BEAUCE (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

Beauce
Member of Parliament	Maxime Bernier Conservative
Population, 2006	103 617
Electors, 2006	82 123
Area (km²)	4619
Population density (people per km²)	22
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 2006, it had a population of 103,617 people, of whom 82,123 were eligible voters.

Contents

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Electoral history

See also

External link

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 comprises 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 comprises the municipalities of Saint-Ludger and Saint-Robert-Bellarmin.
The neighbouring ridings are Mégantic—L'Érable, Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, and Lévis—Bellechasse.

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.

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

Electoral history

See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External link

★ Parliamentary website, History of Federal Ridings since 1867