First contested 1968 District webpage profile, map | District created 1966 Last contested 2015 Province Québec Elector 70,444 | |
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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.
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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.
According to the Canada 2011 CensusEthnic 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)
Average income: $25,986 (2010)
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:
Bourassa, 1979–present
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. 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.
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.
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.