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Saint-Lambert (electoral District)
Saint-Lambert was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. It was first represented in the House of Commons of Canada in 1997. Its population in 2006 was 94,541. It has been replaced by Brossard—Saint-Lambert. Geography This riding on Montreal's South Shore (Montreal), South Shore was located in the Quebec region of Montérégie. The district included the City of Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Saint-Lambert, the former City of Greenfield Park, Quebec, Greenfield Park, the former Town of LeMoyne, Quebec, LeMoyne, and the western part of the pre-2002 City of Le Vieux-Longueuil, Longueuil. The neighbouring ridings were Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Brossard—La Prairie, Jeanne-Le Ber, Laurier—Sainte-Marie, and Hochelaga (electoral district), Hochelaga. Demographics :''According to the Canada 2001 Census'' * Ethnic groups: 90.4% White, 3.0% Black, 1.2% Arab, 1.1% Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brossard—La Prairie
Brossard—La Prairie 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 is 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 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Thibeault
Yolande Thibeault (born October 8, 1939 in Montreal, Quebec) is a journalist and politician in Quebec, Canada. She was elected a Member of Parliament of the House of Commons of Canada for the Saint-Lambert Riding in the 1997 general election. She was re-elected in the 2000 election with considerable majority over other candidates. She is a former freelance journalist for the Canadian Press. She also volunteered as assistant to the Chief Organizer of the NO committee in Saint-Lambert during the 1995 Quebec referendum, and was a volunteer on the YES committee during the 1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum. She served as Co-Chair for Jacques Saada's federal election campaign in the 1993 election, and was "city leader" for the Quebec Liberal Party in Saint-Lambert for the 1994 provincial election. During her first mandate as Member of Parliament (MP), she was assistant deputy chair of the Committees of the Whole House. For her second term, she was vice-chair of the Standing C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maka Kotto
Maka Kotto (born December 7, 1961) is a Cameroonian-born French-Canadian politician. Educated in France, Kotto immigrated to Quebec, Canada, where he was an educator before entering politics. Kotto was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourget. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Minister of Culture and Communications. A former member of the House of Commons of Canada for the Bloc Québécois, Kotto is also a published author and has appeared in films. Early life and education Kotto was born in Douala, Cameroon, and graduated from high school at Lycée Henri-Martin in Saint-Quentin, France. He studied law, politics, dramatic art and cinema in Nanterre, Bordeaux and Paris. Kotto immigrated to Quebec in 2006. Before becoming a politician Kotto was an author, actor, and stage director. He appeared in the 1989 movie ''How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer)'', based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josée Beaudin
Josée Beaudin (born December 20, 1961) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the electoral district of Saint-Lambert in the 2008 Canadian federal election. A member of the Bloc Québécois, she was defeated for reelection in 2011 by Sadia Groguhé of the New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * t .... References External links * 1961 births Bloc Québécois MPs Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Longueuil People from Saint-Lambert, Quebec Women in Quebec politics 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{BlocQuébécois-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadia Groguhé
Sadia Groguhé (; born November 9, 1962) is a French Canadians, French-Canadian politician of Algerians in France, Algerian descent. A municipal councillor in the French city of Istres from 1995 to 2000, Groguhé and her husband immigrated to Canada in 2005. In the 2011 Canadian federal election, 2011 federal election, she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament for the electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Saint-Lambert (electoral district), Saint-Lambert under the banner of the New Democratic Party (Canada), New Democratic Party. She was defeated for reelection in the new electoral district of Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne in the 2015 Canadian federal election, 2015 election. Early life and French political career in Groguhé was born on November 9, 1962 in Istres, France to Algerians in France, Algerian immigrants, one of twelve children. She has a Master's degree, practiced as a psychologist, and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne
Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert and Saint-Lambert. Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. The riding was originally intended to be named LeMoyne. Profile Despite breaking for the NDP in 2011, Longueuil—Charles-Lemoyne has become more of a competition between the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois, with the Liberals performing better in more Anglophone areas, such as Greenfield Park. Demographics :''According to the Canada 2016 Census'' * Twenty most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 73.8% French, 8.9% English, 3.7% Spanish, 2. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Hubert (electoral District)
Saint-Hubert may refer to: People: * Saint Hubertus, also known as Saint Hubert, was appointed Bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. In Belgium: * Saint-Hubert, Belgium, a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg * Saint-Hubert Air Base (Base de Saint-Hubert), a military airport located northeast of Saint-Hubert * Saint-Hubert Airport (Aérodrome de Saint-Hubert), a civilian airport located north of Saint-Hubert In Canada: * Saint-Hubert, Quebec, a borough of Longueuil ** Longueuil–Saint-Hubert (AMT), ''formerly Saint-Hubert (AMT)'', a railway station ** Montréal/St-Hubert Airport, an airport in Longueuil ** CFB St. Hubert, a former Canadian Forces military base in Longueuil * St-Hubert, a Canadian restaurant chain * Saint Hubert Street, a street in Montreal * Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, a village in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality * The French Counts of St Hubert, Saskatchewan, community in Saskatchewan In France: * Saint-Hubert, Moselle, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longueuil (electoral District)
Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census totalled 254,483, making it Montreal's second largest suburb, the fifth most populous city in Quebec and twentieth largest in Canada. Charles Le Moyne founded Longueuil as a ''seigneurie'' in 1657. It would become a parish in 1845, a village in 1848, a town in 1874 and a city in 1920. Between 1961 and 2002, Longueuil's borders grew three times, as it was amalgamated with surrounding municipalities; there was a strong de-amalgamation in 2006 (see 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec). Longueuil is a residential, commercial and industrial city. It incorporates some urban features, but is essentially a suburb. Longueuil can be classified as a commuter town as a lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Prairie (electoral District)
La Prairie (previously known as Laprairie) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1896, 1968 to 1997 and again since 2015. History The riding of Laprairie was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the Parishes of Laprairie, Saint-Philippe, Saint Jacques le Mineur, Saint Isidore and Saint Constant, the Indian Lands of Sault Saint Louis, and all islands in the River Saint Lawrence close to the county. It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into the Châteauguay and Laprairie—Napierville electoral districts. The riding was re-created in 1966 from Beauharnois—Salaberry and Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie ridings. It consisted of: * the City of Saint-Lambert; * the Towns of Brossard, Candiac, Châteauguay, Châteauguay-Centre, Châteauguay Heights, Delson, Greenfield Park, La Prairie, LeMoyne, Léry and Préville; and * in the County of Laprairie: th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
