Honoré-Mercier (electoral district)

Honoré-Mercier 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 106,196.

Geography

The district includes the Borough of Anjou, the eastern part of the Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and the northern part of the Borough of Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.

The neighbouring ridings are Hochelaga, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, Bourassa, Alfred-Pellan, Montcalm, and La Pointe-de-l'Île (electoral district).

Political geography

While the other eastern Montreal ridings have traditionally been Bloc Québécois strongholds, Honoré-Mercier is politically a very divided riding. Rivière-des-Prairies is very Liberal leaning, while Anjou supports the Bloc for the most part, but has some Liberal pockets.

However, the NDP's "orange wave" in the 2011 election overwhelmed previous distinctions, with the New Democrats winning 149 of 218 polling divisions in the district.

History

The district was created in 1987 under the name Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies from parts of Gamelin, Montreal—Mercier and Saint-Léonard—Anjou ridings.

It consisted of:

the Town of Anjou;
the parts of the Town of Montréal bounded by:

Sherbrooke Street East, Duquesne Street, Rosemont Boulevard and Lacordaire Boulevard; and
Autoroute de la Rive Nord, Henri-Bourassa Boulevard East; the limits of the towns of Montréal-Est, Anjou and Montréal-Nord to the point of commencement.

In 2003, its name was changed to Honoré-Mercier and its boundaries were adjusted slightly such that 95.5% of the riding came from the original Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, while 4.5% came from Hochelaga—Maisonneuve.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Anjou—Rivières-des-Prairies Riding created from Gamelin, Montreal—Mercier and Saint-Léonard—Anjou
34th	1988 − 1993	Jean Corbeil	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993 − 1997	Roger Pomerleau	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997 − 2000	Yvon Charbonneau	Liberal
37th	2000 − 2004	Yvon Charbonneau	Liberal
Riding renamed — Honoré-Mercier
38th	2004 − 2006	Pablo Rodríguez	Liberal
39th	2006 − 2008
40th	2008 − 2011
41st	2011 − Present	Paulina Ayala	New Democratic

Election results

Honoré-Mercier, 2003 - present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Paulina Ayala	17,545	36.37	+26.26
	Liberal	Pablo Rodriguez	14,641	30.35	-13.32
	Bloc Québécois	Martin Laroche	8,935	18.52	-9.60
	Conservative	Gérard Labelle	5,992	12.42	-2.88
	Green	Gaëtan Bérard	770	1.60	-1.20
	Rhinoceros	Valery Chevrefils-Latulippe	181	0.38	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Jean-Paul Bédard	170	0.35	–
Total valid votes			48,234	100.00
Total rejected ballots			622	1.27	-0.06
Turnout			48,856	59.98	-2.18

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	21,544	43.67	+5.44	$64,461
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Labelle	13,871	28.12	-6.71	$57,274
	Conservative	Rodrigo Alfaro	7,549	15.30	-2.14	$35,152
	New Democratic Party	François Pilon	4,986	10.11	+3.89	$1,499
	Green	Gaëtan Bérard	1,380	2.80	-0.13	$1,387
Total valid votes			49,330	100.00
Total rejected ballots			667	1.33
Turnout			49,997	62.16	-2.71
Electors on the lists			80,429
Source: Official Voting Results, 40th General Election 2008, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	19,622	38.23	-7.87	$62,095
	Bloc Québécois	Gérard Labelle	17,879	34.83	-5.54	$39,105
	Conservative	Angelo M. Marino	8,952	17.44	+11.42	$62,813
	New Democratic Party	François Pilon	3,191	6.22	+2.13	$2,374
	Green	Sylvain Castonguay	1,502	2.93	+1.16	not listed
	Marxist-Leninist	Hélène Héroux	183	0.36	+0.02	none listed
Total valid votes			51,329	100.00
Total rejected ballots			650	1.25
Turnout			51,979	64.87	+3.23
Electors on the lists			80,122
Source: Official Voting Results, 39th General Election, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pablo Rodríguez	22,223	46.10	-11.76	$78,649
	Bloc Québécois	Éric St-Hilaire	19,461	40.37	+10.02	$13,063
	Conservative	Gianni Chiazzese	2,902	6.02	-2.28	$5,060
	New Democratic	François Pilon	1,973	4.09	+2.81	$885
	Green	Richard Lahaie	852	1.77	–	$0
	Marijuana	Steve Boudrias	626	1.30	-0.59	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	164	0.34	+0.03	none listed
Total valid votes			48,201	100.00
Total rejected ballots			854	1.74
Turnout			49,055	61.64
Electors on the lists			79,585
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Source: Official Voting Results, Thirty-Eighth General Election, Elections Canada.

Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, 1987 - 2003

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Yvon Charbonneau	28,134	57.86	+10.55
	Bloc Québécois	Jacques Dagenais	14,755	30.35	-2.03
	Progressive Conservative	Michel Tanguay	2,034	4.18	-14.21
	Alliance	Gianni Chiazzese	2,005	4.12	–
	Marijuana	Normand Néron	918	1.89	–
	New Democratic	Bruce Whelan	624	1.28	-0.19
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	151	0.31	-0.13
Total valid votes			48,621	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Yvon Charbonneau	24,189	47.31	+5.09
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Pomerleau	16,558	32.38	-10.72
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Corbeil	9,405	18.39	+6.75
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Lemay Amabili	752	1.47	-0.11
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	227	0.44	–
Total valid votes			51,131	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Pomerleau	26,163	43.10	–
	Liberal	Normand Biron	25,631	42.22	+9.51
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Corbeil	7,066	11.64	-39.90
	New Democratic	Zamba Mandala	958	1.58	-10.98
	Natural Law	Gilles Raymond	747	1.23	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Frantz-Albert Mitton	139	0.23	–
Total valid votes			60,704	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Corbeil	27,451	51.54
	Liberal	Vincent Arciresi	17,421	32.71
	New Democratic	Vincent Marchione	6,687	12.56
	Green	Mario Paul	1,217	2.29
	Independent	Catherine Commandeur	483	0.91
Total valid votes			53,259	100.00

References

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012

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 Westmount—Ville-Marie

Independent	Ahuntsic* Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel

* MP Maria Mourani was elected as a member of the Bloc Québécois, but was expelled from the party on September 12, 2013

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