Brossard—La Prairie

Brossard—La Prairie
Quebec electoral district
	File:Brossard—La Prairie.png Brossard—La Prairie in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts.
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	128,001
Electors (2011)	91,662
Area (km²)	168.14
Census divisions	Roussillon RCM
Census subdivisions	Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie, Saint-Philippe

Brossard—La Prairie was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 113,985.

Geography

The riding was located in the South Shore area of the Montreal metropolitan region, within the Quebec region of Montérégie.

The district included the Cities of Candiac and La Prairie, the Municipality of Saint-Philippe, and the City of Brossard.

The neighbouring ridings were Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Beauharnois—Salaberry, Saint-Jean, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert. Jeanne-Le Ber and LaSalle—Émard located across the Champlain Bridge.

History

The riding was created in 1996 from parts of La Prairie riding.

It consisted initially of the cities of Brossard, Candiac and La Prairie, and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Philippe in the County Regional Municipality of Roussillon.

It was dissolved into the new ridings of La Prairie and Brossard—Saint-Lambert for the 2015 election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Brossard—La Prairie Riding created from La Prairie
36th	1997–2000	Jacques Saada	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008	Marcel Lussier	Bloc Québécois
40th	2008–2011	Alexandra Mendès	Liberal
41st	2011–2015	Hoang Mai	New Democratic
Riding dissolved into La Prairie and Brossard—Saint-Lambert

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Hoang Mai	25,512	41.02	+28.31
	Liberal	Alexandra Mendès	16,976	27.30	-5.29
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Lussier	10,890	17.51	-14.96
	Conservative	Maurice Brossard	7,806	12.55	-6.32
	Green	Kevin Murphy	900	1.45	-1.65
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	110	0.18	-0.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,194	100.00
Rejected ballots			569	0.91	-0.1
Turnout			62,763	65.02	-0.1
Eligible voters			96,527	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Alexandra Mendès¹	19,103	32.59	-2.4	$36,025
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Lussier¹	19,034	32.47	-4.7	$57,985
	Conservative	Maurice Brossard	11,062	18.87	+2.0	$65,223
	New Democratic	Hoang Mai	7,452	12.71	+5.3	$5,268
	Green	Sonia Ziadé	1,816	3.10	-0.2	$1,057
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	157	0.27	+0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,624	100.00	$92,860
Rejected ballots			563	1.0
Turnout			59,187	65.1
	Liberal gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing	-1.1

¹ Alexandra Mendes of the Liberal party won the riding seat on 24 October 2008 following a judicial recount. Previously, the Returning Officer for the riding validated the vote counts as 19,202 to 19,100 in favour of Marcel Lussier of the Bloc Québécois.^[3]

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Lussier	21,433	37.2	-3.8	$38,970
	Liberal	Jacques Saada	20,190	35.0	-10.9	$67,491
	Conservative	Tenzin Khangsar	9,749	16.9	+11.0	$9,901
	New Democratic	Robert Nicolas	4,301	7.5	+3.1	$1,510
	Green	François Desgroseilliers	1,883	3.3	+0.7	$351
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	110	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,666	100.0	$84,147

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jacques Saada	24,155	45.9	-6.8	$79,076
	Bloc Québécois	Marcel Lussier	21,596	41.0	+8.1	$34,591
	Conservative	Robert Nicolas	3,107	5.9	-5.4	$7,661
	New Democratic	Nadia Alexan	2,321	4.4	+2.7	$1,767
	Green	Cécile Bissonnette	1,340	2.5	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Yves Le Seigle	109	0.2	-0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,628	100.0	$81,275

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jacques Saada	26,806	52.7	+6.1
	Bloc Québécois	Nicolas Tétrault	16,758	32.9	+0.2
	Alliance	Richard Bélisle	2,973	5.8
	Progressive Conservative	Sylvain St-Louis	2,783	5.5	-13.4
	New Democratic	Clémence Provencher	852	1.7	0.0
	Natural Law	Sylvia Larrass	528	1.0
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	172	0.3
Total valid votes			50,872	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jacques Saada	24,676	46.6
	Bloc Québécois	Françoise Bélanger	17,342	32.8
	Progressive Conservative	Kiet Ngo	9,982	18.9
	New Democratic	Samantha McGavin	906	1.7
Total valid votes			52,906	100.0

References

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Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
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External links

Brossard—La Prairie riding profile at CBC News

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

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Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères

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