Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (electoral district)

Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Carole Poirier
PQ
District created 1988
First contested 1989
Last contested 2008
Demographics
Population (2006) 55,168
Electors (2008) 41,210
Area (km²) 9.9
Pop. density (per km²) 5,572.5
Census divisions Hochelaga, Maisonneuve
Census subdivisions Montreal

Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal. It is bordered to the West by the Canadian National Railway yard, to the South by the Saint Lawrence River to the North by Rachel and Sherbrooke Streets and to the East by Frontenac Street. The riding was created in 1988 from parts of Maisonneuve and Sainte-Marie.

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Members of the National Assembly

  1. Louise Harel, Parti Québécois (1989-2008)
  2. Carole Poirier, Parti Québécois (2008-)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti québécois Carole Poirier 10,529 54.32
     Liberal Julie Tremblay 4,115 21.23
     Québec solidaire Sylvie Mongeau 2,502 12.91
     Action démocratique Jean-Levy Champagne 1,303 6.72
     Green Party Sylvie Woods 816 4.21
     Marxist-Leninist Christine Dandeneault 117 0.60
Quebec general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti québécois Louise Harel 13,012 52.71
     Action démocratique Marie-Chantal Pelletier 3,836 15.54
     Liberal Vahid Vidah-Fortin 3,347 13.56
     Québec solidaire Gabriel Chevrefils 2,388 9.67
     Green Party Geneviève Guérin 1,749 7.09
     Bloc Pot Starbuck Leroidurock 193 0.78
     Independent Daniel Laforest 97 0.39
     Marxist-Leninist Christine Dandeneault 63 0.26
Quebec general election, 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti québécois Louise Harel 12,922 60.61
     Liberal Andrée Trudel 5,444 25.53
     Action démocratique Jean-Louis Lalonde 2,454 11.51
     PDS Félix Lapan 292 1.37
     Marxist-Leninist Christine Dandeneault 133 0.62
     Communist Robert Aubin 75 0.35
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Oui 18,522 65.49
Non 9,759 34.51
Quebec general election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Parti québécois Louise Harel 14,639 63.50
     Liberal Yvon Lewis 6,479 29.28
     Green Jean-Pierre Bonefant 685 2.97
     NDP Jocelyne Dupuis 326 1.41
     Workers Ginette St-Amour 144 0.62
     Progressive Conservative Suzanne Ethier 141 0.61
     Parti indépendantiste Michel Larocque 138 0.60
     Independent Keith Meadowcroft 114 0.49
     Marxist-Leninist Christiane Robidoux 60 0.26
     Republic of Canada Daniel Ricard 56 0.24

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Neighbouring electoral districts

The territory of the riding mostly covers the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. However, it overlaps onto the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough. The total area of the riding is 9,9 Km² with a population of 55 421 in 2001.