Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis (Quebec) 25/338

 Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis (Quebec)

Today we're staying in Quebec with Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis!

Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis was first created in 2003 and kept the same boundaries in 2012, but changed its name from Lévis-Bellechasse to its current name. The population centers are Lévis (143,414 in 2016, shared with Lévis—Lotbinière), Saint-Henri (5,023 in 2011), and Lac-Etchemin (4,061 in 2011). The riding is across the St. Lawrence from Quebec City.

Politically, the riding is solidly Conservative. The rurality of the southern portion of the riding keeps it Conservative, even when the NDP swept in Quebec and in the city of Lévis. Similar to Beauce, the second place party in the riding has changed in the past four elections, following trends at the time (strong BQ support in 2008 and 2019, NDP sweep in 2011, and Liberal sweep in 2015.) The riding is currently represented by Conservative MP Steven Blaney.

The first time the riding voted Conservative was in 2006, when the riding swung 27.35% to the Conservatives from the Bloc, making this one of the ridings that were part of the Conservative breakthrough in 2006, going from zero seats to nine. A little unrelated, but the last time a non-Conservative party won a poll in the rural portion of the riding was in 2004. In 2019, the riding was 54/78 in Quebec and 241/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 6.1/10 - It's not as bad as it looks, it is named after the Regional County Municipalities, so props for that, but still a tad too long for my liking.

Shape: 4.7/10 - The jagged edges are very gross, it's not like there are huge communities in any of those areas.

Individuality: 5.1/10 - It is the typical story of a city being split and the rural parts of the riding pushing the riding to the right/towards the Conservatives.

Total: 15.9/30 (53%)

See you tomorrow in Beloeil-Chambly!