Beauport - Limoilou

The easternmost Quebec City riding, it consists of that part of Quebec City east of the boundary of the former City of Charlesbourg, Autoroute 40 and Autoroute Laurentienne.

Tourism, the service sector and manufacturing are all important to the economy of the area. The average family income is $62,875, with an unemployment rate of 5.3 per cent.

According to the 2006 census, rented dwellings exceed owned by 57 per cent to 43 per cent. Over 95 per cent of the population cited French as their mother tongue, while less than one per cent cited English. The total immigrant population is about four per cent.

In 2004, the riding was named Beauport and created from 54 per cent of Beauport-Montmorency-Orléans riding, 37 per cent of Quebec riding and six per cent of Quebec East. Montmorency riding existed from 1867 to 1914 and was recreated in 1966. The riding name changed to Beauport-Montmorency-Orléans in 1990 and to Beauport-Montmorency-Côte-de-Beaupré-Ile-d'Orléans in 1998.

Population: 101,331 (2006 census; an increase of 2.4% since 2001)

Political History

The Tories narrowly won the riding in 2006, beating Bloc Québécois incumbent Christian Simard by less than 1,000 votes. The Bloc had held this riding since 1993. Christian Simard won it handily in 2004. Before that, the BQ's Michel Guimond was elected three times in Beauport-Montmorency-Orléans, in 1993, 1997 and 2000.

This region voted Liberal from 1935 to 1957 inclusive, Progressive Conservative in 1958 and Social Credit in 1962 and 1963. Liberal Ovide Laflamme won in 1965, and went on to win two terms in newly created Montmorency riding. He had previously served two terms in Bellechasse riding in 1955 and 1957. He was succeeded as MP by Liberal Louis Duclos who won in 1974, 1979 and 1980, but was defeated in 1984. PC Anne Blouin won in 1984 and PC Charles DeBlois won in 1988.

• 1968-80 inclusive - LIB
• 1984, 1988 - PC
• 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 - BQ
• 2006 - CON