Brossard—La Prairie

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Quebec


caption = Brossard—La Prairie in relation to other Montérégie federal electoral districts.
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 24011
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Marcel Lussier
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = BQ
fed-rep-party-link = Bloc Québécois
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 113985
demo-electors = 86808
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 179
demo-cd = Roussillon RCM
demo-csd = Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie, Saint-Philippe

Brossard—La Prairie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 113,985.

Geography

The riding is located in the South Shore area of the Montreal metropolitan region, within the Quebec region of Montérégie.

The district includes the Cities of Candiac and La Prairie, the Municipality of Saint-Philippe, and the City of Brossard.

The neighbouring ridings are Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Beauharnois—Salaberry, Saint-Jean, Chambly—Borduas, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, and Saint-Lambert as well as Jeanne-Le Ber and LaSalle—Émard located across the Champlain Bridge.

History

The riding was created in 1996 from parts of La Prairie riding.

It consisted initially of the cities of Brossard, Candiac and La Prairie, and the Parish Municipality of Saint-Philippe in the County Regional Municipality of Roussillon.

It obtained its current boundaries in 2003.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

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=993 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament