Westmount—Ville-Marie

Westmount—Ville-Marie 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 97,226.

Geography

The district includes the City of Westmount as well as Old Montreal and the southwestern part of Downtown Montreal in the Borough of Ville-Marie, the western part of The Plateau in the Borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and the part of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce east of Hingston Avenue in the Borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the City of Montreal.^[1]

Political geography

The Liberals are strong throughout this riding, but have their strongest support in Westmount. In the 2008 election, the NDP saw their second strongest result on the island in this riding. Much of their support was concentrated in NDG, where they won a handful of polls. In the 2011 election, the NDP surge held the Liberals to a tight margin of victory of under 700 votes.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

• Ethnic groups: 75.9% White, 5.9% Chinese, 5.1% Arab, 3.7% Black, 2.4% South Asian, 1.8% Latin American, 1.1% West Asian
• Languages: 37.8% English, 29.6% French, 29.3% Others, 3.2% Multiple responses
• Religions: 40.2% Catholic, 12.5% Protestant, 11.9% Jewish, 7.3% Muslim, 4.0% Christian Orthodox, 2.0% Other Christian, 1.3% Buddhist, 19.3% No religion
• Average income: $44,790

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Saint-Henri—Westmount ridings.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada

References