Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis

The riding is located south of Quebec City and covers a strip of land between the city's cross-river suburbs and the American 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		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
	Conservative	Steven Blaney	31,872	50.92	+6.97	–
	Liberal	Jacques Turgeon	12,961	20.71	+14.89	–
	New Democratic	Jean-Luc Daigle	8,516	13.6	-20.21	–
	Bloc Québécois	Antoine Dubé	7,217	11.53	-3.36	–
	Green	André Bélisle	2,032	3.25	+1.71	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,598	100.0		$234,497.01
Total rejected ballots			824	0.89	–
Turnout			63,422	68.62	–
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
	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	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,821	100.0		$94.740.90
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			808	1.36	-0.19
Turnout			59,629	65.88	+3.43
Eligible voters			90,515
	Conservative hold		Swing		-12.46
Sources:^[5]^[6]

Canadian federal election, 2008
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	none listed
	Green	Lynne Champoux-Williams	1,370	2.54	-1.56	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Fournier	113	0.21	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,001	100.0		$90,335
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			848	1.55	+0.57
Turnout			54,849	62.45	-3.47
Eligible voters			87,830
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.53

Canadian federal election, 2006
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	100.0		$83,486
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			551	0.98	-1.24
Turnout			56,453	65.92
Eligible voters			85,635
	Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+21.33

Canadian federal election, 2004
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	none listed
	Communist	Christophe Vaillancourt	163	0.33	–	$680.79
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,464	100.0		$81,813
Total rejected, unmarked and declined 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

References

"(Code 24034) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Riding history

Notes

Federal ridings in Eastern Quebec

Liberal	Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Conservative	Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup

New Democratic	Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

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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