Canadian federal election results in Western Montreal
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| 1997 Canadian federal election, 1997 The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government... |
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| 1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time... |
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Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Western Montreal.
Regional Profile
Montreal boasts some of the most highly-polarized political geography in Canada: While the soverengistQuebec sovereignty movement
The Quebec sovereignty movement refers to both the political movement and the ideology of values, concepts and ideas that promote the secession of the province of Quebec from the rest of Canada...
Bloc Québécois
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
has been strong in the mostly francophone East End, the largely anglophone and Jewish western portions of the city have been a Liberal and federalist
Quebec federalist ideology
Quebec federalist ideology revolves around the concept of Quebec remaining within Canada, in opposition to the desires of Quebec sovereigntists and proponents of Quebec independence....
fortress for the past half-century and contains some of the safest Liberal seats in the country (e.g. Mount Royal
Mount Royal (electoral district)
Mount Royal is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925. Its population in 2006 was 98,888....
and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2006 was 109,015.-Geography:...
). Even in the surge of support for Brian Mulroney's Conservatives in Quebec in 1984 and 1988, the Liberals picked up most seats in this area, as well as during the collapse of support in Quebec in 2006 – although one seat at the eastern end of the area was lost to the Bloc. Before 2011, 1984 was the only election in recent memory in which traditional Liberal dominance was seriously threatened in this region. Two former Prime Ministers, Paul Martin
Paul Martin
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....
and Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...
, represented ridings in this area.
Nevertheless, in 2011, several Liberal bastions, such as Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997...
, LaSalle—Émard
LaSalle—Émard
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. It is represented by New Democrat Hélène LeBlanc...
, and Pierrefonds—Dollard
Pierrefonds—Dollard
Pierrefonds—Dollard is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 102,542....
, fell to the New Democratic surge felt throughout Quebec. The NDP took five of the region's nine seats, with the Liberals holding the remainder.
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| Party | Western | Eastern Canadian federal election results in Eastern Montreal Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Eastern Montreal.-Regional Profile:The eastern end of the Island of Montreal was the city's only solidly sovereigntist area and was the Bloc Québécois's power base for almost two decades, partly due to its leftist bent... |
Northern Canadian federal election results in Northern Montreal and Laval Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Northern Montreal and Laval.-Regional Profile:Historically, the City of Laval has been a battleground between the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois... |
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
224,636 | 57.5 | 64,554 | 27.1 | 84,937 | 49.4 | 374,127 | 46.7 | |
| Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
83,512 | 21.4 | 137,602 | 57.7 | 61,090 | 35.5 | 282,204 | 35.2 | |
| N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
29,668 | 7.6 | 15,889 | 6.7 | 10,699 | 6.2 | 56,256 | 7.0 | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
32,601 | 8.3 | 9,504 | 4.0 | 8,869 | 5.2 | 50,974 | 6.4 | |
| Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
15,046 | 3.9 | 8,456 | 3.5 | 3,963 | 2.3 | 27,465 | 3.4 | |
| Marijuana Marijuana Party of Canada The Marijuana Party is a Canadian federal political party. Its agenda consists of ending prohibition of cannabis. With the exception of this one issue, the party does not have "official policy" in any other area... |
3,891 | 1.0 | 1,680 | 0.7 | 1,207 | 0.7 | 6,778 | 0.8 |
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada... |
959 | 0.2 | 430 | 0.2 | 692 | 0.4 | 2,081 | 0.3 |
Communist Communist Party of Canada The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario... |
78 | 0.0 | 335 | 0.1 | 252 | 0.1 | 665 | 0.1 |
Libertarian Libertarian Party of Canada The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement across Canada.-History:... |
165 | 0.0 | - | - | 165 | 0.0 |
Canadian Action Canadian Action Party The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T... |
85 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | 84 | 0.0 |
Independents | - | - | - | - | 250 | 0.1 | 250 | 0.1 |
| Total | 390,640 | 238,450 | 171,959 | 801,049 | |||||
2004 - 38th General Election
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