Global News has declared Bloc Québécois candidate Caroline Desbiens elected in the riding of Beauport–Côte-de-Beaupré–Île d’Orléans–Charlevoix.
She defeated incumbent Sylvie Boucher with a 8.8 per cent lead.
The riding was a Bloc Québécois stronghold until the NDP defeated it in 2011.
In the following election voters in the region elected Sylvie Boucher of the Conservative party as their MP. She previously served as the MP for Beauport—Limoilou and as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper from 2006 to 2011.
Geography
The municipal and electoral boundaries of this riding consist of the regional county municipalities of L’Île-d’Orléans, La Côte-de-Beaupré, Charlevoix-Est and Charlevoix and a portion of the borough of Beauport in Quebec City. It extends to St Lawrence river
Candidates
Conservative: Sylvie Boucher (Incumbent)
Liberal: Manon Fortin
NDP: Gérard Briand
Green: Richard Guertin
PPC: Jean-Claude Parent Jr.
Bloc Québécois: Caroline Desbiens