Lévis (federal electoral district)

Lévis
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	2003
First contested	1867
Last contested	2000

Lévis was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2004. It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. From 1998 to 2003, it was known as Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Lévis—Bellechasse and Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière ridings.

History

The Lévis electoral district consisted initially of the County of Lévis. During 1924, it was redefined to specifically include the City of Lévis.

During 1933, it was redefined to consist of only the parts of the county of Lévis included in the city of Lévis, town of Lauzon, Village de Charny, and the municipalities of St-David de l'Aube-Rivière, Ste-Hélène-de-Breakeyville, St-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévis, St-Louis-de-Gonzague-de-Pintendre, St-Romuald d'Etchemin and St-Télesphore.

Subsequently, during 1947, it was redefined to consist of the country of Lévis, excluding the municipalities of Rivière-Boyer, St. Henri-de-Lauzon and the village of St. Henri, and including the city of Lévis and the town of Lauzon.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of:

the Cities of Lauzon and Lévis;
the Towns of Saint-David-de-l'Auberivière, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Saint-Nicolas and Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin;
the county of Lévis;
in the County of Dorchester: the village municipalities of Saint-Bernard and Saint-Isidore; the parish municipalities of Saint-Bernard, Sainte-Hénédine, Saint-Isidore, Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Maxime; the municipality of Taschereau-Fortier; and
in the County of Lotbinière: the village municipalities of Francoeur, Saint-Agapitville, Sainte-Agathe, Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage and Saint-Sylvestre; the parish municipalities of Saint-Agapit-de-Beaurivage, Sainte-Agathe, Saint-Apollinaire, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage and Saint-Sylvestre.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

the Cities of Lauzon, Lévis and Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin;
the Towns of Charny, Saint-David-de-l'Auberivière, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme and Saint-Nicolas;
the County of Lévis;
in the County of Bellechasse: the village municipality of Saint Charles; the parish municipalities of Saint-Charles-Borromée and Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont;
in the County of Dorchester: the village municipalities of Saint-Anselme, Saint-Bernard and Saint-Isidore; the parish municipalities of Saint-Anselme, Saint-Bernard, Sainte-Hénédine, Saint-Isidore and Saint-Maxime; the municipality of Taschereau-Fortier; and
in the County of Lotbinière: the village municipalities of Saint-Agapitville and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage; the parish municipalities of Saint-Agapit-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

the Towns of Charny, Lauzon, Lévis, Saint-David-de-l'Auberivière, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicholas, Saint-Rédempteur and Saint-Romuald;
the County of Lévis; and
in the County of Lotbinière: the parish municipality of Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of:

the cities of Charny, Lévis, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Rédempteur and Saint-Romuald;
the County Regional Municipality of Desjardins;
the County Regional Municipality of Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, excepting the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon.

In 1998, it renamed "Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière". It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between into Lévis—Bellechasse and Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Lévis
1st	1867–1872	Joseph-Goderic Blanchet	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	Joseph-Goderic Blanchet	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1874–1878	Louis-Honoré Fréchette	Liberal
4th	1878–1882	Joseph-Goderic Blanchet	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1883	Joseph-Goderic Blanchet	Liberal–Conservative
	1883–1885	Isidore-Noël Belleau	Conservative
	1885–1887	Pierre Malcom Guay	Liberal
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1899
8th	1899–1900	Louis Julien Demers
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1905
10th	1905–1908	Louis Auguste Carrier
11th	1908–1911	Louis Auguste Carrier
12th	1911–1917	Joseph-Boutin Bourassa
13th	1917–1921
14th	1921–1925
15th	1925–1926	Joseph-Étienne Dussault
16th	1926–1930	Joseph-Étienne Dussault
17th	1930–1935	Émile Fortin	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	Joseph-Étienne Dussault	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	Maurice Bourget	Liberal
20th	1945–1949		Independent Liberal
21st	1949–1953		Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963	Joseph-Aurélien Roy	Social Credit
26th	1963–1965	Raynald Guay	Liberal
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1980
32nd	1981–1984	Gaston Gourde
33rd	1984–1988	Gabriel Fontaine	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Gabriel Fontaine	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Antoine Dubé	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Antoine Dubé	Bloc Québécois
Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
37th	2000–2003	Antoine Dubé	Bloc Québécois
37th	2003–2004	Christian Jobin	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Lévis—Bellechasse and Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

Election results

Lévis

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph-Goderic Blanchet	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph-Goderic Blanchet	1,564
	Independent	Louis-Honoré Fréchette	1,475
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis-Honoré Fréchette	1,670
	Independent	J. Chabot	1,572
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph-Goderic Blanchet	2,144
	Liberal	Louis-Honoré Fréchette	2,026

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph-Goderic Blanchet	1,935
	Liberal	L. Fréchette	1,528

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 25 October 1883 Blanchet named Collector of Customs, Port of Quebec, 1 November 1883
	Conservative	Isidore-Noël Belleau	1,551
	Unknown	O.B. Samson	703

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 14 April 1885 Belleau unseated on a judgement of the Supreme Court, 16 March 1885
	Liberal	Pierre Malcom Guay	acclaimed

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Malcom Guay	2,170
	Conservative	Charles Darveau	1,776

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Malcom Guay	2,075
	Conservative	E.T. Paquet	1,794

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Malcom Guay	2,271
	Conservative	J.E.Gelley	1,963

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis Julien Demers	2,455
	Conservative	J.A. Dumontier	1,630

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis Julien Demers	2,642
	Conservative	Joseph Isaac Lavery	1,677

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 22 March 1899 Guay's death, 19 February 1899
	Liberal	Louis Julien Demers	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 6 June 1905 Demers' death, 29 April 1905
	Liberal	Louis Auguste Carrier	acclaimed

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Louis Auguste Carrier	2,841
	Liberal	Joseph Boutin Bourassa	1,691

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Boutin Bourassa	2,800
	Conservative	Joseph Bégin	1,971

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Joseph Boutin Bourassa	5,174
	Government (Unionist)	Alphonse Bernier	984

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Boutin Bourassa	8,787
	Conservative	Louis Gédéon Gravel	4,004

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Étienne Dussault	7,192
	Conservative	L. Gédéon Gravel	4,899

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Étienne Dussault	7,127
	Conservative	Émile Fortin	5,838

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 8 July 1930
	Conservative	Émile Fortin	7,065
	Liberal	Joseph-Étienne Dussault	6,880

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Etienne Dussault	8,488
	Conservative	Albert Dumontier	3,770
	Reconstruction	Laval-Édouard Fortier	316
	Liberal–Labour	Charles-Achille Cauchy	54

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Bourget	8,885
	National Government	Albert Dumontier	4,187

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Maurice Bourget	10,098
	Social Credit	Abel Paradis	4,233

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Bourget	11,752
	Independent	J.-Adélard Bégin	6,851
	Union des électeurs	Abel Paradis	655
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Louis-Gonzague McClish	72

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Bourget	13,897
	Progressive Conservative	Napoléon Grenier	5,305
	Labor–Progressive	Joseph-Wilfrid Jolin	74

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Bourget	14,693
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Forgues	5,770

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Bourget	12,410
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Forgues	9,164

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Joseph-Aurélien Roy	11,504
	Liberal	Maurice Bourget	8,826
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Marie Morin	3,575

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raynald Guay	9,634
	Social Credit	J.-A. Roy	9,315
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Marie Morin	4,563

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raynald Guay	10,895
	Ralliement créditiste	J.-A. Roy	9,839
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond Doré	2,175
	New Democratic	Jean-Guy Ramsay	1,156

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raynald Guay	12,227
	Ralliement créditiste	Henri Borgia	9,887
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Dubé	9,523
	New Democratic	Jean-Guy Ramsay	1,189

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raynald Guay	17,588
	Social Credit	Jean Ricard	10,256
	Progressive Conservative	Paul-Émile Dubé	9,848
	New Democratic	André Therrien	1,593
	No affiliation	Serge De Beaumont	519

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raynald Guay	20,348
	Progressive Conservative	André Godbout	11,485
	New Democratic	Gérard Dionne	4,279
	Marxist–Leninist	Richard Allard	404

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raynald Guay	31,753
	Social Credit	André Godbout	11,403
	Progressive Conservative	Roland Garneau	6,726
	New Democratic	Gérard Dionne	3,392
	Union populaire	Paul Biron	841
	Marxist–Leninist	Richard Allard	341

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raynald Guay	35,519
	New Democratic	Daniel Vachon	6,459
	Progressive Conservative	Roland Garneau	4,759
	Social Credit	Jacques Audet	3,385
	Rhinoceros	Gervais Prime Richard	2,652
	Union populaire	Yves Lavoie	264
	Marxist–Leninist	RichardAllard	118
	Independent	Robert Nolet	101
lop.parl.ca

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 4 May 1981 Resignation of Mr. Raynald Guay, 29 August 1980
	Liberal	Gaston Gourde	15,591
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Janelle	10,052
	New Democratic	Daniel Vachon	5,235
	Rhinoceros	Aurélien Thériault	1,900
	Union populaire	Jean-Paul Bourcier	540
	Social Credit	Martin Caya	367
	Independent	John Turmel	172

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gabriel Fontaine	32,338
	Liberal	Gaston Gourde	17,283
	New Democratic	Jean-Paul Harney	12,076
	Parti nationaliste	Antoine Dubé	1,649
	Rhinoceros	Raymond Emiliano Marquis	1,630
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Rhéaume	216

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gabriel Fontaine	33,673
	Liberal	Denis Sonier	13,002
	New Democratic	Jean-Paul Harney	11,501
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Rhéaume	445

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Antoine Dubé	40,184
	Liberal	Jean-Marc Gagnon	14,254
	Progressive Conservative	Serge Léveillé	9,163
	New Democratic	Marie-France Renaud	1,182
	Abolitionist	Carole Carrier	705

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Antoine Dubé	27,870
	Liberal	Jocelyne Gosselin	17,256
	Progressive Conservative	Thérèse Boucher	14,630
	New Democratic	France Michaud	1,881

Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Antoine Dubé	26,398
	Liberal	Shirley Baril	21,522
	Alliance	Jacques Bergeron	9,152
	Progressive Conservative	Réal St-Laurent	4,222
	New Democratic	France Michaud	1,411
	Communist	André Cloutier	374

Canadian federal by-election, 16 June 2003
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christian Jobin	13,115	55.6
	Bloc Québécois	Maxime Fréchette	8,274	35.1
	New Democratic	Louise Foisy	987	4.2
	Progressive Conservative	Yohan Nolet	537	2.3
	Green	Yonnel Bonaventure	254	1.1
	Alliance	Philippe Bouchard	220	0.9
	Marijuana	Benjamin Kasapoglu	186	0.8
Called upon Dubé's resignation, 17 March 2003.

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

[1] Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

[2] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

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Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
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Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères