La Prairie (electoral district)
La Prairie (previously known as Laprairie) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1896, 1968 to 1997 and again since 2015.
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Bloc Québécois | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 105,496 | ||
Electors (2019) | 86,779 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 295 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 357.6 | ||
Census division(s) | Roussillon | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Candiac, Delson, Kahnawake 14, La Prairie, Saint-Constant, Sainte-Catherine, Saint-Mathieu, Saint-Philippe |
History
The riding of Laprairie was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the Parishes of Laprairie, Saint-Philippe, Saint Jacques le Mineur, Saint Isidore and Saint Constant, the Indian Lands of Sault Saint Louis, and all islands in the River Saint Lawrence close to the county. It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into the Châteauguay and Laprairie—Napierville electoral districts.
The riding was re-created in 1966 from Beauharnois—Salaberry and Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie ridings. It consisted of:
- the City of Saint-Lambert;
- the Towns of Brossard, Candiac, Châteauguay, Châteauguay-Centre, Châteauguay Heights, Delson, Greenfield Park, La Prairie, LeMoyne, Léry and Préville; and
- in the County of Laprairie: the parish municipalities of Saint-Constant and Sainte-Catherine-d'Alexandrie-de-Laprairie; and the Indian Reserve of Caughnawaga No. 14.
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:
- the City of Saint-Lambert;
- the Towns of Brossard, Candiac, Greenfield Park, La Prairie and LeMoyne; and
- in the county of Laprairie: the municipality of Notre-Dame.
In 1980, it was renamed La Prairie. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie et Saint-Lambert.
The riding was abolished in 1996 when it was abolished into Brossard—La Prairie and Saint-Lambert.
This riding was re-created during the 2012 electoral redistribution from parts of Châteauguay—Saint-Constant and Brossard—La Prairie.
Profile
The 2011 results, put onto the new boundaries for the La Prairie riding, showed strong support for the NDP. This support mainly came from the west of the riding, in cities formerly included in the old Châteauguay—Saint-Constant riding. They had lower support in La Prairie and Saint-Philippe, where the Liberals performed better. Conservative support was relatively uniform across the riding, while also being pretty weak. The Bloc Québécois, which would have come second in the riding, had its stronger support in the old riding of Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, but had some pockets within La Prairie.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Laprairie | ||||
1st | 1867–1872 | Alfred Pinsonneault | Conservative | |
2nd | 1872–1874 | |||
3rd | 1874–1878 | |||
4th | 1878–1882 | |||
5th | 1882–1887 | |||
6th | 1887–1891 | Cyrille Doyon | Independent Liberal | |
7th | 1891–1896 | Louis Conrad Pelletier | Conservative | |
Riding dissolved into Châteauguay and Laprairie—Napierville | ||||
Riding re-created from Beauharnois—Salaberry and Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie |
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28th | 1968–1972 | Ian Watson | Liberal | |
29th | 1972–1974 | |||
30th | 1974–1979 | |||
31st | 1979–1980 | Pierre Deniger | ||
La Prairie | ||||
32nd | 1980–1984 | Pierre Deniger | Liberal | |
33rd | 1984–1988 | Fernand Jourdenais | Progressive Conservative | |
34th | 1988–1993 | |||
35th | 1993–1997 | Richard Bélisle | Bloc Québécois | |
Riding dissolved into Brossard—La Prairie and Saint-Lambert | ||||
Riding re-created from Brossard—La Prairie and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant | ||||
42nd | 2015–2019 | Jean-Claude Poissant | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–present | Alain Therrien | Bloc Québécois |
Election results
La Prairie, 2015–present
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Alain Therrien | 25,707 | 41.8 | +15.56 | $16,299.46 | |||
Liberal | Jean-Claude Poissant | 22,504 | 36.6 | +0.14 | $58,876.52 | |||
Conservative | Isabelle Lapointe | 5,540 | 9.0 | -2.91 | none listed | |||
New Democratic | Victoria Hernandez | 4,744 | 7.7 | -15.18 | $0.10 | |||
Green | Barbara Joannette | 2,565 | 4.2 | +2.05 | $362.15 | |||
People's | Gregory Yablunovsky | 393 | 0.6 | – | none listed | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 100 | 0.2 | -0.15 | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 61,553 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 886 | |||||||
Turnout | 62,439 | 71.95 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 86,779 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[2][3] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jean-Claude Poissant | 20,993 | 36.46 | +23.24 | – | |||
Bloc Québécois | Christian Picard | 15,107 | 26.24 | +0.51 | – | |||
New Democratic | Pierre Chicoine | 13,174 | 22.88 | -27.08 | – | |||
Conservative | Yves Perras | 6,859 | 11.91 | +2.46 | – | |||
Green | Joanne Tomas | 1,235 | 2.15 | +0.69 | $43.49 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 204 | 0.35 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 57,572 | 100.00 | $218,081.80 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 996 | 1.70 | – | |||||
Turnout | 58,568 | 71.15 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 82,318 | |||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +25.16 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 25,308 | 50.0 | |
Bloc Québécois | 13,035 | 25.7 | |
Conservative | 6,697 | 13.2 | |
Liberal | 4,787 | 9.5 | |
Green | 736 | 1.5 | |
Marxist–Leninist | 91 | 0.2 |
La Prairie, 1980–1987
1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Bloc Québécois | Richard Bélisle | 27,490 | ||||||
Liberal | Jacques Saada | 27,014 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Fernand Jourdenais | 7,852 | ||||||
New Democratic | Mohamed Akoum | 708 | ||||||
Natural Law | Pierre Montpetit | 691 | ||||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Alain Gauthier | 200 |
1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Fernand Jourdenais | 30,834 | ||||||
Liberal | Pierre Deniger | 19,497 | ||||||
New Democratic | Bruce Katz | 6,228 | ||||||
Rhinoceros | Marc-André Shakespeare Audet | 1,378 | ||||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Alain Gauthier | 186 |
1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Fernand Jourdenais | 26,506 | ||||||
Liberal | Pierre Deniger | 25,182 | ||||||
New Democratic | Lyse Chevalier-Grégoire | 8,602 | ||||||
Rhinoceros | Monique Spazzola Fisicaro | 1,851 | ||||||
Parti nationaliste | Marian Wecowski | 1,373 | ||||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Jean-Pierre Gélineau | 157 |
1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Pierre Deniger | 36,842 | ||||||
New Democratic | Jean-Claude Bohrer | 5,894 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Thérèse L'Écuyer | 4,960 | ||||||
Rhinoceros | Jacques Ferron | 1,868 | ||||||
Social Credit | Maurice Roy | 948 | ||||||
Libertarian | David B. Chamberlain | 297 | ||||||
Union populaire | Christian Labelle | 222 | ||||||
Marxist–Leninist | Jocelyne Éthier | 87 |
Laprairie, 1966–1980
1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Pierre Deniger | 39,410 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Jacques Vasseur | 6,576 | ||||||
Social Credit | Maurice Roy | 4,461 | ||||||
New Democratic | Jean-Claude Bohrer | 4,188 | ||||||
Rhinoceros | Jacques Cinq Cennes Marcotte | 1,335 | ||||||
Libertarian | David Beaulieu Chamberlain | 435 | ||||||
Union populaire | Christian Labelle | 266 | ||||||
Marxist–Leninist | Jocelyne Éthier | 121 |
1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Ian Watson | 35,276 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Georges Brossard | 12,767 | ||||||
New Democratic | Jean-Claude Bohrer | 5,153 | ||||||
Social Credit | Aimé Coderre | 3,855 |
1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Ian Watson | 34,557 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert-F. Nelson | 9,147 | ||||||
Social Credit | Marcellin Gagnon | 7,315 | ||||||
New Democratic | Bernard Boulanger | 5,261 |
1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Ian Watson | 31,968 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | H.-René Laberge | 5,316 | ||||||
New Democratic | Yves Demers | 3,551 | ||||||
Ralliement créditiste | Marcellin Gagnon | 1,288 |
Laprairie, 1867–1892
1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Louis Conrad Pelletier | 970 | ||||||
Liberal | Cyrille Doyon | 916 |
1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Independent Liberal | Cyrille Doyon | 917 | ||||||
Conservative | Joseph Tassé | 894 |
1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Alfred Pinsonneault | 675 | ||||||
Unknown | J.E. Robidoux | 572 |
1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Alfred Pinsonneault | 661 | ||||||
Unknown | T.A. Longtin | 601 |
1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Alfred Pinsonneault | Acclaimed |
1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Alfred Pinsonneault | 632 | ||||||
Unknown | J.-M. Loranger | 563 |
1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Alfred Pinsonneault | 750 | ||||||
Unknown | Mr. Normandeau | 293 |
References
- Statistics Canada: 2016
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for La Prairie, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament: