Location in Montreal | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec | ||
| MNA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1965 | ||
| First contested | 1966 | ||
| Last contested | 2022 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2001) | 52,971 | ||
| Electors (2014)[1] | 41,609 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 28.0 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,891.8 | ||
| Census division | Montreal (part) | ||
| Census subdivision | Montreal (part) | ||
LaFontaine (French pronunciation:[lafɔ̃tɛn]) is a provincial electoral district inMontreal,Quebec, Canada that elects members to theNational Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the neighbourhood ofRivière-des-Prairies in the borough ofRivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles.
It was created for the1966 election from a part ofBourget electoral district.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged. From 1992 to 2001, the riding also included the northern half ofPointe-aux-Trembles.
It was named after the First Prime Minister of theUnited Province of Canada,Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine.
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created fromBourget | ||||
| 28th | 1966–1970 | Jean-Paul Beaudry | Union Nationale | |
| 29th | 1970–1973 | Marcel Léger | Parti Québécois | |
| 30th | 1973–1976 | |||
| 31st | 1976–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Jean-Claude Gobé | Liberal | |
| 34th | 1989–1994 | |||
| 35th | 1994–1998 | |||
| 36th | 1998–2003 | |||
| 2003–2003 | Independent | |||
| 37th | 2003–2007 | Tony Tomassi | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2007–2008 | |||
| 39th | 2008–2010 | |||
| 2010–2012 | Independent | |||
| 2012–2012 | Marc Tanguay | Liberal | ||
| 40th | 2012–2014 | |||
| 41st | 2014–2018 | |||
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | |||
| 43rd | 2022–Present | |||
| 2022 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Tanguay | 13,398 | 51.67 | -7.13 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Loredana Bacchi | 5,189 | 20.01 | -1.9 | ||||
| Conservative | Yassir Madih | 3,406 | 13.14 | +11.38 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Anne B-Godbout | 2,301 | 8.87 | +0.02 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Shawn Vermette-Tassoni | 1,322 | 5.10 | -3.25 | ||||
| Green | Quinn Brunet | 313 | 1.21 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,929 | 98.58 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 374 | 1.42 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 26,303 | 62.33 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 42,199 | |||||||
| 2018 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Tanguay | 14,491 | 58.8 | -14.46 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Loredana Bacchi | 5,400 | 21.91 | +11.14 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | David Touchette | 2,181 | 8.85 | +4.97 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Claude Gauthier | 2,057 | 8.35 | -2.49 | ||||
| Conservative | Caleb Lavoie | 434 | 1.76 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Yves Le Seigle | 80 | 0.32 | +0.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 24,643 | 98.04 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 493 | 1.96 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,136 | 59.03 | -15.35 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 42,584 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -12.80 | ||||||
| 2014 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Tanguay | 22,476 | 73.26 | +14.12 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Mathieu Pelletier | 3,327 | 10.84 | -5.87 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Julie Di Battista Manseau | 3,303 | 10.77 | -5.06 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Véronique Martineau | 1,189 | 3.88 | -0.44 | ||||
| Green | Benoit Drouin | 233 | 0.76 | -1.00 | ||||
| Option nationale | Geneviève Dao Phan | 116 | 0.38 | -0.49 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Yves Le Seigle | 34 | 0.11 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 30,678 | 99.13 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 269 | 0.87 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 30,947 | 74.38 | +3.07 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 41,609 | – | – | |||||
| 2012 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Tanguay | 17,081 | 59.14 | +5.22 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Marc Boulerice | 4,826 | 16.71 | -0.30 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Domenico Cavaliere | 4,728 | 16.37 | +0.68 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Christine Filiatrault | 1,248 | 4.32 | -1.59 | ||||
| Green | Gaëtan Bérard | 507 | 1.76 | -1.26 | ||||
| Option nationale | Maxime St-Arnault | 252 | 0.87 | -0.71 | ||||
| Conservative | Patrice Raza | 160 | 0.55 | -0.71 | ||||
| Quebec Citizens' Union | Steven Hombrados | 78 | 0.27 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,880 | 98.88 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 327 | 1.12 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 29,207 | 71.31 | +45.77 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 40,960 | – | – | |||||
| Quebec provincial by-election, June 11, 2012 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Tanguay | 5,446 | 53.36 | -16.40 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Frédéric St-Jean | 1,736 | 17.01 | -2.10 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Domenico Cavaliere | 1,601 | 15.69 | +9.19* | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Sébastien Rivard | 603 | 5.91 | +4.00 | ||||
| Green | Gaëtan Bérard | 308 | 3.02 | +0.29 | ||||
| Option nationale | Paolo Zambito | 161 | 1.58 | – | ||||
| Conservative | Patrice Raza | 129 | 1.26 | – | ||||
| Independent | Marc-André Beauchesne | 104 | 1.02 | – | ||||
| Parti nul | Renaud Blais | 82 | 0.80 | – | ||||
| Équipe Autonomiste | Guy Boivin | 36 | 0.45 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,206 | 98.24 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 183 | 1.76 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 10,389 | 25.54 | -25.62 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 40,679 | – | – | |||||
* Result compared to Action démocratique
| 2008 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Tony Tomassi | 14,021 | 69.76 | +7.30 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Luigi De Benedictis | 3,840 | 19.11 | +4.86 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Gaetano Giumento | 1,306 | 6.50 | -11.74 | ||||
| Green | Gaëtan Berard | 549 | 2.73 | -0.20 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Natacha Larocque | 383 | 1.91 | -0.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 20,099 | 98.73 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 258 | 1.27 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 20,357 | 51.16 | -16.22 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 39,794 | – | – | |||||
| 2007 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Tony Tomassi | 16,281 | 62.46 | -7.07 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Marie-Eve Campéano | 4,755 | 18.24 | +7.92 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Guido Renzi | 3,715 | 14.25 | -4.66 | ||||
| Green | Jean-Christophe Mortreux | 765 | 2.93 | – | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Victorien Pilote | 552 | 2.12 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,068 | 98.91 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 287 | 1.09 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 26,355 | 67.38 | -3.44 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 39,114 | – | – | |||||
| 2003 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Tony Tomassi | 18,164 | 69.53 | +11.94 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Line Pelletier | 4,939 | 18.91 | -11.45 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Josée Anello | 2,697 | 10.32 | -0.89 | ||||
| Bloc Pot | Patrick Forcier | 323 | 1.24 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,123 | 98.68 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 350 | 1.32 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 26,473 | 70.82 | -9.24 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 37,380 | – | – | |||||
| 1998 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-Claude Gobé | 22,984 | 57.59 | +1.92 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Pierre Séwa Adjeté | 12,116 | 30.36 | -4.23 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Réal Barrette | 4,476 | 11.21 | +3.22 | ||||
| Innovator | Renée Devirieux | 176 | 0.44 | -0.46 | ||||
| Socialist Democracy | Pierre-Yves Legault | 161 | 0.40 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 39,913 | 99.10 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 362 | 0.90 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 40,275 | 80.06 | -2.81 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 50,305 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +3.08 | ||||||
| 1995 Quebec referendum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| Non | 26,373 | 59.73 | |
| Oui | 17,780 | 40.27 | |
| 1994 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-Claude Gobé | 20,698 | 55.67 | -2.67 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Anna-Laura Javicoli | 12,116 | 30.36 | -5.75 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Robert Fauteux | 2,971 | 7.99 | – | ||||
| Innovator | Pierre Bourgault | 334 | 0.90 | -0.81 | ||||
| Natural Law | Pierre-Yves Legault | 316 | 0.85 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,181 | 98.56 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 542 | 1.44 | -1.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,723 | 82.87 | +12.07 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 45,521 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +4.21 | ||||||
| 1989 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-Claude Gobé | 15,328 | 57.83 | +7.37 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Anna-Laura Javicoli | 9,571 | 36.11 | -9.57 | ||||
| New Democratic | Destin Jean-Pierre | 763 | 2.88 | +1.31 | ||||
| Innovator | Michel Labrèche | 452 | 1.71 | – | ||||
| Parti 51 | Roger Wistaff | 391 | 1.48 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,505 | 97.20 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 764 | 2.80 | +0.90 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,269 | 70.80 | -5.67 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 38,516 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +8.47 | ||||||
| 1985 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-Claude Gobé | 19,577 | 50.46 | +14.83 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Marcel Léger | 17,722 | 45.68 | -16.40 | ||||
| New Democratic | Roger Vincent | 608 | 1.57 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Paul Jacques | 460 | 1.18 | – | ||||
| Union Nationale | Serge Léveillé | 348 | 0.90 | -0.98 | ||||
| Christian Socialist | Jean-Pierre Poulin | 83 | 0.21 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,505 | 98.10 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 753 | 1.90 | +0.57 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,551 | 76.47 | -7.38 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 51,720 | |||||||
| Liberalgain fromParti Québécois | Swing | +15.62 | ||||||
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