Westmount—Ville-Marie
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Westmount—Ville-Marie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 97,226.
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[edit] Geography
The district includes the City of Westmount as well as Old Montreal and the western 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 eastern part of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the Borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the City of Montreal.
[edit] History
The electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Saint-Henri—Westmount ridings.
[edit] Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Saint-Henri—Westmount prior to 1996 | ||||
| Westmount—Ville-Marie | ||||
| 36th | 1997-2000 | Lucienne Robillard | Liberal | |
| 37th | 2000-2004 | |||
| 38th | 2004-2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006- | |||
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | Lucienne Robillard | 18,884 | 45.68% | -10.16% | ||
| Conservative | Louise O'Sullivan | 7,295 | 17.57% | +7.50% | ||
| New Democrat | Eric Wilson Steedman | 6,356 | 15.37% | +3.38% | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Sophie Frechette | 5,191 | 12.56 | -2.25% | ||
| Green | Julie Sabourin | 3,451 | 8.35% | +2.30% | ||
| Communist | Serge Lachapelle | 94 | 0.23% | * | ||
| Marxist-Leninist | Bill Sloan | 69 | 0.17% | -0.09% | ||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Lucienne Robillard | 22,337 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Louis La Rochelle | 5,922 | |||
| New Democrat | Eric Wilson Steedman | 4,795 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Gervais | 4,027 | |||
| Green | Brian Sarwer-Foner | 2,419 | |||
| Marijuana | David John Proctor | 396 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Serge Lachapelle | 103 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Lucienne Robillard | 23,209 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bryan Price | 4,610 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Marcela Valdivia | 4,121 | |||
| New Democrat | Willy Blomme | 2,001 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | Felix Cotte | 1,706 | |||
| Green | Brian Sarwer-Foner | 1,251 | |||
| Not affiliated | Michel Laporte | 696 | |||
| Marijuana | Patrice Caron | 693 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Saroj Bains | 151 | |||
| Natural Law | Allen Faguy | 96 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Lucienne Robillard | 26,972 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Davis | 7,802 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Bernard Guité | 5,078 | |||
| New Democrat | Chris Carter | 2,566 | |||
| Independent | Roopnarine Singh | 1,328 | |||
| Green | Brian Sarwer-Foner | 751 | |||
| Natural Law | Allen Faguy | 212 | |||
| Marxist-Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 166 | |||
