Louis-Hébert

Riding profile

The riding contains the west end of Quebec City — namely, part of the borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge — and the municipality immediately to its west, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. The district changed significantly in the 2011 redistribution, keeping only 54 per cent of its previous territory.

Political history

This is the home riding of cabinet Minister Sam Hamad (economic development and innovation; before that, transport). But it's also been a PQ riding in the past, serving as the seat of PQ cabinet minister Paul Bégin from 1994 to 2003.

Prior results (vastly different boundaries):

1994	PQ's Paul Bégin defeated Independent André Arthur and was appointed to cabinet (Arthur is now an Independent MP for the federal riding of Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier).
1998	PQ's Bégin defeated Liberal Pierre Boulanger.
2003	Liberal Sam Hamad defeated PQ's Line-Sylvie Perron.
2007	Liberal Hamad defeated ADQ's Jean Nobert by 816 votes.
2008	Liberal Hamad beat PQ's Françoise Mercure by 7,119 votes.

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes: 53%; No: 47%

Candidates

Québec Solidaire	Guillaume	Boivin
Parti Québécois	Rosette	Côté
Coalition pour la Constituante	Guillaume	Dion
Quebec Conservative Party	Véronique	Durand
Équipe Autonomiste	Hugues	Fortin
Québec Citizens' Union	Maxime	Guérin
Liberal	Sam	Hamad
Coalition Avenir Québec	Michel	Hamel
Parti Nul	Julie	Lachance
Option Nationale	Sol	Zanetti