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Beauce (electoral District)
Beauce is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867. In 2006, it had a population of 103,617 people, of whom 82,123 were eligible voters.

The Beauce riding has the highest percentage of people who answered "Canadian" as their ethnic origin in the 2006 Census (84.0%; multiple responses).

It is also the riding with the highest percentage of White people of European descent (99.3%).

Geography

The riding is located in Central Quebec, to the south of Quebec City and covers the centre of Beauce, straddling the Quebec region of Chaudière-Appalaches.

The electoral district has the regional county municipality of Beauce-Sartigan; the Regional County of Beauce-Centre, excepting the area of the former municipality of Courcelles; that part of the Regional County Municipality of Les Etchemins comprises the municipalities of Sainte-Aurélie, Saint-Benjamin, Saint-Prosper and Saint-Zacharie; the Regional County Municipality of La Nouvelle-Beauce, excepting the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon; and that part of the Regional County Municipality of Le Granit comprises the municipalities of Saint-Ludger and Saint-Robert-Bellarmin.

The neighbouring ridings are Mégantic—L'Érable, Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, and Lévis—Bellechasse.

History

The riding was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and still exists today without any name changes, although its boundaries have been redefined numerous times.

According to the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding will lose a small territory to Mégantic—L'Érable. It is one of a small minority of Quebecois ridings never to have elected a Bloc Quebecois MP, even in 1993.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
1st  1867–1872     Christian Pozer Liberal
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1876
 1876–1878     Joseph Bolduc Conservative
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1884
 1884–1887 Thomas Linière Taschereau
6th  1887–1891     Joseph Godbout Liberal
7th  1891–1896
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1901
 1902–1904 Henri Sévérin Béland
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921
14th  1921–1925
15th  1925–1926 Édouard Lacroix
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949 Ludger Dionne
21st  1949–1953     Raoul Poulin Independent
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Jean-Paul Racine Liberal
25th  1962–1963     Gérard Perron Social Credit
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968     Jean-Paul Racine Liberal
28th  1968–1971     Romuald Rodrigue Ralliement créditiste
 1971–1972     Social Credit
29th  1972–1974     Yves Caron Liberal
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980     Fabien Roy Social Credit
32nd  1980–1984     Normand Lapointe Liberal
33rd  1984–1988     Gilles Bernier Progressive Conservative
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Independent
36th  1997–2000     Claude Drouin Liberal
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008     Maxime Bernier Conservative
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2018
 2018–2018     Independent
 2018–2019     People's
43rd  2019–2021     Richard Lehoux Conservative
44th  2021–present

Electoral history

2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Richard Lehoux 27,514 48.29 +9.7
People's Maxime Bernier 10,362 18.19 -10.18
Bloc Québécois Solange Thibodeau 8,644 15.17 +1.04
Liberal Philippe-Alexandre Langlois 7,018 12.32 +0.66
New Democratic François Jacques-Côté 1,654 2.9 -0.17
Free Chantale Giguère 1,096 1.92 –
Green Andrzej Wisniowski 486 0.85 -1.53
Marijuana Sébastien Tanguay 206 0.36 –
Total valid votes 56,980
Total rejected ballots 895 1.55 -0.34
Turnout 57,875 66.7 -1.78
Eligible voters 86,716
Conservative hold Swing +9.94
Source: Elections Canada
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Richard Lehoux 22,817 38.59 -20.39 $88,659.51
People's Maxime Bernier 16,772 28.37 – $92,268.96
Bloc Québécois Guillaume Rodrigue 8,355 14.13 +6.68 $2,029.97
Liberal Adam Veilleux 6,895 11.66 -10.56 $42,675.69
New Democratic François Jacques-Côté 1,799 3.04 -6.64 $96.82
Green Josiane Fortin 1,415 2.39 +0.7 none listed
Rhinoceros Maxime Bernier 1,072 0.81 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 59,125 100.00   $112,590
Total rejected ballots 1,147 1.89 +0.64
Turnout 59,125 68.48 +2.33
Eligible voters 86,333
Conservative gain from People's Swing -24.35
Source: Elections Canada

This riding lost a small portion of its territory to Mégantic—L'Érable prior to the 42nd Canadian federal election:

2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Maxime Bernier 32,910 58.89 +8.17 $141,146.53
Liberal Adam Veilleux 12,442 22.26 +11.27 $37,503.99
New Democratic Daniel Royer 5,443 9.74 -20.26 $1,888.06
Bloc Québécois Stéphane Trudel 4,144 7.42 +0.75 $1,993.05
Green Céline Brown MacDonald 943 1.69 +0.08 –
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,882 100.0     $224,222.11
Total rejected ballots 712 1.25 0.02
Turnout 56,594 66.15 –
Eligible voters 85,547
Conservative hold Swing +14.22
Source: Elections Canada
2011 federal election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  Conservative 26,400 50.72
  New Democratic 15,613 30.0
  Liberal 5,722 10.99
  Bloc Québécois 3,472 6.67
  Green 840 1.61

Beauce, 2003 representation order

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Maxime Bernier 26,799 50.71 -11.70 $80,639.74
New Democratic Serge Bergeron 15,831 29.95 +21.43 $1,165.17
Liberal Claude Morin 5,833 11.04 +0.72 $53,133.79
Bloc Québécois Sylvio Morin 3,535 6.69 -7.29 $19,711.99
Green Etienne Doyon Lessard 852 1.61 -3.16 $2.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 52,850 100.0     $90,992.37
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 681 1.27 -0.30
Turnout 53,531 63.02 +0.64
Eligible voters 84,941
Conservative hold Swing -16.56
Sources:
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Maxime Bernier 31,883 62.41 -4.61 $69,558.01
Bloc Québécois André Côté 7,143 13.98 -5.99 $13,263,15
Liberal René Roy 5,270 10.32 +2.40 $2,129.85
New Democratic Véronique Poulin 4,352 8.52 +5.97 $2,575.32
Green Nicolas Rochette 2,436 4.77 +2.23 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,084 100.0     $87,470
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 817 1.57 +0.75
Turnout 51,901 62.38 -5.24
Eligible voters 83,205
Conservative hold Swing +0.69
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Maxime Bernier 36,915 67.02 +49.93 $79,344.54
Bloc Québécois Patrice Moore 10,997 19.97 -16.29 $66,069.90
Liberal Jacques Lussier 4,364 7.92 -33.46 $54,809.07
New Democratic Cléo Chartier 1,405 2.55 -0.50 $1,020.20
Green Jean-Claude Roy 1,397 2.54 +0.31 $108.47
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,078 100.0     $81,497
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 454 0.82 -1.42
Turnout 55,532 67.62 +8.12
Eligible voters 82,123
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +33.11
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Claude Drouin 19,592 41.38 -14.58 $53,359.24
Bloc Québécois Jean-François Barbe 17,168 36.26 +9.73 $14,212.14
Conservative Alain Guay 8,091 17.09 +1.84 $7,117.54
New Democratic Philippe Giguère 1,443 3.05 +2.11 $1,376.85
Green Michel Binette 1,054 2.23 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 47,348 100.0     $79,683
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1,083 2.24
Turnout 48,431 59.50 -1.90
Eligible voters 81,392
Liberal notional hold Swing -12.16
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservatives Party.
2000 federal election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  Liberal 25,861 55.96
  Bloc Québécois 12,261 26.53
  Alliance 5,416 11.72
  Progressive Conservative 1,631 3.53
  Others 612 1.32
  New Democratic 435 0.94

Beauce, previous elections

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Claude Drouin 26,033 56.0 +6.9
Bloc Québécois Gary Morin 12,323 26.5 -0.1
Alliance Alain Guay 5,452 11.7
Progressive Conservative Gérard Parent 1,628 3.5 -17.3
Natural Law Louis Girard 611 1.3
New Democratic Pierre Malano 436 0.9 -0.7
Total valid votes 46,483 100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Claude Drouin 22,156 49.1 +34.5
Bloc Québécois Lucie Dion 12,002 26.6 -9.7
Progressive Conservative Lise Bernier 9,385 20.8 +12.7
Independent Lili Weemen 843 1.9
New Democratic Joël Pinon 735 1.6 +0.9
Total valid votes 45,121 100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gilles Bernier 20,238 40.2
Bloc Québécois Jean-Guy Breton 18,271 36.3
Liberal Pierre Gravel 7,336 14.6 -11.3
Progressive Conservative Jeannine Bourque 4,098 8.1 -60.6
New Democratic Tom Vouloumanos 364 0.7 -4.7
Total valid votes 50,307 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gilles Bernier 36,212 68.7 +15.6
Liberal Pierre-Maurice Vachon 13,641 25.9 -17.2
New Democratic Danielle Wolfe 2,856 5.4 +2.8
Total valid votes 52,709 100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gilles Bernier 25,028 53.1 +51.2
Liberal Normand Lapointe 20,323 43.1 -7.8
New Democratic Serge L'Italien 1,217 2.6 +1.6
Parti nationaliste Paul-Emile Grondin 569 1.2
Total valid votes 47,137 100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Normand Lapointe 21,647 50.9 +15.8
Social Credit Fabien Roy 18,734 44.0 -13.1
Progressive Conservative Michel Brochu 819 1.9 -4.3
Rhinoceros Germain Lambert 624 1.5 +0.7
New Democratic Luc Pepin 404 0.9 +0.5
Independent Renaud Loubier 276 0.6
Marxist–Leninist Claude Moreau 38 0.1
Total valid votes 42,542 100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Fabien Roy 24,770 57.1 +27.7
Liberal Yves Caron 15,193 35.0 -7.3
Progressive Conservative Paul-André Busque 2,704 6.2 -19.4
Rhinoceros Michel Chretien 344 0.8
New Democratic Raymond Philippe Roy 215 0.5 -0.8
Union populaire Marcel Baron 128 0.3
Total valid votes 43,354 100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Yves Caron 13,855 42.3 +1.2
Social Credit Romuald Rodrigue 9,640 29.4 -10.2
Progressive Conservative Paul-André Busque 8,385 25.6 +8.3
Independent Claude Grenier 442 1.4
New Democratic Lucille Jacques 418 1.3 -0.7
Total valid votes 32,740 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Yves Caron 13,170 41.1 +13.7
Social Credit Romuald Rodrigue 12,686 39.6 -7.9
Progressive Conservative Paul-André Busque 5,551 17.3 -4.6
New Democratic Bertrand Gosselin 632 2.0 -0.3
Total valid votes 32,039 100.0

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ralliement créditiste Romuald Rodrigue 13,428 47.5 +19.5
Liberal Jean-Paul Racine 7,752 27.4 -13.9
Progressive Conservative Gilles Beaudoin 6,207 21.9 +20.6
New Democratic Bertrand Gosselin 639 2.3 -27.2
Independent André Mathieu 260 0.9
Total valid votes 28,286 100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jean-Paul Racine 10,530 41.3 -0.8
New Democratic Robert Cliche 7,514 29.4 +26.5
Ralliement créditiste Gérard Perron 7,138 28.0 -22.5
Progressive Conservative Pierre Bardou 338 1.3 -3.2
Total valid votes 25,520 100.0

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gérard Perron 12,627 50.4 -8.4
Liberal Jean-Paul Racine 10,532 42.1 +4.3
Progressive Conservative Serge Beaudoin 1,134 4.5 +1.1
New Democratic Jean-Claude Morin 740 3.0
Total valid votes 25,033 100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gérard Perron 15,230 58.8
Liberal Jean-Paul Racine 9,774 37.7 -4.6
Progressive Conservative Georges Dubois 901 3.5 -13.7
Total valid votes 25,905 100.0
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jean-Paul Racine 10,417 42.3 -6.0
Independent Raoul Poulin 9,984 40.6 -11.2
Progressive Conservative Eddy Hall 4,217 17.1
Total valid votes 24,618 100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raoul Poulin 12,384 51.7 -5.5
Liberal Ludger Dionne 11,559 48.3 +5.5
Total valid votes 23,943 100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raoul Poulin 13,016 57.3 +10.9
Liberal Louis Poulin 9,716 42.7 -2.6
Total valid votes 22,732 100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raoul Poulin 10,267 46.3
Liberal Ludger Dionne 10,045 45.3 +2.8
Social Credit Rosaire Fortier 1,840 8.3 -16.9
Total valid votes 22,152 100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ludger Dionne 9,612 42.6 -37.3
Independent Charles Lacroix 7,264 32.2
Social Credit Eugène Fortin 5,701 25.3
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Maurice-Ernest-Edouard Lacroix 12,482 79.9 -9.1
National Government Josaphat Poulin 3,142 20.1
Total valid votes 15,624 100.0
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edouard Lacroix 15,263 89.0 +24.1
Reconstruction Paul-Henri Berube 1,896 11.0
Total valid votes 17,159 100.0
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edouard Lacroix 12,093 64.8 -16.6
Conservative J.-Linière Jacob 6,567 35.2 +16.6
Total valid votes 18,660 100.0
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edouard Lacroix 11,176 81.4 +3.8
Conservative Wilfrid Duval 2,551 18.6 -3.8
Total valid votes 13,727 100.0
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edouard Lacroix 12,765 77.6 -12.4
Conservative Louis Morin 3,684 22.4 +12.4
Total valid votes 16,449 100.0
By-election on 19 January 1922

Béland accepted a government position

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Henri Sévérin Béland acclaimed
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Henri Sévérin Béland 12,030 90.0
Conservative J. Ephrem Lambert 1,335 10.0
Total valid votes 13,365 100.0
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Henri Sévérin Béland acclaimed
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henri Sévérin Béland 4,823 58.2 -37.5
Conservative Georges Cloutier 3,459 41.8 +37.5
Total valid votes 8,282 100.0
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henri Sévérin Béland 4,083 95.7 +22.4
Conservative Alphonse Poirier 183 4.3 -22.4
Total valid votes 4,266 100.0
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henri Sévérin Béland 3,601 73.3 +12.1
Conservative E.M.A. Savard 1,311 26.7 -12.1
Total valid votes 4,912 100.0

Note: results compared to results of 1900 general election.

By-election on 8 January 1902

Godbout appointed to the Senate

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Henri Sévérin Béland acclaimed
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Godbout 3,432 61.2 +7.4
Conservative Charles Bolduc 2,175 38.8 -7.4
Total valid votes 5,607 100.0
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Godbout 3,003 53.8 -2.0
Conservative G. Cloutier 2,576 46.2 +2.0
Total valid votes 5,579 100.0
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Godbout 2,313 55.8
Conservative J.A. Morency 1,832 44.2
Total valid votes 4,145 100.0
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Joseph Godbout 1,900 52.0
Conservative Joseph Poirier 1,268 34.7 -20.5
Independent F.X. Dulac 483 13.6
Total valid votes 3,651 100.0
Canadian federal by-election, 31 October 1884
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
On Mr. Bolduc being called to the Senate
Conservative Thomas Linière Taschereau 1,649 55.2 -15.6
Unknown J. Poirier 1,336 44.8 +15.6
Total valid votes 2,985 100.0
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Bolduc 2,153 70.8 -8.4
Independent F.X. Lemieux 889 29.2
Total valid votes 3,042 100.0
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Bolduc 1,523 79.2 +25.5
Independent George Lesard 401 20.8
Total valid votes 1,924 100.0
Canadian federal by-election, 18 October 1876
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Joseph Bolduc 1,404 53.6
Independent De Lery 1,215 46.4
Total valid votes 2,619 100.0
Called upon Pozer being appointed to the Senate.
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Christian Henry Pozer acclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Christian Henry Pozer 1,885 70.9 +5.7
Independent J. Blanchet 772 29.1
Total valid votes 2,657 100.0
1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Christian Henry Pozer 1,180 65.2
Unknown Henri Elzéar Taschereau 629 34.8
Total valid votes 1,809 100.0

See also

References

  • "Beauce (electoral district) (Code 24005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada
  • Parliamentary website, History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ^ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  3. ^ "Aboriginal Identity (8), Sex (3) and Age Groups (12) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  4. ^ "2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Federal Electoral District (FED) Profile, 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "Classification of visible minority". Statcan.gc.ca. April 16, 2012. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  6. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Beauce". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Election Night Results". Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  8. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  9. ^ "Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates 43rd General Election – October 21, 2019". Elections Canada. May 12, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  10. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Beauce, 30 September 2015
  11. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 15 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
  13. ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
  14. ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

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