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Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve () is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada located in the southeastern end of the island. History ''See Mercier and Hochelaga-Maisonneuve articles for a more detailed histories of respective areas'' Hochelaga was founded as a village in 1870, and annexed to Montreal in 1883. In response, dissatisfied landowners founded the village of Maisonneuve to the east. Maisonneuve grew rapidly and became known as ''the Pittsburgh of Canada'' for its heavy industry, before finally being annexed to Montreal in 1918. These factories hired many workers, including immigrants and people from the surrounding countryside. They worked in the shoe, textile, tanning, slaughterhouse, tobacco, food, and shipbuilding industries. In 1920, many factories closed and moved east to Mercier. Mercier was an agglomeration of old villages: Beau-Rivage, Longue-Pointe and Tétreaultville. It was previously annexed to Montreal in 1910, before Maisonneuve. In 1960, the construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Projet Montréal
Projet Montréal (officially Projet Montréal - Équipe Luc Rabouin) is a progressive, environmentalist municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2004, it is led by Luc Rabouin and holds a majority of seats on Montreal City Council. History Projet Montréal was founded by environmental activists in 2004. Richard Bergeron was the party's first mayoral candidate. He was elected to the city council in 2005 and gathered 8.53% of the vote for mayor. In the September 2006 by-election held in the district of Marie-Victorin, Projet Montréal candidate and former city councillor Kettly Beauregard won 31.7% of the vote, for a second-place finish. In December 2007, candidate took second place with 37.43% in a by-election to replace disgraced Outremont borough mayor Stephane Harbour. At the same time, there was a by-election in Outremont's Robert-Bourassa district to replace Marie Cinq-Mars, who chose to run for borough mayor. Candidate Denise Rochefort a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pointe-de-l'Île
La Pointe-de-l'Île () is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 98,878. The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, Hochelaga—Maisonneuve, and Mercier ridings. Geography The district includes the City of Montréal-Est, the neighbourhood of Pointe-aux-Trembles in the Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Longue-Pointe and the southern part of the neighbourhood of Mercier-Est in the Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The neighbouring ridings are Hochelaga, Honoré-Mercier, Montcalm, Repentigny, Verchères—Les Patriotes, and Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher. Demographics :''According to the 2016 Canadian census'' * Languages: (2016) 83.0% French, 3.5% Spanish, 2.6% English, 2.0% Creole, 1.9% Arabic, 1.3% Italian, 0.6% Portuguese, 0.6% Romanian, 0.5% Vietn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karine Boivin Roy
Karine Boivin Roy is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. She was born in Chicoutimi in 1971, is a lawyer, & represents the electoral district of Anjou–Louis-Riel as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. She previously served on Montreal City Council as representative for Louis-Riel ward in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve () is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada located in the southeastern end of the island. History ''See Mercier and Hochelaga-Maisonneuve articles for a more detailed histories of respective areas'' Hochelaga w ... from 2013 to 2021. '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjou–Louis-Riel
Anjou–Louis-Riel is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located in northern Montreal and consists of the entire Anjou borough of Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ... plus a part of the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough. The riding was created in 1972 under the name Anjou. For the 2012 election, it was renamed to Anjou–Louis-Riel, but its territory was unchanged. Members of the National Assembly Election results Anjou–Louis-Riel, 2011–present ^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ. Anjou, 1972–2011 References External links ;Information: Elections Quebec ;Election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille-Laurin (electoral District)
Camille-Laurin is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located within the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough of Montreal. It includes territory between the boundary with Pointe-aux-Trembles borough and the Canadian National railway and between mostly Sherbrooke Street and the Anjou borough and the Saint Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrenc .... It was created for the 1960 election from a part of Laval electoral district (not to be confused with the modern-day city of Laval, which was not established until 1965). In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged. The riding was known from 1960 to 2022 as Bourget. Members of the Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (provincial Electoral District)
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve () is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located within Montreal, and its territory mostly covers the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, and also parts of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Ville-Marie and Le Plateau-Mont-Royal boroughs. It is bordered to the east by the Canadian National Railway yard, to the south by the Saint Lawrence River, to the north by Rachel and Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ... Streets and to the west by Frontenac Street. It was created for the 1989 election from parts of Maisonneuve and Sainte-Marie electoral districts. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged. Members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honoré-Mercier (electoral District)
Honoré-Mercier (; formerly Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies) is a federal Electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its most recent Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament was Pablo Rodriguez (Canadian politician), Pablo Rodriguez of the Liberal Party of Canada, who resigned the seat on January 20, 2025. Geography The district includes the entire Borough of Anjou, Quebec, Anjou, the eastern part of the Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and the northern part of the Borough of Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The neighbouring ridings are Hochelaga—Rosemont-Est, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, Bourassa (electoral district), Bourassa, Alfred-Pellan, Montcalm (federal electoral district), Montcalm, and La Pointe-de-l'Île (electoral district), La Pointe-de-l'Île. Political geography While the other eastern Montreal ridings have traditionally b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
Olympic Stadium (, ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Montreal, Canada, located at Olympic Park (Montreal), Olympic Park in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of the city. Built in the mid-1970s as the venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics, main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics, it is nicknamed "The Big O", a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof. It is also disparagingly referred to as "The Big Owe" in reference to the high cost of its construction and of hosting the 1976 Olympics as a whole. The stadium is one of the largest by seating capacity in Canada. After the Olympics, artificial turf was installed and it became the home of Montreal's professional Major League Baseball, baseball and Canadian Football League, football teams. The Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, CFL returned to their previous home of Percival Molson Memorial Stadium, Molson Stadium in 1998 Montreal Alouettes season, 1998 for reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boroughs Of Montreal
The city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada is divided into 19 boroughs (in French language, French, ''arrondissements''), each with a mayor and council. Powers The borough council is responsible for: *Fire prevention *Removal of household waste and residual materials *Funding of community *Social and local economic development agencies *Planning and management of parks and recreational facilities *Cultural and sports facilities, organization of recreational sports and sociocultural activities *Maintaining local roads *Issuing permits *Public consultations for amendments to city planning bylaws *Public consultations and dissemination of information to the public *Land-use planning and borough development. List of Montreal boroughs List of former boroughs Map See also * List of neighbourhoods in Montreal * History of Montreal * 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec References External links Official portal of Montréal {{Montreal Boroughs of Montreal, Former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochelaga (electoral District)
Hochelaga () may refer to: * Hochelaga (village), a 16th-century village on the Island of Montreal * Hochelaga Archipelago, Montreal and surrounding islands * Hochelaga, a 19th-century town eventually annexed to Montreal, now part of the neighbourhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve * Hochelaga (electoral district), a federal electoral district within Montreal * Hochelaga (provincial electoral district), a former provincial electoral district in Quebec * Hochelaga (film), a movie about Montreal biker gangs * '' Hochelaga, Land of Souls'', a 2017 film * , converted from a pleasure yacht to a Canadian patrol ship, and then a ferry See also * Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, a neighbourhood of Montreal * Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (provincial electoral district), a current provincial electoral district in Quebec * Hochelaga—Maisonneuve (federal electoral district), a defunct federal electoral district in Quebec * Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, borough of Montreal {{disambig, place name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Leduc
Alexandre Leduc is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve as a member of Québec solidaire. Following the 2022 provincial election, he became parliamentary leader of the solidaire caucus. He was also chosen to lead issues related to Labour, Employment, Higher Education and Secularism. Background Leduc worked as a teaching assistant and historian while studying at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Prior to being elected in 2018, Leduc served as an advisor to the Public Service Alliance of Canada The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC; , AFPC) is one of Canada's largest national labour unions. It is the largest union in the Canadian federal public sector. PSAC members work in every province and territory, and also work abroad in emb ..., and later the Québec Federation of Labour (FTQ). Electoral record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
