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Lévis

2008 Results

LÉVIS
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008 1:11 AM EST		218/218 polls
LIB	Gilles Lehouillier	12,645	38.76	Elected
ADQ	Christian Levesque	11,196	34.32
PQ	Jimmy Grenier	7,326	22.46
QS	Valérie C. Guilloteau	1,457	4.47

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Quebec.

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Riding profile: Lévis riding is on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. It contains part of the city of Lévis corresponding to the following municipalities as they existed as of Feb. 1, 2007: Lévis, Pintendre, Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy and Saint-Romuald.

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

Riding history: The riding was created in 1853. After the 1988 redistribution, the riding consisted of 54.15 per cent of Lévis and 11.45 per cent of Beauce-Nord. 24,280 electors moved from Lévis to Chutes-de-la-Chaudière.

In the 2001 redistribution, 15 per cent of the riding in the south - the town of Saint-Henri (2,947 electors) - moved to Bellechasse. It gained 15 per cent from Chutes-de-la-Chaudière riding in the north, with Saint-Romuald (8,552 electors)

Political history: 1973 - LIB 1976 - 1998 PQ 2003 - LIB 2007 - ADQ

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes - 56.54 per cent; No - 43.46 per cent

Language breakdown: English: 0.7 per cent French: 99 per cent Other: 0.5 per cent Source: Statistics Canada 2001 census

1973	Liberal Vincent-François Chagnon defeated Parti Québécois's Bruno Leclerc.
1976	Parti Québécois's Jean Garon defeated Chagnon. He was minister of agriculture, November 1976; minister of agriculture, fisheries and food, September 1979.
1981, 1985, 1989 and 1994	Garon was re-elected in 1981, 1985 and 1989. He was minister of agriculture, fisheries and food, September 1982; minister of education, Sept. 26, 1994 to Jan. 29, 1996. Garon announced on Aug. 18, 1998 that he would be running for mayor of Lévis in November 1998 and would not run again.
1998	Parti Québécois's Linda Goupil defeated Liberal Daniel Deslauriers. She was minister of justice, Dec. 15, 1998 to March 8, 2001; minister responsible for status of women; minister responsible for Chaudière-Appalaches region, Dec. 15, 1998; minister of state for child and family welfare; minister of child and family welfare, March 8, 2001, to Jan. 30, 2002. Appointed minister responsible for seniors, March 8, 2001; minister of state for social solidarity and child and family welfare; minister of social solidarity, Jan. 30, 2002.
2003	Liberal Carole Théberge defeated Goupil by 452 votes. She was appointed minister responsible for families and seniors .
2007	Action Démocratique du Québec's Christian Lévesque elected, with Parti Québécois's Goupil coming second and Théberge a close third.

LÉVIS
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Mar. 27, 2007 1:37 AM EDT	223/223 polls
ADQ	Christian Lévesque	17,388	44.07	Elected
PQ	Linda Goupil	10,101	25.60
LIB	Carole Théberge	9,925	25.15
GRN	Jean-Claude Lespérance	1,015	2.57
QS	Valérie C.- Guilloteau	866	2.19
CDP	Paul Biron	127	0.32
ML	Serge Patenaude	36	0.09

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Dec. 9, 2008, 1:11 AM EST
LIB	66	0	66	42.06
PQ	51	0	51	35.15
ADQ	7	0	7	16.35
QS	1	0	1	3.80
GRN	0	0	0	2.19
OTH	0	0	0	0.45

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