Saint-Lambert (electoral district)

Saint-Lambert
Quebec electoral district
	Saint-Lambert in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts.
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	92,419
Electors (2011)	73,935
Area (km²)[1]	25.05
Census divisions	Longueuil
Census subdivisions	Longueuil, Saint-Lambert

Saint-Lambert was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was first represented in the House of Commons of Canada in 1997. Its population in 2006 was 94,541. It has been replaced by Brossard—Saint-Lambert.

Geography

This riding on Montreal's South Shore was located in the Quebec region of Montérégie. The district included the City of Saint-Lambert, the former City of Greenfield Park, the former Town of LeMoyne, and the western part of the pre-2002 City of Longueuil.

The neighbouring ridings were Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Brossard—La Prairie, Jeanne-Le Ber, Laurier—Sainte-Marie, and Hochelaga.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Ethnic groups: 90.4% White, 3.0% Black, 1.2% Arab, 1.1% Chinese
Languages: 77.0% French, 11.9% English, 9.2% Others, 1.9% Multiple responses
Religions: 77.9% Catholic, 8.1% Protestant, 2.5% Muslim, 1.2% Christian Orthodox, 7.9% No religion
Average income: $29,974

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Saint-Lambert Riding created from La Prairie, Longueuil and Saint-Hubert
36th	1997–2000	Yolande Thibeault	Liberal
37th	2000–2004	Yolande Thibeault	Liberal
38th	2004–2006	Maka Kotto	Bloc Québécois
39th	2006–2008	Maka Kotto
40th	2008–2011	Josée Beaudin
41st	2011–2015	Sadia Groguhé	New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne and Brossard—Saint-Lambert

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sadia Groguhé	18,705	42.64	+28.19
	Bloc Québécois	Josée Beaudin	11,353	25.88	-11.74
	Liberal	Roxane Stanners	8,463	19.29	-9.21
	Conservative	Qais Hamidi	4,396	10.02	-5.78
	Green	Carmen Budilean	944	2.15	-1.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,861	100.0
Total rejected ballots			584	1.31	+0.14
Turnout			44,445	60.60	+1.15

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Josée Beaudin	16,346	37.62	-7.7	$34,922
	Liberal	Roxane Stanners	12,383	28.50	+5.2	$38,229
	Conservative	Patrick Clune	6,867	15.80	-3.9	$66,890
	New Democratic	Richard Marois	6,280	14.45	+7.1	$14,258
	Green	Diane Joubert	1,566	3.60	-0.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,442	100.00	$82,317
Total rejected ballots			513	1.17	-0.03
Turnout			43,955	59.45

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maka Kotto	20,949	45.3	-3.5	$45,282
	Liberal	Jean-Jacques Hermans	10,777	23.3	-13.6	$57,186
	Conservative	Patrick Clune	9,097	19.7	+13.6	$36,940
	New Democratic	Ronaldo Garcia	3,404	7.4	+2.6	$1,200
	Green	Sonia Ziadé	1,819	3.9	+0.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Fournier	196	0.4	+0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,242	100.00	$77,306
Total rejected ballots			562	1.2	-0.7
Turnout			46,804

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maka Kotto	22,024	48.8	+10.7	$44,877
	Liberal	Yolande Thibeault	16,654	36.9	-8.5	$51,431
	Conservative	Patrick Clune	2,739	6.1	-7.2	$16,096
	New Democratic	Monique Garcia	2,130	4.7	–	$984
	Green	Diane Joubert	1,404	3.1	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Fournier	145	0.3	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,096	100.0	$77,333
Total rejected ballots			861
Turnout			45,957	1.9

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	Yolande Thibeault	19,674	45.4	+4.2
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Picard	16,520	38.1	-1.0
	Alliance	Nic Leblanc	3,056	7.1
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Stirling	2,708	6.2	-10.9
	Marijuana	Katherine Léveillé	1,377	3.2
Total valid votes			43,355	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Yolande Thibeault	19,436	41.2
	Bloc Québécois	Richard Bélisle	18,458	39.1
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Frédéric Lafontaine	8,084	17.1
	New Democratic	Allison Engel	921	2.0
	Canadian Action	Jean-Louis Pagé	304	0.6
Total valid votes			47,203	100.0

References

"(Code 24065) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 results from Elections Canada

Notes

1 2 Statistics Canada: 2012

Coordinates: 45°29′35″N 73°30′22″W / 45.493°N 73.506°W / 45.493; -73.506

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[auto-1] 1 2 Statistics Canada: 2012

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