Westmount–Ville-Marie

Westmount–Ville-Marie
Quebec electoral district
	Westmount—Ville-Marie in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2012
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	103,263
Electors (2011)	77,112
Area (km²)	15.74
Census division(s)	Montreal
Census subdivision(s)	Montreal, Westmount

Westmount—Ville-Marie was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Its population in 2001 was 97,226.

Geography

The district included the City of Westmount as well as Old Montreal and the southwestern part of Downtown Montreal in the Borough of Ville-Marie, the western part of The Plateau in the Borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and the part of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce east of Hingston Avenue in the Borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the City of Montreal.^[3]

Political geography

The Liberals were strong throughout this riding, but had their strongest support in Westmount. In the 2008 election, the NDP saw their second-strongest result on the island in this riding. Much of their support was concentrated in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, where they won a handful of polls. In the 2011 election, the NDP surge held the Liberals to a tight margin of victory of 642 votes.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 75.9% White, 5.9% Chinese, 5.1% Arab, 3.7% Black, 2.4% South Asian, 1.8% Latin American, 1.1% West Asian
Languages: 37.8% English, 29.6% French, 29.3% Others, 3.2% Multiple responses
Religions: 40.2% Catholic, 12.5% Protestant, 11.9% Jewish, 7.3% Muslim, 4.0% Christian Orthodox, 2.0% Other Christian, 1.3% Buddhist, 19.3% No religion
Average income: $44,790

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Saint-Henri—Westmount ridings.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Westmount—Ville-Marie Riding created from Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Saint-Henri—Westmount
36th	1997–2000	Lucienne Robillard	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Marc Garneau
41st	2011–2015	Marc Garneau
Riding dissolved into Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount, Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs, Laurier—Sainte-Marie, LaSalle—Émard—Verdun and Outremont

Election results

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Westmount—Ville-Marie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marc Garneau	15,346	37.18	−9.29	–
	New Democratic	Joanne Corbeil	14,704	35.62	+12.69	–
	Conservative	Neil Drabkin	7,218	17.49	+1.68	–
	Bloc Québécois	Véronique Roy	2,278	5.52	−1.74	–
	Green	Andrew Carkner	1,516	3.67	−3.37	–
	Rhinoceros	Victoria Haliburton	140	0.34	+0.18	–
	Communist	Bill Sloan	73	0.18	+0.09	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,275	99.60		–
Total rejected ballots			165	0.40	−0.18
Turnout			41,440	53.36	+2.72
Electors on the lists			77,656
	Liberal hold		Swing		−10.99

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Westmount—Ville-Marie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marc Garneau	18,041	46.47	+0.79	$78,009
	New Democratic	Anne Lagacé Dowson	8,904	22.93	+7.56	$79,186
	Conservative	Guy Dufort	6,139	15.81	−1.84	$34,968
	Bloc Québécois	Charles Larivée	2,818	7.26	−5.30	$8,281
	Green	Claude William Genest	2,733	7.04	−1.31	–
	Rhinoceros	Judith Vienneau	62	0.16	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Linda Sullivan	49	0.13	−0.10	–
	Independent	David Rovins	47	0.12	–	$30
	Communist	Bill Sloan	34	0.09	−0.08	$2,433
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,827	99.43		$83,153
Total rejected ballots			224	0.57	−0.06
Turnout			39,051	50.64	−3.05
Eligible voters			77,112
	Liberal hold		Swing		−3.39

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard	18,884	45.68	−10.16	$70,313
	Conservative	Louise O'Sullivan	7,295	17.65	+7.58	$27,009
	New Democratic	Eric Wilson Steedman	6,356	15.37	+3.39	$13,082
	Bloc Québécois	Sophie Frechette	5,191	12.56	−2.25	$9,770
	Green	Julie Sabourin	3,451	8.35	+2.30	$122
	Marxist–Leninist	Serge Lachapelle	94	0.23	*	$0
	Communist	Bill Sloan	69	0.17	−0.09	$380
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,340	99.37	$78,264
Total rejected ballots			262	0.63	−0.00
Turnout			41,602	53.69	+1.69
Eligible voters			77,486
	Liberal hold		Swing		−8.87

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard	22,337	55.84	−3.62	$63,132
	Bloc Québécois	Louis La Rochelle	5,922	14.81	+3.84	$10,025
	New Democratic	Eric Wilson Steedman	4,795	11.99	+6.23	$5,379
	Conservative	Robert Gervais	4,027	10.07	−6.57	$53,493
	Green	Brian Sarwer-Foner	2,419	6.05	*	$1,039
	Marijuana	David John Proctor	396	0.99	*
	Marxist–Leninist	Serge Lachapelle	103	0.26	*
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,999	99.37	$78,247
Total rejected ballots			254	0.63
Turnout			40,253	52.00
Eligible voters			77,404
	Liberal hold		Swing		−3.73

Note: Change is from 2000 redistributed results. Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 federal election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	23,345	59.47
	Progressive Conservative	4,882	12.44
	Bloc Québécois	4,304	10.96
	New Democratic	2,260	5.76
	Canadian Alliance	1,651	4.21
	Others	2,814	7.17

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard	23,209	60.23	+0.13
	Progressive Conservative	Bryan Price	4,610	11.96	-5.42
	Bloc Québécois	Marcela Valdivia	4,121	10.69	-0.62
	New Democratic	Willy Blomme	2,001	5.19	-0.53
	Alliance	Felix Cotte	1,706	4.43
	Green	Brian Sarwer-Foner	1,251	3.25	+1.57
	Independent	Michel Laporte	696	1.81
	Marijuana	Patrice Caron	693	1.80
	Marxist–Leninist	Saroj Bains	151	0.39	+0.02
	Natural Law	Allen Faguy	96	0.25	-0.22
Total valid votes			38,534	100.00

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard	26,972	60.10
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Davis	7,802	17.39
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard Guité	5,078	11.32
	New Democratic	Chris Carter	2,566	5.72
	Independent	Roopnarine Singh	1,328	2.96
	Green	Brian Sarwer-Foner	751	1.67
	Natural Law	Allen Faguy	212	0.47
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	166	0.37
Total valid votes			44,875	100.00

References

"Westmount–Ville-Marie (Code 24075) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada

Notes

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=ele&document=map&dir=2008/wes&lang=e&textonly=false Elections Canada district map
^ Election Prediction Project

45°29′17″N 73°35′13″W / 45.488°N 73.587°W / 45.488; -73.587

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] ttp://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=ele&document=map&dir=2008/wes&lang=e&textonly=false Elections Canada district map

[4] Election Prediction Project

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