LaSalle—Émard—Verdun

LaSalle—Émard—Verdun is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec. It was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of Jeanne-Le Ber (51%) and LaSalle—Émard (49%) plus a small section of territory between the Lachine Canal and the Le Sud-Ouest borough boundary taken from Westmount—Ville-Marie and an adjacent uninhabited section from Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine.[3][4]

LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
Quebec electoral district
LaSalle—Émard—Verdun in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
David Lametti
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]105,317
Electors (2015)83,876
Area (km²)[1]19
Pop. density (per km²)5,543
Census divisionsMontreal
Census subdivisionsMontreal

The riding was originally intended to be named LaSalle—Verdun.[5]

The former Member of Parliament for the LaSalle—Émard riding, Hélène Leblanc, sought reelection in the new riding for the NDP.[6]

Geography

The riding includes the borough of Verdun (excluding Nuns' Island), part of the borough of LaSalle, along with the neighbourhoods of Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul in the Le Sud-Ouest borough.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Languages (2016 mother tongue) : 58.8% French, 18.9% English, 3.3% Spanish, 3.1% Mandarin, 2.7% Italian, 1.8% Arabic, 1.4% Russian, 0.8% Cantonese, 0.8% Bengali, 0.7% Romanian, 0.6% Polish, 0.6% Portuguese, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.4% Bulgarian, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% Albanian[7]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
Riding created from Jeanne-Le Ber, LaSalle—Émard,
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine and Westmount—Ville-Marie
42nd  2015–2019     David Lametti Liberal
43rd  2019–present

Election results

2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalDavid Lametti22,80343.5-0.4
Bloc QuébécoisIsabel Dion12,61924.1+7.05
New DemocraticSteven Scott8,62816.5-12.45
ConservativeClaudio Rocchi3,6907.0+0.09
GreenJency Mercier3,5836.8+3.61
People'sDaniel Turgeon4900.9
No affiliationJulien Côté2740.5
RhinocerosRhino Jacques Bélanger2650.5
Marxist–LeninistEileen Studd390.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,391100.0
Total rejected ballots 864
Turnout 53,25564.7
Eligible voters 82,321
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalDavid Lametti23,60343.90+25.60$93,016.24
New DemocraticHélène LeBlanc15,56628.95-16.22$46,314.39
Bloc QuébécoisGilbert Paquette9,16417.05-6.39$43,806.34
ConservativeMohammad Zamir3,7136.91-2.83
GreenLorraine Banville1,7173.19+0.63
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,763100.00 $221,667.78
Total rejected ballots 8231.51
Turnout 54,58665.12
Eligible voters 83,824
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]
2011 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic22,07145.17
  Bloc Québécois11,45323.44
  Liberal8,94018.30
  Conservative4,7609.74
  Green1,2492.56
  Others3910.80

References


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