Papineau (electoral district)

Papineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1948 to 1988 and since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 101,019.

The name of the riding comes from a street in Villeray named after Joseph Papineau.

At nine square kilometres, it covers the smallest area of any federal riding in Canada.^[1] As of the 2006 census, this riding had the lowest average family income in Canada. Linguistically, 45% of residents list French as their mother tongue, 8% list English, and 47% list neither English nor French, with large groups speaking Spanish, Italian, Greek and Arabic. The total immigrant population is 40 per cent.^[2]

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

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Villeray and Park Extension, and the western part of the neighbourhood of Saint-Michel in the Borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.

Political geography

Papineau, despite its small size, is a very divided riding. The riding spans the linguistic divide of the city, Saint Laurent Boulevard. South of the riding is the neighbourhood of Park Extension, which is very Liberal. The central part of the riding, around Villeray, tends to support the Bloc strongly. The neighbourhood of Saint-Michel, to its north, leans to the Liberals.

Historically, the riding has been one of the safest Liberal seats in the country, it has been in Liberal hands since 1953. However, the Bloc Québécois held the riding from 2006 to 2008.

History

The electoral district of Papineau was created in 1947 from parts of the Hochelaga, Mercier, St. James and Saint-Denis ridings.

The riding was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between the Papineau—Saint-Michel, Rosemont and Saint-Denis ridings.

In 2003, a new "Papineau" riding was created from parts of the Papineau—Saint-Michel riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Hochelaga, Mercier, St. James and Saint-Denis prior to 1949
Papineau
21st	1949–1953	Camillien Houde	Independent
22nd	1953–1957	Adrien Meunier	Independent Liberal
23rd	1957–1958		Liberal
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965	Guy Favreau	Liberal
27th	1965–1967	Guy Favreau	Liberal
27th	1967–1968	André Ouellet	Liberal
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Papineau—Saint-Michel
34th	1988–1993	André Ouellet	Liberal
35th	1993–1996	André Ouellet	Liberal
35th	1996–1997	Pierre Pettigrew	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Papineau
38th	2004–2006	Pierre Pettigrew	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	Vivian Barbot	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011	Justin Trudeau	Liberal
41st	2011–present	Justin Trudeau	Liberal

Election results

Papineau, 2003 - present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Justin Trudeau	16,429	38.41	-3.06
	New Democrat	Marcos Radhamés Tejada	12,102	28.29	+19.55
	Bloc Québécois	Vivian Barbot	11,091	25.93	-12.76
	Conservative	Shama Chopra	2,021	4.73	-2.90
	Green	Danny Polifroni	806	1.88	-0.96
	Marxist–Leninist	Peter Macrisopoulos	228	0.53
	Not affiliated	Joseph Young	95	0.22
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,772	100.00
Total rejected ballots			558	1.29	-0.04
Turnout			43,330	61.46
Eligible voters			70,500

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Justin Trudeau	17,724	41.47	+2.99	$76,857
	Bloc Québécois	Vivian Barbot	16,535	38.69	-2.06	$70,872
	New Democrat	Costa Zafiropoulos	3,734	8.74	+1.04	$5,745
	Conservative	Mustaque Sarker	3,262	7.63	-0.69	$44,958
	Green	Ingrid Hein	1,213	2.84	-0.76	$814
	Independent	Mahmood Raza Baig	267	0.62	+0.20
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,735	100.00		$81,172
Total rejected ballots			576	1.33
Turnout			43,311

Note: Mr. Baig's share of popular vote as an independent candidate is compared to his share in the 2006 general election as a Canadian Action Party candidate.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Vivian Barbot	17,775	40.75	+0.79	$50,886
	Liberal	Pierre Pettigrew	16,785	38.48	-2.62	$75,541
	Conservative	Mustaque Sarker	3,630	8.32	+3.55	$34,951
	New Democrat	Marc Hasbani	3,358	7.70	-1.07	$2,568
	Green	Louis-Philippe Verenka	1,572	3.60	+1.03	$181
	Marxist–Leninist	Peter Macrisopoulos	317	0.73	+0.32
	Canadian Action	Mahmood-Raza Baig	185	0.42		$2,007
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,622	100.00		$76,023

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pierre Pettigrew	16,892	41.10
	Bloc Québécois	Martine Carrière	16,424	39.96		$48,511
	New Democrat	André Frappier	3,603	8.77		$28,566
	Conservative	Mustaque Sarker	1,961	4.77		$38,564
	Green	Adam Jastrzebski	1,058	2.57
	Marijuana	Christelle Dusablon-Pelletier	490	1.19
	Communist	André Parizeau	252	0.61		$825
	Independent	Jimmy Garoufalis	250	0.61		$2,607
	Marxist–Leninist	Peter Macrisopoulos	169	0.41
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,099	100.00		$75,103

Papineau—Saint-Michel, 1987 - 2003

Papineau, 1947 - 1987

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	André Ouellet	12,754	38.99	-35.69
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Iacobaccio	12,053	36.85	+31.40
	New Democrat	Paul Comtois	4,295	13.13	+3.81
	Rhino	Christian Jolicoeur	1,925	5.89	+0.52
	Nationaliste	Gilles Maillé	1,169	3.57
	Communist	Suzanne Dagenais	147	0.45	+0.22
	Social Credit	Roland Mireault	147	0.45	-2.88
	Commonwealth	Gilles Gervais	113	0.35
	Not affiliated	Doris Lacroix	104	0.32
Total valid votes			32,707	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	André Ouellet	22,399	74.69	+6.21
	New Democrat	Jean-Marc Dompierre	2,796	9.32	+3.78
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Hogue	1,634	5.45	-2.24
	Rhino	La Mule Louis Harvey	1,608	5.36	+1.28
	Social Credit	Albert Paiement	999	3.33	-8.38
	Not affiliated	Ghislaine Cloutier	245	0.82
	Union Populaire	Lucie Desrosiers	170	0.57	+0.13
	Marxist–Leninist	Michel Gauthier	71	0.24	-0.18
	Communist	Danielle Ferland	68	0.23	-0.22
Total valid votes			29,990	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	André Ouellet	23,619	68.48	+6.59
	Social Credit	Albert Paiement	4,039	11.71	-0.64
	Progressive Conservative	Claudy Mailly	2,652	7.69	-8.24
	New Democrat	Jean A. Richard	1,913	5.55	-2.94
	Rhino	Jacques Hurtubise	1,409	4.09
	Independent	Raymond Beaudoin	412	1.19
	Communist	Claire Demers	153	0.44	-0.25
	Union Populaire	Jean Saint-Amour	150	0.43
	Marxist–Leninist	Michel Gauthier	144	0.42	-0.24
Total valid votes			34,491	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	André Ouellet	14,532	61.89	+8.46
	Progressive Conservative	Léon Vellone	3,740	15.93	+1.29
	Social Credit	Albert Paiement	2,899	12.35	-7.85
	New Democrat	Paul Marsan	1,992	8.48	-2.37
	Communist	Richard Ducharme	164	0.70
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert Wallace	155	0.66
Total valid votes			23,482	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	André Ouellet	15,347	53.43	-9.78
	Social Credit	Albert Paiement	5,802	20.20	+15.39
	Progressive Conservative	Angelo Tiveron	4,205	14.64	-3.68
	New Democrat	Paul Marsan	3,118	10.85	-0.45
	Not affiliated	Robert Wallace	254	0.88
Total valid votes			28,726	100.00

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	André Ouellet	14,379	63.20	+5.23
	Progressive Conservative	René Paquin	4,168	18.32	0.00
	New Democrat	Pierre Demers	2,572	11.31	-3.36
	Ralliement créditiste	Jean-Louis Marier	1,094	4.81
	Démocratisation Économique	Guy-Gilles Lacombe	537	2.36
Total valid votes			22,750	100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on 29 May 1967 On Mr. Favreau's resignation, 4 April 1967
	Liberal	André Ouellet	6,197	57.97	+4.87
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond Rochon	1,958	18.32	+1.25
	New Democrat	Michel Bissonnet	1,568	14.67	+1.21
	Radical chrétien	Albert Paiement	702	6.57
	Independent	Albert Cameron	265	2.48	+0.42
Total valid votes			10,690	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Favreau	13,920	53.10	+0.73
	Progressive Conservative	Basil Danchyshyn	4,474	17.07	+2.52
	New Democrat	Arturo Moretti	3,529	13.46	+2.14
	Ralliement créditiste	Albert Paiement	2,367	9.03	-7.54
	Independent Liberal	Léo-C. Morin	1,090	4.16
	Independent	Albert Cameron	540	2.06
	Republican	Lucien Rivard	297	1.13
Total valid votes			26,217	100.00

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy Favreau	15,677	52.37	-2.56
	Social Credit	Albert Paiement	4,959	16.56	+10.82
	Progressive Conservative	Alphonse Thérien	4,353	14.54	-14.25
	New Democrat	Paul-Émile Trudel	3,388	11.32	+0.77
	Ouvrier Indépendant	Lionel Bécotte	1,064	3.55
	Candidat libéral des électeurs	Vincent Ialenti	496	1.66
Total valid votes			29,937	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Adrien Meunier	16,062	54.93	+2.01
	Progressive Conservative	Alphonse Thérien	8,418	28.79	-12.68
	New Democrat	Vianney Desjardins	3,083	10.54	+6.74
	Social Credit	Ferruccio Ariano	1,680	5.74
Total valid votes			29,243	100.00

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Adrien Meunier	18,466	52.92	-25.43
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Danis	14,468	41.46	+28.03
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jean Riopel	1,328	3.81	-4.41
	Independent	Archie Luccisano	632	1.81
Total valid votes			34,894	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Adrien Meunier	24,373	78.35	+40.79
	Progressive Conservative	Gaston Rodier	4,177	13.43	-5.05
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jean Riopel	2,556	8.22	+6.30
Total valid votes			31,106	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Adrien Meunier	10,387	38.65
	Liberal	Émile Dufresne	10,094	37.56	-10.15
	Progressive Conservative	Jules A. Le Beau	4,966	18.48	+16.24
	Independent Liberal	Armand Meunier	576	2.14
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Raymond Pineau	514	1.91	-0.15
	Labour-Progressive	Germaine Leclerc	337	1.25
Total valid votes			26,874	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Camillien Houde	12,611	48.00
	Liberal	J.-Adrien Meunier	12,536	47.71
	Progressive Conservative	Wilfred Kendall	587	2.23
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J.-E. Léopold Cadieux	541	2.06
Total valid votes			26,275	100.00

References

^ Banerjee, Sidhartha (15 October 2008). "Leave leader talk to the pundits, rookie MP Justin Trudeau focused on riding". The Canadian Press. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/indepth/fed_election/s/capress/081015/delection/fedelxn_trudeau_3. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
^ "Canada Votes 2008: Papineau". CBC News. 15 October 2008. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/082/index.html. Retrieved 2008-10-15.

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

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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

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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