Brossard—La Prairie was a federal electoral district in

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, 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

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

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. The neighbouring ridings were Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Beauharnois—Salaberry, Saint-Jean, Chambly—Borduas,

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, and Saint-Lambert.

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and

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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 Brossard—Saint-Lambert 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 Brossard—La ...

for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

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gain from Bloc Québécois , align="right", Swing , align="right", -1.1 , align="right", 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. Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

References

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Notes

External links

Brossard—La Prairie riding profile at CBC News
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brossard-La Prairie Former federal electoral districts of Quebec La Prairie, Quebec Politics of Brossard