Riding profile

Lotbinière-Frontenac

Provincial riding — QC · Mixed · qcc

The question

Lotbinière-Frontenac: will CAQ lose this seat to PCQ?

Editorial read

Lotbinière-Frontenac, a mixed riding in Quebec, elected a member with the CAQ in the previous cycle, with a 12-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Quebec Conservatives ahead at 40% vote share, against 26% for the CAQ, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Isabelle Lecours

Sits with CAQ

Since
2022-10-03
Parliament
43th

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • PCQ Challenger
    Renaud Labrecque

    Renaud Labrecque

    For nearly a decade, Renaud has worked in the municipal sector, including five years as general manager. This experience allowed him to acquire solid expertise in public management, notably recognized by receiving the 2024 Excellence in Training Award from the Association of Municipal Directors of Quebec.

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  • PLQ Challenger

    Ludovic Beauregard

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Current forecast

PCQ

Safe

Probability
98%
Mean margin (pts)
12.4
P(close race)
8%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • PCQ 39.6%
  • CAQ 26.3%
  • PQ 20.4%
  • PLQ 9.6%
  • QS 3.5%
  • Other 0.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

PCQ CAQ PQ PLQ
HereLotbinière-Frontenac 39.6%26.3%20.4%9.6%
Provincial averageQuebec 13.2% +26.4 20.3% +6.0 30.1% −9.7 27.2% −17.6

Provincial averages computed across the 127 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · QC 2022

Won by
CAQ
Margin
11.5 pts
Turnout
73.9%
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.9 pts

Detailed result · QC 2022

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Isabelle Lecours Elected CAQ 18,330 43.7
Christian Gauthier PCQ 13,503 32.2
Christine Gilbert QS 3,925 9.4
Louise Marchand PQ 3,688 8.8
Normand Côté PLQ 2,483 5.9
Last model run
Cycle
qc_2026