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Lotbinière - Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
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| 234/234 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| CON | Jacques Gourde | 22,460 | 39.88 |
Elected |
| NDP | Tanya Fredette | 21,683 | 38.50 |
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| BQ | Gaston Gourde | 8,381 | 14.88 |
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| LIB | Nicole Larouche | 2,866 | 5.09 |
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| GRN | Richard Domm | 936 | 1.66 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
This riding is located on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River across from Quebec City. The riding contains the regional county municipality of Lotbinière and part of La Nouvelle-Beauce comprising the parish municipality of St-Lambert-de-Lauzon. It includes the former cities of St-Nicolas, Charny, St-Jean-Chrysostome and St-Rèdempteur, the former municipality of St-Ètienne-de-Lauzon and Ste-Hèlène-de-Breakeyville.
The riding of Lotbinière-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière was created in 2004 from 50 per cent of Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and 46 per cent of Lotbiniè;re-L'Èrable.
Population: 100,454 (2006 census; an increase of 5.9% in 2001)
Political History
In 2008, Conservative Jacques Gourde won a second term, beating Bloc Québécois candidate Antoine Sarrazin-Bourgoin by almost 12,000 votes. Gourde captured the riding in 2006, unseating Bloc Québécois incumbent Odina Desrochers.
In 2004, Desrochers, the Lotbinière-L'Érable incumbent, was re-elected handily to a third term, with 46 per cent of the votes and a margin of 9,617 over the Conservative candidate, Jean Landry. In 2000, Desrochers's margin was 2,788, with Liberal Luc Dastous coming second.
In 2000 in Lévis, BQ candidate Antoine Dubé defeated Liberal Shirley Baril to win a third term. He resigned in 2003 to run for the Parti Québécois in the provincial election. In the 2003 byelection, Liberal Christian Jobin defeated the BQ's Maxime Fréchette.
Liberal Raynald Guay was MP for Lévis from 1963 to 1980 when he resigned and was appointed to the Anti-Dumping Tribunal. Liberal Gaston Gourde won in the 1981 byelection, but was defeated in 1984 by Progressive Conservative Gabriel Fontaine who served two terms. Fontaine was facing charges on 14 counts of fraud, breach of trust and conspiracy and Kim Campbell wouldn't authorize him as a PC candidate in 1993. Fontaine pleaded guilty in 1999 to three counts of fraud.
Lotbinière and Lotbinière-L'Érable elected André Fortin for the Ralliement Créditiste in 1968 and for Social Credit in 1972. He was the leader of the Social Credit party after Réal Couette. Fortin was killed in an auto accident. Créditiste Richard Janelle won the 1978 byelection and won again in 1979. He joined the Progressive Conservative party in 1979, but was defeated in 1980 by Liberal Jean-Guy Dubois. PC Maurice Tremblay won in 1984 and 1988. In 1992, he was convicted of using $5,000 from the parliamentary budget to pay for a trip to Acapulco for three members of his riding association and their spouses. He was fined $12,000. In 1993, BQ Jean Landry was elected.
- 2004 - BQ
- 2006, 2008 - CON
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 6.32% (6,030) |
| French | 31.82% (30,370) |
| Aboriginal | 2.67% (2,550) |
| American | 0.40% (385) |
| Canadian | 76.98% (73,470) |
| Caribbean | 0.24% (230) |
| Latin, Central, South | 0.38% (360) |
| Western European | 1.74% (1,660) |
| Northern European | 0.16% (155) |
| Eastern European | 0.63% (605) |
| S European | 1.99% (1,900) |
| Other European | 0.11% (105) |
| Scandinavian | 0.16% (155) |
| Baltic | 0.02% (20) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.05% (50) |
| African | 0.26% (245) |
| Arab | 0.31% (295) |
| Maghrebi | 0.16% (150) |
| West Asia | 0.02% (15) |
| South Asia | 0.15% (145) |
| East/SE Asia | 0.49% (465) |
| Oceania | 0.00% (0) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 95,440 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 1% (1,405) |
| French | 97% (92,060) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (0) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (10) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (70) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 0% (50) |
| Portuguese | 0% (235) |
| Romanian | 0% (100) |
| Spanish | 0% (395) |
| Danish | 0% (0) |
| Dutch | 0% (20) |
| Flemish | 0% (0) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (100) |
| Norwegian | 0% (0) |
| Swedish | 0% (15) |
| Yiddish | 0% (0) |
| Bosnian | 0% (25) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (0) |
| Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Czech | 0% (0) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (15) |
| Russian | 0% (30) |
| Serbian | 0% (0) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (30) |
| Slovak | 0% (0) |
| Slovenian | 0% (0) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (10) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (0) |
| Greek | 0% (0) |
| Armenian | 0% (0) |
| Turkish | 0% (0) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 0% (110) |
| Hebrew | 0% (10) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (0) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (25) |
| Gujarati | 0% (20) |
| Hindi | 0% (0) |
| Kurdish | 0% (0) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 0% (0) |
| Pashto | 0% (0) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (0) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (0) |
| Urdu | 0% (0) |
| Malayalam | 0% (0) |
| Tamil | 0% (0) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (0) |
| Korean | 0% (10) |
| Cantonese | 0% (50) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (45) |
| Mandarin | 0% (10) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 0% (10) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 0% (15) |
| Vietnamese | 0% (35) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (0) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (10) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (0) |
| Swahili | 0% (20) |
| Creoles | 0% (20) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 95,080 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 0.26 |
| Mining | 0.09 |
| Utilities | 0.40 |
| Construction | 2.06 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 7.92 |
| Retail | 9.95 |
| Transport | 2.72 |
| Info Culture | 3.04 |
| Finance Insurance | 3.77 |
| Real Estate | 3.12 |
| ProSciTech | 10.89 |
| Management | 0.27 |
| Waste/Remediation | 4.70 |
| Education | 7.10 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 12.76 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.55 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 6.70 |
| Public Admin | 1.61 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 47,445 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 4.1%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 10.36%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 28.50%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $75,661
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 2%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 39.63%
34.70% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
We'll be updating these info pages as the campaign progresses. If you have any corrections, suggestions or new information to pass on, please email us.
Richard Domm | |
| Party: Green Party of Canada Contact Information: 418-627-0188 | |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Children: | Three |
| Profession: | Businessperson |
| Education: | Bachelor in educational sciences - University of Sherbrooke. Complementary studies in psychology and social sciences. |
Tanya Fredette | |
| Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: | |
| Profession: | Student |
| Education: | Master's political science student at Laval University |
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