Lévis—Lotbinière Explained

Lévis—Lotbinière
Province:Quebec
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:24042
Fed-Created:2003
Fed-Election-First:2004
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Jacques Gourde
Fed-Rep-Party:Conservative
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:Conservative Party of Canada
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:113528
Demo-Electors:89405
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:2123
Demo-Cd:Lévis, Lotbinière, La Nouvelle-Beauce
Demo-Csd:Lévis (part), Saint-Apollinaire, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Gilles, Laurier-Station, Sainte-Croix, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Saint-Flavien, Saint-Édouard-de-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 House of Commons of Canada 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 neighbouring ridings are Bellechasse—Les Étchemins—Lévis, 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 remained largely the same, receiving a small portion from Mégantic—L'Érable.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 95.9% White, 1.4% Indigenous, 1.0% Black

Languages: 96.6% French, 1.0% English

Religions: 72.5% Christian (64.6% Catholic, 7.9% Other), 26.4% None

Median income: $47,600 (2020)

Average income: $54,600 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Lévis—Lotbinière, 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
PartyVote%
 30,333 49.70
 13,929 22.82
 9,380 15.37
 4,445 7.28
 1,450 2.38
 824 1.35
 Others 674 1.10

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.

2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
PartyVote%
 22,469 39.88
 21,688 38.49
 8,383 14.88
 2,867 5.09
 936 1.66

Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, 2003 representation order

2000 federal election redistributed results
PartyVote%
 19,500 43.00
 15,109 33.32
 6,399 14.11
 3,210 7.08
 966 2.13
 Others 161 0.36

See also

References

Notes

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Notes and References

  1. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Lévis--Lotbinière [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec ]. 2023-10-13 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  5. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=1910 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections