Beauce (electoral district)

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Beauce
Member of Parliament	Maxime Bernier Conservative
Population, 2001	102 072
Electors, 2006	82 123
Area (km²)	4619
Population density (people per km²)	23
Electoral district created	1867, at Confederation
Census divisions	• Beauce-Sartigan RCM • Les Etchemins RCM • Le Granit RCM • La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM • Robert-Cliché RCM
Polling divisions	223
Major municipalities	• Beauceville • Saint-Côte—Linière • Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce • Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce • Saint-Georges • Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce • Saint-Martin • Saint-Prosper • Saint-Victor • Sainte-Marie

Beauce is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867. In 2001, it had a population of 102,072 people, of whom 81,022 were eligible voters.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Electoral history 4 See also 5 External link

[edit] Geography

The riding is located south of Quebec City and covers the centre of the Beauce, straddling the Quebec regions of Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie.

The electoral district has the regional county municipalities of Beauce-Sartigan and Robert-Cliché; that part of the Regional County Municipality of Les Etchemins comprised of the municipalities of Sainte-Aurélie, Saint-Benjamin, Saint-Prosper and Saint-Zacharie; the Regional County Municipality of La Nouvelle-Beauce, excepting the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon; and that part of the Regional County Municipality of Le Granit comprised of the municipalities of Saint-Ludger and Saint-Robert-Bellarmin.

The neighbouring ridings are Mégantic—L'Érable, Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, and Lévis—Bellechasse.

[edit] History

The riding was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and still exists today without any name changes, although its boundaries have been redefined numerous times.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867-1872		Christian Pozer	Liberal
2nd	1872-1874
3rd	1874-1876
1876 By-election	1876-1878		Joseph Bolduc	Conservative
4th	1878-1882
5th	1882-1884
1884 By-election	1884-1887		Thomas Linière Taschereau	Conservative
6th	1887-1891		Joseph Godbout	Liberal
7th	1891-1896
8th	1896-1900
9th	1900-1901
1902 By-election	1902-1904		Henri Sévérin Béland	Liberal
10th	1904-1908
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917
13th	1917-1921
14th	1921-1925
15th	1925-1926		Edouard LaCroix	Liberal
16th	1926-1930
17th	1930-1935
18th	1935-1940
19th	1940-1945
20th	1945-1949		Ludger Dionne	Liberal
21st	1949-1953		Raoul Poulin	Independent
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962		Jean-Paul Racine 1st term	Liberal
25th	1962-1963		Gérard Perron	Social Credit
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968		Jean-Paul Racine 2nd term	Liberal
28th	1968-1972		Romuald Rodrigue	Ralliement créditiste
29th	1972-1974		Yves Caron	Liberal
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980		Fabien Roy	Social Credit
32nd	1980-1984		Normand LaPointe	Liberal
33rd	1984-1988		Gilles Bernier	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988-1993
35th	1993-1997			Independent
36th	1997-2000		Claude Drouin	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-		Maxime Bernier	Conservative

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Maxime Bernier	36,915
	Bloc Québécois	Patrice Moore	10,997
	Liberal	Jacques Lussier	4,364
	New Democrat	Cléo Chartier	1,405
	Green	Jean-Claude Roy	1,397

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude Drouin	19,592
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-François Barbe	17,168
	Conservative	Alain Guay	8,091
	New Democrat	Philippe Giguère	1,443
	Green	Michel Binette	1,054

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude Drouin	26,033
	Bloc Québécois	Gary Morin	12,323
	Canadian Alliance	Alain Guay	5,452
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Parent	1,628
	Natural Law	Louis Girard	611
	New Democrat	Pierre Malano	436

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude Drouin	22,156
	Bloc Québécois	Lucie Dion	12,002
	Progressive Conservative	Lise Bernier	9,385
	Independent	Lili Weemen	843
	New Democrat	Joël Pinon	735

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Gilles Bernier	20,238
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Guy Breton	18,271
	Liberal	Pierre Gravel	7,336 Lib
	Progressive Conservative	Jeannine Bourque	4,098
	New Democrat	Tom Vouloumanos	364

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Bernier	36,212
	Liberal	Pierre-Maurice Vachon	13,641
	New Democrat	Danielle Wolfe	2,856

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Bernier	25,028
	Liberal	Normand Lapointe	20,323
	New Democrat	Serge L'Italien	1,217
	Nationaliste	Paul-Emile Grondin	569

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Normand Lapointe	21,647
	Social Credit	Fabien Roy	18,734
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Brochu	819
	Rhino	Germain Lambert	624
	New Democrat	Luc Pepin	404
	Independent	Renaud Loubier	276
	Marxist-Leninist	Claude Moreau	38

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Fabien Roy	24,770
	Liberal	Yves Caron	15,193
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-André Busque	2,704
	Rhino	Michel Chretien	344
	New Democrat	Raymond Philippe Roy	215
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Baron	128

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Yves Caron	13,855
	Social Credit	Romuald Rodrigue	9,640
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-André Busque	8,385
	Independent	Claude Grenier	442
	New Democrat	Lucille Jacques	418

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Yves Caron	13,170
	Social Credit	Romuald Rodrigue	12,686
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-André Busque	5,551
	New Democrat	Bertrand Gosselin	632

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Romuald Rodrigue	13,428
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Racine	7,752
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Beaudoin	6,207
	New Democrat	Bertrand Gosselin	639
	Independent	André Mathieu	260

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Racine	10,530
	New Democrat	Robert Cliché	7,514
	Social Credit	Gérard Perron	7,138
	Progressive Conservative	Pierre Bardou	338

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gérard Perron	12,627
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Racine	10,532
	Progressive Conservative	Serge Beaudoin	1,134
	New Democrat	Jean-Claude Morin	740

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Gérard Perron	15,230
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Racine	9,774
	Progressive Conservative	Georges Dubois	901

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-Paul Racine	10,417
	Independent	Raoul Poulin	9,984
	Progressive Conservative	Eddy Hall	4,217

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Raoul Poulin	12,384
	Liberal	Ludger Dionne	11,559

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Raoul Poulin	13,016
	Liberal	Louis Poulin	9,716

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Raoul Poulin	10,267
	Liberal	Ludger Dionne	10,045
	Social Credit	Rosaire Fortier	1,840

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ludger Dionne	9,612
	Independent	Charles Lacroix	7,264
	Social Credit	Eugène Fortin	5,701

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice-Ernest-Edouard Lacroix	12,482
	Progressive Conservative	Josaphat Poulin	3,142

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edouard Lacroix	15,263
	Reconstruction	Paul-Henri Berube	1,896

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edouard Lacroix	12,093
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Linière Jacob	6,567

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edouard Lacroix	11,176
	Progressive Conservative	Wilfrid Duval	2,551

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edouard Lacroix	12,765
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Morin	3,684

By-election on 19 January 1922 On Mr. Beland accepting a government position
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri-Sévérin Beland	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Sévérin Beland	12,030
	Progressive Conservative	J. Ephrem Lambert	1,335

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Sévérin Beland	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Sévérin Beland	4,823
	Progressive Conservative	Georges Cloutier	3,459

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri Sévérin Beland	4,083
	Progressive Conservative	Alphonse Poirier	183

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri-Sévérin Beland	3,601
	Progressive Conservative	E.M.A. Savard	1,311

By-election on 8 January 1902 On Mr. Godbout being appointed to the Senate
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henri-Sévérin Beland	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Godbout	3,432
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Bolduc	2,175

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Godbout	3,003
	Progressive Conservative	G. Cloutier	2,576

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Godbout	2,313
	Progressive Conservative	J.A. Morency	1,832

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Joseph Godbout	1,900
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Poirier	1,268
	Independent	F.X. Dulac	483

By-election on 31 October 1884 On Mr. Bolduc being appointed to the Senate
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Linière Taschereau	1,649
	Independent	J. Poirier	1,336

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Bolduc	2,153
	Independent	F.X. Lemieux	889

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Bolduc	1,523
	Independent	George Lesard	401

By-election on 18 October 1876 On Mr. Pozer being appointed to the Senate
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Bolduc	1,404
	Independent	De Lery	1,215

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Christian Henry Pozer	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Christian Henry Pozer	1,885
	Independent	J. Blanchet	772

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Christian Henry Pozer	1,180
	Independent	Taschereau	629

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External link

• Parliamentary website, History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Federal Ridings in the Eastern Townships
Bloc Québécois	Brome—Missisquoi | Compton—Stanstead | Drummond | Richmond—Arthabaska | Shefford | Sherbrooke
Conservative	Beauce | Mégantic—L'Érable
Vacant	Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot*
* The riding of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot is currently vacant after the resignation of Bloc Québécois MP Yvan Loubier.

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