Laurier—Sainte-Marie

Laurier—Sainte-Marie

Quebec electoral district

Laurier—Sainte-Marie in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Hélène Laverdière
NDP

District created

1987

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2006)

101,758

Electors (2011)

79,182

Area (km²)

13

Pop. density (per km²)

7,827.5

Census divisions

Census subdivisions

Laurier—Sainte-Marie is a federal electoral district in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 101,758.

Contents

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
- 3.1 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also
6 External links

Geography

The district includes Côte Saint-Louis and the eastern parts of The Plateau and Mile End in the Borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and the eastern part of Downtown Montreal and the western part of Centre-Sud (including part of the neighbourhood of Sainte-Marie) in the Borough of Ville-Marie.

History

In 1987, the district of "Laurier—Sainte-Marie" was created from Laurier, Montreal—Sainte-Marie and Saint-Jacques ridings.

In 2003, Laurier—Sainte-Marie was abolished when it was redistributed into Laurier and Hochelaga ridings.

After the 2004 election, Laurier riding was re-named "Laurier—Sainte-Marie" in 2004.

The name comes from Laurier Avenue, a street in Plateau Mont-Royal named after Wilfrid Laurier, and Sainte-Marie, a former name for Centre-Sud, which in turn came from a parish church dedicated to Saint Mary.

The riding was represented by Gilles Duceppe, leader of the Bloc Québécois, until 2011 when he was defeated by Hélène Laverdière of the New Democratic Party.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census

Racial groups: 84.9% White, 3.6% Black, 2.9% Latin American, 2.1% Chinese, 1.8% Arab, 1.5% Southeast Asian, 1.4% South Asian
Languages: 73.8% French, 8.2% English, 17.2% Others
Religions (2001): 68.5% Catholic, 2.8% Muslim, 2.8% Protestant, 1.4% Buddhist, 1.1% Christian Orthodox, 1.0% Other Christian, 21.0% No religion
Average income: $25,079

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Laurier, Montreal—Sainte-Marie and Saint-Jacques prior to 1987
Laurier—Sainte-Marie
34th	1988–1990		Jean-Claude Malépart	Liberal
34th	1990–1993		Gilles Duceppe	Independent
35th	1993–1997			Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Laurier
38th	2004–2006		Gilles Duceppe	Bloc Québécois
Laurier—Sainte-Marie
39th	2006–2008		Gilles Duceppe	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011		Gilles Duceppe	Bloc Québécois
41st	2011–present		Hélène Laverdière	New Democratic

Election results

Laurier—Sainte-Marie (2006-present)

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Hélène Laverdière	23,373	46.64	+29.53
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	17,991	35.90	-14.34
	Liberal	Philippe Allard	4,976	9.93	-8.40
	Conservative	Charles K. Langford	1,764	3.52	-1.31
	Green	Adam Olivier	1,324	2.64	-5.28
	Rhinoceros	François Yo Gourd	398	0.79	-0.14
	Communist	Sylvain Archambault	137	0.27	+0.10
	Marxist–Leninist	Serge Lachapelle	77	0.15	-0.09
	Independent	Dimitri Mourkes	73	0.15
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,113	100.00
Total rejected ballots			471	0.93
Turnout			50,584	64.21

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	24,103	50.24	−4.45	$71,127
	Liberal	Sébastien Caron	8,798	18.33	+5.88	$30,225
	New Democrat	François Grégoire	8,209	17.11	+0.44	$31,151
	Green	Dylan Perceval-Maxwell	3,801	7.92	-0.38	$7,171
	Conservative	Charles K. Langford	2,320	4.83	−1.55	$5,590
	Neorhino.ca	François Yo Gourd	447	0.93		$388
	Marxist–Leninist	Serge Lachapelle	118	0.24	-0.03
	Independent	Daniel "F4J" Laforest	93	0.19
	Communist	Samie Pagé-Quirion	86	0.17	-0.03	$898
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,975	100.00		$84,641
Total rejected ballots			406	0.84
Turnout			48,381	61.10

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	26,773	54.69	-5.4	$74,181
	New Democrat	François Grégoire	8,165	16.67	+4.6	$20,195
	Liberal	Soeung Tang	6,095	12.45	-5.2	$12,436
	Green	Dylan Perceval-Maxwell	4,064	8.30	+2.2	$2,265
	Conservative	Carlos De Sousa	3,124	6.38	+3.8	$15,665
	Marijuana	Nicky Tanguay	338	0.69	-0.5
	Independent	Jocelyne Leduc	157	0.32	*
	Marxist–Leninist	Ginette Boutet	137	0.27	-0.0
	Communist	Evelyn Elizabeth Ruiz	100	0.20	*	$926
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,953	100.00		$79,692
Total rejected ballots			392	0.79
Turnout			49,345	61.26

Laurier (2004-2006)

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	28,728	60.1	+7.3	$69,284
	Liberal	Jean-François Thibault	8,454	17.7	-8.1	$52,945
	New Democrat	François Grégoire	5,779	12.1	+7.3	$5,400
	Green	Dylan Perceval-Maxwell	2,912	6.1	+1.2	$2,801
	Conservative	Pierre Albert	1,224	2.6	-3.8	$4,658
	Marijuana	Nicky Tanguay	572	1.2	-3.7
	Marxist–Leninist	Ginette Boutet	154	0.3	-0.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,823	100.0		$79,214

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

2000 general election

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	23,473	52.8	-1.9
	Liberal	Jean Philippe Côté	11,451	25.7	+2.8
	Green	Dylan Perceval-Maxwell	2,169	4.9	+2.5
	Marijuana	Marc-Boris St-Maurice	2,156	4.8
	New Democrat	Richard Chartier	2,121	4.8	+0.3
	Progressive Conservative	Jean François Tessier	1,879	4.2	-7.7
	Canadian Alliance	Stéphane Prud'homme	960	2.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Ginette Boutet	269	0.6	-0.1
Total valid votes			44,478	100.0

1997 general election

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	26,546	54.7	-7.0
	Liberal	David Ly	11,154	23.0	-1.6
	Progressive Conservative	Yanick Deschênes	5,808	12.0	+6.6
	New Democrat	François Degardin	2,180	4.5	+1.4
	Independent	François Gourd	1,255	2.6
	Green	Dylan Perceval-Maxwell	1,167	2.4	-0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Serge Lachapelle	338	0.7	+0.2
	Independent	Mathieu Ravignat	123	0.3
Total valid votes			48,571	100.0

1993 general election

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	24,755	61.7	-5.2
	Liberal	Robert Desbiens	9,854	24.6	+5.4
	Progressive Conservative	Yvan Routhier	2,136	5.3	+0.9
	New Democrat	Alain Gravel	1,227	3.1	-4.2
	Green	John Tromp	1,050	2.6	+1.0
	Natural Law	Pierre Bergeron	643	1.6
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	210	0.5
	Independent	Michel Dugré	130	0.3
	Commonwealth	Sophie Brassard	124	0.3
Total valid votes			40,129	100.0

Note: Gilles Duceppe's popular vote is compared to his vote as an independent candidate in the 1990 by-election.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on 13 August 1990 On Mr. Malépart's death, 16 November 1989
	Independent	Gilles Duceppe	16,818	66.9
	Liberal	Denis Coderre	4,812	19.1	-19.9
	New Democrat	Louise O'Neill	1,821	7.2	-14.4
	Progressive Conservative	Christian Fortin	1,120	4.5	-25.2
	Green	Michel Szabo	395	1.6	-1.9
	Independent	Daniel Perreault	123	0.5
	Independent	Rejean Robidoux	42	0.2
Total valid votes			25,131	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Malépart	15,956	39.1
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Hamelin	12,113	29.7
	New Democrat	François Beaulne	8,828	21.6
	Rhino	Sonia Chatouille Coté	2,121	5.2
	Green	Philippe Champagne	1,438	3.5
	Communist	Marianne Roy	175	0.4
	Not affiliated	Hélène Héroux	130	0.3
	Commonwealth	Daniel Gonzales	79	0.2
Total valid votes			40,840	100.0

See also

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Laurier—Sainte-Marie (1987-2003), accessed 5 November 2006
Laurier (2003-2004), accessed 5 November 2006
Laurier—Sainte-Marie (2004-present), accessed 5 November 2006

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