Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix (Quebec) 21/338

 Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix (Quebec)

Today we're not too far from yesterday, with Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix.

Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix as a riding has existed since the 2012 redistribution, losing territory to Manicougan. The riding is Northeast of Quebec City and the population centers are La Malbaie (8,271 in 2016), Baie-Saint-Paul (7,146 in 2016), as well as the Northeast portion of Quebec City (531,902 in 2016). The riding also contains several islands in the St. Lawrence River.

Politically, the riding has been hard to pin down. Like many Quebec ridings, the seat has been held by three different parties in the past three elections. In situations like this, it could be due to retiring incumbents, but the incumbent ran and was defeated in 2011, 2015, and 2019. Due to the fast turn-over of parties, the races have recently gotten closer, going from a 20 point margin in 2008 to 6 points in 2019. The riding is currently represented by Bloc Quebecois MP Caroline Desbiens.

This seat was the last seat that 18th Prime Minister Brian Mulroney held while in Parliament and while Prime Minister. Mulroney actually held three different seats while in office, Central Nova from 1983-1984, Manicougan from 1984-1988, and Charlevoix 1988-1993. In 2019 the riding was 20/78 in Quebec and 63/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 2.2/10 - I don't have to explain myself.

Shape: 6.7/10 - It isn't as bad as it looks, the south follows the St. Lawrence and the Northeast follows Riviere Saguenay. But the area near Quebec City needs a little smoothing out.

Individuality: 6.6/10 - Political elasticity is always a plus, and fact that the riding gets more Conservative as you get into the city is kind of an opposite trend from the rest of the country.

Total: 15.5/30 (51.7%)

See you tomorrow in Beauport-Limoilou!