LaSalle—Émard

LaSalle—Émard

Quebec electoral district
LaSalle—Émard in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Lise Zarac Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	100,327
Electors (2006)	76,647
Area (km²)	21
Pop. density (per km²)	4,777.5
Census divisions	Montreal
Census subdivisions	Montreal

LaSalle—Émard is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. Former Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin represents this riding, but announced he would not run in the 40th Canadian federal election

[edit] Geography

The district includes the borough of LaSalle and the the Southwest borough's Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul neighbourhoods. The neighbouring ridings are Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Westmount—Ville-Marie, Jeanne-Le Ber Brossard—La Prairie, and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from LaSalle, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

[edit] Election results

Change from 2000 for top three parties is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

v • d • e Federal ridings in Montreal Liberal Bourassa • Honoré-Mercier • Lac-Saint-Louis • LaSalle—Émard • Laval—Les Îles • Mount Royal • Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine • Papineau • Pierrefonds—Dollard • Saint-Laurent—Cartierville • Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel • Westmount—Ville-Marie Bloc Québécois Ahuntsic • Alfred-Pellan • Hochelaga • Jeanne-Le Ber • La Pointe-de-l'Île • Laurier—Sainte-Marie • Laval • Marc-Aurèle-Fortin • Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie New Democratic Outremont