Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount

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Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount
Quebec electoral district
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount (Canadian electoral district).svg
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Marc Garneau
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]104,410
Electors (2015)79,071
Area (km²)[1]17
Pop. density (per km²)6,141.8
Census divisionsMontreal (part)
Census subdivisionsMontreal (part), Montréal-Ouest, Westmount

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount is a federal electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses areas formerly included in the electoral districts of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine (40%), Westmount—Ville-Marie (59%) and Outremont (1%).[2]

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount 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, which took place 19 October 2015.[3]

Geography[edit]

The riding includes the towns of Westmount and Montreal West as well as part of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal.

Demographics[edit]

According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Languages (2016 mother tongue) : 41.5% English, 26.0% French, 3.6% Spanish, 3.2% Mandarin, 2.9% Arabic, 2.9% Farsi, 2.6% Italian, 2.1% Russian, 2.0% Romanian, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Tagalog, 0.8% Polish, 0.8% German, 0.7% Greek, 0.7% Portuguese, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.4% Hungarian, 0.4% Bulgarian, 0.4% Vietnamese[4]

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount
Riding created from Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine,
Outremont and Westmount—Ville-Marie
42nd  2015–present     Marc Garneau Liberal

Election results[edit]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Marc Garneau 29,755 57.67 +19.43 $116,633.55
New Democratic James Hughes 11,229 21.76 -13.29 $121,985.65
Conservative Richard Sagala 7,414 14.37 -3.28 $23,826.12
Green Melissa Kate Wheeler 1,581 3.06 -1.32 $1,243.50
Bloc Québécois Simon Quesnel 1,282 2.48 -1.59 $2,358.94
Marxist–Leninist Rachel Hoffman 181 0.35
Independent Lisa Julie Cahn 151 0.29
Total valid votes/Expense limit 51,593 100.00 $214,383.86
Total rejected ballots 311 0.60
Turnout 51,904 65.21
Eligible voters 79,597
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 17,072 38.24
  New Democratic 15,648 35.05
  Conservative 7,878 17.65
  Green 1,955 4.38
  Bloc Québécois 1,816 4.07
  Others 271 0.61

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Final Report – Quebec
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ 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=
  5. ^ Elections Canada – Election Results, 22 October 2015
  6. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  7. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections