Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs

Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs
Quebec electoral district

Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Marc Miller
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 103,070
Electors (2015) 83,351
Area (km²)[1] 19
Pop. density (per km²) 5,424.7
Census divisions Montreal (part)
Census subdivisions Montreal (part)

Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs is a federal electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of Jeanne-Le Ber, Westmount—Ville-Marie, Laurier—Sainte-Marie and Outremont.[2]

Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs 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]

The riding was originally intended to be named Ville-Marie.[4]

Geography

The riding included the western part of Ville-Marie (downtown), the neighbourhoods of Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy, Griffintown and Pointe-Saint-Charles in the Le Sud-Ouest borough. As well as Nuns' Island in the borough of Verdun.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs
Riding created from Jeanne-Le Ber, Laurier—Sainte-Marie,
Outremont and Westmount—Ville-Marie
42nd  2015–Present     Marc Miller Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalMarc Miller 25,491 50.82 +23.34
New DemocraticAllison Turner 11,757 23.44 -18.05
ConservativeSteve Shanahan 5,948 11.86 -0.05
Bloc QuébécoisChantal St-Onge 4,307 8.59 -7.44 $2,145.79
GreenDaniel Green 2,398 4.78 +1.99
RhinocerosDaniel Wolfe 161 0.32
CommunistBill Sloan 102 0.20
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,164100.00$221,982.87
Total rejected ballots 4350.86
Turnout 50,59959.96
Eligible voters 84,387
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 16,625 41.49
  Liberal 11,013 27.48
  Bloc Québécois 6,423 16.03
  Conservative 4,772 11.91
  Green 1,117 2.79
  Others 123 0.31

References

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