Legislature House of Commons District created 1987 Last contested 2015 Province Québec Elector 68,685 | MP Vacant First contested 1988 District webpage profile, map Census division Montreal | |
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Saint-Laurent (formerly Saint-Laurent—Cartierville) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.
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Geography
The district corresponds exactly to the borough of Saint-Laurent in the city of Montreal.
The neighbouring ridings are Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Mount Royal, Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Laval—Les Îles and Vimy.
Demographics
According to the Canada 2011 CensusEthnic groups: 49.5% White, 15.0% Arab, 8.3% Chinese, 8.1% Black, 6.1% South Asian, 4.8% Southeast Asian, 3.4% Latin American, 1.6% West Asian, 1.5% Filipino
Languages: 32.7% French, 18.0% English, 7.0% Chinese, 4.0% Spanish, 3.5% Greek, 2.1% Vietnamese, 1.9% Italian, 1.9% Armenian, 1.7% Tamil, 1.6% Romanian, 1.1% Creoles, 1.1% Russian, 1.1% Farsi, 1.0% Urdu
Religions: 54.6% Christian (33.8% Catholic, 10.1% Christian Orthodox, 1.0% Pentecostal, 9.7% Other Christian), 17.0% Muslim, 7.4% Jewish, 4.3% Buddhist, 3.2% Hindu, 13.1% None.
Median income: $23,739 (2010)
Average income: $35,647 (2010)
History
The electoral district of Saint-Laurent was created in 1987 from Dollard, Laval-des-Rapides and Saint-Denis. The name was changed to Saint-Laurent—Cartierville in 1989.
This riding lost territory to Ahuntsic-Cartierville during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
It has been represented since a by-election in 1996 by Stéphane Dion, former leader of the Liberal Party and present Foreign Minister of Canada. It has long been regarded as one of the safest Liberal ridings in the nation.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, 1993–2015
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.