Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine (; formerly known as Lachine—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) was a federal

electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, Canada, that was represented in the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Ca ...

from 1997 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 104,715.

Geography

The district included the cities of Dorval and Montreal West, the borough of Lachine and the part of the neighbourhood of

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (, , ), commonly known as NDG, is a residential neighbourhood of Montreal in the city's West End, with a population of 166,520 (2016). An independent municipality until annexed by the City of Montreal in 1910, NDG is today o ...

west of Hingston Avenue in the City 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 ...

.http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/Map.aspx?L=e&ED=24045&EV=99&EV_TYPE=6&PC=H4B1B9&Prov=&ProvID=&MapID=&QID=-1&PageID=27&TPageID= district map from Elections Canada The neighbouring ridings were

Mount Royal Mount Royal (, ) is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The city's name is derived from the mountain's name. The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentian M ...

, Westmount—Ville-Marie, LaSalle—Émard, Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Lac-Saint-Louis, Pierrefonds—Dollard, and

Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Saint-Laurent (, known from 1993 to 2015 as Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, ) is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1988. Since a 2017 by-election triggered by t ...

Political geography

The Liberals had their strongest support in NDG, but also had a lot of support in most of Lachine and Dorval. The Conservatives failed to win any polls, but were the strongest in Lachine and Dorval. The Bloc, despite finishing third in 2008, was very strong in eastern Lachine including Ville Saint-Pierre. The riding was won by the NDP in its 2011 sweep of the province.

History

The electoral district of "Lachine—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce" was created in 1996 from parts of Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis and

ridings. The name was changed to Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine in 1997 before the 1997 election was held.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

, align="left" colspan=2, Liberal hold , align="right", Swing , align="right", +1.0 , align="right", , align="left" colspan=2, Liberal hold , align="right", Swing , align="right", -3.85 , align="right", Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

References

*
Riding history for Lachine—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce from the

Library of Parliament The Library of Parliament () is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The library survived th ...

Riding history for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine from the