Summary: This is Conservative MP and Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney’s riding, one of just five the Conservatives won in Quebec in 2011. Blaney is seeking a fourth term.
Boundaries: This riding is south of Quebec City. It includes the eastern part of Levis, as well as the RCM of Bellechasse and most of Les Etchemins.
Last Election: Conservative Blaney earned 44.0 per cent of the vote, to defeat NDP Nicole Laliberté, who earned 33.8 per cent.
History: Blaney was first elected here in 2006, defeated the Bloc Québécois incumbent, Réal Lapierre.
Demographics: With a population of 112,385 (as of the last census), it’s the most populous riding in Quebec.
Candidates
Conservative: Steven Blaney, Public Safety Minister, MP since 2006
NDP: Jean-Luc Daigle, former Saint-Romuald mayor and Lévis councillor
Liberal: Jacques Turgeon, Producer at the National Film Board
Bloc Québécois: Antoine Dubé, community development consultant, MP 1993-2003
Green: André Belisle, founding President of the Quebec Association for the Fight against Air Pollution
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