Pierrefonds—Dollard

Pierrefonds—Dollard
Quebec electoral district
	Pierrefonds—Dollard in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
;
District created	1986
First contested	1988
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	108,740
Electors (2015)	84,978
Area (km²)[2]	53
Pop. density (per km²)	2,051.7
Census divisions	Montreal
Census subdivisions	Montreal, Dollard-des-Ormeaux

Pierrefonds—Dollard is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 102,542.

This riding occupies the northwest part of the Island of Montreal on Lac des Deux-Montagnes and Rivière des Prairies. It contains the cities of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Pierrefonds, Roxboro, and L'Île-Bizard.

This riding is home to a number of pharmaceutical companies. Manufacturing is the main industry, followed by retail trade. Over 17% of the population has a university degree, while just over 4% has less than a Grade 9 education. The average family income is $75,497 with an unemployment rate of 6.5%.

According to the 2001 census, 37% of the population lists English as their mother tongue, while French is the first language for 32%. There are also significant populations who speak Arabic, Italian, Spanish and Chinese. This is an ethnically mixed riding, including Italian, East Indian and Chinese communities. The total immigrant population is almost 30%.

Geography

The district includes the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro, L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève and the municipality of Dollard-des-Ormeaux.

The neighbouring ridings are Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, Lac-Saint-Louis, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Laval—Les Îles, and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville.

History

This riding was established in 1986 by combining parts of Dollard and Vaudreuil ridings. The 1996 redistribution moved nine per cent of the population of the riding into Lac-St-Louis.

In the redistribution of 2004, 91% of the riding was retained.

There were no changes to this riding during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Pierrefonds—Dollard Riding created from Dollard and Vaudreuil
34th	1988–1993	Gerry Weiner	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Bernard Patry	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe	New Democratic
42nd	2015–Present	Frank Baylis	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Frank Baylis	34,319	58.66	+28.19	$87,932.66
	Conservative	Valérie Assouline	11,694	19.99	-6.87	$108,288.54
	New Democratic	Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe	9,584	16.38	-17.75	$71,065.57
	Bloc Québécois	Natalie Laplante	2,043	3.49	-1.49	$2,860.59
	Green	Abraham Weizfeld	865	1.48	-2.08	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,505	100.0		$223,535.94
Total rejected ballots			368	–	–
Turnout			58,873	–	–
Eligible voters			84,978
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe	16,390	34.13	+23.58	$2,044.16
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	14,632	30.47	-16.47	$59,064.10
	Conservative	Agop Evereklian	12,901	26.86	+1.03	$107,835.83
	Bloc Québécois	Nicolas Jolicoeur	2,392	4.98	-4.55	$3,427.37
	Green	Jonathan Lumer	1,710	3.56	-3.35	$8,330.03
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,025	100.00
Total rejected ballots			343	0.71	+0.06
Turnout			48,368	59.20	+1.39
Eligible voters			81,704	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	21,468	46.94	-4.18	$44,617
	Conservative	Pierre-Olivier Brunelle	11,815	25.83	+2.75	$85,049
	New Democratic	Shameem Siddiqui	4,823	10.55	+2.87	$0
	Bloc Québécois	Reny Gagnon	4,357	9.53	-2.84	$6,647
	Green	Ryan Young	3,161	6.91	+1.37	$1,652
	Marxist–Leninist	Marsha Fine	111	0.24	+0.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,735	100.00	$85,897
Total rejected ballots			300	0.65	-0.04
Turnout			46,035	57.81	-2.08

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	24,388	51.12	-12.45	$40,479
	Conservative	Don Rae	11,013	23.08	+12.32	$51,979
	Bloc Québécois	Denis Martel	5,901	12.37	-3.58	$9,446
	New Democratic	Shameem Siddiqui	3,664	7.68	+2.21	$3,754
	Green	Leo Williams	2,645	5.54	+2.53	$1,073
	Marxist–Leninist	Garnet Colly	96	0.20	+0.05
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,707	100.00	$80,758
Total rejected ballots			331	0.69	-0.08
Turnout			48,038	59.89	+0.13

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	29,601	63.57	-9.28	$43,521
	Bloc Québécois	Marie-Hélène Brunet	7,426	15.95	+4.96	$9,961
	Conservative	Andrea Paine	5,010	10.76	-1.22	$30,293
	New Democratic	Danielle Lustgarten	2,545	5.47	+3.42	$3,022
	Green	Theodore Kouretas	1,401	3.01	–
	Marijuana	Jean-François Labrecque	511	1.10	-1.03
	Marxist–Leninist	Garnet Colly	71	0.15	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,565	100.00	$79,686
Total rejected ballots			365	0.78
Turnout			46,930	58.76

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	Bernard Patry	39,357	72.85	+6.42
	Bloc Québécois	Sylvie Brousseau	5,937	10.99	+0.22
	Alliance	Neil Drabkin	3,481	6.44	+4.48
	Progressive Conservative	John Profit	2,991	5.54	-12.67
	Marijuana	Jean-François Labrecque	1,149	2.13
	New Democratic	Adam Hodgins	1,109	2.05	+0.22
Total valid votes			54,024	100.00

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	38,476	66.43	+1.45
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Drabkin	10,546	18.21	+5.03
	Bloc Québécois	Normand Jean D'Ambrosio	6,239	10.77	-6.64
	Reform	Robert Laganière	1,134	1.96
	New Democratic	David Lyons	1,060	1.83	+0.43
	Natural Law	Céline Chamard	465	0.80	+0.02
Total valid votes			57,920	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	39,947	64.98	+24.77
	Bloc Québécois	René de Cotret Opzoomer	10,712	17.41
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Weiner	8,106	13.18	-36.59
	New Democratic	Catherine J. Rideout-Erais	864	1.40	-5.57
	Natural Law	Ruby Finkelstein	480	0.78
	National	Carlos Roldan	474	0.77
	Libertarian	Hugh Rowe	410	0.67	+0.12
	Independent	Lionel Albert	386	0.63
	Commonwealth of Canada	Glenford Charles	108	0.18	+0.04
Total valid votes			61,514	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Weiner	27,532	49.77
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	22,244	40.21
	New Democratic	Pierre Razik	3,854	6.97
	Rhinoceros	Jean-François Lafond	856	1.55
	Independent	William Short	452	0.82
	Libertarian	Hugh Rowe	302	0.55
	Commonwealth of Canada	Michel Haddad	77	0.14
Total valid votes			55,317	100.00

References

"(Code 24049) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 Results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

Coordinates: 45°29′39″N 73°51′01″W / 45.4941°N 73.8503°W / 45.4941; -73.8503

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[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Pierrefonds—Dollard, 30 September 2015

[4] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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New Democratic	Hochelaga Laurier—Sainte-Marie Outremont Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
Bloc Québécois	La Pointe-de-l'Île

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