Interactive map of riding boundaries from the2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1966 | ||
| First contested | 1968 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile,map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 103,346 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 81,131 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 97 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,065.4 | ||
| Census division | Quebec City | ||
| Census subdivision | Quebec City (part) | ||
Louis-Hébert (French pronunciation:[lwiebɛʁ]) is a federalelectoral district in theCanadian province ofQuebec. Represented in theHouse of Commons since 1968, its population was certified, according to the detailed statistics of 2001, as 98,156.
The district, in the Quebec region ofCapitale-Nationale, consists of the southern part ofQuebec City, and is largely coextensive with the borough ofSainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge. It is based mostly on the former city ofSainte-Foy, which was merged into the "megacity" of Quebec City in 2002.
The neighbouring ridings arePortneuf—Jacques-Cartier,Louis-Saint-Laurent,Québec,Lévis—Bellechasse, andLotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière.
The riding lost small fractions of territory toLouis-Saint-Laurent andQuébec as a result of the2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding lost the area east of Av. Maguire toQuébec Centre.
Ethnic groups: 91.3% White, 2.2% Indigenous, 1.8% Arab, 1.6% Latino, 1.4% Black, 0.6% Chinese, 1.1% other
Languages: 91.2% French, 2.2% English, 1.6% Spanish, 1.4% Arabic, 3.6% other
Religions: 82.6% Christian, 2.5% Muslim, 0.6% other, 14.3% none
Median income: $34,624 (2010)
Average income: $45,439 (2010)
The electoral district was created in 1966 fromQuebec East,Quebec South,Quebec West, andQuébec—Montmorency ridings. The riding is notable for having had nine different people represent the riding since 1984; Suzanne Duplessis was elected that year and served two terms in the House of Commons until 1993. From then until 2019, every subsequent MP to represent the district was either defeated in the next election or retired from politics after a single term.
This riding has elected the followingmembers of parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis-Hébert Riding created fromQuebec East,Quebec South, Quebec WestandQuébec—Montmorency | ||||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Jean-Charles Cantin | Liberal | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Albanie Morin | ||
| 30th | 1974–1976 | |||
| 1977–1979 | Dennis Dawson | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Suzanne Duplessis | Progressive Conservative | |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | |||
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Philippe Paré | Bloc Québécois | |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Hélène Alarie | ||
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Hélène Scherrer | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Roger Clavet | Bloc Québécois | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Luc Harvey | Conservative | |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Pascal-Pierre Paillé | Bloc Québécois | |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Denis Blanchette | New Democratic | |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Joël Lightbound | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joël Lightbound | 33,512 | 55.44 | +17.23 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Valérie Savard | 12,897 | 21.34 | -5.66 | ||||
| Conservative | Claude Dussault | 12,164 | 20.12 | -4.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Paul Lussiaà-Berdou | 1,540 | 2.55 | -4.68 | ||||
| People's | Vatthana Maholy | 332 | 0.55 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,445 | 98.81 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 729 | 1.19 | ||||||
| Turnout | 61,174 | 76.95 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 79,502 | |||||||
| Liberalnotional hold | Swing | +11.45 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 21,704 | 38.21 | |
| Bloc Québécois | 15,337 | 27.00 | |
| Conservative | 13,805 | 24.31 | |
| New Democratic | 4,107 | 7.23 | |
| Green | 1,478 | 2.60 | |
| Others | 365 | 0.64 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joël Lightbound | 22,933 | 38.35 | -2.16 | $51,233.94 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Marc Dean | 16,247 | 27.17 | -0.83 | $22,437.53 | |||
| Conservative | Gilles Lépine | 14,332 | 23.97 | +6.39 | $21,615.85 | |||
| New Democratic | Hamid Nadji | 4,337 | 7.25 | -0.62 | $5,611.33 | |||
| Green | Denis Blanchette | 1,573 | 2.63 | -1.34 | $2,847.44 | |||
| Independent | Ali Dahan | 378 | 0.63 | +0.20 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,800 | – | – | $111,646.95 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 861 | |||||||
| Turnout | 60,661 | 74.31 | -2.07 | |||||
| Registered voters | 81,632 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -0.67 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joël Lightbound | 25,140 | 40.51 | +5.66 | $82,402.61 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Christian Hébert | 17,375 | 28.00 | +13.59 | $49,988.85 | |||
| Conservative | Marie-Josée Guérette | 10,912 | 17.58 | -9.61 | $54,059.24 | |||
| New Democratic | Jérémie Juneau | 4,884 | 7.87 | -12.94 | none listed | |||
| Green | Macarena Diab | 2,466 | 3.97 | +1.44 | none listed | |||
| People's | Daniel Brisson | 1,016 | 1.64 | – | none listed | |||
| Independent | Ali Dahan | 267 | 0.43 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 62,060 | 98.61 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 873 | 1.39 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 62,933 | 76.38 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,395 | – | – | |||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -3.97 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joël Lightbound | 21,516 | 34.85 | +21.43 | $61,915.23 | |||
| Conservative | Jean-Pierre Asselin | 16,789 | 27.19 | +5.36 | $75,098.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Denis Blanchette | 12,850 | 20.81 | -17.84 | $69,979.91 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Caroline Pageau | 8,900 | 14.41 | -9.80 | $31,934.38 | |||
| Green | Andrée-Anne Beaudoin-Julien | 1,561 | 2.53 | +0.88 | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Stefan Jetchick | 128 | 0.21 | -0.03 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,744 | 100.00 | $217,520.39 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 627 | 1.01 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 62,371 | 76.90 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 81,109 | |||||||
| Liberalgain fromNew Democratic | Swing | +19.64 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[10][11][12] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 23,358 | 38.65 | |
| Bloc Québécois | 14,635 | 24.22 | |
| Conservative | 13,194 | 21.83 | |
| Liberal | 8,108 | 13.42 | |
| Green | 996 | 1.65 | |
| Others | 143 | 0.24 | |
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Denis Blanchette | 23,373 | 38.65 | +29.32 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Pascal-Pierre Paillé | 14,640 | 24.21 | -12.02 | ||||
| Conservative | Pierre Paul-Hus | 13,207 | 21.84 | -6.37 | ||||
| Liberal | Jean Beaupré | 8,110 | 13.41 | -10.18 | ||||
| Green | Michelle Fontaine | 996 | 1.65 | -0.78 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Marie-Claude Bouffard | 143 | 0.24 | +0.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,469 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 636 | 1.04 | ||||||
| Turnout | 61,105 | 73.73 | ||||||
| New Democraticgain fromBloc Québécois | Swing | +20.67 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Pascal-Pierre Paillé | 20,992 | 36.23 | +2.15 | $78,716 | |||
| Conservative | Luc Harvey | 16,343 | 28.21 | -6.26 | $96,878 | |||
| Liberal | Jean Beaupré | 13,669 | 23.59 | +8.58 | $42,500 | |||
| New Democratic | Denis Blanchette | 5,403 | 9.33 | +0.26 | $7,979 | |||
| Green | Michelle Fontaine | 1,408 | 2.43 | -1.84 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Stefan Jetchick | 119 | 0.21 | +0.01 | $383 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,934 | 100.00 | $87,350 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 595 | 1.02 | ||||||
| Turnout | 58,529 | 70.29 | ||||||
| Bloc Québécoisgain fromConservative | Swing | +4.21 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Luc Harvey | 20,332 | 34.47 | +21.02 | $63,705 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Roger Clavet | 20,101 | 34.08 | -9.03 | $61,438 | |||
| Liberal | Hélène Scherrer | 8,852 | 15.01 | -19.02 | $43,177 | |||
| New Democratic | Denis Blanchette | 5,351 | 9.07 | +3.50 | $6,274 | |||
| Green | Robert Hudon | 2,517 | 4.27 | +0.44 | ||||
| Independent | Frédérick Têtu | 1,147 | 1.94 | – | $430 | |||
| Independent | Francis Fortin | 565 | 0.96 | – | $460 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Stefan Jetchick | 116 | 0.20 | – | $189 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,981 | 100.00 | $81,438 | |||||
| Conservativegain fromBloc Québécois | Swing | +15.03 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Roger Clavet | 24,071 | 43.11 | +6.23 | $57,547 | |||
| Liberal | Hélène Scherrer | 18,999 | 34.03 | -7.11 | $58,530 | |||
| Conservative | Clermont Gauthier | 7,512 | 13.45 | -5.78 | $11,262 | |||
| New Democratic | Robert Turcotte | 3,112 | 5.57 | +3.49 | $2,646 | |||
| Green | Jean-Pierre Guay | 2,137 | 3.83 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,831 | 100.00 | $80,654 | |||||
| Bloc Québécoisgain fromLiberal | Swing | +6.67 | ||||||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hélène Scherrer | 23,695 | 41.14 | +7.52 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Hélène Alarie | 21,240 | 36.88 | -2.97 | ||||
| Alliance | Léonce-E. Roy | 5,887 | 10.22 | +8.50 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clermont Gauthier | 5,189 | 9.01 | -12.90 | ||||
| New Democratic | Karl Adomeit | 1,200 | 2.08 | +0.13 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Gisèle Desrochers | 382 | 0.66 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 57,593 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Liberalgain fromBloc Québécois | Swing | +5.25 | ||||||
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Hélène Alarie | 23,653 | 39.85 | -15.78 | ||||
| Liberal | Hélène Scherrer | 19,955 | 33.62 | +7.86 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Christian Lessard | 13,002 | 21.91 | +6.62 | ||||
| New Democratic | Karl Adomeit | 1,161 | 1.96 | +0.60 | ||||
| Reform | Gilles St-Laurent | 1,024 | 1.73 | |||||
| Natural Law | Réal Croteau | 558 | 0.94 | -0.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 59,353 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Bloc Québécoishold | Swing | +11.82 | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Philippe Paré | 33,683 | 55.63 | |||||
| Liberal | Margo Brousseau | 15,596 | 25.76 | +0.99 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Suzanne Duplessis | 9,254 | 15.28 | -44.49 | ||||
| Natural Law | Michel Nadeau | 878 | 1.45 | |||||
| New Democratic | Karl Adomeit | 823 | 1.36 | -11.67 | ||||
| Abolitionist | Raymond Guimond | 167 | 0.28 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Jacques Brochu | 145 | 0.24 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 60,546 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Bloc Québécoisgain fromProgressive Conservative | Swing | – | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Suzanne Duplessis | 37,329 | 59.77 | +13.81 | ||||
| Liberal | Nicole Duplé | 15,469 | 24.77 | -10.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Pierre Lavigne | 8,139 | 13.03 | +1.24 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Éric Houblon Ouellet | 1,515 | 2.43 | -0.70 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 62,452 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +12.17 | ||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Suzanne Duplessis | 29,420 | 45.96 | +35.58 | ||||
| Liberal | Dennis Dawson | 22,592 | 35.30 | -29.46 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gilles Fiset | 7,548 | 11.79 | -2.19 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Hélène Bernier | 2,003 | 3.13 | -4.05 | ||||
| Independent | Raymond Boisvert | 1,153 | 1.80 | |||||
| Parti nationaliste | Jean-Baptiste Giroux | 1,106 | 1.73 | |||||
| Social Credit | Sylvain Desbiens | 184 | 0.29 | -2.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 64,006 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +32.52 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Dennis Dawson | 34,231 | 64.75 | -1.25 | ||||
| New Democratic | Robert Caron | 7,392 | 13.98 | +3.86 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michel Doyon | 5,490 | 10.39 | +4.60 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | François Ouellet | 3,795 | 7.18 | |||||
| Social Credit | Jean-Paul Rhéaume | 1,247 | 2.36 | -13.83 | ||||
| Union populaire | Henri Laberge | 596 | 1.13 | -0.17 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Lynda Forgues | 112 | 0.21 | -0.40 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 52,863 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Dennis Dawson | 37,908 | 66.00 | -6.25 | ||||
| Social Credit | Henri Gariépy | 9,297 | 16.19 | +12.31 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean Daoust | 5,812 | 10.12 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Maxime Langlois | 3,322 | 5.78 | -15.69 | ||||
| Union populaire | Michel Tremblay | 746 | 1.30 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Lynda Forgues | 351 | 0.61 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 57,436 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 24 May 1977 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| On Mrs. Morin's death, 1 October 1976 | ||||||||
| Liberal | Dennis Dawson | 30,763 | 72.25 | +4.22 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Lavoie | 9,142 | 21.47 | +10.57 | ||||
| Social Credit | Daniel Boulay | 1,652 | 3.88 | -1.99 | ||||
| Communist | Hervé Fuyet | 1,021 | 2.40 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,578 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Albanie Morin | 32,441 | 68.03 | +10.21 | ||||
| New Democratic | Françoise Gamache Stanton | 6,829 | 14.32 | -0.17 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Blanche Boucher | 5,201 | 10.91 | -3.24 | ||||
| Social Credit | Rosaire Proulx | 2,799 | 5.87 | -2.86 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Robert Lapointe | 419 | 0.88 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 47,689 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Albanie Morin | 30,928 | 57.82 | -6.49 | ||||
| New Democratic | Françoise Stanton | 7,750 | 14.49 | +9.81 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cécile Bergeron | 7,566 | 14.14 | -4.48 | ||||
| Social Credit | Ghislaine Clavet | 4,672 | 8.73 | -3.65 | ||||
| Independent | Lisette Pouliot | 1,490 | 2.79 | |||||
| Independent | Henri Tremblay | 1,085 | 2.03 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 53,491 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Jean-Charles Cantin | 28,220 | 64.31 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Berlinguette | 8,174 | 18.63 | |||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Jean Turgeon | 5,433 | 12.38 | |||||
| New Democratic | Gaétan Dutil | 2,054 | 4.68 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 43,881 | 100.00 | ||||||
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