La Peltrie

Riding profile: La Peltrie contains the western part of Quebec City bounded by: boundary of Quebec City with Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier and the municipalities of Shannon and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, the boundary of Val-Bélair with Quebec City and Loretteville, the boundary of Quebec City and Loretteville, the overhead electric power line, Henri-IV Highway (573), boundary of Sainte-Foy and Quebec City, the boundary of L'Ancienne-Lorette with Quebec City and Sainte-Foy, the southern limit of the right of way of Wilfrid-Hamel Boulevard, the boundary of the Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures municipality with the towns of Sainte-Foy and Cap-Rouge, the St. Lawrence River and the limit of Quebec City with the towns of Neuville and Pont-Rouge.

Riding map: From Elections Quebec: La Peltrie (PDF) (Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader.)

Riding history: The riding was created in 1980 with 34,088 electors from the riding of Chauveau. In the redistribution before 1989 election, a small area moved to Vanier. In 1992, it lost 7,189 electors to Vanier riding and traded small area with Louis-Hébert riding.

In the 2001 redistribution: it kept 62 per cent of riding; 20 per cent moved to Louis-Hébert; eight per cent to Vanier. In the southeast, it lost Cap-Rouge and the part of Sainte-Foy east of Wilfrid-Hamel Boulevard to Louis-Hébert. In the northeast, it lost the part of Quebec City northeast of Félix-Leclerc Highway to Vanier (4,636 electors). From Chauveau in the north, it gained the part of Val-Bélair within the riding and two lots near Jade Street (14,858 electors).

Political history: 1981 - PQ 1985, 1989 - LIB 1994, 1998 - PQ 2003 - LIB 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 54.75 per cent; No - 45.25 per cent.

Language breakdown: English: 1.4 per cent French: 97.9 per cent Other: 0.6 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

Past Results

La Peltrie

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