LaSalle—Émard was a federal

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in the

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that was represented in the

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from 1988 to 2015. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. The MP from 1988 to 2008 was

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, 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 of

LaSalle—Émard—Verdun LaSalle—Émard—Verdun is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec. It 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 o ...

while the southwestern portion joined the new riding of

Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle is a federal electoral district on Montreal Island in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of LaSalle—Émard and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine. Dorval—Lachine— ...

Geography

The district included the

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of LaSalle and the Southwest borough's

Ville-Émard Ville-Émard is a neighbourhood located in the Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Overview Geography This neighbourhood is bordered by the Aqueduct Canal to the east as far north as Desmarchais Boulevard where it meets Côte-Saint- ...

and

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. The neighbouring ridings were

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine (formerly known as Lachine—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 104,715. ...

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and

Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Châteauguay—Saint-Constant was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 107,165. Châteauguay—Saint-Constant was created in 2003 ...

Political geography

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 the

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History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from LaSalle,

Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Henri—Westmount (formerly known as Westmount) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997. "Saint-Henri" was created in 1966 from parts of Mount Royal, Not ...

and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.

Member of parliament

This riding elected the following

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Election results

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.

References

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Campaign expense data from Elections Canada2011 Results from Elections CanadaRiding history from the
Library of Parliament
Map of riding archived by Elections Canada

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lasalle-Emard Former federal electoral districts of Quebec LaSalle, Quebec