# Lévis (federal electoral district)

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 | Member | 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 |
| 5th | 1883–1885 | Isidore-Noël Belleau | Conservative |
| 5th | 1885–1887 | Pierre Malcom Guay | Liberal |
| 6th | 1887–1891 | Pierre Malcom Guay | Liberal |
| 7th | 1891–1896 | Pierre Malcom Guay | Liberal |
| 8th | 1896–1899 | Pierre Malcom Guay | Liberal |
| 8th | 1899–1900 | Louis Julien Demers | Liberal |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | Louis Julien Demers | Liberal |
| 10th | 1904–1905 | Louis Julien Demers | Liberal |
| 10th | 1905–1908 | Louis Auguste Carrier | Liberal |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | Louis Auguste Carrier | Liberal |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Joseph-Boutin Bourassa | Liberal |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Joseph-Boutin Bourassa | Liberal |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Joseph-Boutin Bourassa | Liberal |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Joseph-Étienne Dussault | Liberal |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | Joseph-Étienne Dussault | Liberal |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | Émile Fortin | Conservative |
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Joseph-Étienne Dussault | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Maurice Bourget | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Maurice Bourget | Independent Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Maurice Bourget | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Maurice Bourget | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Maurice Bourget | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Maurice Bourget | Liberal |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Joseph-Aurélien Roy | Social Credit |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Raynald Guay | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Raynald Guay | Liberal |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Raynald Guay | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Raynald Guay | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Raynald Guay | Liberal |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Raynald Guay | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1980–1980 | Raynald Guay | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1981–1984 | Gaston Gourde | Liberal |
| 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

vte1867 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Joseph-Goderic Blanchet | acclaimed |
| Source: Canadian Elections Database |||||||
vte1872 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Joseph-Goderic Blanchet | 1,564 |
| | Independent | Louis-Honoré Fréchette | 1,475 |
| Source: Canadian Elections Database |||||||
vte1874 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis-Honoré Fréchette | 1,670 |
| | Independent | J. Chabot | 1,572 |
| Source: lop.parl.ca |||||||
vte1878 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Joseph-Goderic Blanchet | 2,144 |
| | Liberal | Louis-Honoré Fréchette | 2,026 |
vte1882 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Joseph-Goderic Blanchet | 1,935 |
| | Liberal | L. Fréchette | 1,528 |
By-election on 25 October 1883
Blanchet named Collector of Customs, Port of Quebec, 1 November 1883 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Isidore-Noël Belleau | 1,551 |
| | Unknown | O.B. Samson | 703 |
By-election on 14 April 1885
Belleau unseated on a judgement of the Supreme Court, 16 March 1885 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Pierre Malcom Guay | acclaimed |
vte1887 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Pierre Malcom Guay | 2,170 |
| | Conservative | Charles Darveau | 1,776 |
vte1891 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Pierre Malcom Guay | 2,075 |
| | Conservative | E.T. Paquet | 1,794 |
vte1896 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Pierre Malcom Guay | 2,271 |
| | Conservative | J.E.Gelley | 1,963 |
vte1900 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis Julien Demers | 2,455 |
| | Conservative | J.A. Dumontier | 1,630 |
vte1904 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis Julien Demers | 2,642 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Isaac Lavery | 1,677 |
By-election on 22 March 1899
Guay's death, 19 February 1899 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis Julien Demers | acclaimed |
By-election on 6 June 1905
Demers' death, 29 April 1905 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis Auguste Carrier | acclaimed |
vte1908 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Louis Auguste Carrier | 2,841 |
| | Liberal | Joseph Boutin Bourassa | 1,691 |
vte1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph Boutin Bourassa | 2,800 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Bégin | 1,971 |
vte1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Joseph Boutin Bourassa | 5,174 |
| | Government (Unionist) | Alphonse Bernier | 984 |
vte1921 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph-Boutin Bourassa | 8,787 |
| | Conservative | Louis Gédéon Gravel | 4,004 |
vte1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph-Étienne Dussault | 7,192 |
| | Conservative | L. Gédéon Gravel | 4,899 |
vte1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph-Étienne Dussault | 7,127 |
| | Conservative | Émile Fortin | 5,838 |
By-election on 8 July 1930 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Émile Fortin | 7,065 |
| | Liberal | Joseph-Étienne Dussault | 6,880 |
vte1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Joseph-Etienne Dussault | 8,488 |
| Conservative | Albert Dumontier | 3,770 |
| Reconstruction | Laval-Édouard Fortier | 316 |
| Liberal–Labour | Charles-Achille Cauchy | 54 |
vte1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Maurice Bourget | 8,885 |
| | National Government | Albert Dumontier | 4,187 |
vte1945 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent Liberal | Maurice Bourget | 10,098 |
| | Social Credit | Abel Paradis | 4,233 |
vte1949 Canadian federal election :
| 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 |
vte1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Maurice Bourget | 13,897 |
| Progressive Conservative | Napoléon Grenier | 5,305 |
| Labor–Progressive | Joseph-Wilfrid Jolin | 74 |
vte1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Maurice Bourget | 14,693 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean Forgues | 5,770 |
vte1958 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Maurice Bourget | 12,410 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jean Forgues | 9,164 |
vte1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Joseph-Aurélien Roy | 11,504 |
| Liberal | Maurice Bourget | 8,826 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Marie Morin | 3,575 |
vte1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Raynald Guay | 9,634 |
| Social Credit | J.-A. Roy | 9,315 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Marie Morin | 4,563 |
vte1965 Canadian federal election :
| 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 |
vte1968 Canadian federal election :
| 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 |
vte1972 Canadian federal election :
| 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 |
vte1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Raynald Guay | 20,348 |
| Progressive Conservative | André Godbout | 11,485 |
| New Democratic | Gérard Dionne | 4,279 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Richard Allard | 404 |
vte1979 Canadian federal election :
| 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 |
vte1980 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 |||||||
By-election on 4 May 1981
Resignation of Mr. Raynald Guay, 29 August 1980 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| 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 |
vte1984 Canadian federal election :
| 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 |
vte1988 Canadian federal election :
| 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 |
vte1993 Canadian federal election :
| 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 |
vte1997 Canadian federal election :
| 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

vte2000 Canadian federal election :
| 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. |||||||