- Mercier (electoral district)
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For the provincial electoral district, see Mercier (provincial electoral district).
Sanctuaire Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs, located on Sherbrooke East street, was part of the electoral district.
Mercier (also known as Montreal—Mercier) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 2004. In 2003, the district was abolished and split into the La Pointe-de-l'Île and Honoré-Mercier ridings. A provincial electoral district still exists under the same name but is located in Plateau Mont-Royal borough.
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History
Mercier riding was created in 1933 from Laval—Two Mountains and Maisonneuve ridings.
It initially consisted of:
- parts of the city of Montreal;
- the towns of Montreal North, St-Michel-de-Laval, St-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice, Montreal East, Pointe-aux-Trembles;
- the parishes of Rivière-des-Prairies, St-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice, and St-Jean-de-Dieu Asylum; and * the municipality of Pont-Viau and the town of Laval-des-Rapides in Laval county..
In 1966, it was defined as consisting of:
- the City of Pointe-aux-Trembles;
- the Towns of Anjou and Montreal East;
- the part of the City of Montreal bounded by Saint-Donat Street, the Towns of Anjou and Montreal East, and Saint-Lawrence River;
- the part of the City of Montreal bounded by the Cities of Pointeaux-Trembles and Montreal North, the Towns of Anjou and Montreal East, and Des Prairies River.
In 1976, it was defined as consisting of:
- the City of Pointe-aux-Trembles;
- the Town of Montreal East;
- the part of the City of Montreal bounded by the Cities of Pointeaux-Trembles and Montreal North, by the Towns of Anjou and Montreal East and by des Prairies River;
- the part of the City of Montreal bounded by a line commencing from the Saint Lawrence River along Saint-Donat Street, the Canadian National Railway; the northeastern limit of the parish municipality of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Sherbrooke Street East, Highway 25, the limits of the towns of Anjou and Montreal East to the Saint Lawrence River.
In 1980, it was renamed "Montreal—Mercier". In 1987, Montreal—Mercier was split into Anjou—Rivière-Des-Prairies and a re-created Mercier riding. The new Mercier riding also incorporated territory from Gamelin riding.
The new Mercier riding consisted of:
- the Town of Montréal-Est;
- parts of the City of Montréal.
The district was abolished in 2003 when it was split into La Pointe-de-l'Île and Honoré-Mercier ridings.
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1935 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Jean 17,231 Reconstruction Évariste Forest 3,750 Conservative Robert Irving Green 2,496 Independent Reconstruction Paul-Antoine Bonhomme 865 Canadian federal election, 1940 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Jean 19,134 National Government François-Eugène Therrien 4,596 Canadian federal election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Jean 18,623 Bloc populaire canadien Fernand Chaussé 9,033 Progressive Conservative Hervé Brien 2,269 Independent Oscar Bélisle 542 Co-operative Commonwealth Marie-Ange Gill 541 Social Credit Hervé Lajeunesse 417 Liberal-Labour Ernest Larin 345 Canadian federal election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Joseph Jean 17,041 Progressive Conservative Roméo Mcduff 7,786 Union des électeurs Maurice Lajeunesse 1,587 By-election on 24 October 1949 On Jean's acceptance of an office of emolument
under the Crown, 24 August 1949Party Candidate Votes Liberal Marcel Monette 9,389 Independent Liberal Wilfrid Latraverse 2,028 Independent Léon Bertrand 1,125 Canadian federal election, 1953 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Marcel Monette 17,479 Progressive Conservative Roméo Mcduff 9,352 Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph-S.-Léo Tremblay 885 Labour-Progressive Réal Couillard 513 Canadian federal election, 1957 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Marcel Monette 30,024 Progressive Conservative François Coron 10,093 Canadian federal election, 1958 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative André Gillet 26,463 Liberal Marcel Monette 23,103 Co-operative Commonwealth Gisèle Couture 2,219 Radical chrétien Georges Rousseau 687 Canadian federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Prosper Boulanger 28,898 Progressive Conservative André Gillet 19,925 Social Credit Maurice Lajeunesse 11,680 New Democrat Gaston Caron 7,491 Independent Stéphane Bugeaud 1,621 Canadian federal election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Prosper Boulanger 33,450 Social Credit Maurice Lajeunesse 19,577 Progressive Conservative André Gillet 15,130 New Democrat Gérard Picard 11,606 Canadian federal election, 1965 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Prosper Boulanger 39,205 Progressive Conservative André Gillet 16,598 New Democrat Florent Paquette 15,206 Ralliement créditiste Maurice Lajeunesse 11,365 Independent Liberal René Morin 1,708 Canadian federal election, 1968 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Prosper Boulanger 19,077 Progressive Conservative Raymond Daniel 10,571 New Democrat Lucette Bernier 3,041 Ralliement créditiste Joseph Bélanger 3,011 Independent Zotique Duchaine 888 Canadian federal election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Prosper Boulanger 22,207 Social Credit Cyprien Dion 11,468 Progressive Conservative André St-Onge 9,010 New Democrat Mario Hart 4,921 Canadian federal election, 1974 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Prosper Boulanger 22,545 Progressive Conservative Lucien Grenier 7,026 Social Credit Cyprien Dion 6,255 New Democrat Jacques Milot 4,137 Communist Serge Da Sylva 278 Marxist–Leninist Gilles Robillard 200 Canadian federal election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Céline Hervieux-Payette 26,784 Social Credit Lise Lajeunesse 10,328 Progressive Conservative Jacques Coutu 5,076 New Democrat Elizabeth Chase-Chapdelaine 1,816 Rhino Guy Caron 1,074 Communist Montserrat Escola 135 Union Populaire Jean-Guy Martel 121 Marxist–Leninist Serge Patenaude 118 Canadian federal election, 1980 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Céline Hervieux-Payette 27,428 New Democrat Pierre Dubé 4,258 Progressive Conservative Jacques Coutu 3,161 Social Credit Claude Bélanger 1,891 Rhino Piggy Guy De Blois 1,835 Union Populaire Martine Godard 161 Marxist–Leninist Michel Claveau 146 Canadian federal election, 1984 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Carole Jacques 25,071 Liberal Céline Hervieux-Payette 19,335 New Democrat Robert Ferland 4,925 Nationaliste Gérald Giguère 2,557 Rhino Raymond les oreilles Pollender 2,038 Commonwealth Michel Destroismaisons 154 Canadian federal election, 1988 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Carole Jacques 30,804 Liberal Luc Chouinard 12,942 New Democrat André Cordeau 10,251 Rhino Jean-Claude Stardust Gouin 1,617 Communist André Cloutier 309 Not affiliated Jean-Pierre Ginchereau 197 Commonwealth Denise Saint-Louis, 137 Canadian federal election, 1993 Party Candidate Votes Bloc Québécois Francine Lalonde 34,139 Liberal Magda Tadros 11,700 Not affiliated Carole Jacques 8,992 Progressive Conservative Gérald Lacoste 2,720 New Democrat Guy D'Amours, 789 Abolitionist William-John Apostol 207 Commonwealth Pierre Aylwin 128 Canadian federal election, 1997 Party Candidate Votes Bloc Québécois Francine Lalonde 24,649 Liberal René Bourgeault 14,061 Progressive Conservative Eric Champagne 8,500 New Democrat Cathy Milner 772 Marxist–Leninist Hélène Héroux 297 Canadian federal election, 2000 Party Candidate Votes Bloc Québécois Francine Lalonde 24,755 Liberal Normand Biron 15,416 Green Richard Savignac 1,813 Canadian Alliance J. Marc-Antoine Delsoin 1,685 Progressive Conservative Martin Gelgoot 1,629 Marijuana Eric Duquette 936 New Democrat Nicholas Vikander 480 Marxist–Leninist Geneviève Royer 104 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
Categories:- Defunct Quebec federal electoral districts
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