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Brossard—La Prairie

{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| province = Quebec

| image = Brossard—La Prairie.png

| caption = Brossard—La Prairie in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts

| fed-status = defunct

| fed-district-number = 24011

| fed-created = 1996

| fed-abolished = 2013

| fed-election-first = 1997

| fed-election-last = 2011

| fed-rep =

| fed-rep-party =

| demo-pop-ref = Statistics Canada: 2012

| demo-area-ref = Statistics Canada: 2012

| demo-electors-ref =

| demo-census-date = 2011

| demo-pop = 128001

| demo-electors = 91662

| demo-electors-date = 2011

| demo-area = 168.14

| demo-cd = Roussillon RCM

| demo-csd = Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie, Saint-Philippe

}}

Brossard—La Prairie ({{IPA|fr|bʁɔsaʁ la pʁɛʁi}}) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. As of 2011, its population was 128,001.

Geography

The riding was located in the South Shore area of the Montreal metropolitan region, within the Quebec region of Montérégie.

The district included the Cities of Candiac and La Prairie, the Municipality of Saint-Philippe, and the City of Brossard.

The neighbouring ridings were Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Beauharnois—Salaberry, Saint-Jean, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. Jeanne-Le Ber and LaSalle—Émard located across the Champlain Bridge.

History

The riding was created in 1996 from parts of La Prairie riding.

It consisted initially of the cities of Brossard, Candiac and La Prairie, and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Philippe in the County Regional Municipality of Roussillon.

It was dissolved into the new ridings of La Prairie and Brossard—Saint-Lambert for the 2015 election.

=Members of Parliament=

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

{{CanMP}}

{{CanMP nodata|Brossard—La Prairie
Riding created from La Prairie}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1997

| ToYr = 2000

| Assembly# = 36

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Jacques Saada

| RepTerms# = 3

| PartyTerms# = 3

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2000

| ToYr = 2004

| Assembly# = 37

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2004

| ToYr = 2006

| Assembly# = 38

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2006

| ToYr = 2008

| Assembly# = 39

| CanParty = BQ

| RepName = Marcel Lussier

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2008

| ToYr = 2011

| Assembly# = 40

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Alexandra Mendès

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2011

| ToYr = 2015

| Assembly# = 41

| CanParty = NDP

| RepName = Hoang Mai

| RepLink = Hoang Mai (politician)

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding dissolved into La Prairie and Brossard—Saint-Lambert}}

{{CanMP end}}

Election results

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Hoang Mai |25,512|41.02|+28.31| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Alexandra Mendès|16,976|27.30|-5.29| }}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Marcel Lussier |10,890|17.51|-14.96| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Maurice Brossard |7,806|12.55|-6.32| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Kevin Murphy |900|1.45|-1.65| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Normand Chouinard|110|0.18|-0.09| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|62,194|100.00 | }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Rejected ballots|569|0.91|-0.1| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|62,763|65.02| -0.1| }}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters| 96,527|–|–| }}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Alexandra Mendès1|19,103|32.59|-2.4| $36,025}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Marcel Lussier1|19,034|32.47|-4.7| $57,985}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Maurice Brossard|11,062|18.87|+2.0| $65,223}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Hoang Mai|7,452|12.71|+5.3 | $5,268}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Sonia Ziadé|1,816|3.10|-0.2 | $1,057}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Normand Chouinard|157|0.27|+0.1| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|58,624| 100.00| $92,860}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Rejected ballots|563|1.0 | }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|59,187|65.1| }}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}}

|align="left" colspan=2|Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois

|align="right"|Swing

|align="right"| -1.1

|align="right"|

{{end}}

1 Alexandra Mendes of the Liberal party won the riding seat on 24 October 2008 following a judicial recount. Previously, the Returning Officer for the riding validated the vote counts as 19,202 to 19,100 in favour of Marcel Lussier of the Bloc Québécois.{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/liberals-oust-bloc-in-suburban-montreal-following-recount-1.744731 | publisher=CBC News | title=Liberals oust Bloc in suburban Montreal following recount | access-date=2008-10-24 | date=24 October 2008 }}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Marcel Lussier|21,433 |37.2|-3.8| $38,970}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jacques Saada|20,190 |35.0|-10.9| $67,491}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Tenzin Khangsar|9,749 |16.9|+11.0| $9,901}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Robert Nicolas|4,301 |7.5|+3.1| $1,510}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|François Desgroseilliers|1,883 |3.3|+0.7| $351}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Normand Chouinard|110 |0.2|0.0| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|57,666|100.0| $84,147}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jacques Saada|24,155|45.9|-6.8| $79,076}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Marcel Lussier|21,596|41.0|+8.1| $34,591}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Robert Nicolas|3,107|5.9|-5.4 | $7,661}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Nadia Alexan| 2,321|4.4|+2.7| $1,767}}

{{CANelec|CA|Green|Cécile Bissonnette| 1,340|2.5|–| }}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Yves Le Seigle|109|0.2|-0.1| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|52,628| 100.0| $81,275}}

{{end}}

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jacques Saada|26,806|52.7|+6.1}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Nicolas Tétrault|16,758|32.9|+0.2}}

{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Richard Bélisle| 2,973|5.8|}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Sylvain St-Louis|2,783|5.5|-13.4}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Clémence Provencher|852|1.7|0.0}}

{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Sylvia Larrass|528|1.0|}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Normand Chouinard|172|0.3|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|50,872| 100.0}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jacques Saada|24,676|46.6}}

{{CANelec|CA|BQ|Françoise Bélanger|17,342|32.8}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Kiet Ngo|9,982|18.9}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Samantha McGavin|906|1.7}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|52,906| 100.0}}

{{end}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{SCref|unit=fed|name=2011fed|access-date=2011-03-07|24011}}
  • [http://www.elections.ca Campaign expense data from Elections Canada]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110101002259/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E Riding history from the] Library of Parliament

External links

  • [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/045/ Brossard—La Prairie riding profile at CBC News]

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Category:Former federal electoral districts of Quebec

Category:La Prairie, Quebec

Category:Politics of Brossard