La Prairie (provincial electoral district)

La Prairie is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1972 from parts of Chambly and Napierville-Laprairie. La Prairie previously existed from 1867 to 1919. It includes the municipalities or cities of Candiac, Delson, La Prairie and Saint-Constant.

Members of Legislative Assembly

La Prairie

#Césaire Therien, Conservative Party (1867-1871)
#Andrew Esinhart, Conservative Party (1871-1875)
#Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois, Conservative Party (1875-1887)
#Odilon Goyette, Parti national (1887-1890)
#Georges Duhamel, Parti national (1890-1892)
#Cyrille Doyon, Conservative Party (1892-1897)
#Come-Séraphin Cherrier, Liberal (1897-1908)
#Esioff-Léon Patenaude, Conservative Party (1908-1916)
#Wilfrid Cedilot, Liberal (1916-1919)

Napierville-Laprairie

#Joseph-Euclide Charbonneau, Liberal (1923-1936)
#Philippe Monette, Union Nationale (1936-1939)
#Hercule Riendeau, Union Nationale (1944-1962)
#Laurier Baillargeon, Liberal (1962-1966)

Members of the National Assembly

Napierville-Laprairie

#Laurier Baillargeon, Liberal (1966-1970)
#Paul Berthiaume, Liberal (1970-1973)

La Prairie

#Paul Berthiaume, Liberal (1973-1976)
#Gilles Michaud, Parti Québécois (1976-1981)
#Jean-Pierre Saintonge, Liberal (1981-1989)
#Denis Lazure, Parti Québécois (1989-1996)
#Monique Simard, Parti Québécois (1996-1998)
#Serge Geoffrion, Parti Québécois (1998-2003)
#Jean Dubuc, Liberal (2003-2007)
#Monique Roy Verville, Action démocratique du Québec (2007-present)

Election results

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Action démocratique
Monique Roy Verville
align="right"|14458
align="right"|33.84
align="right"
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Parti Québécois
François Rebello
align="right"|13113
align="right"|30.69
align="right"
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Liberal
Jean Dubuc
align="right"|12253
align="right"|28.68
align="right"
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Green
Louis Corbeil
align="right"|1605
align="right"|3.76
align="right"
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Québec solidaire
Antoine Pich
align="right"|818
align="right"|1.91
align="right"
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Bloc pot
Guy Latour
align="right"|238
align="right"|0.56
align="right"
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Independent
Martin McNeil
align="right"|179
align="right"|0.42
align="right"
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Marxist-leninist
Normand Chouinard
align="right"|60
align="right"|0.14
align="right"

References

* [http://www.quebecpolitique.com/election/comtes/c-laprairie.html Election results]
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/script/affiche_carte.asp?annee=2001&bsq=182 Map of La Prairie]
* [http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/fr/pdf/carte_recto.pdf Quebec electoral map]

Neighbouring electoral districts

Canadian City Geographic Location
North=La Pinière, Chambly, Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Verdun
West=Châteauguay
Center=La Prairie
East=Saint-Jean
South=Huntingdon