Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, QC — 2019 Federal Election Results Map
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis — 2019 Election Results
📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis was contested in the 2019 election.
🏆 Steven Blaney, the Conservative candidate, won the riding with 32,283 votes (50.1% of the vote).
🥈 The runner-up was Sébastien Bouchard-Théberge (Bloc Québécois) with 14,754 votes (22.9%), defeated by a margin of 17,529 votes.
📊 Other notable candidates: Laurence Harvey (Liberal, 17%) and Khuon Chamroeun (NDP-New Democratic Party, 5%).
Riding information
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South of Quebec City in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis covers a broad swath of territory from the eastern suburbs of the city of Lévis southward through farming parishes and forested highlands to the Canada–United States border. The riding includes parts of Lévis, the towns of Saint-Anselme and Sainte-Claire, and the more remote communities of Lac-Etchemin and Sainte-Justine in the Appalachian foothills.
Candidates
Steven Blaney (Conservative) — A civil engineer by training who spent fifteen years working in Quebec's water treatment and energy efficiency sectors before entering politics, Blaney founded two environmental technology companies. He had represented the riding since 2006, serving in the Harper cabinet as Minister of Veterans Affairs and then as Minister of Public Safety, where he introduced the Anti-terrorism Act (Bill C-51) in 2015. He also mounted an unsuccessful bid for the Conservative Party leadership in 2017.
Sébastien Bouchard-Théberge (Bloc Québécois) — A pharmacy technician, Bouchard-Théberge had previously run for a municipal council seat in Lévis and served as an administrator of the Chaudière-Appalaches regional youth forum.
Laurence Harvey (Liberal) — A graduate in political science from the University of Ottawa, Harvey had worked as a political attaché in the Prime Minister's Office.
Khuon Chamroeun (NDP) — Chamroeun stood as the NDP candidate in the riding.
André Voyer (Green Party) — Voyer represented the Green Party of Canada.
Marc Johnston ran for the People's Party of Canada, and Yves Gilbert stood for the Christian Heritage Party.
About the Riding
The riding's character shifts dramatically from north to south. The Lévis portion is firmly part of the Quebec City metropolitan area, with residents commuting across the Saint Lawrence via the Quebec Bridge or ferry. Lévis is Quebec's seventh-largest city and home to the headquarters of the Desjardins Group, one of Canada's largest financial cooperatives. Moving south, the Bellechasse lowlands are productive agricultural territory — dairy farming and maple syrup production define the landscape. The Etchemins highlands, closer to the American border, are characterized by rolling hills and dense forests where forestry and wood processing sustain smaller communities.
The riding had been a Conservative stronghold since Blaney's initial victory in 2006, and his profile as a former cabinet minister gave the seat an outsized parliamentary presence. The region's entrepreneurial and socially conservative character has consistently distinguished it from the sovereigntist-leaning ridings elsewhere in rural Quebec.
