LaSalle—Émard in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal | |
| Coordinates: | 45°26′20″N73°36′54″W / 45.439°N 73.615°W /45.439; -73.615 |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1987 |
| District abolished | 2012 |
| First contested | 1988 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile,map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011)[1] | 99,845 |
| Electors (2011) | 74,505 |
| Area (km²)[2] | 20.22 |
| Census division | Montreal |
| Census subdivision | Montreal |
LaSalle—Émard was a federalelectoral district in theCanadian province ofQuebec which was represented in theHouse of Commons from 1988 to 2015. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. TheMP from 1988 to 2008 wasPaul Martin, who served as prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006.
As part of redistribution begun in 2012 the riding is now known by its current name and boundaries ofLaSalle—Émard—Verdun while the southwestern portion joined the new riding ofDorval—Lachine—LaSalle.
The district included theMontrealborough ofLaSalle and theSouthwest borough'sVille-Émard andCôte-Saint-Paulneighbourhoods. The neighbouring ridings wereNotre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine,Westmount—Ville-Marie,Jeanne-Le Ber,Brossard—La Prairie andChâteauguay—Saint-Constant.
Historically, the LaSalle part of the riding was fairly Liberal-leaning, with a few Bloc pockets in the west. Meanwhile, Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul were mostly Bloc areas. However, the division was swept over by the NDP surge in the2011 Canadian federal election.
The electoral district was created in 1987 fromLaSalle,Saint-Henri—Westmount andVerdun—Saint-Paulridings.
This riding elected the followingmembers of parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaSalle—Émard Riding created fromLasalle,Saint-Henri—Westmount andVerdun—Saint-Paul | ||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Paul Martin | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | |||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | |||
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | |||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Lise Zarac | ||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Hélène LeBlanc | New Democratic | |
| Riding dissolved intoLaSalle—Émard—Verdun andDorval—Lachine—LaSalle | ||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Hélène LeBlanc | 17,691 | 42.15 | +28.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Lise Zarac | 11,172 | 26.62 | -13.97 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Carl Dubois | 6,151 | 14.66 | -9.81 | ||||
| Conservative | Chang-Tao Jimmy Yu | 5,516 | 13.14 | -2.89 | ||||
| Green | Lorraine Banville | 946 | 2.25 | -1.47 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Yves Le Seigle | 288 | 0.69 | +0.35 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Guillaume Berger-Richard | 208 | 0.50 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,972 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 578 | 1.36 | -0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,550 | 57.10 | -0.7 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 74,515 | – | – | |||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Lise Zarac | 17,226 | 40.59 | -7.82 | $44,447 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Frédéric Isaya | 10,384 | 24.47 | -4.25 | $8,744 | |||
| Conservative | Béatrice Guay-Pepper | 6,802 | 16.03 | +3.28 | $24,841 | |||
| New Democratic | Amy Darwish | 5,622 | 13.24 | +7.28 | $3,066 | |||
| Green | Kristina Vitelli | 1,579 | 3.72 | +0.51 | $64 | |||
| Independent | Antoine Kaluzny | 674 | 1.58 | -- | $22,982 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Yves Le Seigle | 144 | 0.33 | +0.01 | ||||
| Total | 42,431 | 100.00 | $82,752 | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 648 | 1.50 | ||||||
| Total number of votes | 43,079 | 57.82 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Paul Martin | 22,751 | 48.41 | -8.3 | $59,334 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | May Chiu | 13,501 | 28.72 | -2.0 | $16,750 | |||
| Conservative | Georges-Alexandre Bastien | 5,994 | 12.75 | +7.7 | $17,795 | |||
| New Democratic | Russ Johnson | 2,805 | 5.96 | +1.7 | ||||
| Green | Serge Bellemare | 1,512 | 3.21 | +1.0 | ||||
| Independent | Jean-Philippe Lebleu | 281 | 0.59 | -- | $3,081 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Jean-Paul Bédard | 152 | 0.32 | -0.1 | ||||
| Total | 46,996 | 100.00 | $78,209 | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 599 | 1.26 | ||||||
| Total number of votes | 47,595 | 62.10 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Paul Martin | 25,806 | 56.6 | -9.2 | $58,357 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Thierry Larrivée | 14,001 | 30.7 | +6.5 | $6,381 | |||
| Conservative | Nicole Roy-Arcelin | 2,271 | 5.0 | -1.0 | $5,075 | |||
| New Democratic | Rebecca Blaikie | 1,995 | 4.4 | +2.7 | $2,226 | |||
| Green | Douglas Jack | 1,000 | 2.2 | – | $410 | |||
| Marijuana | Marc-Boris St-Maurice | 349 | 0.8 | -0.8 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Jean-Paul Bédard | 210 | 0.5 | – | ||||
| Total | 45,632 | 100.0 | $78,239 | |||||
Change from 2000 for top three parties is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Martin | 32,069 | 65.8 | +4.9 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Denis Martel | 11,805 | 24.2 | -0.2 | ||||
| Alliance | Giuseppe Joe De Santis | 1,806 | 3.7 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Deepak T. Massand | 1,111 | 2.3 | -9.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | David Bernans | 837 | 1.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| Marijuana | Mathieux St-Cyr | 765 | 1.6 | |||||
| Natural Law | Gilles Bigras | 273 | 0.6 | -0.3 | ||||
| Communist | Irma Ortiz | 107 | 0.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 48,773 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Paul Martin | 32,317 | 60.87 | +1.4 | $42,021 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Jean-Pierre Chalifoux | 12,953 | 24.40 | −8.9 | $19,467 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Josée Bélanger | 6,445 | 12.14 | 7.5 | $1,759 | |||
| New Democratic | Joe Bowman | 920 | 1.73 | 0.3 | $600 | |||
| Natural Law | Russell Guest | 453 | 0.85 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 53,088 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 1,642 | |||||||
| Turnout | 54,730 | 77.99 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 70,173 | |||||||
| Sources:Official Results, Elections Canada andFinancial Returns, Elections Canada. Percentage change numbers are not factored for redistribution. | ||||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Martin | 30,866 | 59.5 | +14.1 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Éric Cimon | 17,280 | 33.3 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Johanne Senécal | 2,368 | 4.6 | -38.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Richard Belzile | 708 | 1.4 | -9.2 | ||||
| Natural Law | George Amarica | 419 | 0.8 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Giampaolo Carli | 120 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||||
| Abolitionist | Thérèse Turmel | 103 | 0.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 51,864 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Paul Martin | 23,394 | 45.5 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Claude Lanthier | 21,979 | 42.7 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Claude Bohrer | 5,458 | 10.6 | |||||
| Independent | Ginette Boutet | 305 | 0.6 | |||||
| Communist | Ginette Gauthier | 212 | 0.4 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Nancy Guice | 117 | 0.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 51,465 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by | Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 2003–2006 | Succeeded by |