Brossard—La Prairie

Brossard—La Prairie was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 113,985.

Brossard—La Prairie
Quebec electoral district
Brossard—La Prairie in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts.
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2013
First contested1997
Last contested2011
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]128,001
Electors (2011)91,662
Area (km²)[2]168.14
Census division(s)Roussillon RCM
Census subdivision(s)Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie, Saint-Philippe

Geography

The riding was located in the South Shore area of the Montreal metropolitan region, within the Quebec region of Montérégie.

The district included the Cities of Candiac and La Prairie, the Municipality of Saint-Philippe, and the City of Brossard.

The neighbouring ridings were Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Beauharnois—Salaberry, Saint-Jean, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. Jeanne-Le Ber and LaSalle—Émard located across the Champlain Bridge.

History

The riding was created in 1996 from parts of La Prairie riding.

It consisted initially of the cities of Brossard, Candiac and La Prairie, and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Philippe in the County Regional Municipality of Roussillon.

It was dissolved into the new ridings of La Prairie and Brossard—Saint-Lambert for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Brossard—La Prairie
Riding created from La Prairie
36th  1997–2000     Jacques Saada Liberal
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008     Marcel Lussier Bloc Québécois
40th  2008–2011     Alexandra Mendès Liberal
41st  2011–2015     Hoang Mai New Democratic
Riding dissolved into La Prairie and Brossard—Saint-Lambert

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticHoang Mai25,51241.02+28.31
LiberalAlexandra Mendès16,97627.30-5.29
Bloc QuébécoisMarcel Lussier10,89017.51-14.96
ConservativeMaurice Brossard7,80612.55-6.32
GreenKevin Murphy9001.45-1.65
Marxist–LeninistNormand Chouinard1100.18-0.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit 62,194100.00
Rejected ballots 5690.91-0.1
Turnout 62,76365.02 -0.1
Eligible voters 96,527
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalAlexandra Mendès119,10332.59-2.4$36,025
Bloc QuébécoisMarcel Lussier119,03432.47-4.7$57,985
ConservativeMaurice Brossard11,06218.87+2.0$65,223
New DemocraticHoang Mai7,45212.71+5.3$5,268
GreenSonia Ziadé1,8163.10-0.2$1,057
Marxist–LeninistNormand Chouinard1570.27+0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,624 100.00 $92,860
Rejected ballots 5631.0
Turnout 59,18765.1
  Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois Swing -1.1

1 Alexandra Mendes of the Liberal party won the riding seat on 24 October 2008 following a judicial recount. Previously, the Returning Officer for the riding validated the vote counts as 19,202 to 19,100 in favour of Marcel Lussier of the Bloc Québécois.[3]

2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisMarcel Lussier21,43337.2-3.8$38,970
LiberalJacques Saada20,19035.0-10.9$67,491
ConservativeTenzin Khangsar9,74916.9+11.0$9,901
New DemocraticRobert Nicolas4,3017.5+3.1$1,510
GreenFrançois Desgroseilliers1,8833.3+0.7$351
Marxist–LeninistNormand Chouinard1100.20.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,666100.0 $84,147
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJacques Saada24,15545.9-6.8$79,076
Bloc QuébécoisMarcel Lussier21,59641.0+8.1$34,591
ConservativeRobert Nicolas3,1075.9-5.4$7,661
New DemocraticNadia Alexan2,3214.4+2.7$1,767
GreenCécile Bissonnette1,3402.5
Marxist–LeninistYves Le Seigle1090.2-0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,628 100.0 $81,275

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJacques Saada26,80652.7+6.1
Bloc QuébécoisNicolas Tétrault16,75832.9+0.2
AllianceRichard Bélisle2,9735.8
Progressive ConservativeSylvain St-Louis2,7835.5-13.4
New DemocraticClémence Provencher8521.70.0
Natural LawSylvia Larrass5281.0
Marxist–LeninistNormand Chouinard1720.3
Total valid votes 50,872 100.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJacques Saada24,67646.6
Bloc QuébécoisFrançoise Bélanger17,34232.8
Progressive ConservativeKiet Ngo9,98218.9
New DemocraticSamantha McGavin9061.7
Total valid votes 52,906 100.0

See also

References

  • "(Code 24011) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

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