Brossard—La Prairie

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Brossard—La Prairie
Quebec electoral district

Brossard—La Prairie in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Hoang Mai
New Democratic
District created 1996
First contested 1997
Last contested 2011
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 128,001
Electors (2011) 91,662
Area (km²)[2] 168.14
Pop. density (per km²) 761.3
Census divisions Roussillon RCM
Census subdivisions Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie, Saint-Philippe

Brossard—La Prairie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 113,985.

Geography

The riding is located in the South Shore area of the Montreal metropolitan region, within the Quebec region of Montérégie.

The district includes the Cities of Candiac and La Prairie, the Municipality of Saint-Philippe, and the City of Brossard.

The neighbouring ridings are Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Beauharnois—Salaberry, Saint-Jean, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. Jeanne-Le Ber and LaSalle—Émard located across the Champlain Bridge.

History

The riding was created in 1996 from parts of La Prairie riding.

It consisted initially of the cities of Brossard, Candiac and La Prairie, and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Philippe in the County Regional Municipality of Roussillon.

It obtained its current boundaries in 2003.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
La Prairie prior to 1996
36th 1997–2000     Jacques Saada Liberal
37th 2000–2004
38th 2004–2006
39th 2006–2008     Marcel Lussier Bloc Québécois
40th 2008–2011     Alexandra Mendès Liberal
41st 2011–present     Hoang Mai New Democratic

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%±ppExpenditures
New DemocraticHoang Mai 25,512 41.02 +28.31
LiberalAlexandra Mendès 16,976 27.30 -5.29
Bloc QuébécoisMarcel Lussier 10,890 17.51 -14.96
ConservativeMaurice Brossard 7,806 12.55 -6.32
GreenKevin Murphy 900 1.45 -1.65
Marxist–LeninistNormand Chouinard 110 0.18 -0.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit 62,194100.00
Rejected ballots 5690.91-0.1
Turnout 62,76365.02 -0.1
Eligible voters 96,527
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%±ppExpenditures
LiberalAlexandra Mendès1 19,103 32.59 -2.4 $36,025
Bloc QuébécoisMarcel Lussier1 19,034 32.47 -4.7 $57,985
ConservativeMaurice Brossard 11,062 18.87 +2.0 $65,223
New DemocraticHoang Mai 7,452 12.71 +5.3 $5,268
GreenSonia Ziadé 1,816 3.10 -0.2 $1,057
Marxist–LeninistNormand Chouinard 157 0.27 +0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,624 100.00 $92,860
Rejected ballots 5631.0
Turnout 59,18765.1
     Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois Swing -1.1

1 Alexandra Mendes of the Liberal party won the riding seat on 24 October 2008 following a judicial recount. Previously, the Returning Officer for the riding validated the vote counts as 19,202 to 19,100 in favour of Marcel Lussier of the Bloc Québécois.[3]

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%±ppExpenditures
Bloc QuébécoisMarcel Lussier 21,433 37.2 -3.8 $38,970
LiberalJacques Saada 20,190 35.0 -10.9 $67,491
ConservativeTenzin Khangsar 9,749 16.9 +11.0 $9,901
New DemocraticRobert Nicolas 4,301 7.5 +3.1 $1,510
GreenFrançois Desgroseilliers 1,883 3.3 +0.7 $351
Marxist–LeninistNormand Chouinard 110 0.2 0.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,666100.0 $84,147
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%±ppExpenditures
LiberalJacques Saada 24,155 45.9 -6.8 $79,076
Bloc QuébécoisMarcel Lussier 21,596 41.0 +8.1 $34,591
ConservativeRobert Nicolas 3,107 5.9 -5.4 $7,661
New DemocraticNadia Alexan 2,321 4.4 +2.7 $1,767
GreenCécile Bissonnette 1,340 2.5
Marxist–LeninistYves Le Seigle 109 0.2 -0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,628 100.0 $81,275

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

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%±pp
LiberalJacques Saada 26,806 52.7 +6.1
Bloc QuébécoisNicolas Tétrault 16,758 32.9 +0.2
AllianceRichard Bélisle 2,973 5.8
Progressive ConservativeSylvain St-Louis 2,783 5.5 -13.4
New DemocraticClémence Provencher 852 1.7 0.0
Natural LawSylvia Larrass 528 1.0
Marxist–LeninistNormand Chouinard 172 0.3
Total valid votes 50,872 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJacques Saada 24,676 46.6
Bloc QuébécoisFrançoise Bélanger 17,342 32.8
Progressive ConservativeKiet Ngo 9,982 18.9
New DemocraticSamantha McGavin 906 1.7
Total valid votes 52,906 100.0

See also

References

Notes

  1. Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. "Liberals oust Bloc in suburban Montreal following recount". CBC News. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-24. 

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