Bourassa (formerly known as Montreal—Bourassa) is a federal electoral district in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2016 was 101,032.

Geography

The district includes

Montreal North Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...

and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of

Sault-au-Récollet Sault-au-Récollet (English: Recollet Rapids) is a neighbourhood in Montreal. It is located in the eastern edge of the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, bordering the Rivière des Prairies. Autoroute 19 connects Sault-au-Récollet to Laval. T ...

in the Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The neighbouring ridings are

Ahuntsic Ahuntsic (; French pronunciation ) is a district in the northern part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally an independent village, Ahuntsic was first annexed by Montreal in 1910, then merged into the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in 2002. ...

Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel (formerly Saint-Léonard) is a federal electoral district within the City of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population during the 2011 el ...

, Honoré-Mercier, and

Alfred-Pellan Alfred-Pellan (formerly Duvernay and Laval East) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2006 was 104,765. Geogra ...

Demographics

13.2% of the riding's population are of Haitian ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada. :''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Ethnic groups: 59.3% White, 20.9% Black, 8.9% Arab, 6.1% Latin American, 2.1% Southeast Asian
Languages: 51.4% French, 9.7% Italian, 8.6% Creoles, 7.3% Arabic, 6.7% Spanish, 4.0% English
Religions: 61.8% Catholic, 2.1% Baptist, 1.9% Pentecostal, 11.1% All Other Christian, 12.7% Muslim, 1.9% Buddhist, 8.2% None.
Median income: $20,688 (2010)
Average income: $25,986 (2010) :''According to the

Canada 2016 Census The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. ...

'' * Languages: (2016) 67.8% French, 7.8% English, 5.0% Spanish, 5.0% Arabic, 4.5% Creole, 4.2% Italian, 1.0% Vietnamese, 1.0% Turkish, 0.6% Kabyle, 0.3% Khmer

History

The electoral district of Bourassa was created in 1966 from

Mercier Mercier is French for ''notions dealer'' or ''haberdasher'', and may refer to: People * Agnès Mercier, French curler and coach *Annick Mercier (born 1964), French curler *Amanda H. Mercier (born 1975), American Judge * Armand Mercier, (1933–20 ...

and Laval ridings. The name comes from a street running through the three neighbourhoods which is named after

Henri Bourassa Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa (; September 1, 1868 – August 31, 1952) was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government's request for Canada to send a militia to fight for ...

. The name of the riding was changed to "Montreal—Bourassa" in 1971. In 1976, Montreal—Bourassa was abolished when it was redistributed into a new "Bourassa" riding and Saint-Michel riding. The new Bourassa riding was created from parts of Montreal—Bourassa,

and Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies ridings. This riding lost territory to Honoré-Mercier and gained territory from

during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of parliament

This riding has elected the following

members 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 of ...

Election results

Bourassa, 1979–present

On 16 May 2013, Liberal MP

Denis Coderre Denis Coderre (born July 25, 1963) is a Canadian politician from Quebec. Coderre was the member of Parliament for the riding of Bourassa from 1997 until 2013, and was the Immigration minister from 2002 to 2003 and became the mayor of Mont ...

announced he would resign his seat on 2 June in order to run for Mayor of Montreal. The Chief Electoral Officer received official notification of the vacancy on 3 June 2013 and the by-election had to be called by 30 November 2013. Note: Change based on redistributed results. Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Montreal—Bourassa, 1972–1979

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Bourassa, 1968–1972

References

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Campaign expense data from Elections Canada2011 Results from Elections Canada
Riding history from the

Library of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Otta ...

Bourassa (1966–1971)Montreal—Bourassa (1971–1976)Bourassa (1976– )

Notes

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