Saint-Laurent (provincial electoral district)
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Saint-Laurent is a provincial electoral district in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

. The district is located in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

. Its boundaries are to the north by the Rivière des Prairies
Rivière des Prairies
The Rivière des Prairies is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada....

, to the west by the Trudeau International Airport, to the east by Autoroute 15
Quebec Autoroute 15
Autoroute 15 is a highway in western Quebec, Canada...

 and Avenue Sainte-Croix and the south by Chemin Cote-de-Liesse and the Canadian National railway. The riding was created in 1965 from parts of Jacques-Cartier and Laval
Laval (provincial electoral district)
Laval was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Laval region north of Montreal, it was formed in 1867 and became part of Laval-des-Rapides in 1981.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

.

Members of the National Assembly

  1. Léo Pearson, Liberal (1966-1973)
  2. Claude Forget
    Claude Forget
    Claude E. Forget, OC is a former Canadian politician.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Forget holds a master's degree in public finances from the London School of Economics as well as a bachelor's degree in economics. He was also admitted to the Barreau du Québec in 1959...

    , Liberal (1973-1981)
  3. Germain Leduc, Liberal (1982-1985)
  4. Robert Bourassa
    Robert Bourassa
    Jean-Robert Bourassa, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 22nd Premier of Quebec in two different mandates, first from May 12, 1970, to November 25, 1976, and then from December 12, 1985, to January 11, 1994, serving a total of just under 15 years as Provincial Premier.-Early...

    , Liberal (1986-1994)
  5. Normand Cherry
    Normand Cherry
    Normand Cherry is a former politician and union leader in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1989 to 1998 and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Robert Bourassa and Daniel Johnson.-Early life and union career:Cherry was...

    , Liberal (1994-1998)
  6. Jacques Dupuis, Liberal (1998-2010)
  7. Jean-Marc Fournier
    Jean-Marc Fournier
    Jean-Marc Fournier is a Quebec politician and a lawyer. He currently serves as the Minister of Justice and the Reform of Democratic Institutions in the cabinet of Quebec Premier Jean Charest....

    , Liberal (2010-)

Election results

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|Liberal
|Jean-Marc Fournier
Jean-Marc Fournier
Jean-Marc Fournier is a Quebec politician and a lawyer. He currently serves as the Minister of Justice and the Reform of Democratic Institutions in the cabinet of Quebec Premier Jean Charest....


|align="right"|7,126
|align="right"|64.01
|align="right"|-10.38
|-

|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...


|Philippe Leclerc
|align="right"|1,996
|align="right"|17.93
|align="right"|+1.28
|-

|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....


|Jose Fiorillo
|align="right"|931
|align="right"|8.36
|align="right"|+3.57
|-

|Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...


|Marie Josèphe Pigeon
|align="right"|566
|align="right"|5.08
|align="right"|+1.61
|-

|Green
Green Party of Quebec
The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec or PVQ is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not elected any members to the National Assembly of Quebec...


|Tim Landry
|align="right"|513
|align="right"|4.61
|align="right"|-
|}
|-

|Liberal
|Jacques Dupuis
|align="right"|15,663
|align="right"|74.39
|align="right"|+6.58
|-

|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...


|Gabrielle Dufour-Turcotte
|align="right"|3,505
|align="right"|16.65
|align="right"|+5.01
|-

|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....


|Jose Fiorillo
|align="right"|1,009
|align="right"|4.79
|align="right"|-6.66
|-

|Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...


|Bill Sloan
|align="right"|731
|align="right"|3.47
|align="right"|+0.56
|-

|Marxist-Leninist
|Fernand Deschamps
|align="right"|147
|align="right"|0.70
|align="right"|+0.22
|}
|-

|Liberal
|Jacques Dupuis
|align="right"|19,970
|align="right"|67.81
|align="right"|-9.85
|-

|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...


|William Fayad
|align="right"|3,428
|align="right"|11.64
|align="right"|-2.66
|-

|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....


|Jose Fiorillo
|align="right"|3,373
|align="right"|11.45
|align="right"|+5.69
|-

|Green
Green Party of Quebec
The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec or PVQ is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not elected any members to the National Assembly of Quebec...


|Stephen Marchant
|align="right"|1,681
|align="right"|5.71
|align="right"|-
|-

|Québec solidaire
Québec Solidaire
Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...


|Wissam Saliba
|align="right"|856
|align="right"|2.91
|align="right"|+1.89*
|-

|Marxist-Leninist
|Fernand Deschamps
|align="right"|141
|align="right"|0.48
|align="right"|-0.17
|}
* Increase is from UFP
|-

|Liberal
|Jacques Dupuis
|align="right"|24,745
|align="right"|77.66
|align="right"|-0.37
|-

|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...


|William Fayad
|align="right"|4,556
|align="right"|14.30
|align="right"|-1.51
|-

|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....


|Sophie Theoharopoulos
|align="right"|1,834
|align="right"|5.76
|align="right"|+1.71
|-

|UFP
|Alain Pérusse
|align="right"|325
|align="right"|1.02
|align="right"|-
|-

|Marxist-Leninist
|Fernand Deschamps
|align="right"|206
|align="right"|0.65
|align="right"|-
|-

|Equality
Equality Party (Quebec)
The Equality Party was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that promoted the use of English in Quebec on an equal basis with French. Four Equality Party members were elected to Quebec's National Assembly in 1989, as part of an anglophone reaction to changes made by the governing Liberals to...


|Louis Ottoni
|align="right"|199
|align="right"|0.62
|align="right"|-0.68
|}
|-

|Liberal
|Jacques Dupuis
|align="right"|28,280
|align="right"|78.03
|align="right"| +1.30
|-

|Parti Québécois
Parti Québécois
The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...


|Yves Beauregard
|align="right"|5,729
|align="right"|15.81
|align="right"|-1.09
|-

|Action démocratique
Action démocratique du Québec
The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....


|Elias Ghadban
|align="right"|1,468
|align="right"|4.05
|align="right"|+0.88
|-

|Equality
Equality Party (Quebec)
The Equality Party was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that promoted the use of English in Quebec on an equal basis with French. Four Equality Party members were elected to Quebec's National Assembly in 1989, as part of an anglophone reaction to changes made by the governing Liberals to...


|Jacques R. Labbé
|align="right"|472
|align="right"|1.30
|align="right"| +0.22
|-

|Communist
Communist Party of Quebec
The Parti communiste du Québec or PCQ is a communist political party in Quebec. The PCQ was the Quebec branch of the Communist Party of Canada until 2005 when the PCQ split at convention with a majority opposing the CPC's stance on Quebec independence...


|Oscar Chavez
|align="right"|165
|align="right"|0.46
|align="right"|+0.18
|-

|Socialist Democracy
Parti de la démocratie socialiste
The Parti de la Democratie Socialiste was a political party in Quebec, Canada.The early origins of the PDS can be traced back to the Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif , later renamed Parti social démocratique du Québec...


|Richard Lahaie
|align="right"|129
|align="right"|0.65
|align="right"|-

|}
1995 Quebec referendum
Side Votes %
Non 34,856 82.85
Oui 7,214 17.15

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