Brossard—Saint-Lambert

Brossard—Saint-Lambert
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Alexandra Mendès
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 100,828
Electors (2015) 83,194
Area (km²)[1] 58
Pop. density (per km²) 1,738.4
Census divisions Longueuil
Census subdivisions Brossard, 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.[2]

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.[3]

Profile

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.

Members of Parliament

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

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalAlexandra Mendès 28,818 50.33 +17.58
New DemocraticHoang Mai 14,075 24.58 -12.23
ConservativeQais Hamidi 7,215 12.6 -0.22
Bloc QuébécoisSuzanne Lachance 6,071 10.6 -5.35
GreenFang Hu 1,089 1.9 +0.39
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,260100.0   $220,572.15
Total rejected ballots 5490.94
Turnout 57,80969.16
Eligible voters 83,587
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
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

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