Marie-Victorin (electoral district)

Marie-Victorin

Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
MNA	Bernard Drainville PQ
District created	1980
Demographics
Population
Electors (2007)	41,242 [1]
Area (km²)
Census divisions
Census subdivisions

Marie-Victorin is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Longueuil. It is bordered to the north by chemin de Chambly, to the east by Boulevard Jacques-Cartier, to the south by the Canadian National railway and Boulevard Taschereau and to the north by the Saint Lawrence River. The riding was created in 1980 from parts of Laporte and Taillon.

The riding was named after Brother Marie-Victorin, a Quebec botanist.

Members of the National Assembly

1. Pierre Marois, Parti Québécois (1981-1983)
2. Guy Pratt, Liberal (1984-1985)
3. Cécile Vermette, Parti Québécois (1985-2007)
4. Bernard Drainville, Parti Québécois (2007-present)

Election results

Quebec general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti québécois	Bernard Drainville	11,026	51.56
	Liberal	Isabelle Mercille	6,185	28.92
	Action démocratique	Roger Dagenais	2,369	11.08
	Québec solidaire	Sebastien Robert	957	4.48
	Green Party	Real Langelier	665	3.11
	Parti independantiste	Yves Menard	182	0.85

1981 Quebec provincial election : Marie-Victorin edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Parti Québécois	(x)Pierre Marois	19,472	65.49
	Liberal	Lise Vachon Marcotte	9,208	30.97
	Union Nationale	Joseph Roland Grandmaison	772	2.60
	Workers Communist	Alain Saulnier	110	0.37
	Marxist-Leninist	Michelle Dufort-Ginchereau	98	0.33
	Crédit social uni	Joseph Ranger	74	0.25
Total valid votes			29,734	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			377
Turnout			30,111	81.83
Electors on the lists			36,799

References

• Election results
• Map of Marie-Victorin
• Quebec electoral map

Neighbouring electoral districts