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Lotbinière–Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
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Established | June 28, 2004 |
Disbanded | October 20, 2015 |
Contributor | Monsieur |
Last Modified | RP August 02, 2015 04:02pm |
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This riding is located on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River across from Québec City. The riding contains the regional county municipality of Lotbinière and part of La Nouvelle-Beauce comprising the parish municipality of St-Lambert-de-Lauzon. It includes the former cities of St-Nicolas, Charny, St-Jean-Chrysostome and St-Rédempteur, the former municipality of St-Étienne-de-Lauzon and Ste-Hélène-de-Breakeyville.
Manufacturing is the major industry in this riding, followed by retail trade. The average family income is $60,827 and unemployment is 5.1 per cent.
According to the 2001 census, 97.4 per cent have French as their mother tongue, the highest in Québec. The total immigrant population is slightly more than one per cent.
The riding of Lotbinière-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière was created in 2004 from 50 per cent of Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and 46 per cent of Lotbinière-L'Érable.
Population: 94,834
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