Bourassa (electoral district)

Bourassa (formerly known as Montreal—Bourassa) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2006 was 100,683.

Geography

The district includes the Borough of Montréal-Nord, the western part of the neighbourhood of Rivière-des-Prairies in the Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Sault-au-Récollet in the Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

The neighbouring ridings are Ahuntsic, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, Honoré-Mercier, and Alfred-Pellan.

Demographics

13.2% of the riding's population are of Haitian ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada.^[2]

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Ethnic groups: 59.3% White, 20.9% Black, 8.9% Arab, 6.1% Latin American, 2.1% Southeast Asian
Languages: 51.4% French, 9.7% Italian, 8.6% Creoles, 7.3% Arabic, 6.7% Spanish, 4.0% English
Religions: 61.8% Catholic, 2.1% Baptist, 1.9% Pentecostal, 11.1% All Other Christian, 12.7% Muslim, 1.9% Buddhist, 8.2% None.
Median income: $20,688 (2010)^[3]
Average income: $25,986 (2010) ^[3]

History

The electoral district of Bourassa was created in 1966 from Mercier and Laval ridings. The name comes from a street running through the three neighbourhoods which is named after Henri Bourassa.

The name of the riding was changed to "Montreal—Bourassa" in 1971.

In 1976, Montreal—Bourassa was abolished when it was redistributed into a new "Bourassa" riding and Saint-Michel riding. The new Bourassa riding was created from parts of Montreal—Bourassa, Ahuntsic and Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies ridings.

This riding lost territory to Honoré-Mercier and gained territory from Ahuntsic during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Bourassa Riding created from Mercier and Laval
28th	1968–1972	Jacques Trudel	Liberal
Montreal—Bourassa
29th	1972–1974	Jacques Trudel	Liberal
30th	1974–1979	Jacques Trudel	Liberal
Bourassa
31st	1979–1980	Carlo Rossi	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993	Marie Gibeau	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Osvaldo Nunez	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997–2000	Denis Coderre	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2013
41st	2013–2015	Emmanuel Dubourg
42nd	2015–Present	Emmanuel Dubourg

Election results

Bourassa, 1979–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	22,234	54.06	+5.94	–
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Léveillé	7,049	17.13	+4.11	–
	New Democratic	Dolmine Laguerre	6,144	14.94	-16.5	–
	Conservative	Jason Potasso-Justino	3,819	9.29	+4.64	–
	Green	Maxime Charron	886	2.15	+0.14	–
	Independent	Julie Demers	669	1.63	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	229	0.56	–	–
	Strength in Democracy	Jean-Marie Floriant Ndzana	99	0.24	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,129	100.0		$203,709.09
Total rejected ballots			859	–	–
Turnout			41,988	59.2	–
Eligible voters			70,815
	Liberal hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	14,585	38.47
	New Democratic	12,269	32.36
	Bloc Québécois	7,212	19.02
	Conservative	3,114	8.21
	Green	590	1.56
	Others	144	0.38

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Emmanuel Dubourg	8,825	48.12	+7.21	$ 86,108.33
	New Democratic	Stéphane Moraille	5,766	31.44	−0.84	87,240.19
	Bloc Québécois	Daniel Duranleau	2,387	13.02	−3.04	81,591.19
	Conservative	Rida Mahmoud	852	4.65	−4.17	21,442.95
	Green	Danny Polifroni	368	2.01	+0.40	34,300.92
	Rhinoceros	Serge Lavoie	140	0.76		216.08
Total valid votes/Expense limit			18,338	100.0	–	$ 89,016.17
Total rejected ballots			295	1.58	−0.19
Turnout			18,633	26.22	−28.90
Eligible voters			69,527
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.05
By-election due to the resignation of Denis Coderre.
Source(s) "November 25, 2013 By-elections". Elections Canada. November 26, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013. "November 25, 2013 By-election – Financial Reports (as reviewed)". Retrieved October 29, 2014.

On May 16, 2013, Liberal MP Denis Coderre announced he would resign his seat on June 2 in order to run for Mayor of Montreal.^[7] The Chief Electoral Officer received official notification of the vacancy on June 3, 2013 and the by-election had to be called by November 30, 2013.^[8]

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Denis Coderre	15,550	40.91	-8.89	$82,932.75
	New Democratic	Julie Demers	12,270	32.28	+24.29	$2,576.07
	Bloc Québécois	Daniel Mailhot	6,105	16.06	-9.36	$35,234.98
	Conservative	David Azoulay	3,354	8.82	-4.72	$5,747.39
	Green	Tiziana Centazzo	613	1.61	-1.31	$245.29
	Marxist–Leninist	Geneviève Royer	121	0.32	-0.01	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,013	100.0	–	$ 83,923.41
Total rejected ballots			685	1.77	+0.06
Turnout			38,698	55.12	-3.20
Eligible voters			70,207
	Liberal hold		Swing		-16.59

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Denis Coderre	19,869	49.79	+6.38	$79,580.44
	Bloc Québécois	Daniel Mailhot	10,145	25.42	−6.55	$20,296.58
	Conservative	Michelle Allaire	5,405	13.55	−2.30	$54,889.35
	New Democratic	Samira Laouni	3,188	7.99	+2.80	$8,509.18
	Green	François Boucher	1,166	2.92	−0.26	$50.79
	Marxist–Leninist	Geneviève Royer	130	0.33	−0.07	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense Limit			39,903	100.0	–	$ 81,509.50
Total rejected ballots			695	1.71	−0.15
Turnout			40,598	58.32	−1.36
Electors on the lists			69,612
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.47
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Denis Coderre	18,705	43.41	-6.63	$74,877
	Bloc Québécois	Apraham Niziblian	13,777	31.97	-5.79	$42,887
	Conservative	Liberato Martelli	6,830	15.85	+10.53	$16,397
	New Democratic	Stefano Saykaly	2,237	5.19	+1.22	$2,513
	Green	François Boucher	1,370	3.18	+1.60	$469
	Marxist–Leninist	Geneviève Royer	173	0.40	+0.03
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,092	100.0	–	$76,351
Total rejected ballots			815	1.86	-0.50
Turnout			43,907	59.68	+2.68
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.42

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Denis Coderre	20,927	50.03	-11.35	$71,984
	Bloc Québécois	Doris Provencher	15,794	37.76	+9.13	$25,867
	Conservative	Frédéric Grenier	2,226	5.32	-1.56	$3,369
	New Democratic	Stefano Saykaly	1,661	3.97	+2.15	$8,113
	Green	Noémi Lopinto	660	1.57	–
	Marijuana	Philippe Gauvin	403	0.96	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Geneviève Royer	154	0.36	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,825	100.0	–	$76,415
Total rejected ballots			1,010	2.36		–
Turnout			42,835	57.00	-2.53	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.24

Note: Change based on redistributed results. 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	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Denis Coderre (incumbent)	25,403	62.22		$57,411
	Bloc Québécois	Umberto Di Genova	11,462	28.07		$40,416
	Alliance	Marcel Lys François	1,435	3.51		$2,028
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Pitre	1,325	3.25		none listed
	New Democratic	Richard Gendron	736	1.80		$631
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	330	0.81		$10
	Communist	Ulises Nitor	137	0.34		$187
Total valid votes			40,828	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,248
Turnout			42,076	62.35
Electors on the lists			67,488
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Denis Coderre	23,765	52.2	+10.5
	Bloc Québécois	Osvaldo Nunez	14,813	32.5	-9.3
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Wildhaber	5,937	13.0	+1.1
	New Democratic	Dominique Baillard	999	2.2	-0.4
Total valid votes			45,514	100.0	–

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Bloc Québécois	Osvaldo Nunez	18,234	41.9	–
	Liberal	Denis Coderre	18,167	41.7	+0.3
	Progressive Conservative	Marie Gibeau	5,199	11.9	-31.4
	New Democratic	Raymond Laurent	1,146	2.6	-8.3
	Natural Law	Miville Couture	479	1.1	–
	Abolitionist	Lucien Lapointe	209	0.5	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Harold Anthony Quesnel	102	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes			43,536	100.0	–

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Marie Gibeau	18,979	43.3	+2.7
	Liberal	Carlo Rossi	18,159	41.5	-2.5
	New Democratic	Kéder Hyppolite	4,797	11.0	+2.8
	Rhinoceros	Patrick Pi L'Autre Cossette	882	2.0	-1.5
	Green	Michel Szabo	396	0.9	–
	Social Credit	Gérard Ledoux	178	0.4	-0.1
	Communist	Claire Dasylva	159	0.4	–
	Independent	Stéphane Savard	125	0.3	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Daniel Coté	107	0.2	–
Total valid votes			43,782	100.0	–

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Carlo Rossi	20,221	43.9	-32.5
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond-J. Rochon	18,703	40.6	+32.8
	New Democratic	Roderick Charters	3,741	8.1	-4.6
	Rhinoceros	Dominique Pique-Nique Malouin	1,618	3.5	–
	Parti nationaliste	J. André Perey	1,169	2.5	–
	Social Credit	Roland Boudreau	236	0.5	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Carl Paradis	125	0.3	–
	Independent	Michel Dugré	103	0.2	–
	Independent	Gérard Ledoux	101	0.2	–
Total valid votes			46,017	100.0	–

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Carlo Rossi	30,924	76.5	+14.0
	New Democratic	Roderick Charters	5,144	12.7	+9.0
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond J. Rochon	3,182	7.9	+0.1
	Union populaire	Henriette Duval	875	2.2	+0.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Daumery	305	0.8	+0.5
Total valid votes			40,430	100.0	–

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Carlo Rossi	29,929	62.5	+2.5
	Social Credit	Gérard Rougeau	5,178	10.8	-1.0
	Independent	Raymond Cloutier	4,918	10.3	–
	Progressive Conservative	J. Raymond Rochon	3,705	7.7	-9.2
	New Democratic	Daniel Piotrowski	1,804	3.8	-5.1
	Rhinoceros	Victor-Levy Beaulieu	1,492	3.1	+1.6
	Union populaire	Jacques Bergeron	635	1.3	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Daumery	103	0.2	-0.2
	Communist	Suzanne Dagenais	102	0.2	-0.3
Total valid votes			47,866	100.0	–

Montreal—Bourassa, 1972–1979

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jacques Trudel	26,550	60.0	+8.3
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Lefebvre	7,500	16.9	-1.2
	Social Credit	Gérard Ledoux	5,218	11.8	-9.1
	New Democratic	Robert-F. Faucher	3,912	8.8	-0.4
	Independent	Victor-Lévy Beaulieu	673	1.5	–
	Communist	Ginette Poirier	213	0.5	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Marc Blouin	194	0.4	–
Total valid votes			44,260	100.0	–

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jacques Trudel	25,728	51.7	-3.4
	Social Credit	Gérard Ledoux	10,418	20.9	+17.0
	Progressive Conservative	Rodolphe Sauvé	9,054	18.2	-12.3
	New Democratic	Sid-A. Zitouni	4,601	9.2	-0.4
Total valid votes			49,801	100.0	–

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Bourassa, 1968–1972

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jacques Trudel	19,778	55.1
	Progressive Conservative	Yves Ryan	10,939	30.5
	New Democratic	Gérard Marotte	3,443	9.6
	Ralliement créditiste	Gérard Ledoux	1,401	3.9
	Unknown	Rolland Denommée	339	0.9
Total valid votes			35,900	100.0

References

"(Code 24009) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
2011 Results from Elections Canada

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

1 2 Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
1 2 http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=24009&Data=Count&SearchText=Bourassa&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Bourassa, 30 September 2015
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
↑ "Denis Coderre makes mayoralty bid official amid protests". CBC News. May 16, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
↑ "Journalists vying for seat in Commons shows politics changing: Spector". The Hill Times. August 12, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.

Federal ridings in Montreal and Laval

Liberal	Ahuntsic-Cartierville Alfred-Pellan Bourassa Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle Honoré-Mercier Lac-Saint-Louis LaSalle—Émard—Verdun Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Papineau Pierrefonds—Dollard Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs Vimy

New Democratic	Hochelaga Laurier—Sainte-Marie Outremont Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie

Bloc Québécois	La Pointe-de-l'Île

Federal ridings in Quebec

Central Quebec

Côte-Nord and Saguenay

Eastern Quebec

The Eastern Townships

The Laurentides, Outaouais
and Northern Quebec

Montreal
(East, West, North & Laval)

Laval	Alfred-Pellan Laval—Les Îles Marc-Aurèle-Fortin Vimy

Montérégie

Quebec City

See also: Quebec provincial electoral districts

Historical federal ridings in Quebec

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

Coordinates: 45°36′52″N 73°36′59″W / 45.6145°N 73.6163°W / 45.6145; -73.6163

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