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Québec Centre

Québec-Centre

Québec Centre is a federal riding in Quebec. Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal, first elected to the House in 2015) represents Québec Centre. Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal) held Québec Centre for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 7,677 votes (13.6 points), with 49.5% of the vote. Simon Bérubé (Bloc Québécois) was second with 35.9%, on a turnout of 70.1% of 82,857 electors. Member as of .

Beauport—Limoilou · LiberalBellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis · ConservativeCharlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles · ConservativeLouis-Hébert · LiberalLouis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk · ConservativeQuébec Centre
Fig. 1 — Québec Centre on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Québec Centre

LJean-Yves Duclos
Jean-Yves Duclos's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Jean-Yves Duclos

Member of Parliament for Québec Centre

Liberal

MP since · 4 terms

  • Chair, Public Safety and National Security committee
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
  • Liaison committee
  • Public Safety and National Security committee

86 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—Apology to Those Whose Land Was Expropriated in Mirabel.

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The 2025 result: Liberal hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Québec Centre, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Québec Centre, April 28, 2025Of the 56,319 valid votes, Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal) took 49.5%, Simon Bérubé (Bloc Québécois) 35.9%, Tommy Bureau (New Democratic) 7.8%, Daniel Brisson (People's Party) 5.0% and Patrick Kerr (Independent) 1.8%.2025Turnout 70.1% of 82,857 electorsJean-Yves DuclosLiberal49.5% · 27,8807,677 votes ahead · 13.6 ptsSimon BérubéBloc Québécois35.9% · 20,203Tommy BureauNew Democratic7.8% · 4,400Daniel BrissonPeople's Party5.0% · 2,818Patrick KerrIndependent1.8% · 1,018050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Québec Centre, April 28, 2025Of the 56,319 valid votes, Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal) took 49.5%, Simon Bérubé (Bloc Québécois) 35.9%, Tommy Bureau (New Democratic) 7.8%, Daniel Brisson (People's Party) 5.0% and Patrick Kerr (Independent) 1.8%.2025Turnout 70.1% of 82,857 electorsJean-Yves DuclosLiberal49.5% · 27,8807,677 votes ahead · 13.6 ptsSimon BérubéBloc Québécois35.9% · 20,203Tommy BureauNew Democratic7.8% · 4,400Daniel BrissonPeople's Party5.0% · 2,818Patrick KerrIndependent1.8% · 1,018050%100%
Shares of the 56,319 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jean-Yves DuclosLiberal27,88049.5%
Simon BérubéBloc Québécois20,20335.9%
Tommy BureauNew Democratic4,4007.8%
Daniel BrissonPeople's Party2,8185.0%
Patrick KerrIndependent1,0181.8%

Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal) won Québec Centre on with 27,880 votes, 49.5% of the 56,319 valid votes. Simon Bérubé (Bloc Québécois) was second with 20,203 (35.9%), 7,677 votes and 13.6 points behind.

Of the 56,319 valid votes, Jean-Yves Duclos (Liberal) took 49.5%, Simon Bérubé (Bloc Québécois) 35.9%, Tommy Bureau (New Democratic) 7.8%, Daniel Brisson (People's Party) 5.0% and Patrick Kerr (Independent) 1.8%. Turnout was 70.1% of 82,857 electors: 58,101 ballots cast, 56,319 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 14.5 (35.0% to 49.5%), the Bloc Québécois up 7.4 (28.5% to 35.9%), the New Democrats down 4.7 (12.5% to 7.8%), the People's Party up 3.4 (1.6% to 5.0%) and the independents up 1.8 (0.0% to 1.8%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in Québec Centre at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Bloc Québécois50.2%by 22.8 points over the Liberals
  2. 2006Bloc Québécois41.1%by 11.1 points over the Conservatives
  3. 2008Bloc Québécois41.5%by 15.6 points over the Conservatives
  4. 2011changed handsNew Democratic42.4%by 14.7 points over the Bloc Québécois
  5. 2015changed handsLiberal29.2%by 2.5 points over the New Democrats
  6. 2019†Liberal33.7%by 1.2 points over the Bloc Québécois
  7. 2021Liberal35.0%by 6.6 points over the Bloc Québécois
  8. 2025Liberal49.5%by 13.6 points over the Bloc Québécois
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran. † The first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004Bloc Québécois50.2%Liberal22.8carried, our estimate
2006Bloc Québécois41.1%Conservative11.1carried, our estimate
2008Bloc Québécois41.5%Conservative15.6carried, our estimate
2011New Democratic42.4%Bloc Québécois14.7carried, our estimate
2015Liberal29.2%New Democratic2.5carried, our estimate
2019†Liberal33.7%Bloc Québécois1.2carried, our estimate
2021Liberal35.0%Bloc Québécois6.6transposed by Elections Canada
2025Liberal49.5%Bloc Québécois13.6official result

The Liberals were first at four of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Bloc Québécois at three and the NDP at one; it changed hands twice. In 2025 the Liberals took 49.5% of the vote here, 26.1 points above their average of 23.4% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Bloc Québécois were first here in 2004 (50.2%), 2006 (41.1%) and 2008 (41.5%), the NDP in 2011 (42.4%) and the Liberals in 2015 (29.2%), 2019 (33.7%), 2021 (35.0%) and 2025 (49.5%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2019 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025
  • 2021 Liberal · Jean-Yves Duclos, by 3,308 votes (6.4 pts)
  • 2019 Liberal · Jean-Yves Duclos, by 325 votes (0.6 pts)
  • 2015 Liberal · Jean-Yves Duclos, by 1,000 votes (1.9 pts)

In Québec on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Québec Centre lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Québec Centre is

Population
103,9802021 census
Area
45km²
Density
2,326people per km²
Electors
82,857on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 5th-smallest households: 1.7 people per household, 5th lowest of 343 (Average household size, 2021 census)5th
    5th-smallest households
    1.7 people per household, 5th lowest of 343 (Average household size, 2021 census)
  • 6th-lowest household income: Median household income $58,800, 6th lowest of 343 (Median total household income, 2021 census)6th
    6th-lowest household income
    Median household income $58,800, 6th lowest of 343 (Median total household income, 2021 census)
  • Median total household income is $58,800 — about 70 percent of the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest6th lowest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 34.8% — about 49 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest13th lowest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 88.6% — about 55.4 times the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest34th highest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.0% — about 1.6 times the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest68th highest of 343
  • Median age is 44.4 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest87th highest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 10.0% — about 58 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest117th lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 95% of the 2025 electors in today's Québec Centre lived in the old Québec; by area, 12% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
94.9%Québec 88.1% of the area
5.1%Louis-Hébert 11.7% of the area · 5% of it kept
0.0%Louis-Saint-Laurent 0.1% of the area · under 0.1% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Jean-Yves DuclosLiberal27,88049.5%35.0%+14.5
Simon BérubéBloc Québécois20,20335.9%28.5%+7.4
Tommy BureauNew Democratic4,4007.8%12.5%−4.7
Daniel BrissonPeople's2,8185.0%1.6%+3.4
Patrick KerrIndependent1,0181.8%0.0%+1.8
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
4,400 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 7,677-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
77 of 205
4 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (124) · ■ won by another party (77) · ▨ tied (4).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 3,839 voters switching from Liberal to Bloc Québécois — 6.8% of the 56,319 valid votes, 6.8 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Liberal27,880
Bloc Québécois20,203
Still Liberal by 7,677 votes. Actual margin: 7,677.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 59.1% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Liberals took 45.5%, the Bloc Québécois 37.8%, the New Democrats 9.1%, the People's Party 5.5% and the independents 2.2%; in advance and special ballots, 55.3%, 33.1%, 5.9%, 4.4% and 1.3%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Québec Centre, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Québec Centre, April 28, 2025On election day the Liberals took 45.5%, the Bloc Québécois 37.8%, the New Democrats 9.1%, the People's Party 5.5% and the independents 2.2%; in advance and special ballots, 55.3%, 33.1%, 5.9%, 4.4% and 1.3%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapLiberal45.5%55.3%+9.8 ptsBloc Québécois37.8%33.1%−4.7 ptsNew Democratic9.1%5.9%−3.2 ptsPeople's Party5.5%4.4%−1.1 ptsIndependent2.2%1.3%−0.9 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Québec Centre, April 28, 2025On election day the Liberals took 45.5%, the Bloc Québécois 37.8%, the New Democrats 9.1%, the People's Party 5.5% and the independents 2.2%; in advance and special ballots, 55.3%, 33.1%, 5.9%, 4.4% and 1.3%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapLiberal45.5%55.3%+9.8 ptsBloc Québécois37.8%33.1%−4.7 ptsNew Democratic9.1%5.9%−3.2 ptsPeople's Party5.5%4.4%−1.1 ptsIndependent2.2%1.3%−0.9 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Liberal45.5%55.3%+9.8
Bloc Québécois37.8%33.1%−4.7
New Democratic9.1%5.9%−3.2
People's Party5.5%4.4%−1.1
Independent2.2%1.3%−0.9
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Québec Centre and its 5 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Québec Centre — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/quebec-centre/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.