La Prairie (electoral district)

La Prairie (previously known as Laprairie) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1896, 1968 to 1997, and again with the calling of the 2015 election.

The riding of "Laprairie" was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the Parishes of Laprairie, Saint-Philippe, Saint Jacques le Mineur, Saint Isidore and Saint Constant, the Indian Lands of Sault Saint Louis, and all islands in the River Saint Lawrence close to the county. It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into the Châteauguay and Laprairie—Napierville electoral districts.

The riding was re-created in 1966 from Beauharnois—Salaberry and Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie ridings. It consisted of:

the City of Saint-Lambert;
the Towns of Brossard, Candiac, Châteauguay, Châteauguay-Centre, Châteauguay Heights, Delson, Greenfield Park, La Prairie, LeMoyne, Léry and Préville; and
in the County of Laprairie: the parish municipalities of Saint-Constant and Sainte-Catherine-d'Alexandrie-de-Laprairie; and the Indian Reserve of Caughnawaga No. 14.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

the City of Saint-Lambert;
the Towns of Brossard, Candiac, Greenfield Park, La Prairie and LeMoyne; and
in the county of Laprairie: the municipality of Notre-Dame.

In 1980, it was renamed "La Prairie".

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie et Saint-Lambert.

The riding was abolished in 1996 when it was abolished into Brossard—La Prairie and Saint-Lambert.

This riding was re-created during the 2012 electoral redistribution from parts of Châteauguay—Saint-Constant and Brossard—La Prairie.

Profile

The 2011 results, put onto the new boundaries for the La Prairie riding, showed strong support for the NDP. This support mainly came from the west of the riding, in cities formerly included in the old Châteauguay—Saint-Constant riding. They had lower support in La Prairie and Saint-Philippe, where the Liberals performed better. Conservative support was relatively uniform across the riding, while also being pretty weak. The Bloc Québécois, which would have come second in the riding, had its stronger support in the old riding of Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, but had some pockets within La Prairie.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Laprairie
1st	1867–1872	Alfred Pinsonneault	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891	Cyrille Doyon	Independent Liberal
7th	1891–1896	Louis Conrad Pelletier	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Châteauguay and Laprairie—Napierville
Riding re-created from Beauharnois—Salaberry and Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie
28th	1968–1972	Ian Watson	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Pierre Deniger
La Prairie
32nd	1980–1984	Pierre Deniger	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Fernand Jourdenais	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Fernand Jourdenais	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Richard Bélisle	Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Brossard—La Prairie and Saint-Lambert
Riding re-created from Brossard—La Prairie and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant
42nd	2015–Present	Jean-Claude Poissant	Liberal

Election results

La Prairie, 2015–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Poissant	20,993	36.46	+23.24	–
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Picard	15,107	26.24	+0.51	–
	New Democratic	Pierre Chicoine	13,174	22.88	-27.08	–
	Conservative	Yves Perras	6,859	11.91	+2.46	–
	Green	Joanne Tomas	1,235	2.15	+0.69	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	204	0.35	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,572	100.00		$218,081.80
Total rejected ballots			996	1.70	–
Turnout			58,568	71.15	–
Eligible voters			82,318
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+25.16
Source: Elections Canada^[2]^[3]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	25,308	50.0
	Bloc Québécois	13,035	25.7
	Conservative	6,697	13.2
	Liberal	4,787	9.5
	Green	736	1.5
	Others	91	0.2

La Prairie, 1980–1987

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Richard Bélisle	27,490
	Liberal	Jacques Saada	27,014
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Jourdenais	7,852
	New Democratic	Mohamed Akoum	708
	Natural Law	Pierre Montpetit	691
	Commonwealth of Canada	Alain Gauthier	200

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Jourdenais	30,834
	Liberal	Pierre Deniger	19,497
	New Democratic	Bruce Katz	6,228
	Rhinoceros	Marc-André Shakespeare Audet	1,378
	Commonwealth of Canada	Alain Gauthier	186

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Jourdenais	26,506
	Liberal	Pierre Deniger	25,182
	New Democratic	Lyse Chevalier-Grégoire	8,602
	Rhinoceros	Monique Spazzola Fisicaro	1,851
	Parti nationaliste	Marian Wecowski	1,373
	Commonwealth of Canada	Jean-Pierre Gélineau	157

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Deniger	36,842
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Bohrer	5,894
	Progressive Conservative	Thérèse L'Écuyer	4,960
	Rhinoceros	Jacques Ferron	1,868
	Social Credit	Maurice Roy	948
	Libertarian	David B. Chamberlain	297
	Union populaire	Christian Labelle	222
	Marxist–Leninist	Jocelyne Éthier	87

Laprairie, 1966–1980

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Deniger	39,410
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Vasseur	6,576
	Social Credit	Maurice Roy	4,461
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Bohrer	4,188
	Rhinoceros	Jacques Cinq Cennes Marcotte	1,335
	Libertarian	David Beaulieu Chamberlain	435
	Union populaire	Christian Labelle	266
	Marxist–Leninist	Jocelyne Éthier	121

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Watson	35,276
	Progressive Conservative	Georges Brossard	12,767
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Bohrer	5,153
	Social Credit	Aimé Coderre	3,855

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Watson	34,557
	Progressive Conservative	Robert-F. Nelson	9,147
	Social Credit	Marcellin Gagnon	7,315
	New Democratic	Bernard Boulanger	5,261

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Watson	31,968
	Progressive Conservative	H.-René Laberge	5,316
	New Democratic	Yves Demers	3,551
	Ralliement créditiste	Marcellin Gagnon	1,288

Laprairie, 1867–1892

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis Conrad Pelletier	970
	Liberal	Cyrille Doyon	916

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Cyrille Doyon	917
	Conservative	Joseph Tassé	894

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Pinsonneault	675
	Unknown	J.E. Robidoux	572

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Pinsonneault	661
	Unknown	T.A. Longtin	601

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Pinsonneault	Acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Pinsonneault	632
	Unknown	J.-M. Loranger	563

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Pinsonneault	750
	Unknown	Mr. Normandeau	293

References

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

Federal ridings in Montérégie

Liberal	Brossard—Saint-Lambert Châteauguay—Lacolle Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne Montarville La Prairie Saint-Jean Vaudreuil-Soulanges

New Democratic	Beloeil—Chambly Longueuil—Saint-Hubert Salaberry—Suroît

Bloc Québécois	Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Eastern Quebec

The Eastern Townships

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)

Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy

Montérégie

Quebec City

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

Historical federal ridings in Quebec

Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie

Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval

Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles

Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri

Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul

Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent

Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic

Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel

Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun

Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount

Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle

Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières

Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac—Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Until 1962	Témiscouata

Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle

Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright

Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska

Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri

Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil

Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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