Papineau (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Papineau
province = Quebec


caption = Papineau in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24048
fed-created = 2003
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Vivian Barbot
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 101019
demo-electors = 72319
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 9
demo-cd = Montreal
demo-csd = Montreal

Papineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1948 to 1988 and since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 101,019.

The name of the riding comes from a street in Villeray named after Joseph Papineau.

At 9 square kilometres, it covers the smallest area of any federal riding in Canada. [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/electionsTrivia/index.asp?Language=e&param=2&q=4] As of the 2006 census, this riding had the lowest average family income in Canada. Linguistically, 45% of residents list French as their mother tongue, 8% list English, and 47% list neither English nor French, with large groups speaking Spanish, Italian, Greek and Arabic. The total immigrant population is 40 per cent. [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/082/index.html]

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Villeray and Park Extension, and the western part of the neighbourhood of Saint-Michel in the Borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.

History

The electoral district of Papineau was created in 1947 from parts of Hochelaga, Mercier, St. James and Saint-Denis ridings.

The riding was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Papineau—Saint-Michel, Rosemont and Saint-Denis ridings.

In 2003, a new "Papineau" riding was created from parts of Papineau—Saint-Denis riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

# Camillien Houde, Independent (1949-1953)
# Adrien Meunier, Liberal (1953-1963)
# Guy Favreau, Liberal (1963-1967)
# André Ouellet, Liberal (1967-1996)
# Pierre Pettigrew, Liberal (1996-2006)
# Vivian Barbot, Bloc Québécois (2006-present)

Election results

2004-present

1949 - 1988

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=532 Riding history 1948-1988 from the] Library of Parliament
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1370 Riding history 2004-present from the] Library of Parliament