Brossard—Saint-Lambert

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Brossard—Saint-Lambert
Quebec electoral district
Brossard—Saint-Lambert (Canadian electoral district).svg
Brossard—Saint-Lambert in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Alexandra Mendès
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]107,582
Electors (2015)83,194
Area (km²)[2]52.82
Pop. density (per km²)2,036.8
Census divisionsLongueuil
Census subdivisionsBrossard, Saint-Lambert

Brossard—Saint-Lambert is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of Brossard—La Prairie and Saint-Lambert.[3]

Brossard—Saint-Lambert 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.[4]

Profile[edit]

Brossard—Saint-Lambert is a fairly diverse riding, especially for Montreal's South Shore. Francophone voters make up around 56% of the electorate while Anglophone voters represent 16% according to figures coming from the 2011 census. Results from the 2011 election, transposed onto the new riding boundaries, show that Liberal support in Brossard was stronger to the west of Taschereau Boulevard, while NDP support was stronger to the east. In Saint-Lambert, the NDP was stronger in the north of the city, while the Liberals took most of the southern portion of the city. Other parties' support was fairly uniform across the new riding, although the Conservatives performed rather poorly in northern Saint-Lambert. These regional distinctions broadly held in the 2015 election despite the significant Liberal gains. This riding has traditionally been a Liberal bastion of support and they reclaimed it following the 2015 federal election.

Demographics[edit]

According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Languages: (2016) 52.5% French, 12.3% English, 4.9% Cantonese, 4.6% Spanish, 4.4% Mandarin, 4.3% Arabic, 2.1% Farsi, 1.5% Vietnamese, 1.4% Romanian, 1.3% Greek, 1.0% Creole, 1.0% Portuguese, 0.9% Italian, 0.8% Russian, 0.6% Urdu, 0.4% Bulgarian, 0.4% Bengali, 0.4% Polish[5]

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Brossard—Saint-Lambert
Riding created from Brossard—La Prairie and Saint-Lambert
42nd  2015–present     Alexandra Mendès Liberal

Election results[edit]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Alexandra Mendès 28,818 50.33 +17.58
New Democratic Hoang Mai 14,075 24.58 -12.23
Conservative Qais Hamidi 7,215 12.6 -0.22
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Lachance 6,071 10.6 -5.35
Green Fang Hu 1,089 1.9 +0.39
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,260 100.0     $220,572.15
Total rejected ballots 549 0.94
Turnout 57,809 69.16
Eligible voters 83,587
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 18,031 36.81
  Liberal 16,045 32.75
  Bloc Québécois 7,812 15.95
  Conservative 6,282 12.82
  Green 740 1.51
  Others 76 0.16

References[edit]

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
  3. ^ Final Report – Quebec
  4. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  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=109979&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=888&Temporal=2016,2017&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=
  6. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brossard—Saint-Lambert, 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