Vanier (electoral district)

Vanier is a former provincial electoral district located in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it included mostly western and central portions of Quebec City west of Quebec Autoroute 73.

Vanier
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1972
District abolished2011
First contested1973
Last contested2008
Demographics
Electors (2008)[1]55,662
Area (km²)[2]54.55
Census division(s)Quebec City (part)
Census subdivision(s)Quebec City (part)

It was created for the 1973 election from parts of the riding of Saint-Sauveur. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Vanier-Les Rivières.[3]

Members of the National Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Saint-Sauveur (electoral district)
30th  1973–1976     Fernand Dufour Liberal
31st  1976–1981     Jean-François Bertrand Parti Québécois
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1989     Jean-Guy Lemieux Liberal
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1998     Diane Barbeau Parti Québécois
36th  1998–2003
37th  2003–2004     Marc Bellemare Liberal
 2004–2007     Sylvain Légaré Action démocratique
38th  2007–2008
39th  2008–2012     Patrick Huot Liberal
Dissolved into Vanier-Les Rivières

Election results
2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Patrick Huot 13,077 38.33 +14.14
Action démocratiqueSylvain Légaré12,59936.93-14.51
Parti QuébécoisEric Boucher7,51222.02+2.90
Québec solidaireMonique Voisine9312.73+0.60
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Action démocratiqueSylvain Légaré20,69951.44
  Liberal Jean-Claude L'Abbée 9,733 24.19
Parti QuébécoisSylvain Lévesque7,69419.12
GreenLucien Gravelle1,1492.86–
Québec solidaireMarie Dionne8592.13
Christian DemocracyLouis Casgrain1030.26

References
  1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=638&section=population
  2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=638&section=superficie
  3. Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2012.
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