Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount

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Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount
Quebec electoral district
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Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Marc Garneau
Liberal
District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 104,410
Electors (2015) 79,071
Area (km²)[1] 17
Pop. density (per km²) 6,141.8
Census divisions Montreal (part)
Census subdivisions Montreal (part), Montréal-Ouest, Westmount

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount is a new federal electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine (40%), Westmount—Ville-Marie (59%) and Outremont (1%).[2]

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount 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]

Geography

The riding includes the cities of Westmount and Montréal-Ouest as well as part of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount
Riding created from Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine,
Outremont and Westmount—Ville-Marie
42nd  2015–Present     Marc Garneau Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Liberal Marc Garneau 29,755 57.67 +19.43
New Democratic James Hughes 11,229 21.76 -13.29
Conservative Richard Sagala 7,414 14.37 -3.28
Green Melissa Kate Wheeler 1,581 3.06 -1.32
Bloc Québécois Simon Quesnel 1,282 2.48 -1.59 $2,358.94
Marxist–Leninist Rachel Hoffman 181 0.35
Independent Lisa Julie Cahn 151 0.29
Total valid votes/Expense limit 51,593 100.00 $214,383.86
Total rejected ballots 311 0.60
Turnout 51,904 65.21
Eligible voters 79,597
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote  %
  Liberal 17,072 38.24
  New Democratic 15,648 35.05
  Conservative 7,878 17.65
  Green 1,955 4.38
  Bloc Québécois 1,816 4.07
  Others 271 0.61

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Stastistics Canada: 2011
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  4. Elections Canada – Election Results, 22 October 2015
  5. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  6. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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