Bellechasse (provincial electoral district)

Bellechasse is a provincial electoral riding in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes a section of the city of Lévis as well as Saint-Henri, Saint-Anselme, Lac-Etchemin, Sainte-Claire, Beaumont, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Saint-Raphaël and Saint-Gervais.

Bellechasse
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Stéphanie Lachance
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created1867
First contested1867
Last contested2018
Demographics
Population (2006)51,836
Electors (2012)[1]42,676
Area (km²)[2]3,204.9
Pop. density (per km²)16.2
Census division(s)Bellechasse (all), Les Etchemins (part), Lévis (part)
Census subdivision(s)Lévis (part); Armagh, Beaumont, Honfleur, Lac-Etchemin, La Durantaye, Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Saint-Anselme, Saint-Camille-de-Lellis, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Sainte-Claire, Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Damien-de-Buckland, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Henri, Sainte-Justine, Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse, Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse, Saint-Magloire, Saint-Malachie, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester, Saint-Nérée-de-Bellechasse, Saint-Philémon, Saint-Raphaël, Sainte-Rose-de-Watford, Sainte-Sabine, Saint-Vallier

It was created for the 1867 election, and electoral districts of that name existed even earlier: see Bellechasse (Province of Canada) and Bellechasse (Lower Canada).

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained part of the Desjardins borough of the city of Lévis, namely the portion south of Quebec Autoroute 20.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

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Legislature Years Member Party
1st  1867–1871     Onésime Pelletier Liberal
2nd  1871–1875
3rd  1875–1878     Pierre Fradet Conservative
4th  1878–1881     Pierre Boutin Liberal
5th  1881–1886     Faucher de Saint-Maurice Conservative
6th  1886–1890
7th  1890–1892     Adélard Turgeon Liberal
8th  1892–1897
9th  1897–1900
10th  1900–1904
11th  1904–1908
12th  1908–1909
 1909–1912 Antonin Galipeault
13th  1912–1916
14th  1916–1919
15th  1919–1923
16th  1923–1927
17th  1927–1930
 1930–1931 Robert Taschereau
18th  1931–1935
19th  1935–1936
20th  1936–1939     Émile Boiteau Union Nationale
21st  1939–1944     Valmore Bienvenue Liberal
22nd  1944–1948
23rd  1948–1952     Paul-Eugène Bélanger Union Nationale
24th  1952–1956 Alphée Poirier
25th  1956–1960
26th  1960–1962     Gustave Plante Liberal
27th  1962–1966     Gabriel Loubier Union Nationale
28th  1966–1970
29th  1970–1973
30th  1973–1976     Pierre Mercier Liberal
31st  1976–1981     Bertrand Goulet Union Nationale
32nd  1981–1985     Claude Lachance Parti Québécois
33rd  1985–1989     Louise Begin Liberal
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1998     Claude Lachance Parti Québécois
36th  1998–2003
37th  2003–2007     Dominique Vien Liberal
38th  2007–2008     Jean Domingue Action démocratique
39th  2008–2012     Dominique Vien Liberal
40th  2012–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022     Stéphanie Lachance Coalition Avenir Québec
43rd  2022–Present

Election results

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2022 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Stéphanie Lachance
Conservative Michel Tardif
Parti Québécois Jean-Daniel Fontaine
Québec solidaire Jérôme D'Auteuil Sirois
Liberal François Bégin
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Electors on the lists
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Stéphanie Lachance 16,302 53.85 +20.67
Liberal Dominique Vien 8,223 27.16 -22.11
Québec solidaire Benoit Comeau 2,272 7.5 +4.81
Parti Québécois Benoît Béchard 2,198 7.26 -6.06
Conservative Dominique Messner 976 3.22 +2.04
Bloc Pot Simon Guay 200 0.66
Alliance provinciale Sébastien Roy 103 0.34
Total valid votes 30,274 98.26
Total rejected ballots 535 1.74
Turnout 30,809 70.10
Eligible voters 43,947
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal Swing +21.39
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.
2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 15,843 49.27 +9.41
Coalition Avenir Québec Stéphanie Lachance 10,668 33.18 -4.78
Parti Québécois Linda Goupil 4,283 13.32 -1.64
Québec solidaire Benoit Comeau 378 2.69 -1.87
Conservative Patrice Aubin 344 1.18 +0.42
Option nationale Mathilde Lefebvre 116 0.36
Total valid votes 32,153 99.03
Total rejected ballots 316 0.97
Turnout 32,469 75.23 -0.89
Electors on the lists 43,158
Liberal hold Swing +7.10
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 13,119 40.67 -4.52
Coalition Avenir Québec Christian Lévesque 12,421 38.51 +2.31
Parti Québécois Clément Pouliot 4,896 15.18 -0.81
Québec solidaire Benoit Comeau 989 3.07 +0.56
Middle Class Patrice Aubin 344 1.07
Conservative Linda Beaudoin 215 0.67
Équipe Autonomiste Sébastien Ruel 156 0.48
Unité Nationale Christine Lavoie 115 0.36
Total valid votes 32,255 98.80
Total rejected ballots 393 1.20
Turnout 32,648 76.12 +11.77
Electors on the lists 42,892

^ Change is based on redistributed results. Coalition Avenir change is from Action démocratique.

2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 10,530 47.66 +13.31
Action démocratique Jean Domingue 7,598 34.39 -14.12
Parti Québécois Jerry Beaudoin 3,450 15.61 +2.18
Québec solidaire Jean-Nicolas Denis 518 2.34 0.59
Total valid votes 22,096 98.71
Total rejected ballots 289 1.29
Turnout 22,385 64.35 -12.42
Electors on the lists 34,785
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Action démocratique Jean Domingue 12,715 48.51 +15.40
Liberal Dominique Vien 9,004 34.35 -3.23
Parti Québécois Sylvie Vallières 3,521 13.43 -14.14
Green Ghislain Gaulin 512 1.95 +0.73
Québec solidaire Colin Perreault 460 1.75 +1.23*
Total valid votes 26,212 99.28
Total rejected ballots 191 0.72
Turnout 26,403 76.77 +0.67
Electors on the lists 34,391
2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominique Vien 9,658 37.58 -0.84
Action démocratique Serge Carbonneau 8,507 33.11 +19.88
Parti Québécois Claude Lachance 7,084 27.57 -20.01
Green Sylvain Castonguay 314 1.22
UFP Mario Ouellette 134 0.52
Total valid votes 25,697 99.12
Total rejected ballots 228 0.88
Turnout 25,925 76.00 -3.00
Electors on the lists 34,069
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parti Québécois Claude Lachance 11,323 47.58 -1.00
Liberal Roger McCaughry 9,144 38.42 +2.03
Action démocratique Sylvain Allie 3,149 13.23 -3.80
Socialist Democracy Lise Rose 184 0.77
Total valid votes 23,800 98.97
Total rejected ballots 248 1.03
Turnout 24,048 79.00 +1.00
Electors on the lists 30,374

* Result compared to UFP

1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 13,927 52.85
Oui 12,425 47.15
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Claude Lachance 10,570 46.58
Liberal Gilles Guillemette 8,258 36.39
Action démocratique Benoit Aubé 3,865 17.03
Total valid votes 22,693 98.14
Total rejected ballots 429 1.86
Turnout 23,122 78.10
Electors on the lists 29,607
1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum
Side Votes %
Non 12,712 57.36
Oui 9,451 42.64
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Louise Bégin 11,114 50.43
Parti Québécois Claude Lachance 10,923 49.57
Total valid votes 22,037 97.34
Total rejected ballots 602 2.66
Turnout 22,639 76.48
Electors on the lists 29,602
1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Louise Bégin 11,114 54.82
Parti Québécois Claude Lachance 10,238 44.00
Christian Socialism Harold Chrétien 275 1.18
Total valid votes 23,267 98.39
Total rejected ballots 380 1.61
Turnout 23,647 79.02
Electors on the lists 29,927
1981 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Claude Lachance 9,194 37.58
Liberal Pierre Mercier 8,830 36.10
Union Nationale Bertrand Goulet 6,440 26.32
Total valid votes 24,464 99.27
Total rejected ballots 179 0.73
Turnout 24,643 82.56
Electors on the lists 29,848
1980 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 14,908 61.12
Oui 9,483 38.88
1976 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Union Nationale Bertrand Goulet 8,501 36.85
Liberal Pierre Mercier 7,703 33.39
Parti Québécois Jean-Roch Côté 5,881 25.49
Ralliement créditiste Sauveur Fradette 692 3.00
Parti national populaire Pierre-E. Plante 294 1.27
Total valid votes 23,071 98.19
Total rejected ballots 426 1.81
Turnout 23,497 81.68
Electors on the lists 28,768
1973 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Pierre Mercier 9,206 44.30
Union Nationale Gabriel Loubier 8,162 39.28
Parti Québécois Thérèse Veilleux Fortin 2,054 9.89
Parti créditiste Claude Gignac 1,357 6.53
Total valid votes 20,779 97.89
Total rejected ballots 448 2.11
Turnout 21,227 78.57
Electors on the lists 27,016
1970 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Union Nationale Gabriel Loubier 6,111 50.56
Liberal Joseph-Gérald Bossé 3,068 25.38
Ralliement créditiste René Lemieux 2,596 21.48
Parti Québécois Antoine Desmeules 311 2.57
Total valid votes 12,086 98.95
Total rejected ballots 128 1.05
Turnout 12,214 86.34
Electors on the lists 14,147
1966 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Union Nationale Gabriel Loubier 6,917 58.80
Liberal Bernard Lacroix 4,846 41.20
Total valid votes 11,763 98.35
Total rejected ballots 197 1.65
Turnout 11,960 83.15
Electors on the lists 14,384
1962 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Union Nationale Gabriel Loubier 5,176 51.35
Liberal Benoît Boulanger 4,903 48.65
Total valid votes 10,079 99.19
Total rejected ballots 82 0.81
Turnout 10,161 80.81
Electors on the lists 12,574
1960 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Gustave Plante 5,601 52.06
Union Nationale Alphée Poirier 5,157 47.94
Total valid votes 10,758 99.10
Total rejected ballots 98 0.90
Turnout 10,856 86.88
Electors on the lists 12,496
1956 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Union Nationale Alphée Poirier 6,243 57.89
Liberal Herménégilde Champagne 4,541 42.11
Total valid votes 10,784 98.95
Total rejected ballots 114 1.05
Turnout 10,898 82.86
Electors on the lists 13,152
1952 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Union Nationale Alphée Poirier 5,814 54.65
Liberal Laurent Lizotte 4,825 45.35
Total valid votes 10,639 98.59
Total rejected ballots 152 1.41
Turnout 10,791 81.31
Electors on the lists 13,272
1948 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Union Nationale Paul-Eugène Bélanger 5,027 48.48
Liberal Valmore Bienvenue 4,246 40.95
Union des électeurs Joseph Gagné 1,096 10.57
Total valid votes 10,369 99.09
Total rejected ballots 95 0.91
Turnout 10,464 83.49
Electors on the lists 12,533
1944 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Valmore Bienvenue 4,762 49.72
Union Nationale Émile Boiteau 4,217 44.03
Bloc populaire Joseph-Albert Bonenfant 599 6.25
Total valid votes 9,578 99.23
Total rejected ballots 74 0.77
Turnout 9,652 79.16
Electors on the lists 12,193
1939 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Valmore Bienvenue 2,515 53.25
Union Nationale Émile Boiteau 2,131 45.12
Action libérale nationale Lucien Faguy 77 1.63
Total valid votes 4,723 98.95
Total rejected ballots 50 1.05
Turnout 4,773 83.88
Electors on the lists 5,690
1936 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Union Nationale Émile Boiteau 2,780 55.14
Liberal Eugène Marquis 2,262 44.86
Total valid votes 5,042 99.33
Total rejected ballots 34 0.67
Turnout 5,076 88.76
Electors on the lists 5,719
1935 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Robert Taschereau 2,483 54.08
Action libérale nationale Homisdas Deschênes 2,108 45.92
Total valid votes 4,591 98.71
Total rejected ballots 60 1.29
Turnout 4,651 83.22
Electors on the lists 5,589
1931 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Robert Taschereau 2,839 67.82
Conservative Joseph-Louis-Octave Corriveau 1,347 32.18
Total valid votes 4,186 99.90
Total rejected ballots 4 0.10
Turnout 4,190 84.44
Electors on the lists 4,962
Quebec provincial by-election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Robert Taschereau 2,412 61.36
Independent Liberal Joseph-Alfred Nadeau 1,519 38.64
Total valid votes 3,931 99.22
Total rejected ballots 31 0.78
Turnout 3,962 83.94
Electors on the lists 4,720
1927 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Antonin Galipeault 2,969 95.99
Conservative Robert Côté 124 4.01
Total valid votes 3,093 99.87
Total rejected ballots 4 0.13
Turnout 3,097 66.09
Electors on the lists 4,686
1923 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Antonin Galipeault Acclaimed
Electors on the lists 4,766
Quebec provincial by-election, 1919
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Antonin Galipeault Acclaimed
1919 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Antonin Galipeault Acclaimed
Electors on the lists 4,909
1916 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Antonin Galipeault 2,748 71.82
Conservative William Amyot 1,078 4.01
Total valid votes 3,826 98.99
Total rejected ballots 39 1.01
Turnout 3,865 78.07
Electors on the lists 4,951
1912 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Antonin Galipeault 2,220 60.61
Conservative Joseph-Émile Gelly 1,443 39.39
Total valid votes 3,663 98.95
Total rejected ballots 39 1.05
Turnout 3,702 79.65
Electors on the lists 4,648
Quebec provincial by-election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Antonin Galipeault Acclaimed
1908 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Adélard Turgeon 1,936 65.92
Conservative Éphrem Audet 1,001 34.08
Total valid votes 2,937 99.42
Total rejected ballots 17 0.58
Turnout 2,954 72.94
Electors on the lists 4,050
Quebec provincial by-election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Adélard Turgeon 1,967 61.76
Independent Henri Bourassa 1,218 38.24
Total valid votes 3,185 99.13
Total rejected ballots 28 0.87
Turnout 3,213 80.51
Electors on the lists 3,991
Quebec provincial by-election, 1905
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Adélard Turgeon Acclaimed
1904 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Adélard Turgeon Acclaimed
Electors on the lists 4,100
1900 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Adélard Turgeon Acclaimed
Electors on the lists 3,816
1897 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Adélard Turgeon Acclaimed
1897 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Adélard Turgeon 1,726 57.19
Conservative François Castonguay 1,292 342.81
Total valid votes 3,018 99.24
Total rejected ballots 23 0.76
Turnout 3,041 82.26
Electors on the lists 3,697
1892 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Adélard Turgeon 1,391 50.33
Conservative Éphrem Audet 1,373 49.67
Total valid votes 2,764 99.32
Total rejected ballots 19 0.68
Turnout 2,783 81.35
Electors on the lists 3,421
1890 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Adélard Turgeon 1,367 55.19
Conservative Narcisse-Henri-Édouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice 1,110 44.81
Total valid votes 2,477 99.16
Total rejected ballots 21 0.84
Turnout 2,498 72.81
Electors on the lists 3,431
1886 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Narcisse-Henri-Édouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice 1,195 50.49
Liberal Charles Langelier 1,172 49.51
Total valid votes 2,367 98.95
Total rejected ballots 25 1.05
Turnout 2,392 81.89
Electors on the lists 2,921
1881 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Narcisse-Henri-Édouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice 992 50.77
Liberal Pierre Boutin 962 49.23
Total valid votes 1,954 98.14
Total rejected ballots 37 1.86
Turnout 1,991 75.88
Electors on the lists 2,624
1878 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Pierre Boutin 1,090 55.93
Conservative Pierre Fradet 859 44.07
Total valid votes 1,949 98.58
Total rejected ballots 28 1.42
Turnout 1,977 78.76
Electors on the lists 2,510
1875 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Pierre Fradet 762 51.80
Liberal Onésime Pelletier 510 34.67
Conservative Marcel Chabot 199 13.53
Total valid votes 1,471 95.77
Total rejected ballots 65 4.23
Turnout 1,536 66.38
Electors on the lists 2,314
1867 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Onésime Pelletier 857 94.97
Conservative Marcel Chabot 780 5.03
Total valid votes 1,637 100.00
Turnout 1,637 80.09
Electors on the lists 2,044

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