# Lévis—Lotbinière

Lévis—Lotbinière (formerly Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) is a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
It was created in 2003 from parts of Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Lotbinière—L'Érable ridings.

## Geography

Located southwest of Quebec City along the Saint Lawrence River, the riding includes parts of the city's south shore suburbs.
It consists of:
* the Regional County Municipality of Lotbinière;
* the part of the City of Lévis comprising: the former cities of Saint-Nicolas, Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome and Saint-Rédempteur, the former Municipality of Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, and the former Parish Municipality of Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville; and
* the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon in the Regional County Municipality of La Nouvelle-Beauce.
The neighbouring ridings are Bellechasse—Les Étchemins—Lévis, Beauce, Mégantic—L'Érable, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, and Louis-Hébert.
As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding was renamed Lévis—Lotbinière. Its territory remained largely the same, receiving a small portion from Mégantic—L'Érable.

## Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 95.9% White, 1.4% Indigenous, 1.0% Black
Languages: 96.6% French, 1.0% English
Religions: 72.5% Christian (64.6% Catholic, 7.9% Other), 26.4% None
Median income: $47,600 (2020)
Average income: $54,600 (2020)

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Riding created from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Lotbinière—L'Érable |||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Odina Desrochers | Bloc Québécois |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Jacques Gourde | Conservative |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Jacques Gourde | Conservative |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Jacques Gourde | Conservative |
| Lévis—Lotbinière |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Jacques Gourde | Conservative |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Jacques Gourde | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | Jacques Gourde | Conservative |

## Election results
### Lévis—Lotbinière, 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 30,333 | 49.70 |
| Bloc Québécois | 13,929 | 22.82 |
| Liberal | 9,380 | 15.37 |
| New Democratic | 4,445 | 7.28 |
| People's | 1,450 | 2.38 |
| Green | 824 | 1.35 |
| Others | 674 | 1.10 |

### Lévis—Lotbinière, 2013 representation order

This riding was renamed Lévis—Lotbinière, and received a small portion of territory from Mégantic—L'Érable for the 42nd Canadian federal election.
vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 32,731 | 51.6 | +7.0 | $70,182.58 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Samuel Lamarche | 13,740 | 21.7 | -3.4 | $6,762.35 |
| | Liberal | Ghislain Daigle | 9,286 | 14.6 | -2.4 | $5,447.42 |
| | New Democratic | Guylaine Dumont | 4,497 | 7.1 | +0.2 | $3,939.53 |
| | People's | Benoit Simard | 1,661 | 2.6 | -0.9 | $0.00 |
| | Green | Charles-Eugène Bergeron | 856 | 1.4 | -1.6 | $0.00 |
| | Free | Mariève Lemay | 541 | 0.9 | N/A | $488.27 |
| | Patriote | Carl Brochu | 95 | 0.1 | N/A | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,407 | 98.4 | – | $120,042.23 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,006 | 1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,413 | 70.3 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 91,618 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +5.2 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 28,297 | 44.57 | -5.53 | $40,916.04 |
| | Bloc Québécois | François-Noël Brault | 15,921 | 25.08 | +13.64 | $5,169.30 |
| | Liberal | Ghislain Daigle | 10,761 | 16.95 | -4.72 | $8,547.89 |
| | New Democratic | Christel Marchand | 4,355 | 6.86 | -7.91 | $0.10 |
| | People's | Marc Fontaine | 2,247 | 3.54 | – | none listed |
| | Green | Patrick Kerr | 1,908 | 3.01 | +1.21 | $336.51 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,489 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 1,241 | 1.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,730 | 72.00 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 89,405 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 31,357 | 50.10 | +10.22 | $87,534.69 |
| | Liberal | Claude Boucher | 13,562 | 21.67 | +16.58 | $20,248.35 |
| | New Democratic | Hélène Bilodeau | 9,246 | 14.77 | -23.72 | $14,490.33 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Steve Gagné | 7,163 | 11.44 | -3.44 | $17,237.82 |
| | Green | Tina Biello | 1,124 | 1.80 | +0.14 | – |
| | Alliance of the North | François Belanger | 136 | 0.22 | – | – |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 62,588 | 100.0 | | $226,709.26 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 975 | – | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,563 | – | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 87,103 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 22,469 | 39.88 |
| New Democratic | 21,688 | 38.49 |
| Bloc Québécois | 8,383 | 14.88 |
| Liberal | 2,867 | 5.09 |
| Green | 936 | 1.66 |

### Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, 2003 representation order

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 22,460 | 39.88 | -7.39 | $78,886.19 |
| | New Democratic | Tanya Fredette | 21,683 | 38.50 | +25.32 | $1,427.87 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Gaston Gourde | 8,381 | 14.88 | -9.70 | $28,148.35 |
| | Liberal | Nicole Larouche | 2,866 | 5.09 | -7.45 | $4,858.38 |
| | Green | Richard Domm | 936 | 1.66 | -0.78 | none listed |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,326 | 100.0 | | $89,473.12 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 926 | 1.62 | -0.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,252 | 69.21 | +3.06 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 82,725 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -16.36 |
| Sources: |||||||
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 24,495 | 47.27 | -7.07 | $72,248.18 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Antoine Sarrazin-Bourgoin | 12,738 | 24.58 | -5.06 | $19,089.72 |
| | New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 6,828 | 13.18 | +6.39 | $2,654.50 |
| | Liberal | Marie-Thérèse Hovington | 6,498 | 12.54 | +7.11 | $3,272.46 |
| | Green | Shirley Picknell | 1,265 | 2.44 | -1.37 | none listed |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,824 | 100.0 | | $85,174 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 908 | 1.72 | +0.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,732 | 66.15 | -2.21 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 79,721 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -1.00 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jacques Gourde | 28,236 | 54.34 | +30.20 | $45,970.43 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Odina Desrochers | 15,402 | 29.64 | -16.35 | $61,218.95 |
| | New Democratic | Raymond Côté | 3,529 | 6.79 | +2.50 | $2,346.22 |
| | Liberal | Éric Paradis | 2,820 | 5.43 | -16.02 | $17,938.01 |
| | Green | Shirley Picknell | 1,978 | 3.81 | +0.14 | none listed |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,965 | 100.0 | | $78,226 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 513 | 0.98 | -1.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,478 | 68.36 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 76,764 |
| | Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Conservative gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | Swing | +23.28 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Bloc Québécois | Odina Desrochers | 20,245 | 45.99 | +2.99 | $60,246.22 |
| | Conservative | Jean Landry | 10,628 | 24.14 | +2.95 | $8,765.42 |
| | Liberal | Anicet Gagné | 9,445 | 21.45 | -11.87 | $38,282.74 |
| | New Democratic | Jean Bernatchez | 2,091 | 4.75 | +2.62 | $2,905.99 |
| | Green | Rama Borne MacDonald | 1,615 | 3.67 | – | none listed |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,024 | 100.0 | | $75,906 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 1,076 | 2.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,100 | 60.42 | -3.64 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 74,647 |
| | Bloc Québécois notional hold | Bloc Québécois notional hold | Swing | Swing | +0.02 |
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservative Party is based on the combined totals of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party. |||||||
2000 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Bloc Québécois | 19,500 | 43.00 |
| Liberal | 15,109 | 33.32 |
| Alliance | 6,399 | 14.11 |
| Progressive Conservative | 3,210 | 7.08 |
| New Democratic | 966 | 2.13 |
| Others | 161 | 0.36 |