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Legislature
  
House of Commons

First contested
  
2004

District webpage
  
profile, map

Elector
  
86,700

District created
  
2003

Last contested
  
2015

Province
  
Québec

Lévis—Lotbinière

MP
  
Jacques Gourde Conservative

Census divisions
  
Lévis, Lotbinière Regional County Municipality

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 Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents

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 Lévis—Bellechasse, Beauce, Mégantic—L'Érable, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, and Louis-Hébert.

    As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding was renamed Lévis—Lotbinière, its territory will remain largely the same, but received a small portion from Mégantic—L'Érable.

    Members of Parliament

    This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

    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.

    References

    Lévis—Lotbinière Wikipedia