LaSalle—Émard

LaSalle—Émard is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. It is represented by New Democrat Hélène LeBlanc. The sitting MP from 1988 to 2008 was Paul Martin, who served as prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Political geography
2 History
- 2.1 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 Sources

Geography

The district includes the borough of LaSalle and the Southwest borough's Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul neighbourhoods. The neighbouring ridings are Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Westmount—Ville-Marie, Jeanne-Le Ber, Brossard—La Prairie and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant.

Political geography

Historically, the LaSalle part of the riding was quite Liberal, with a few Bloc pockets in the west. Meanwhile, Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul were mostly Bloc areas. However, the division was swept over by the NDP surge in the 2011 Canadian federal election.

History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from LaSalle, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
LaSalle, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul prior to 1987
34th	1988–1993	Paul Martin	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Lise Zarac	Liberal
41st	2011–present	Hélène LeBlanc	New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Hélène LeBlanc	17,691	42.15	+28.91
	Liberal	Lise Zarac	11,172	26.62	-13.97
	Bloc Québécois	Carl Dubois	6,151	14.66	-9.81
	Conservative	Chang-Tao Jimmy Yu	5,516	13.14	-2.89
	Green	Lorraine Banville	946	2.25	-1.47
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	288	0.69	+0.02
	Rhinoceros	Guillaume Berger-Richard	208	0.50
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,972	100.00
Total rejected ballots			578	1.36
Turnout			42,550	57.10
Eligible voters			74,515

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lise Zarac	17,226	40.59	-7.82	$44,447
	Bloc Québécois	Frédéric Isaya	10,384	24.47	-4.25	$8,744
	Conservative	Béatrice Guay-Pepper	6,802	16.03	+3.28	$24,841
	New Democrat	Amy Darwish	5,622	13.24	+7.28	$3,066
	Green	Kristina Vitelli	1,579	3.72	+0.51	$64
	Independent	Antoine Kaluzny	674	1.58	--	$22,982
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	144	0.33	+0.01
Total			42,431	100.00	$82,752
Rejected ballots			648	1.50
Total number of votes			43,079	57.82

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Martin	22,751	48.41	-8.3	$59,334
	Bloc Québécois	May Chiu	13,501	28.72	-2.0	$16,750
	Conservative	Georges-Alexandre Bastien	5,994	12.75	+7.7	$17,795
	New Democrat	Russ Johnson	2,805	5.96	+1.7
	Green	Serge Bellemare	1,512	3.21	+1.0
	Independent	Jean-Philippe Lebleu	281	0.59	--	$3,081
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	152	0.32	-0.1
Total			46,996	100.00	$78,209
Rejected ballots			599	1.26
Total number of votes			47,595	62.10

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Martin	25,806	56.6	-9.2	$58,357
	Bloc Québécois	Thierry Larrivée	14,001	30.7	+6.5	$6,381
	Conservative	Nicole Roy-Arcelin	2,271	5.0	-1.0	$5,075
	New Democrat	Rebecca Blaikie	1,995	4.4	+2.7	$2,226
	Green	Douglas Jack	1,000	2.2		$410
	Marijuana	Marc-Boris St-Maurice	349	0.8	-0.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	210	0.5
Total			45,632	100.0	$78,239

Change from 2000 for top three parties is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Martin	32,069	65.8	+4.9
	Bloc Québécois	Denis Martel	11,805	24.2	-0.2
	Canadian Alliance	Giuseppe Joe De Santis	1,806	3.7
	Progressive Conservative	Deepak T. Massand	1,111	2.3	-9.9
	New Democrat	David Bernans	837	1.7	0.0
	Marijuana	Mathieux St-Cyr	765	1.6
	Natural Law	Gilles Bigras	273	0.6	-0.3
	Communist	Irma Ortiz	107	0.2
Total valid votes			48,773	100.0

1997 federal election : LaSalle—Émard edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Paul Martin	32,317	60.87	+1.4	$42,021
	Bloc Québécois	Jean-Pierre Chalifoux	12,953	24.40	-8.9	$19,467
	Progressive Conservative	Josée Bélanger	6,445	12.14	7.5	$1,759
	New Democratic Party	Joe Bowman	920	1.73	0.3	$600
	Natural Law	Russell Guest	453	0.85		$0
Total valid votes			53,088	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			1,642
Turnout			54,730	77.99
Electors on the lists			70,173

Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Percentage change numbers are not factored for redistribution.

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Martin	30,866	59.5	+14.1
	Bloc Québécois	Éric Cimon	17,280	33.3
	Progressive Conservative	Johanne Senécal	2,368	4.6	-38.1
	New Democrat	Richard Belzile	708	1.4	-9.2
	Natural Law	George Amarica	419	0.8
	Commonwealth	Giampaolo Carli	120	0.2	0.0
	Abolitionist	Thérèse Turmel	103	0.2
Total valid votes			51,864	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Paul Martin	23,394	45.5
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Lanthier	21,979	42.7
	New Democrat	Jean-Claude Bohrer	5,458	10.6
	Not affiliated	Ginette Boutet	305	0.6
	Communist	Ginette Gauthier	212	0.4
	Commonwealth	Nancy Guice	117	0.2
Total valid votes			51,465	100.0

Sources

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Saint-Maurice	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 2003 – 2006	Succeeded by Calgary Southwest

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