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 Regional County Municipality of Lotbinière; the part of the City of Lévis comprising: the former cities of Saint-Nicolas, Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome and Saint-Rédempteur, the former Municipality of Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, and the former Parish Municipality of Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville; and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon in the Regional County Municipality of La Nouvelle-Beauce.
The neighbouring ridings are Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, Beauce, Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière, Saint-Augustin—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.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the area west of 4e Av. and Rue St-Eustache in Lévis from Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, and lost the municipalities of Leclercville, Val-Alain, Lotbinière, Sainte-Croix, Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Laurier-Station, Saint-Flavien, Dosquet, and Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière to Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière.
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census
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 Party Vote % Conservative 30,333 49.70 Bloc Québécois 13,929 22.82 Liberal 9,380 15.37 New Democratic 4,445 7.28 People's 1,450 2.38 Green 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 resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % Conservative 22,469 39.88 New Democratic 21,688 38.49 Bloc Québécois 8,383 14.88 Liberal 2,867 5.09 Green 936 1.66
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, 2003 representation order
2000 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Bloc Québécois 19,500 43.00 Liberal 15,109 33.32 Alliance 6,399 14.11 Progressive Conservative 3,210 7.08 New Democratic 966 2.13 Others 161 0.36
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada 2011 Results from Elections Canada Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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