.30 | -0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 63,422 | 68.62 | +2.74 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 92,420 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +13.7 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6] | ||||||||
Lévis—Bellechasse, 2003 Representation Order
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Graph of election results in Lévis—Bellechasse (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,821 | 98.64 | +0.19 | $94.740.90 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 808 | 1.36 | -0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 59,629 | 65.88 | +3.43 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 90,515 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -12.46 | ||||||
| Sources:[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | |||
| Green | Lynne Champoux-Williams | 1,370 | 2.54 | -1.56 | - | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Fournier | 113 | 0.21 | - | - | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 54,001 | 98.45 | -0.57 | $90,335 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 848 | 1.55 | +0.57 | |||||
| Turnout | 54,849 | 62.45 | -3.47 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,830 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.53 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 99.02 | +1.24 | $83,486 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 551 | 0.98 | -1.24 | |||||
| Turnout | 56,453 | 65.92 | +6.31 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,635 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +21.33 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | |||
| Communist | Christophe Vaillancourt | 163 | 0.33 | - | $680.79 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,464 | 97.78 | - | $81,813 | ||||
| Total rejected 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
editReferences
edit- "Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis (Code 24034) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Riding history
Notes
edit- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2016
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Confirmed candidates — Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns : Search for Candidates".
- ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election