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Laurier—Sainte-Marie (electoral District)
Laurier—Sainte-Marie () is a federal Electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons since the 1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 federal election. Its 2016 population was 111,835. 2019 Canadian federal election, Since 2019, its Member of Parliament (Canada), member of Parliament (MP) has been Steven Guilbeault of the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party. Geography The district includes Côte Saint-Louis and the eastern parts of the Plateau and Mile End, Montreal, Mile End in the Borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and the eastern part of Downtown Montreal and the western part of Centre-Sud (including part of the neighbourhood of Sainte-Marie, Montreal, Sainte-Marie) in the Borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal, Ville-Marie. History In 1987, the district of "Laurier—Sainte-Marie" was created from Laurier (federal electoral district), Laurier, Hochelaga (electora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plateau
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal () is a borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The borough takes its name from its location on a plateau, on the eastern side of Mount Royal and overlooking downtown Montreal, across its southern border. The borough is bordered to the south by Sherbrooke Street, to the north and north-east by the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks, and to the west by Hutchison (north of Mount Royal Avenue), Park Avenue (between Mount Royal and Pine Avenue) and University Street (south of Pine Avenue). It is one of the most densely populated boroughs in Canada, with 101,054 people living in an 8.1 square kilometre (3¼ sq. mi.) area. There is a difference between the borough named Plateau-Mont-Royal (which is a political division of the City of Montreal) and the neighbourhood referred to as the Plateau. The borough includes not only the Plateau neighbourhood itself, but also the neighbourhoods of Mile End (bounded by Avenue du Mont-Royal to the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois (, , BQ) is a centre-left politics, centre-left and list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism, Quebecois nationalism, social democracy, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty movement, Quebecois sovereignty. The Bloc was formed in the early 1990s by Member of Parliament (Canada), Members of Parliament (MPs) who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party and Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party during the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord. Founder Lucien Bouchard had been a cabinet minister in the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. The Bloc seeks to create the conditions necessary for the political secession of Quebec from Canada and campaigns exclusively within the province during federal elections. The party has been described as social democratic and Quebec sovereignty movement, separatist (or "sovereign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Duceppe
Gilles Duceppe (; born July 22, 1947) is a Canadian retired politician, proponent of the Quebec sovereignty movement and former leader of the federal political party, Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and was the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois for 15 years in three stints: 1996, 1997–2011 and in 2015. He was Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada from March 17, 1997, to June 1, 1997. He resigned as party leader after the 2011 election, in which he lost his own seat to New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Hélène Laverdière and his party suffered a heavy defeat; however, he returned four years later to lead the party into the 2015 election. After being defeated in his own riding by Laverdière again, he resigned once more. Early life and education Duceppe was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Hélène (née Rowley) and actor Jean Duceppe. His maternal grandfather was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Mary
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, various titles such as Perpetual virginity of Mary, virgin or Queen of Heaven, queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto. The Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Reformed Christianity, Reformed, Baptist, and Lutheran churches believe that Mary, as mother of Jesus, is the Theotokos, Mother of God. The Church of the East historically regarded her as Christotokos, a term still used in Assyrian Church of the East liturgy. Other Protestant views on Mary vary, with some holding her to have lesser status. She has the Mary in Islam, highest position in Islam among all women and is mentioned numerous times in the Quran, including in a chapter Maryam (surah), named after her.Jestice, Phyllis G. ''Holy people of the world: a cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and Liberal politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadians, French Canadian prime minister, his 15-year tenure remains the longest uninterrupted term of office among Canadian prime ministers and his nearly 45 years of service in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons is a record for the House. Laurier is best known for his compromises between English Canada, English and French Canada. Laurier studied law at McGill University and practised as a lawyer before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1871 Quebec general election, 1871. He was then elected as a Member of Parliament (Canada), member of Parliament (MP) in the 1874 Canadian federal election, 1874 federal election. As an MP, Laurier gained a large personal following among French Canadians and the Québécois people, Québà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In Canadian English it is also colloquially, and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or ''constituency''. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Beginning with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jacques (federal Electoral District)
Saint-Jacques was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988. There were two separate ridings named "Saint-Jacques". The first was created in 1952 from Cartier and St. James ridings. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Laurier and Saint-Henri ridings. A second "Saint-Jacques" riding was created in 1977 when Saint-Henri was renamed Saint-Jacques. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results Saint-Jacques, 1953–1979 Saint-Jacques, 1979–1988 See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References ... [...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] |
Laurier (federal Electoral District)
Laurier, a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1988. It was set up in 1933 from parts of Laurier—Outremont and Saint-Denis ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Outremont, Rosemont and Saint-Henri—Westmount ridings. The riding was re-created in 2003, and renamed Laurier—Sainte-Marie in 2004. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results See also *List of Canadian electoral districts *Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External linksRiding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament () is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ville-Marie, Montreal
Ville-Marie () is the name of a borough (''arrondissement'') in the centre of Montreal, Quebec. The borough is named after Fort Ville-Marie, the French settlement that would later become Montreal (now Old Montreal), which was located within the present-day borough. Old Montreal is a National Historic Site of Canada. The borough comprises all of downtown Montreal, including the Quartier des spectacles; Old Montreal and the Old Port; the Centre-Sud area; most of Mount Royal Park as well as Saint Helen's Island and Île Notre-Dame. In 2016, it had a population of 89,170 and an area of . Geography It is bordered by the city of Westmount (along Atwater Avenue) to the west and the boroughs of Le Sud-Ouest (along the Autoroute Ville-Marie, Guy and Notre-Dame streets, and the Bonaventure Autoroute) to the southwest, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (along the CP rail lines) to the east, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (along Sherbrooke, University streets, and Pine and Park aven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Marie, Montreal
The Sainte-Marie () neighbourhood is located in the eastern edge of the Centre-Sud area, in the borough of Ville-Marie. The Jacques Cartier Bridge and Maison Radio-Canada overlook the neighbourhood. History Prior to the construction of the Maison Radio-Canada, the area was part of the working-class neighborhood popularly known as Faubourg à m'lasse, demolished in the 1960s. Sainte-Marie, and the Centre-Sud more broadly, have a long held reputation for poverty, organized crime and prostitution casting the neighbourhood in a negative light. This has notably changed in recent years, with increased gentrification. Geography Sainte-Marie is part of the larger Centre-Sud, its boundaries are roughly De Lorimier Avenue to the west, the CP rails to the east, Sherbrooke Street to the north and the St. Lawrence River to the south. The Sainte-Marie rapids separate Sainte-Marie from St. Helen's Island. A notable landmark in the area is the JTI MacDonald tobacco company, which has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
