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Westmount–Ville-Marie

Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada

Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada

FieldValue
provinceQuebec
imageWestmount Ville-Marie.png
captionWestmount—Ville-Marie in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
fed-statusdefunct
fed-district-number24075
fed-created1996
fed-abolished2012
fed-election-first1997
fed-election-last2011
demo-pop-ref
demo-area-ref
demo-census-date2011
demo-pop103263
demo-electors77112
demo-electors-date2011
demo-area15.74
demo-cdMontreal
demo-csdMontreal, Westmount

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Westmount—Ville-Marie was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Its population in 2001 was 97,226.

Geography

The district included the City of Westmount as well as Old Montreal and the southwestern part of Downtown Montreal in the Borough of Ville-Marie, the western part of The Plateau in the Borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and the part of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce east of Hingston Avenue in the Borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the City of Montreal.

Political geography

The Liberals were strong throughout this riding, but had their strongest support in Westmount. In the 2008 election, the NDP saw their second-strongest result on the island in this riding. Much of their support was concentrated in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, where they won a handful of polls. In the 2011 election, the NDP surge held the Liberals to a tight margin of victory of 642 votes.

Demographics

:According to the 2001 Canadian census

  • Ethnic groups: 75.9% White, 5.9% Chinese, 5.1% Arab, 3.7% Black, 2.4% South Asian, 1.8% Latin American, 1.1% West Asian
  • Languages: 37.8% English, 29.6% French, 29.3% Others, 3.2% Multiple responses
  • Religions: 40.2% Catholic, 12.5% Protestant, 11.9% Jewish, 7.3% Muslim, 4.0% Christian Orthodox, 2.0% Other Christian, 1.3% Buddhist, 19.3% No religion
  • Average income: $44,790

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Saint-Henri—Westmount ridings.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

| Assembly# = 36 | RepTerms# = 4 | PartyTerms# = 6 | Assembly# = 37 | Assembly# = 38 | Assembly# = 39 | Assembly# = 40 | RepTerms# = 2 | Assembly# = 41

Election results

Note: Change is from 2000 redistributed results. Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 federal election redistributed resultsPartyVote%
Liberal23,34559.47
Progressive Conservative4,88212.44
Bloc Québécois4,30410.96
New Democratic2,2605.76
Canadian Alliance1,6514.21
Others2,8147.17

References

References

  1. [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2012
  2. [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2012
  3. http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=ele&document=map&dir=2008/wes&lang=e&textonly=false Elections Canada district map
  4. [https://www.electionprediction.org/2004_fed/riding/24075-westmount-ville-marie.htm Election Prediction Project]
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