Louis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk (formerly Louis-Saint-Laurent) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 2004. It is one of five federal electoral districts in Quebec City. Since 2015, its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Gérard Deltell of the Conservative Party.
It was created in 2003 from parts of the Portneuf and Quebec East former districts.
Geography The riding, in the Quebec region of Capitale-Nationale, consists of the northwestern part of Quebec City, including parts of the boroughs of Laurentien, Les Rivières, and La Haute-Saint-Charles, along with the Wendake Indian reserve and the city of L'Ancienne-Lorette.
The neighbouring ridings are Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, Québec, and Louis-Hébert.
The riding lost a small fraction of territory to Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles and gained a small fraction from Louis-Hébert during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution the riding lost territory to Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles east of the following line: Boul. Val-Cartier to Rue de la Rivière-Nelson, Rivière Saint-Charles, the eastern limits of the Wendake Indian Reserve, Boul. Bastien and Boul. Pierre-Bertrand.
Demographics According to the 2011 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 94.9% White, 3.0% Indigenous, 0.6% Black, 1.5% other Languages: 96.8% French, 1.3% English, 1.9% other Religions: 88.9% Christian, 0.5% Muslim, 0.4% other, 10.2% none Median income: $35,225 (2010) Average income: $39,793 (2010)
History The riding is named after former prime minister Louis St. Laurent, and is mostly a reconfigured version of his old riding of Quebec East; ironically, it has not been represented by an MP from his Liberal Party at any point since its creation. In the 2004 federal election, Bernard Cleary defeated Conservative candidate Josée Verner by some 3,000 votes. Verner's win in the 2006 election, was part of a Conservative breakthrough in Quebec that helped the party win government for the first time. After five years, Verner was swept out by the NDP's Alexandrine Latendresse as part of the NDP's sweep of Quebec City.
Following the 2022 electoral redistribution, the riding shrank to the south to cede a portion of territory to the Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles riding. When the final report was adopted on June 16, 2023, Louis-Saint-Laurent changed its name to Louis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk. The name initially proposed by the commission was Louis-Saint-Laurent—Wendake since the reserve of the same name is located on the territory, but the Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendatt Nation of Wendake, Rémy Vincent, instead proposed Akiawenhrahk, which means "trout" in Wendat, but is also the name for the Saint-Charles River which runs along the western boundary of the reserve.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results Louis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Conservative 30,443 52.03 Bloc Québécois 11,778 20.13 Liberal 10,145 17.34 New Democratic 3,087 5.28 People's 1,244 2.13 Green 833 1.42 Others 985 1.68
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2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % New Democratic 22,576 39.88 Conservative 21,278 37.58 Bloc Québécois 8,128 14.36 Liberal 3,606 6.37 Green 852 1.50 Others 175 0.31
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Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party votes.
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada Web page of at Elections Canada (includes district map, info on the candidates, population stats) Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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