Lac-Saint-Louis (electoral district)

Lac-Saint-Louis 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 101,919.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also
5 Sources

Geography

The district includes the Cities of Beaconsfield, and Pointe-Claire; the Towns of Baie-d'Urfé, Kirkland and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue; the Municipality of Senneville; and the western part of the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro of the city of Montreal. The neighbouring ridings are Pierrefonds—Dollard, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, and Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis and Vaudreuil ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis and Vaudreuil prior to 1996
36th	1997–2000	Clifford Lincoln	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Clifford Lincoln	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Francis Scarpaleggia	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francis Scarpaleggia	18,457	34.11	-12.27
	New Democrat	Alain Ackad	16,253	30.04	+14.28
	Conservative	Larry Smith	15,394	28.45	+4.94
	Green	Bruno Tremblay	2,315	4.28	-4.30
	Bloc Québécois	Éric Taillefer	1,689	3.12	-2.62
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,108	100.00
Rejected ballots			287	0.53
Turnout			54,395	66.13

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francis Scarpaleggia	23,842	46.38	-1.8	$71,566
	Conservative	Andrea Paine	12,085	23.51	-3.2	$54,850
	New Democrat	Daniel Quinn	8,105	15.76	+5.1
	Green	Peter Graham	4,415	8.58	+1.8	$7,679
	Bloc Québécois	Maxime Clément	2,953	5.74	-2.0	$6,931
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,400	100.00
Rejected ballots			277	0.54
Turnout			51,677	64.03

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francis Scarpaleggia	25,588	48.2	-15.7	$46,751
	Conservative	Andrea Paine	14,164	26.7	+14.6	$74,919
	New Democrat	Daniel Quinn	5,702	10.7	+5.6	$8,129
	Bloc Québécois	Anne-Marie Guertin	4,064	7.7	-2.5	$9,298
	Green	Peter Graham	3,605	6.8	+1.6	$1,340
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,123	100.0		$80,616

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francis Scarpaleggia	32,122	63.9	-10.3	$41,498
	Conservative	Jeff Howard	6,082	12.1	-2.6	$15,262
	Bloc Québécois	Maxime Côté	5,106	10.2	+3.5	$7,084
	New Democrat	Daniel Quinn	3,789	7.5	+5.0	$6,036
	Green	Peter Graham	2,584	5.1		$1,808
	Marijuana	Patrick Cardinal	578	1.1	-0.6
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,261	100.0		$79,772

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

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clifford Lincoln	43,515	74.2	+5.2
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Gendron	4,411	7.5	-10.8
	Canadian Alliance	William F. Shaw	4,218	7.2	+4.7
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Amyot	3,913	6.7	-0.4
	New Democrat	Erin Sikora	1,464	2.5	0.0
	Marijuana	Elena D'Apollonia	1,031	1.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Garnet Colly	119	0.2
Total valid votes			58,671	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Clifford Lincoln	42,613	69.0
	Progressive Conservative	Nick Di Tomaso	11,293	18.3
	Bloc Québécois	Guy Amyot	4,347	7.0
	Reform	William Bill Haines	1,556	2.5
	New Democrat	Chris Florence	1,548	2.5
	Natural Law	Ruby Finkelstein	386	0.6
Total valid votes			61,743	100.0

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