| Québec | |
| Province: | Quebec |
| Fed-Status: | active |
| Fed-District-Number: | 24059 |
| Fed-Created: | 1966 |
| Fed-Election-First: | 1968 |
| Fed-Election-Last: | 2021 |
| Fed-Rep: | Jean-Yves Duclos |
| Fed-Rep-Party: | Liberal |
| Fed-Rep-Party-Link: | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Demo-Pop-Ref: | [1] |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2011 |
| Demo-Pop: | 96525 |
| Demo-Electors: | 79277 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2015 |
| Demo-Area: | 36 |
| Demo-Cd: | Quebec City |
| Demo-Csd: | Quebec City (part), Notre-Dame-des-Anges |
Québec (formerly known as Langelier) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It is located in Quebec City in the province of Quebec, Canada.
Since its creation, the riding has been a provincial bellwether in federal elections. No party has ever carried this riding without winning the most seats in Quebec.
The riding, in the Quebec region of Capitale-Nationale, consists of the central part of Quebec City, including the borough of La Cité and the southern part of the borough of Les Rivières, as well as the parish municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Anges.
The neighbouring ridings are Louis-Hébert, Louis-Saint-Laurent, Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, Beauport—Limoilou, and Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis.
The riding gained a small fraction of territory from Louis-Hébert as a result of the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Québec Centre. It will also gain gain the area east of Av. Maguire from Louis-Hébert.[2]
According to the 2011 Canadian census[3]
Ethnic groups: 91.4% White, 3.2% Indigenous, 1.6% Latino, 1.5% Black, 2.3% other
Languages: 92.7% French, 1.9% English, 1.6% Spanish, 3.8% other
Religions: 79.6% Christian, 1.4% Muslim, 0.8% other, 18.2% none
Median income: $28,603 (2010)
Average income: $35,961 (2010)
This riding was created as "Langelier" riding in 1966 from parts of Quebec East, Quebec South and Quebec West ridings. It was renamed "Québec" in 1990. Since its inception, this riding has always been represented by the party with the most support in Quebec.
Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:
| Party | Association name | CEO | HQ address | CHP – Québec | Marie-Claude Bouffard | 1450 Avenue des Grands-Pins | Québec Conservative Association | Louise Asselin | 201-600 Avenue Wilfrid-Laurier | Québec Federal Liberal Association | Florence Ievers | 1001-12 Rue des Jardins-Mérici | NDP Riding Association of Québec | Marc Audet | PO Box 70011 | ||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 19,361 | 35.72 | ||||
| 15,734 | 29.03 | ||||
| 9,766 | 18.02 | ||||
| 6,882 | 12.70 | ||||
| 1,277 | 2.36 | ||||
| 855 | 1.58 | ||||
| Others | 320 | 0.59 | |||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 22,394 | 42.64 | ||||
| 14,685 | 27.96 | ||||
| 9,331 | 17.77 | ||||
| 4,736 | 9.02 | ||||
| 1,144 | 2.18 | ||||
| Others | 228 | 0.43 | |||
Note: Mr. Papayre's result as a Marxist–Leninist candidate is compared to his result in the 1972 general election as an independent candidate.
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.