LaSalle—Émard

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec


caption = LaSalle—Émard in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24029
fed-created = 1987
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1988
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Paul Martin
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 100327
demo-electors = 76647
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 21
demo-cd = Montreal
demo-csd = Montreal

LaSalle—Émard is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. Former Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin represents this riding, but announced he would not run in the 40th Canadian federal election

Geography

The district includes the Borough of LaSalle, Ville-Émard and the western part of Côte-Saint-Paul in the Southwest borough. The neighbouring ridings are Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Westmount—Ville-Marie, Jeanne-Le Ber Brossard—La Prairie, and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant.

History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from LaSalle, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Election results

Change from 2000 for top three parties is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

See also

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

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=911 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament