Beauce (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Beauce
province = Quebec


caption = Beauce in relation to other Quebec federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24005
fed-created = 1867
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1867
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Maxime Bernier
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 103617
demo-electors = 82123
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 4619
demo-cd = Beauce-Sartigan RCM, Les Etchemins RCM, Le Granit RCM, La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM, Robert-Cliché RCM
demo-csd = 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.

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-Cliche; 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:

Electoral history

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=36 Parliamentary website, History of Federal Ridings since 1867]