Québec (federal electoral district)

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Québec electoral district (formerly known as Langelier) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. It is located in Quebec City in the province of Quebec.

The main employer in the district is the provincial Government of Quebec.

Contents 1 Statistical overview 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Quebec, 1993 - present 4.2 Langelier, 1968 -1993 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Statistical overview

• Population: 93,811
• Average family income: $52,443
• Unemployment: 9.3%
• Linguistic groups:
  • Francophone population: 92%
  • Anglophone population: 2%
  • Other: 6%

[edit] Geography

The riding, in the Quebec region of Capitale-Nationale, consists of the central part of Quebec City, including the borough of La Cité and the southern part of the borough of Les Rivières, as well as the parish municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Anges.

The neighbouring ridings are Louis-Hébert, Louis-Saint-Laurent, Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, Beauport—Limoilou, and Lévis—Bellechasse.

[edit] History

This riding was created as "Langelier" riding in 1966 from parts of Quebec East, Quebec South and Quebec West ridings. It was renamed "Quebec" in 1990.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• Jean Marchand, Liberal (1968-1976)
• Gilles Lamontagne, Liberal (1977-1984)
• Michel Coté, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
• Gilles Loiselle, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
• Christiane Gagnon, Bloc Québécois (1993- )

[edit] Election results

[edit] Quebec, 1993 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Christiane Gagnon	20,845
	Conservative	Frédérik Boisvert	14,943
	Liberal	Caroline Drolet	5,743
	New Democrat	Michaël Lessard	4,629
	Green	Yonnel Bonaventure	2,372
	Independent	Dan Aubut	813
	Progressive Canadian	Alexandre Raymond-Labrie	520
	Libertarian	Francis Bedard	325

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Christiane Gagnon	24,373
	Liberal	Jean-Philippe Côté	12,982
	Conservative	Pierre Gaudreault	5,330
	New Democrat	Jean-Marie Fiset	2,670
	Green	Antonine Yaccarini	2,046
	Marijuana	Pierre-Etienne Paradis	512
	Marxist-Leninist	Jean Bédard	223

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Christiane Gagnon	22,793
	Liberal	Claudette Tessier Couture	18,619
	Canadian Alliance	Michel Rivard	3,980
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Jalbert	3,171
	New Democrat	Jean-Marie Fiset	1,714
	Marijuana	Pierre-E. Paradis	1,480
	Natural Law	Gilles Rochette	482
	Marxist-Leninist	Claude Moreau	255

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Christiane Gagnon	24,817
	Liberal	Claudette Tessier-Couture	18,062
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Jalbert	10,309
	New Democrat	Jean-Marie Fiset	2,556

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Christiane Gagnon	27,788
	Liberal	Jean Pelletier	13,965
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Loiselle	7,077.
	New Democrat	Majella Desmeules	1,067
	Natural Law	Danielle Charland	883
	Green	Richard Domm	786
	Abolitionist	Ernst Fernandez	158

[edit] Langelier, 1968 -1993

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Loiselle	24,555
	Liberal	Marielle Guay-Mineault	14,843
	New Democrat	Pauline Gingras	10,586
	Green	Gilles Fontaine	1,931
	Not affiliated	France Tremblay	402
	Independent	Alexandre Roy	319

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Coté	16,872
	Liberal	Florence Ievers	14,004
	New Democrat	Majella Desmeules	4,597
	Rhino	Jean Obélix Lefebvre	2,576
	Nationaliste	André Binette	919
	Social Credit	Christian Landry	189

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J. Gilles Lamontagne	24,714
	Rhino	Jean Obelix Lefebvre	2,813
	New Democrat	Edith Frankel	2,811
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Linteau	2,606
	Social Credit	André Bergeron	1,191
	Union Populaire	Brigitte Fortier	252
	Marxist-Leninist	Jacques Goulet	115
	Communist	Claude Demers	68

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J. Gilles Lamontagne	25,931
	Social Credit	André Simoneau	4,748
	New Democrat	Raymond Lavoie	3,773
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Michaud	2,186
	Rhino	Jean Lefebvre	1,824
	Union Populaire	Maurice Gagnon	195
	Marxist-Leninist	Jacques Goulet	156
	Communist	Claude Demers	140

By-election on 24 May 1977 On Mr. Marchand's resignation, 26 October 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilles Lamontagne	12,171
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice Hamel	3,952
	New Democrat	Jean Daoust	1,104
	Social Credit	Sauveur Fradette	618
	Independent	Jean Marie Béland	213
	Communist	Jeannette Walsh	166
	Independent	Gérard Langlois	67

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Marchand	13,557
	Social Credit	Sauveur Fradette	3,344
	Progressive Conservative	Normand Robidoux	2,530
	New Democrat	Clément Gilbert	1,110
	Independent	Albert Lemoine	337
	Not affiliated	Micheline Roberge	184
	Marxist-Leninist	Michel Papayre	161
	Independent	Lionel Larocque	97

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Marchand	14,725
	Social Credit	J.-Wilfrid Dufresne	6,101
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Lemoine	3,206
	Independent	Guy Jean	1,313
	Not affiliated	Michel Parayre	349

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Marchand	11,439
	Ralliement créditiste	Guy Jean	8,770
	Progressive Conservative	Rodrigue Pageau	8,150
	New Democrat	Pierre Pourtier	658
	Ralliement créditiste	Michel Roy	308

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal Ridings in Quebec City
Conservative	Beauport—Limoilou | Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles | Louis-Hébert | Louis-Saint-Laurent
Bloc Québécois	Québec

Federal Ridings in Quebec
Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour | Berthier—Maskinongé | Joliette | Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | Montcalm | Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier | Repentigny | Saint-Maurice—Champlain | Trois-Rivières
Côte-Nord and Saguenay	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord | Jonquière—Alma | Manicouagan | Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord | Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Eastern Quebec	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | Lévis—Bellechasse | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
The Eastern Townships	Beauce | Brome—Missisquoi | Compton—Stanstead | Drummond | Mégantic—L'Érable | Richmond—Arthabaska | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | Shefford | Sherbrooke
The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou | Abitibi—Témiscamingue | Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel | Gatineau | Hull—Aylmer | Laurentides—Labelle | Pontiac | Rivière-des-Mille-Îles | Rivière-du-Nord | Terrebonne—Blainville
Montreal (East, West, North & Laval)	Ahuntsic | Alfred-Pellan | Bourassa | Hochelaga | Honoré-Mercier | Jeanne-Le Ber | Lac-Saint-Louis | La Pointe-de-l'Île | LaSalle—Émard | Laurier—Sainte-Marie | Laval | Laval—Les Îles | Marc-Aurèle-Fortin | Mount Royal | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine | Outremont | Papineau | Pierrefonds—Dollard | Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie | Saint-Laurent—Cartierville | Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel | Westmount—Ville-Marie
Montérégie	Beauharnois—Salaberry | Brossard—La Prairie | Chambly—Borduas | Châteauguay—Saint-Constant | Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher | Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert | Saint-Jean | Saint-Lambert | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | Verchères—Les Patriotes
Quebec City	Beauport—Limoilou | Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles | Louis-Hébert | Louis-Saint-Laurent | Québec