La Prairie (provincial electoral district)

La Prairie

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Richard Merlini Liberal
District created	1867
District abolished	1922
District re-created	1972
First contested	1867
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	76,004
Electors (2012)[1]	41,572
Area (km²)[2]	143.2
Pop. density (per km²)	530.8
Census divisions	Roussillon (part)
Census subdivisions	Candiac, Delson, La Prairie, Saint-Philippe

La Prairie is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of the cities of Candiac, Delson, La Prairie and Saint-Philippe. Prior to 1988, it was spelled as one word: Laprairie.^[3]

It was originally created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada). Its final election was in 1919. It disappeared in the 1923 election and its successor electoral district was Napierville-Laprairie. It was recreated in for the 1973 election from parts of Chambly and Napierville-Laprairie.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Saint-Constant and Saint-Mathieu to the newly created Sanguinet electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

1. Césaire Thérien, Conservative Party (1867–1871)
2. Andrew Esinhart, Conservative Party (1871–1875)
3. Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois, Conservative Party (1875–1887)
4. Odilon Goyette, Parti national (1887–1890)
5. Georges Duhamel, Parti national (1890–1892)
6. Cyrille Doyon, Conservative Party (1892–1897)
7. Côme-Séraphin Cherrier, Liberal (1897–1908)
8. Esioff-Léon Patenaude, Conservative Party (1908–1916)
9. Wilfrid Cédilot, Liberal (1916–1923)
10. did not exist (1923–1939), see Napierville-Laprairie
11. did not exist (1939–1944), see Châteauguay-Laprairie
12. did not exist (1944–1973), see Napierville-Laprairie
13. Paul Berthiaume, Liberal (1973–1976)
14. Gilles Michaud, Parti Québécois (1976–1981)
15. Jean-Pierre Saintonge, Liberal (1981–1989)
16. Denis Lazure, Parti Québécois (1989–1996)
17. Monique Simard, Parti Québécois (1996–1998)
18. Serge Geoffrion, Parti Québécois (1998–2003)
19. Jean Dubuc, Liberal (2003–2007)
20. Monique Roy Verville, Action démocratique (2007–2008)
21. François Rebello, Parti Québécois (2008–2012); CAQ (2012)
22. Stéphane Le Bouyonnec, CAQ (2012–2014)
23. Richard Merlini, Liberal (2014–present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Action démocratique	Monique Roy Verville	14,453	33.79
	Parti Québécois	François Rebello	13,168	30.79
	Liberal	Jean Dubuc	12,251	28.64
	Green	Louis Corbeil	1,605	3.75
	Québec solidaire	Antoine Pich	818	1.91
	Bloc Pot	Guy Latour	238	0.56
	Independent	Martin McNeil	179	0.42
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	60	0.14
Total valid votes			42,772	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			442
Turnout			43,214	77.50
Electors on the lists			55,758
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parti Québécois	François Rebello	16,382	44.83
	Liberal	Marc Savard	13,678	37.43
	Action démocratique	Monique Roy Verville	5,178	14.17
	Québec solidaire	Danielle Maire	760	2.08
	Independent	Martin McNeil	392	1.07
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	150	0.41
Total valid votes			36,540	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			584
Turnout			37,124	63.62
Electors on the lists			58,350
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Stéphane Le Bouyonnec	11,094	32.64	+19.56
	Parti Québécois	Pierre Langlois	11,019	32.42	-9.70
	Liberal	Lucie F. Roussel	9,338	27.48	-13.96
	Québec solidaire	Yohan Perron	1,195	3.52	+1.46
	Option nationale	Jean-Pierre Gouin	473	1.39
	Green	Kevin Murphy	469	1.38
	Coalition pour la constituante	Adrian Ahsly Gutierrez	179	0.53
	Conservative	Monique Roy-Verville	172	0.51
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	48	0.14	-0.21
Total valid votes			33,987	98.78	–
Total rejected ballots			419	1.22	–
Turnout			34,406	82.45
Electors on the lists			41,728	–	–
^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+14.63

References

1. "General information on the provincial electoral divisions - Le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ)". Electionsquebec.qc.ca. 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
2. "General information on the provincial electoral divisions - Le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ)". Electionsquebec.qc.ca. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
3. "La Prairie: History of the electoral division". Elections Quebec. Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 2012-05-06.

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (Elections Quebec)

Maps

• 2011 map (PDF)
• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Montérégie region
• Quebec electoral map, 2011

Neighbouring electoral districts