LaSalle—Émard was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. The MP from 1988 to 2008 was Paul Martin, who served as prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. As part of redistribution begun in 2012 the riding is now known by its current name and boundaries of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun while the southwestern portion joined the new riding of Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle.

LaSalle—Émard
Quebec electoral district
LaSalle—Émard in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
Coordinates:45°26′20″N 73°36′54″W / 45.439°N 73.615°W / 45.439; -73.615
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1987
District abolished2012
First contested1988
Last contested2011
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]99,845
Electors (2011)74,505
Area (km²)[2]20.22
Census division(s)Montreal
Census subdivision(s)Montreal

Geography

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The district included the Montreal borough of LaSalle and the Southwest borough's Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul neighbourhoods. The neighbouring ridings were Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Westmount—Ville-Marie, Jeanne-Le Ber, Brossard—La Prairie and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant.

Political geography

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Historically, the LaSalle part of the riding was fairly Liberal-leaning, with a few Bloc pockets in the west. Meanwhile, Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul were mostly Bloc areas. However, the division was swept over by the NDP surge in the 2011 Canadian federal election.

History

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The electoral district was created in 1987 from LaSalle, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.

Member of parliament

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This riding elected the following members of parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
LaSalle—Émard
Riding created from Lasalle, Saint-Henri—Westmount
and Verdun—Saint-Paul
34th  1988–1993     Paul Martin Liberal
35th  1993–1997
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011 Lise Zarac
41st  2011–2015     Hélène LeBlanc New Democratic
Riding dissolved into LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
and Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle

Election results

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2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Hélène LeBlanc 17,691 42.15 +28.91
Liberal Lise Zarac 11,172 26.62 -13.97
Bloc Québécois Carl Dubois 6,151 14.66 -9.81
Conservative Chang-Tao Jimmy Yu 5,516 13.14 -2.89
Green Lorraine Banville 946 2.25 -1.47
Marxist–Leninist Yves Le Seigle 288 0.69 +0.35
Rhinoceros Guillaume Berger-Richard 208 0.50
Total valid votes 41,972 100.00
Total rejected ballots 578 1.36 -0.1
Turnout 42,550 57.10 -0.7
Eligible voters 74,515
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Lise Zarac 17,226 40.59 -7.82 $44,447
Bloc Québécois Frédéric Isaya 10,384 24.47 -4.25 $8,744
Conservative Béatrice Guay-Pepper 6,802 16.03 +3.28 $24,841
New Democratic Amy Darwish 5,622 13.24 +7.28 $3,066
Green Kristina Vitelli 1,579 3.72 +0.51 $64
Independent Antoine Kaluzny 674 1.58 -- $22,982
Marxist–Leninist Yves Le Seigle 144 0.33 +0.01
Total 42,431 100.00 $82,752
Rejected ballots 648 1.50
Total number of votes 43,079 57.82
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Paul Martin 22,751 48.41 -8.3 $59,334
Bloc Québécois May Chiu 13,501 28.72 -2.0 $16,750
Conservative Georges-Alexandre Bastien 5,994 12.75 +7.7 $17,795
New Democratic Russ Johnson 2,805 5.96 +1.7
Green Serge Bellemare 1,512 3.21 +1.0
Independent Jean-Philippe Lebleu 281 0.59 -- $3,081
Marxist–Leninist Jean-Paul Bédard 152 0.32 -0.1
Total 46,996 100.00 $78,209
Rejected ballots 599 1.26
Total number of votes 47,595 62.10
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Paul Martin 25,806 56.6 -9.2 $58,357
Bloc Québécois Thierry Larrivée 14,001 30.7 +6.5 $6,381
Conservative Nicole Roy-Arcelin 2,271 5.0 -1.0 $5,075
New Democratic Rebecca Blaikie 1,995 4.4 +2.7 $2,226
Green Douglas Jack 1,000 2.2 $410
Marijuana Marc-Boris St-Maurice 349 0.8 -0.8
Marxist–Leninist Jean-Paul Bédard 210 0.5
Total 45,632 100.0 $78,239

Change from 2000 for top three parties is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin 32,069 65.8 +4.9
Bloc Québécois Denis Martel 11,805 24.2 -0.2
Alliance Giuseppe Joe De Santis 1,806 3.7
Progressive Conservative Deepak T. Massand 1,111 2.3 -9.9
New Democratic David Bernans 837 1.7 0.0
Marijuana Mathieux St-Cyr 765 1.6
Natural Law Gilles Bigras 273 0.6 -0.3
Communist Irma Ortiz 107 0.2
Total valid votes 48,773 100.0


1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Paul Martin 32,317 60.87 +1.4 $42,021
Bloc Québécois Jean-Pierre Chalifoux 12,953 24.40 −8.9 $19,467
Progressive Conservative Josée Bélanger 6,445 12.14 7.5 $1,759
New Democratic Joe Bowman 920 1.73 0.3 $600
Natural Law Russell Guest 453 0.85 $0
Total valid votes 53,088 100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1,642
Turnout 54,730 77.99
Electors on the lists 70,173
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Percentage change numbers are not factored for redistribution.
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin 30,866 59.5 +14.1
Bloc Québécois Éric Cimon 17,280 33.3
Progressive Conservative Johanne Senécal 2,368 4.6 -38.1
New Democratic Richard Belzile 708 1.4 -9.2
Natural Law George Amarica 419 0.8
Commonwealth of Canada Giampaolo Carli 120 0.2 0.0
Abolitionist Thérèse Turmel 103 0.2
Total valid votes 51,864 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Paul Martin 23,394 45.5
Progressive Conservative Claude Lanthier 21,979 42.7
New Democratic Jean-Claude Bohrer 5,458 10.6
Independent Ginette Boutet 305 0.6
Communist Ginette Gauthier 212 0.4
Commonwealth of Canada Nancy Guice 117 0.2
Total valid votes 51,465 100.0

See also

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References

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  • "LaSalle—Émard (Code 24029) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • Map of riding archived by Elections Canada

Notes

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
2003–2006
Succeeded by