LaFontaine is a provincial electoral district in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

. The district is located in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 in the northeastern corner of the island north of Autoroute 40

Quebec Autoroute 40

Autoroute 40 is a major highway on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. It is one of the two main connections between Montreal and Quebec City...

 and south of Rivière des Prairies

Rivière des Prairies

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. The riding was created in 1965 from a part of Bourget.

The riding was named after the First Prime Minister of the United Province of Canada, Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine

Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine

Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine , 1st Baronet, KCMG was the first Canadian to become Prime Minister of the United Province of Canada and the first head of a responsible government in Canada. He was born in Boucherville, Lower Canada in 1807...

.

Members of the National Assembly

1. Jean-Paul Beaudry, Union Nationale (1966-1970)
2. Marcel Léger
   Marcel Léger
   Marcel Léger was a Canadian politician and a supporter of Quebec sovereignty-Background:He was born in Montreal on June 8, 1930. He is the father of Pollster Jean-Marc Léger and Parti Québécois MNA Nicole Léger....
   
   , Parti Québécois
   Parti Québécois
   The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...
   
    (1970-1985)
3. Jean-Claude Gobé, Liberal (1985-2003), Independent (2003)
4. Tony Tomassi
   Tony Tomassi
   Tony Tomassi is a Quebec politician. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of LaFontaine in Montreal. He represents the Quebec Liberal Party and was the Minister for Family....
   
   , Liberal (2003-2010), Independent (2010-present)

Election results

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|Liberal
|Tony Tomassi
|align="right"|14,021
|align="right"|69.76
|align="right"|+7.30
|-

|Parti québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

|Luigi De Benedictis
|align="right"|3,840
|align="right"|19.11
|align="right"|+4.86
|-

|Action démocratique

Action démocratique du Québec

The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

|Gaetano Giumento
|align="right"|1,306
|align="right"|6.50
|align="right"|-11.74
|-

|Green

Green Party of Quebec

The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec or PVQ is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not elected any members to the National Assembly of Quebec...

|Gaëtan Berard
|align="right"|549
|align="right"|2.73
|align="right"|-0.20
|-

|Québec solidaire

Québec Solidaire

Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...

|Natacha Larocque
|align="right"|383
|align="right"|1.91
|align="right"|-0.21
|}
|-

|Liberal
|Tony Tomassi
|align="right"|18 164
|align="right"|69.53
|align="right"|
|-

|Parti québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

|Line Pelletier
|align="right"|4 939
|align="right"|18.91
|align="right"|
|-

|Action démocratique

Action démocratique du Québec

The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

|Josée Anello
|align="right"|2 697
|align="right"|10,32
|align="right"|
|-

|Bloc pot

Bloc pot

The Bloc Pot is a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada that is dedicated to ending cannabis prohibition. It has contested three provincial elections but it has failed to win any seats in the National Assembly of Quebec. The party was launched in 1997 by Marc-Boris St-Maurice as a way to...

|Patrick Forcier
|align="right"|323
|align="right"|1.24
|align="right"|
|-
|}

Neighbouring electoral districts