Lac-Beauchamp District

District 16 - Lac-Beauchamp
District 16 - Lac-Beauchamp
Constituency; for the Gatineau City Council
	Location of Lac-Beauchamp District in Gatineau
City	Gatineau
Population	11,624 (2019)
Area	25.58 km²
Current constituency
Created	2000
Councillor	Denis Girouard; Independent
Sector(s)	Gatineau
First contested	2001 election
Last contested	2021 election

Lac-Beauchamp District (District 16) is a municipal electoral division in Gatineau, Quebec represented on Gatineau City Council. It is currently represented by Denis Girouard. The district is named after Lac Beauchamp, an artificial lake in this district.

The district contains the southern half of Old Gatineau, the historic downtown of the Gatineau sector of the city. It also contains a small section of Templeton.^[2]

City councillors

Council term		Member
2002–2005	Independent	Aurèle Desjardins
2005–2009	Independent	Aurèle Desjardins
2009–2013	Independent	Stéphane Lauzon^[a]
2013–2017	Independent	Stéphane Lauzon^[a]
2013–2017	Independent	Jean-François Leblanc
2017–2021	Independent	Jean-François Leblanc
2021–2025	Independent	Denis Girouard

Election results

2021

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Denis Girouard	1,725	56.76
	Action Gatineau	Marie-Nicole Groulx	1,314	43.24

2017

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Jean-François LeBlanc	2,153	61.18
	Action Gatineau	Aurèle Desjardins	1,366	38.82

February 28, 2016 by-election

	Candidate	Vote	%
Independent	Jean-François Leblanc	689	37.84
Action Gatineau	Caroline Desrochers	578	31.74
Independent	Liza Lauzon	447	24.55
Independent	Gabriel Céré	107	5.88

2013

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Stéphane Lauzon	2,632	74.04
	Action Gatineau	Chakib Ahmimed	923	25.96

2009

Candidate	Vote	%
Stéphane Lauzon	1,580	42.18
Jacques Robert	1,548	41.32
Michel Choquette	618	16.50

2005

Candidate	Vote	%
Aurèle Desjardins	2,221	43.6
Jacques Robert	1,833	36.0
Pierre Durand	1,037	20.4

2001

2001 Gatineau municipal election:
Party		Candidate	Popular vote			Expenditures
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Independent	Aurèle Desjardins	3,352	54.48	–	none listed
	Independent	Pierre Durand	1,764	28.67	–	none listed
	Independent	Richard Migneault	1,037	16.85	–	none listed
Total valid votes			6,153	98.26
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes			109	1.74	–
Turnout			6,262	56.37	–
Eligible voters			11,109
Note: Candidate campaign colours, unless a member of a party, may be based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) or colours used in polling graphs and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: Office of the City Clerk of Gatineau^[3]

Notes

^ Resigned after being elected in the 2015 federal election.

References

^ "Districts électoraux (7 novembre 2021)" (in Canadian French). Ville de Gatineau. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ Ville de Gatineau (May 22, 2013). "Districts électoraux proposés (2013)" (PDF). Retrieved January 6, 2016.
^ "Ville de Gatineau (2002- ) – Élection du 4 novembre 2001" (PDF) (in Canadian French). City of Gatineau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

45°29′35″N 75°37′01″W / 45.493°N 75.617°W / 45.493; -75.617

[3] Resigned after being elected in the 2015 federal election.

[1] "Districts électoraux (7 novembre 2021)" (in Canadian French). Ville de Gatineau. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[gatineau-2] Ville de Gatineau (May 22, 2013). "Districts électoraux proposés (2013)" (PDF). Retrieved January 6, 2016.

[4] "Ville de Gatineau (2002- ) – Élection du 4 novembre 2001" (PDF) (in Canadian French). City of Gatineau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

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