LaSalle—Émard

'''LaSalle—Émard''' is a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province]] of [[Quebec]] that has been represented in the [[Canadian House of Commons]] since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. It is represented by New Democrat [[Hélène LeBlanc]]. The sitting MP from 1988 to 2008 was [[Paul Martin]], who served as prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. ==Geography== The district includes the [[Boroughs of Montreal|borough]] of [[LaSalle, Quebec|LaSalle]] and the [[Le Sud-Ouest|Southwest borough's]] [[Ville-Émard]] and [[Côte-Saint-Paul]] [[List of neighbourhoods in Montreal|neighbourhoods]]. The neighbouring ridings are [[Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine]], [[Westmount—Ville-Marie]], [[Jeanne-Le Ber]], [[Brossard—La Prairie]] and [[Châteauguay—Saint-Constant]]. ===Political geography=== Historically, the LaSalle part of the riding was quite Liberal, with a few Bloc pockets in the west. Meanwhile, Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul were mostly Bloc areas. However, the division was swept over by the NDP surge in the [[2011 Canadian federal election]]. ==History== The electoral district was created in 1987 from [[LaSalle (electoral district)|LaSalle]], [[Saint-Henri—Westmount]] and [[Verdun—Saint-Paul]] [[electoral district (Canada)|ridings]]. ===Member of Parliament=== This riding has elected the following [[Member of Parliament]]: {| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" ! Parliament ! Years ! colspan="2" | Member ! Party |- | colspan="5" align="center" | ''[[LaSalle (electoral district)|LaSalle]], [[Saint-Henri—Westmount]] and [[Verdun—Saint-Paul]] prior to 1987'' |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 1988|34th]] | 1988–1993 | rowspan="6" {{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal}} |     | rowspan="6" | [[Paul Martin]] | rowspan="6" | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 1993|35th]] | 1993–1997 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 1997|36th]] | 1997–2000 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2000|37th]] | 2000–2004 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2004|38th]] | 2004–2006 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2006|39th]] | 2006–2008 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[Canadian federal election, 2008|40th]] | 2008–2011 | {{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal}} |     | [[Lise Zarac]] | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | [[41st Canadian Parliament|41st]] | 2011–present | {{Canadian politics/party colours/NDP}} |     | [[Hélène LeBlanc]] | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |} ==Election results== {{CanElec2|2011}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|[[Hélène LeBlanc]]|17,691|42.15|+28.91 | }} {{CanElec2Row|Liberals|[[Lise Zarac]]|11,172|26.62|-13.97 | }} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|Carl Dubois|6,151|14.66|-9.81| }} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Chang-Tao Jimmy Yu |5,516|13.14|-2.89 | }} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Lorraine Banville |946|2.25|-1.47| }} {{CanElec2Row|Marxist-Leninist|Yves Le Seigle |288|0.69|+0.02 | }} {{CanElec2Row|Rhinoceros|Guillaume Berger-Richard |208|0.50| | }} {{CanElec2Totexp|Total valid votes/Expense limit|41,972| 100.00 | }} {{OntElec2Tot|Total rejected ballots|578 | 1.36|-0.1 | }} {{OntElec2Tot|Turnout| 42,550| 57.10|-0.7 | }} {{OntElec2Tot|Eligible voters|74,515 | | | }} {{end}} {{CanElec2|2008}} {{CanElec2Row|Liberals|Lise Zarac|17,226|40.59|-7.82 |$44,447}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|Frédéric Isaya|10,384|24.47 |-4.25| $8,744}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Béatrice Guay-Pepper|6,802|16.03|+3.28| $24,841}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|Amy Darwish|5,622|13.24|+7.28| $3,066}} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Kristina Vitelli|1,579|3.72 |+0.51| $64}} {{CanElec2Row|Independent|Antoine Kaluzny|674|1.58 |--| $22,982}} {{CanElec2Row|Marxist-Leninist|Yves Le Seigle|144|0.33 |+0.01| }} {{CanElec2Tot|Total|42,431|100.00 | $82,752}} {{CanElec2Tot|Rejected ballots|648| 1.50 | }} {{CanElec2Tot|Total number of votes|43,079|57.82 | }} {{end}} {{CanElec2|2006}} {{CanElec2Row|Liberals|[[Paul Martin]]|22,751|48.41|-8.3| $59,334}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|[[May Chiu]]|13,501|28.72|-2.0| $16,750}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|Georges-Alexandre Bastien|5,994|12.75|+7.7| $17,795}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|Russ Johnson|2,805|5.96|+1.7| }} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Serge Bellemare|1,512|3.21|+1.0| }} {{CanElec2Row|Independent|Jean-Philippe Lebleu|281|0.59|--| $3,081}} {{CanElec2Row|Marxist-Leninist|Jean-Paul Bédard|152|0.32|-0.1| }} {{CanElec2Tot|Total|46,996|100.00| $78,209}} {{CanElec2Tot|Rejected ballots|599| 1.26 | }} {{CanElec2Tot|Total number of votes|47,595|62.10 | }} {{end}} {{CanElec2|2004}} {{CanElec2Row|Liberals|[[Paul Martin]]|25,806|56.6|-9.2| $58,357}} {{CanElec2Row|BQ|Thierry Larrivée|14,001|30.7|+6.5| $6,381}} {{CanElec2Row|Conservative|[[Nicole Roy-Arcelin]]|2,271|5.0|-1.0| $5,075}} {{CanElec2Row|NDP|[[Rebecca Blaikie]]|1,995|4.4|+2.7| $2,226}} {{CanElec2Row|Green|Douglas Jack|1,000|2.2| | $410}} {{CanElec2Row|Marijuana|Marc-Boris St-Maurice|349|0.8|-0.8| }} {{CanElec2Row|Marxist-Leninist|Jean-Paul Bédard|210|0.5| | }} {{CanElec2Tot|Total|45,632| 100.0 | $78,239}} {{end}} Change from 2000 for top three parties is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. {{CanElec4|2000}} {{CanElec4Row|Liberals|[[Paul Martin]]|32,069|65.8|+4.9 }} {{CanElec4Row|BQ|Denis Martel|11,805 |24.2|-0.2}} {{CanElec4Row|Canadian Alliance|Giuseppe Joe De Santis|1,806 |3.7|}} {{CanElec4Row|Progressive Conservatives|Deepak T. Massand|1,111|2.3|-9.9 }} {{CanElec4Row|NDP|David Bernans|837|1.7|0.0 }} {{CanElec4Row|Marijuana|Mathieux St-Cyr|765 |1.6|}} {{CanElec4Row|Natural Law|Gilles Bigras|273 |0.6|-0.3}} {{CanElec4Row|Communist|Irma Ortiz|107 |0.2|}} {{CanElec4Tot|Total valid votes|48,773| 100.0}} {{end}} {{Canadian federal election, 1997/Electoral District/LaSalle—Émard}} {{CanElec4|1993}} {{CanElec4Row|Liberals|[[Paul Martin]]|30,866 |59.5|+14.1}} {{CanElec4Row|BQ|Éric Cimon|17,280 |33.3| }} {{CanElec4Row|Progressive Conservatives|Johanne Senécal|2,368|4.6|-38.1 }} {{CanElec4Row|NDP|Richard Belzile|708 |1.4|-9.2}} {{CanElec4Row|Natural Law|George Amarica|419 |0.8| }} {{CanElec4Row|PCC|Giampaolo Carli|120 |0.2|0.0}} {{CanElec4Row|Abolitionist|Thérèse Turmel|103|0.2| }} {{CanElec4Tot|Total valid votes|51,864| 100.0}} {{end}} {{CanElec5|1988}} {{CanElec5Row|Liberals|[[Paul Martin]]|23,394 |45.5}} {{CanElec5Row|Progressive Conservatives|[[Claude Lanthier]]|21,979|42.7 }} {{CanElec5Row|NDP|Jean-Claude Bohrer|5,458|10.6 }} {{CanElec5Row|Not affiliated|Ginette Boutet|305 |0.6}} {{CanElec5Row|Communist|Ginette Gauthier|212 |0.4}} {{CanElec5Row|PCC|Nancy Guice|117|0.2 }} {{CanElec5Tot|Total valid votes|51,465| 100.0}} {{end}} ==See also== * [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts]] * [[Past Canadian electoral districts]] ==Sources== * [http://www.elections.ca Campaign expense data from Elections Canada] * [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/candidates.aspx?L=e&ED=24029&EV=34&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&Prov=QC&ProvID=24&MapID=&QID=8&PageID=17&TPageID= 2011 Results from Elections Canada] *[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=911 Riding history from the] [[Library of Parliament]] {{s-start}} {{s-par|ca}} {{s-bef|before=[[Saint-Maurice (electoral district)|Saint-Maurice]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Constituency represented by the Prime Minister|years=2003 – 2006}} {{s-aft|after=[[Calgary Southwest]]}} {{s-end}} {{Ridings in Montreal}} {{Ridings in Quebec}} {{coord missing|Quebec}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lasalle—Emard}}