Ahuntsic (electoral district)

Ahuntsic is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979 and since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 100,471.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
- 3.1 1988 - present
- 3.2 1968 - 1979
4 See also
5 Sources

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Ahuntsic and Bordeaux-Cartierville and the western part of the neighbourhood of Sault-au-Recollet in the Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

The neighbouring ridings are Papineau, Mount Royal, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Laval, Alfred-Pellan, Bourassa, and Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel.

History

The electoral district of Ahuntsic was created in 1966 from Saint-Denis and Laval ridings. In 1976, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Saint-Michel riding.

In 1987, the new district of Ahuntsic was created from Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic and Saint-Denis.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Saint-Denis and Laval prior to 1968
28th	1968–1972	Jean-Léo Rochon	Liberal
29th	1972–1974	Jeanne Sauvé	Liberal
30th	1974–1979	Jeanne Sauvé	Liberal
see Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic and Saint-Denis from 1976-1987
34th	1988–1993	Nicole Roy-Arcelin	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Michel Daviault	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Eleni Bakopanos	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008	Maria Mourani	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

1988 - present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maria Mourani	14,908	31.80	-7.68
	New Democrat	Chantal Reeves	14,200	30.29	+21.32
	Liberal	Noushig Eloyan	13,087	27.91	-10.68
	Conservative	Constantin Kiryakidis	3,770	8.04	-2.32
	Green	Ted Kouretas	620	1.32	-1.25
	Rhinoceros	Jean-Olivier Berthiaume	299	0.64
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,884	100.00
Total rejected ballots			516	1.09	-
Turnout			47,400	64.98	-0.66
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing	-14.50

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maria Mourani	18,815	39.48	+0.57	$53,286
	Liberal	Eleni Bakopanos	18,392	38.59	+1.30	$51,887
	Conservative	Jean Précourt	4,937	10.36	-1.89	$56,496
	New Democrat	Alexandra Bélec	4,276	8.97%	+1.07	$6,663
	Green	Lynette Tremblay	1,228	2.57%	-1.10	$20
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,648	100.00
Total rejected ballots			523	1.09
Turnout			48,181	65.64
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing	-0.40

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maria Mourani	19,428	38.91	-2.34	$69,180
	Liberal	Eleni Bakopanos	18,594	37.24	-6.51	$64,168
	Conservative	Etienne Morin	6,089	12.25	+7.01	$16,100
	New Democrat	Caroline Desrosiers	3,948	7.90	+1.70	$4,702
	Green	Lynette Tremblay	1,836	3.67	+0.99	$411
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,895	100.00		$77,453
	Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing	-2.1

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Eleni Bakopanos	21,234	43.75	-10.13	$59,946
	Bloc Québécois	Maria Mourani	20,020	41.25	+9.02	$53,286
	New Democrat	Annick Bergeron	3,013	6.20	+4.33	$3,308
	Conservative	Jean E. Fortier	2,544	5.24	-3.85	$39,703
	Green	Lynette Tremblay	1,301	2.68	+0.57	$2,388
	Marijuana	F.X. de Longchamp	314	0.64
	Marxist–Leninist	Marsha Fine	102	0.21	-0.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,528	100.00		$77,288
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.6

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

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eleni Bakopanos	28,643	53.89	+4.64
	Bloc Québécois	Fatima El Amraoui	17,132	32.23	+0.46
	Progressive Conservative	Jessica Chartrand	3,018	5.68	-10.51
	Canadian Alliance	Eugenia Romain	1,816	3.42
	Green	Mimi Ghosh	1,123	2.11
	New Democrat	Steve Moran	997	1.88	+0.09
	Communist	Antonio Artuso	262	0.49
	Marxist–Leninist	Vincent Dorais	159	0.30
Total valid votes			53,150	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eleni Bakopanos	28,971	49.25	+7.60
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Charest	18,689	31.77	-12.55
	Progressive Conservative	Nicole Roy-Arcelin	9,520	16.18	+7.56
	New Democrat	Stephen Moran	1,051	1.79	+0.44
	Natural Law	Carmel Bernard	589	1.00	-0.50
Total valid votes			58,820	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Daviault	22,275	44.33
	Liberal	Céline Hervieux-Payette	20,934	41.66	+0.56
	Progressive Conservative	Nicole Roy-Arcelin	4,332	8.62	-33.82
	Natural Law	Marc Lacroix	752	1.50
	New Democrat	René Samson	675	1.34	-9.66
	Independent	Haytoug Chamlian	567	1.13
	Abolitionist	Rolando Fusco	385	0.77
	Commonwealth	Christiane Deland-Gervais	332	0.66	+0.51
Total valid votes			50,252	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Nicole Roy-Arcelin	21,748	42.45	+27.56
	Liberal	Raymond Garneau	21,056	41.09	-26.39
	New Democrat	Vincent Guadagnano	5,638	11.00	+1.33
	Green	Michel Mike Lime Limoges	1,131	2.21
	Rhino	Daniel Roumain I Muresan	1,042	2.03
	Not affiliated	Christine Dandenault	343	0.67
	Communist	S. Dagenais	203	0.40	-0.06
	Commonwealth	Denis Tremblay	77	0.15
Total valid votes			51,238	100.00

1968 - 1979

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeanne Sauvé	24,041	67.48	+13.23
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Grenier	5,304	14.89	-1.15
	New Democrat	Emile Boudreau	3,448	9.68	-7.05
	Social Credit	Aldéï Lanthier	2,449	6.87	-4.27
	Marxist–Leninist	Francine Lavigne	223	0.63
	Communist	Beatrice F. Hough	161	0.45
Total valid votes			35,626	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeanne Sauvé	21,741	54.25	-10.67
	New Democrat	Pierre de Bellefeuille	6,706	16.73	+2.78
	Progressive Conservative	Normand Duval	6,429	16.04	+2.56
	Social Credit	Aldéï Lanthier	4,467	11.15	+7.66
	Not affiliated	Monique L'Hostie	734	1.83
Total valid votes			40,077	100.00

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-L. Rochon	23,149	64.92
	New Democrat	Louis-Philippe Lecours	4,977	13.96
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Barriere	4,807	13.48
	Independent Liberal	Claude Patenaude	1,483	4.16
	Ralliement créditiste	Albert Paiement	1,243	3.49
Total valid votes			35,659	100.00

Sources

Federal ridings in Montreal

New Democratic	Alfred-Pellan • Hochelaga • Honoré-Mercier • Jeanne-Le Ber • La Pointe-de-l'Île • LaSalle—Émard • Laurier—Sainte-Marie • Laval • Laval—Les Îles • Marc-Aurèle-Fortin • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine • Outremont • Pierrefonds—Dollard • Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie

Liberal	Bourassa • Lac-Saint-Louis • Mount Royal • Papineau • Saint-Laurent—Cartierville • Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel • Westmount—Ville-Marie

Bloc Québécois	Ahuntsic

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour • Berthier—Maskinongé • Joliette • Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière • Montcalm • Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier • Repentigny • Saint-Maurice—Champlain • Trois-Rivières

Côte-Nord and Saguenay	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord • Jonquière—Alma • Manicouagan • Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord • Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Eastern Quebec	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine • Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia • Lévis—Bellechasse • Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup • Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

The Eastern Townships	Beauce • Brome—Missisquoi • Compton—Stanstead • Drummond • Mégantic—L'Érable • Richmond—Arthabaska • Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot • Shefford • Sherbrooke

The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou • Abitibi—Témiscamingue • Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel • Gatineau • Hull—Aylmer • Laurentides—Labelle • Pontiac • Rivière-des-Mille-Îles • Rivière-du-Nord • Terrebonne—Blainville

Montreal (East, West, North & Laval)	Ahuntsic • Alfred-Pellan • Bourassa • Hochelaga • Honoré-Mercier • Jeanne-Le Ber • Lac-Saint-Louis • La Pointe-de-l'Île • LaSalle—Émard • Laurier—Sainte-Marie • Laval • Laval—Les Îles • Marc-Aurèle-Fortin • Mount Royal • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine • Outremont • Papineau • Pierrefonds—Dollard • Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie • Saint-Laurent—Cartierville • Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel • Westmount—Ville-Marie

Montérégie	Beauharnois—Salaberry • Brossard—La Prairie • Chambly—Borduas • Châteauguay—Saint-Constant • Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher • Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert • Saint-Jean • Saint-Lambert • Vaudreuil-Soulanges • Verchères—Les Patriotes

Quebec City	Beauport—Limoilou • Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles • Louis-Hébert • Louis-Saint-Laurent • Québec

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts