Brossard—La Prairie

Quebec electoral district

Brossard—La Prairie in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts.

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

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 House of Commons of Canada 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		Party
Brossard—La Prairie Riding created from La Prairie
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	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Hoang Mai	25,512	41.02	+28.31
	Liberal	Alexandra Mendès	16,976	27.30	-5.29
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Lussier	10,890	17.51	-14.96
	Conservative	Maurice Brossard	7,806	12.55	-6.32
	Green	Kevin Murphy	900	1.45	-1.65
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	110	0.18	-0.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,194	100.00
Rejected ballots			569	0.91	-0.1
Turnout			62,763	65.02	-0.1
Eligible voters			96,527	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Alexandra Mendès¹	19,103	32.59	-2.4	$36,025
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Lussier¹	19,034	32.47	-4.7	$57,985
	Conservative	Maurice Brossard	11,062	18.87	+2.0	$65,223
	New Democratic	Hoang Mai	7,452	12.71	+5.3	$5,268
	Green	Sonia Ziadé	1,816	3.10	-0.2	$1,057
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	157	0.27	+0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,624	100.00	$92,860
Rejected ballots			563	1.0
Turnout			59,187	65.1
	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	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Lussier	21,433	37.2	-3.8	$38,970
	Liberal	Jacques Saada	20,190	35.0	-10.9	$67,491
	Conservative	Tenzin Khangsar	9,749	16.9	+11.0	$9,901
	New Democratic	Robert Nicolas	4,301	7.5	+3.1	$1,510
	Green	François Desgroseilliers	1,883	3.3	+0.7	$351
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	110	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,666	100.0	$84,147

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jacques Saada	24,155	45.9	-6.8	$79,076
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Lussier	21,596	41.0	+8.1	$34,591
	Conservative	Robert Nicolas	3,107	5.9	-5.4	$7,661
	New Democratic	Nadia Alexan	2,321	4.4	+2.7	$1,767
	Green	Cécile Bissonnette	1,340	2.5	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves 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	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jacques Saada	26,806	52.7	+6.1
	Bloc Québécois	Nicolas Tétrault	16,758	32.9	+0.2
	Alliance	Richard Bélisle	2,973	5.8
	Progressive Conservative	Sylvain St-Louis	2,783	5.5	-13.4
	New Democratic	Clémence Provencher	852	1.7	0.0
	Natural Law	Sylvia Larrass	528	1.0
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	172	0.3
Total valid votes			50,872	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jacques Saada	24,676	46.6
	Bloc Québécois	Françoise Bélanger	17,342	32.8
	Progressive Conservative	Kiet Ngo	9,982	18.9
	New Democratic	Samantha McGavin	906	1.7
Total valid votes			52,906	100.0

References

"(Code 24011) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

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

External links

Brossard—La Prairie riding profile at CBC News

Federal ridings in Montérégie

New Democratic	Beauharnois—Salaberry Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Jean Saint-Lambert Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Independent	Verchères—Les Patriotes*

* MP Sana Hassainia was elected as a member of the New Democratic Party, but quit the party on 20 August 2014.

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