Beauce (electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beauce is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867. In 2006, it had a population of 103,617 people, of whom 82,123 were eligible voters.
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Quebec electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative | ||
District created | 1867 | ||
First contested | 1867 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 108,746 | ||
Electors (2019) | 86,333 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 4,103.54 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 26.5 | ||
Census division(s) | Beauce-Sartigan RCM, Les Etchemins RCM, Le Granit RCM, La Nouvelle-Beauce RCM, Robert-Cliche RCM | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Saint-Georges, Sainte-Marie, Beauceville, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Saint-Prosper, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Côme-Linière, Saint-Martin, Scott, Saint-Bernard |
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The Beauce riding has the highest percentage of people who answered "Canadian" as their ethnic origin in the 2006 Census (84.0%; multiple responses).[2]
It is also the riding with the highest percentage of Whites of European descent (99.3%).[3][4][5]