Chauveau (electoral district)
Chauveau is a provincial electoral district in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. It includes portions of the Charlesbourg and La Haute-Saint-Charles boroughs of Quebec City and the eastern portion of the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality.
| Quebec electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec | ||
| MNA |
Coalition Avenir Québec | ||
| District created | 1965 | ||
| First contested | 1966 | ||
| Last contested | 2018 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 66,441 | ||
| Electors (2014) | 57,651 | ||
| Area (km²) | 2,644.0 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 25.1 | ||
| Census division(s) | Quebec City (part), La Jacques-Cartier (part) | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Quebec City (part), Lac-Beauport, Lac-Delage, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury; Wendake; Lac-Croche | ||
It was created for the 1966 election from part of Québec-Comté electoral district.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier to La Peltrie and the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier to Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré.
In the change from the 2011 to the 2018 electoral map, the riding will lose some territory (roughly the area between Rivère des Roches to Rue George-Muir) to Charlesbourg.
It is named after the first Premier of Quebec, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau who was in power from 1867 to 1873.