Ahuntsic-Cartierville (electoral district)

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Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Quebec electoral district
Ahuntsic-Cartierville (Canadian electoral district).svg
Ahuntsic-Cartierville in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Mélanie Joly
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]117,447
Electors (2015)82,863
Area (km²)[2]21.72
Pop. density (per km²)5,407.3
Census divisionsMontreal (part)
Census subdivisionsMontreal (part)

Ahuntsic-Cartierville is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Ahuntsic-Cartierville 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 of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[3] It was created from parts of Ahuntsic (80%) and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville (20%).[4]

Geography[edit]

The riding corresponds exactly to the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in Montreal.

Demographics[edit]

According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Languages: (2016) 64.0% French, 10.4% English, 7.0% Arabic, 2.7% Spanish, 2.3% Armenian, 2.0% Greek, 1.7% Italian, 0.9% Vietnamese, 0.9% Romanian, 0.8% Creole, 0.7% Tamil, 0.7% Urdu, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.5% Portuguese[5]

History[edit]

Parliament Years Member Party
Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Riding created from Ahuntsic and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville
42nd  2015–present     Mélanie Joly Liberal

Election results[edit]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Mélanie Joly 26,026 46.8 +15.7 $149,387.67
New Democratic Maria Mourani 16,684 30.0 +0.1 $86,722.49
Bloc Québécois Nicolas Bourdon 7,346 13.2 -15.1 $27,931.96
Conservative Wiliam Moughrabi 4,051 7.3 -1.3 $12,346.58
Green Gilles Mercier 1,175 2.1 +0.7
Rhinoceros Catherine Gascon-David 285 0.5
Total valid votes/Expense limit 100.0     $220,041.13
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters 82,863
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 15,127 31.1
  New Democratic 14,550 29.9
  Bloc Québécois 13,765 28.3
  Conservative 4,168 8.6
  Green 708 1.4
  Others 283 0.6

References[edit]

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ Final Report – Quebec
  5. ^ https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=109983&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2016&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=
  6. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Ahuntsic-Cartierville, 30 September 2015
  7. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Coordinates: 45°32′42″N 73°40′12″W / 45.545°N 73.67°W / 45.545; -73.67