Louis-Hébert () is a federal

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in the

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. Represented in the

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since 1968, its population was certified, according to the detailed statistics of 2001, as 98,156.

Geography

The district, in the Quebec region of

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, consists of the southern part of

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, and is largely coextensive with the borough of

Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge is a borough of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The borough was created on November 1, 2009,Sainte-Foy, which was merged into the "megacity" of Quebec City in 2002. The neighbouring ridings are

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier (formerly known as Portneuf) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867. Its population in 2001 was 87,141. Demographics Ethnic groups: ...

Louis-Saint-Laurent Louis-Saint-Laurent () is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It was created in 2003 from parts of Portneuf (electoral district), P ...

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, Lévis—Bellechasse, and Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière. The riding lost small fractions of territory to

and

as a result of the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

:''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Ethnic groups: 91.3% White, 2.2% Indigenous, 1.8% Arab, 1.6% Latino, 1.4% Black, 0.6% Chinese, 1.1% Other
Languages: 91.2% French, 2.2% English, 1.6% Spanish, 1.4% Arabic, 3.6% Other
Religions: 82.6% Christian, 2.5% Muslim, 0.6% Other, 14.3% None
Median income: $34,624 (2010)
Average income: $45,439 (2010)

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from

Quebec East Quebec East (also known as Québec-Est and Québec East) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 2004. While its boundaries changed over the decades, it was essenti ...

Quebec South Quebec South was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Quebec West and Quebec-Centre ridings. It was abolished ...

Quebec West Quebec West (french: Québec-Ouest) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935, and from 1949 to 1968. It was created by the ''British North America Act'', 1867 ...

, and

Québec—Montmorency Québec—Montmorency was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Charlevoix—Montmorency and Quebec County rid ...

ridings. The riding is notable for having had nine different people represent the riding since 1984; Suzanne Duplessis was elected that year and served two terms in the House of Commons until 1993. From then until 2019, every subsequent MP to represent the district was either defeated in the next election or retired from politics after a single term.

Members of parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election. Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election. Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

References

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Campaign expense data from Elections CanadaRiding history from the

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Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Louis-Hebert (Electoral District) Quebec federal electoral districts Federal electoral districts of Quebec City