Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec


caption = Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24061
fed-created = 1976
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1979
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Bernard Bigras
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 105864
demo-electors = 82790
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 11
demo-cd = Montreal
demo-csd = Montreal

:"For the borough, please see Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie (spelt with an en dash)."

Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie (formerly known as Rosemont and Rosemont—Petite-Patrie ) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. Its population in 2001 was 103,458.

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhood of Petite-Patrie and the western part of the neighbourhood of Rosemont in the Borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie.

History

The electoral district of "Rosemont" was created in 1976 from parts of Maisonneuve—Rosemont and Papineau and Saint-Michel ridings. The name was changed to "Rosemont—Petite-Patrie" in 2000, and then to its current name in 2003.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

# Claude-André Lachance, Liberal (1979-1984)
# Suzanne Blais-Grenier, Progressive Conservative (1984-1988)
# Benoît Tremblay::: Progressive Conservative (1988-1993):: Bloc Québécois (1993-1997)
# Bernard Bigras, Bloc Québécois (1997-present)

Election results

Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, 2008 - present

Rosemont—Petite-Patrie, 2000 - 2004

Rosemont, 1979 - 2000

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Nationaliste
Denis Castonguay
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See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=620&Include= Rosemont]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=1198&Include= Rosemont—Petite-Patrie]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1376 Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie]