Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

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Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

Quebec electoral district
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Jacques Gourde Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	100,454
Electors (2006)	76,764
Area (km²)	2,113
Pop. density (per km²)	47.5
Census divisions	Lévis, Lotbinière, La Nouvelle-Beauce
Census subdivisions	Lévis, Laurier-Station, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Apollinaire, Sainte-Croix, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon

Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière is a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Lotbinière—L'Érable ridings.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] 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 comprised of: 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 Lévis—Bellechasse, Beauce, Mégantic—L'Érable, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, and Louis-Hébert.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Lotbinière—L'Érable prior to 2003
38th	2004-2006		Odina Desrochers	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006-		Jacques Gourde	Conservative

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacques Gourde	28,236	54.34	+30.20
	Bloc Québécois	Odina Desrochers	15,402	29.64	-16.35
	New Democrat	Raymond Coté	3,529	6.79	+2.50
	Liberal	Éric Paradis	2,820	5.43	-16.02
	Green	Shirley Picknell	1,978	3.81	+0.14
Total			51,965

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Odina Desrochers	20,245
	Conservative	Jean Landry	10,628
	Liberal	Anicet Gagné	9,445
	New Democrat	Jean Bernatchez	2,091
	Green	Rama Borne MacDonald	1,615

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

v • d • e Federal ridings in Central Quebec Bloc Québécois Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour • Berthier—Maskinongé • Joliette • Montcalm • Repentigny • Saint-Maurice—Champlain • Trois-Rivières Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Independent Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

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