| Quebec electoral district | |||
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| Brossard—La Prairie in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
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| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2011 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 113,985 | ||
| Electors (2011) | 91,662 | ||
| Area (km²) | 179 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 636.8 | ||
| Census divisions | Roussillon RCM | ||
| Census subdivisions | Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie, Saint-Philippe | ||
Brossard—La Prairie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 113,985.
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The riding is located in the South Shore area of the Montreal metropolitan region, within the Quebec region of Montérégie.
The district includes the Cities of Candiac and La Prairie, the Municipality of Saint-Philippe, and the City of Brossard.
The neighbouring ridings are Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Beauharnois—Salaberry, Saint-Jean, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. Jeanne-Le Ber and LaSalle—Émard located across the Champlain Bridge.
The riding was created in 1996 from parts of La Prairie riding.
It consisted initially of the cities of Brossard, Candiac and La Prairie, and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Philippe in the County Regional Municipality of Roussillon.
It obtained its current boundaries in 2003.
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| La Prairie prior to 1996 | ||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Jacques Saada | Liberal | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Marcel Lussier | Bloc Québécois | |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Alexandra Mendès | Liberal | |
| 41st | 2011–present | Hoang Mai | New Democratic | |
| Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| New Democrat | Hoang Mai | 25,512 | 41.02 | +28.31 | ||
| Liberal | Alexandra Mendès | 16,976 | 27.30 | -5.29 | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Marcel Lussier | 10,890 | 17.51 | -14.96 | ||
| Conservative | Maurice Brossard | 7,806 | 12.55 | -6.32 | ||
| Green | Kevin Murphy | 900 | 1.45 | -1.65 | ||
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 110 | 0.18 | -0.09 | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 62,194 | 100.00 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 569 | 0.91 | -0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 62,763 | 65.02 | -0.1 | |||
| Eligible voters | 96,527 | |||||
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Alexandra Mendès1 | 19,103 | 32.59 | -2.4 | $36,025 | |
| Bloc Québécois | Marcel Lussier1 | 19,034 | 32.47 | -4.7 | $57,985 | |
| Conservative | Maurice Brossard | 11,062 | 18.87 | +2.0 | $65,223 | |
| New Democrat | Hoang Mai | 7,452 | 12.71 | +5.3 | $5,268 | |
| Green | Sonia Ziadé | 1,816 | 3.10 | -0.2 | $1,057 | |
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 157 | 0.27 | +0.1 | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,624 | 100.00 | $92,860 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 563 | 1.0 | ||||
| Turnout | 59,187 | 65.1 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | -1.1 | ||||
1 Alexandra Mendes of the Liberal party won the riding seat on 24 October 2008 following a judicial recount. Previously, the Returning Officer for the riding validated the vote counts as 19,202 to 19,100 in favour of Marcel Lussier of the Bloc Québécois.[1]
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Bloc Québécois | Marcel Lussier | 21,433 | 37.2 | -3.8 | $38,970 | |
| Liberal | Jacques Saada | 20,190 | 35.0 | -10.9 | $67,491 | |
| Conservative | Tenzin Khangsar | 9,749 | 16.9 | +11.0 | $9,901 | |
| New Democrat | Robert Nicolas | 4,301 | 7.5 | +3.1 | $1,510 | |
| Green | François Desgroseilliers | 1,883 | 3.3 | +0.7 | $351 | |
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 110 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 57,666 | 100.0 | $84,147 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Liberal | Jacques Saada | 24,155 | 45.9 | -6.8 | $79,076 | |
| Bloc Québécois | Marcel Lussier | 21,596 | 41.0 | +8.1 | $34,591 | |
| Conservative | Robert Nicolas | 3,107 | 5.9 | -5.4 | $7,661 | |
| New Democrat | Nadia Alexan | 2,321 | 4.4 | +2.7 | $1,767 | |
| Green | Cécile Bissonnette | 1,340 | 2.5 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Yves Le Seigle | 109 | 0.2 | -0.1 | ||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,628 | 100.0 | $81,275 | |||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
| Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | Jacques Saada | 26,806 | 52.7 | +6.1 | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Nicolas Tétrault | 16,758 | 32.9 | +0.2 | ||
| Canadian Alliance | Richard Bélisle | 2,973 | 5.8 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Sylvain St-Louis | 2,783 | 5.5 | -13.4 | ||
| New Democrat | Clémence Provencher | 852 | 1.7 | 0.0 | ||
| Natural Law | Sylvia Larrass | 528 | 1.0 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 172 | 0.3 | |||
| Total valid votes | 50,872 | 100.0 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Liberal | Jacques Saada | 24,676 | 46.6 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Françoise Bélanger | 17,342 | 32.8 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Kiet Ngo | 9,982 | 18.9 | |||
| New Democrat | Samantha McGavin | 906 | 1.7 | |||
| Total valid votes | 52,906 | 100.0 | ||||
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