Saint-Laurent—Cartierville

Saint-Laurent—Cartierville (formerly known as Saint-Laurent) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 109,015.^[1]

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

Geography

The district includes the Borough of Saint-Laurent and the neighbourhood of Cartierville in the Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The neighbouring ridings are Ahuntsic, Mont-Royal, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Laval—Les Îles and Laval.

History

The electoral district of Saint-Laurent was created in 1987 from Dollard, Laval-des-Rapides and Saint-Denis. The name was changed to Saint-Laurent—Cartierville in 1989.

It is currently represented by Stéphane Dion, former leader of the Liberal Party.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Dollard, Laval-des-Rapides and Saint-Denis prior to 1987
34th	1988–1993	Shirley Maheu	Liberal
35th	1993–1996	Shirley Maheu	Liberal
35th	1996–1997	Stéphane Dion	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stéphane Dion	17,726	43.43	-18.29
	New Democrat	Maria Ximena Florez	11,948	29.28	+20.30
	Conservative	Svetlana Litvin	7,124	17.46	+0.25
	Bloc Québécois	William Fayad	2,981	7.30	-4.04
	Green	Tim Landry	857	2.10
	Marxist–Leninist	Fernand Deschamps	176	0.43	-0.30
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,812	100.00
Total rejected ballots			343	0.83	-0.27
Turnout			41,155	51.99	-1.56

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stéphane Dion	25,095	61.72	+1.9	$46,549
	Conservative	Dennis Galiatsatos	6,999	17.21	+4.0	$20,864
	Bloc Québécois	Jacques Lachaine	4,611	11.34	-3.2	$9,582
	New Democrat	Jérôme Rodrigues	3,654	8.98	+1.3	$1,637
	Marxist–Leninist	Fernand Deschamps	299	0.73	+0.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,658	100.00		$83,858
Total rejected ballots			454	1.10
Turnout			41,112	53.55

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stéphane Dion	25,412	59.8	-7.0	$60,159
	Bloc Québécois	William Fayad	6,192	14.6	-2.7	$13,260
	Conservative	Ishrat Alam	5,590	13.2	+7.0	$62,831
	New Democrat	Liz Elder	3,279	7.7	+1.5	$6,611
	Green	Gilles Mercier	1,810	4.3	+2.2	$2,560
	Marxist–Leninist	Fernand Deschamps	177	0.4	+0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,460	100.0		$79,047

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stéphane Dion	28,107	66.8	-6.8	$57,079
	Bloc Québécois	William Fayad	7,261	17.3	+4.2	$10,494
	New Democrat	Zaid Mahayni	2,630	6.3	+3.9	$11,340
	Conservative	Marc Rahmé	2,606	6.2	-3.2	$10,128
	Green	Almaz Aladass	875	2.1		$2.67
	Marijuana	Alex Neron	298	0.7
	Marxist–Leninist	Fernand Deschamps	125	0.3	-0.2
	Canadian Action	Ken Fernandez	84	0.2	-0.3	$116
	Communist	Nilda Vargas	78	0.2	-0.3	$647
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,064	100.0		$78,192

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

2000 federal election : Saint-Laurent—Cartierville edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Stéphane Dion	32,861	73.58	+3.44	$44,754
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Beauregard	5,838	13.07	+0.35	$11,158
	Progressive Conservative	J. Pierre Rouleau	2,308	5.17	-8.74	$876
	Canadian Alliance	Kaddis R. Sidaros	1,909	4.27	+2.89	$8,762
	New Democratic Party	Piper Elizabeth Huggins	1,070	2.40	+0.56	$908
	Marxist-Leninist	Jean-Paul Bedard	234	0.52		$10
	Canadian Action	Ken Fernandez	232	0.52		$3,062
	Communist	Oscar Chavez	206	0.46		$187
Total valid votes			44,658	100.00
Total rejected ballots			642
Turnout			45,300	63.06	-13.90
Electors on the lists			71,836

Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

1997 federal election : Saint-Laurent—Cartierville edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Stéphane Dion	34,598	70.14		$39,617
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Martin Masse	6,861	13.91		$17,038
	Bloc Québécois	Yves Beauregard	6,276	12.72		$20,834
	New Democratic Party	Jeff Itcush	910	1.84		$850
	Reform	Hagop Karlozian	681	1.38		$1,907
Total valid votes			49,326	100.00
Total rejected ballots			781
Turnout			50,107	76.96
Electors on the lists			65,105

Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
By-election on 1996 Shirley Maheu appointment to the Senate, 31 January 1996
	Liberal	Stéphane Dion	21,336	79.3
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Sarra-Bournet	4,000	14.9
	Progressive Conservative	G. Garo Toubi	699	13.9
	Reform	Shaul Petel	441	1.6
	Independent	Carole Caron	229	0.9
	New Democrat	Sara Mayo	212	0.8
Total valid votes			26,917	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shirley Maheu	30,669	69.8	+23.5
	Bloc Québécois	Amin Hachem	8,231	18.7
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Weiner	3,254	7.4	-34.1
	New Democrat	Francine Poirier	866	2.0	-7.6
	Natural Law	José Torres	330	0.8
	National	Roopnarine Singh	274	0.6
	Commonwealth	Monique Lanctôt	229	0.5	0.2
	Abolitionist	Madelaine Piquette-Bedard	103	0.2
Total valid votes			43,956	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Shirley Maheu	20,418	46.3
	Progressive Conservative	Lyse Hubert-Bennett	18,287	41.5
	New Democrat	Sid Ingerman	4,213	9.6
	Green	Alain Hickson	765	1.7
	Not affiliated	Michelle Dufort	311	0.7
	Commonwealth	Joakim Simon	120	0.3
Total valid votes			44,114	100.0

References

^ Saint-Laurent—Cartierville at CBC News - Canada Votes

Sources

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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