Lévis

Riding profile

Lévis comprises the northern half of the Quebec City suburb of the same name, which lies across the river from the provincial capital. The riding was created in the 1850s and lost more than half its territory in the 2011 boundary revisions.

Political history

Lévis was solid Parti Québécois territory from 1976 to 2003, when the Liberals won it, only to lose it in 2007 to the Action Démocratique du Québec. The Liberals took it back in 2008.

2008 provincial election results:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
Gilles Lehouillier	LIB	12,646	38.65%
Christian Levesque	ADQ	11,199	34.23%
Jimmy Grenier	PQ	7,438	22.73%
Valérie Guilloteau	QS	1,438	4.39%

Prior results:

1976

PQ's Jean Garon defeated Liberal Vincent-François Chagnon. Appointed to cabinet, and re-elected in 1981, 1985, 1989 and 1994.	1998	PQ's Linda Goupil defeated Liberal Daniel Deslauriers. Appointed to cabinet.
2003	Liberal Carole Théberge defeated PQ's Goupil by 452 votes. Appointed to cabinet.
2007	ADQ's Christian Lévesque beats PQ's Goupil by 7,287 votes.

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes: 56.5%; No: 43.5%

Candidates

Unité Nationale	Paul	Biron
Coalition Avenir Québec	Christian	Dubé
Option Nationale	Nathaly	Dufour
Québec Solidaire	Valérie C.	Guilloteau
Quebec Conservative Party	Luc	Harvey
Parti Québécois	Stéphane	Labrie
Liberal	Gilles	Lehouillier
Équipe Autonomiste	Carl	Michaud
Parti Équitable	Yvan	Rodrigue
Parti de la classe moyenne du Québec	Patrick	Vallières