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

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while the southwestern portion joined the new riding of

Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle is a federal electoral district (Canada), 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� ...

Geography

The district included the

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of LaSalle and the Southwest borough's Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul

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. The neighbouring ridings were

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, Westmount—Ville-Marie, Jeanne-Le Ber, Brossard—La Prairie and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant.

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 and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.

Member of parliament

This riding elected the following members of parliament:

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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