Bellechasse is a provincial electoral riding in the
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...
region of
Quebec
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,
Canada
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which elects members to the
National Assembly of Quebec
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. It notably includes a section of the city of
Lévis as well as
Saint-Henri,
Saint-Anselme
Saint-Anselme is a village in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. It is the second biggest municipality in the RCM, after Saint-Henri. The Etchemin River goes through the vill ...
,
Lac-Etchemin,
Sainte-Claire,
Beaumont,
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse,
Saint-Raphaël and
Saint-Gervais.
It was created for the
1867 election, and electoral districts of that name existed even earlier: see
Bellechasse (Province of Canada)
Bellechasse was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the Province of Canada, in Canada East. It was created by the '' Union Act, 1840'' in 1841, based on the previous electoral district of the same name for ...
and
Bellechasse (Lower Canada)
The district of Bellechasse was established in 1829, under the regime of the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was located in the current Chaudière-Appalaches area.
Bellechasse was represented simultaneously by two Members at the Legislative Assem ...
.
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
Autoroute 20 is a Quebec Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely populated parts of Canada, with its central section forming the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway from the A-25 interchange to the A-8 ...
.
Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly
Election results
^ Change is based on redistributed results. Coalition Avenir change is from Action démocratique.
* Result compared to UFP
References
External links
;Information:
Elections Quebec
;Election results:
(National Assembly)
Election results(QuébecPolitique)
;Maps
2011 map(PDF)
2001 map(Flash)
2001–2011 changes(Flash)
(Flash)
Electoral map of Chaudière-Appalaches regionQuebec electoral map, 2011
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Quebec provincial electoral districts