Pierrefonds—Dollard
Pierrefonds—Dollard is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population was 108,587 at the 2016 Canadian Census.
Quebec electoral district | |||
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Pierrefonds—Dollard in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal and Laval | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1986 | ||
First contested | 1988 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 108,587 | ||
Electors (2015) | 84,978 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 53 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2,048.8 | ||
Census division(s) | Montreal | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Montreal, Dollard-des-Ormeaux |
This riding occupies the northwest part of the Island of Montreal on Lac des Deux-Montagnes and Rivière des Prairies. It contains the cities of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Pierrefonds, Roxboro and L'Île-Bizard. This riding is home to a number of pharmaceutical companies. Manufacturing is the main industry, followed by retail trade. Over 17% of the population has a university degree, while just over 4% has less than a Grade 9 education. The average family income is $75,497 with an unemployment rate of 6.5%.
According to the 2001 Canada Census, 37% of the population lists English as their mother tongue, while French is the first language for 32%. There are also significant populations who speak Arabic, Italian, Spanish and Chinese. This is an ethnically mixed riding, including Italian, East Indian and Chinese communities. The total immigrant population is almost 30%.
Geography
The district includes the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro, L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève and the city of Dollard-des-Ormeaux.
The neighbouring ridings are Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, Lac-Saint-Louis, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Laval—Les Îles and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville.
History
This riding was established in 1986 by combining parts of Dollard and Vaudreuil ridings. The 1996 redistribution moved nine per cent of the population of the riding into Lac-St-Louis.
In the redistribution of 2004, 91% of the riding was retained.
There were no changes to this riding during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Pierrefonds—Dollard Riding created from Dollard and Vaudreuil |
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34th | 1988–1993 | Gerry Weiner | Progressive Conservative | |
35th | 1993–1997 | Bernard Patry | Liberal | |
36th | 1997–2000 | |||
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
38th | 2004–2006 | |||
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe | New Democratic | |
42nd | 2015–2019 | Frank Baylis | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–present | Sameer Zuberi |
Election results
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Sameer Zuberi | 31,305 | 56.43 | -2.23 | $48,975.17 | |||
Conservative | Mariam Ishak | 9,797 | 17.66 | -2.33 | $34,368.98 | |||
New Democratic | Bruno Ibrahim El-Khoury | 5,687 | 10.25 | -6.13 | $6,127.99 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Edline Henri | 4,469 | 8.06 | +4.57 | none listed | |||
Green | Lisa Mintz | 2,866 | 5.17 | +3.69 | $1,239.20 | |||
People's | Lee Weishar | 711 | 1.28 | – | $4,040.64 | |||
Independent | Martin Plante | 394 | 0.71 | – | $7,089.24 | |||
Independent | Shahid Khan | 242 | 0.44 | – | $1,502.46 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 55,471 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 682 | |||||||
Turnout | 56,153 | 67.4 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 83,369 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[3][4] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Frank Baylis | 34,319 | 58.66 | +28.19 | $87,932.66 | |||
Conservative | Valérie Assouline | 11,694 | 19.99 | -6.87 | $108,288.54 | |||
New Democratic | Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe | 9,584 | 16.38 | -17.75 | $71,065.57 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Natalie Laplante | 2,043 | 3.49 | -1.49 | $2,860.59 | |||
Green | Abraham Weizfeld | 865 | 1.48 | -2.08 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,505 | 100.00 | $223,535.94 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 368 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 58,873 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 84,978 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5][6] |
2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe | 16,390 | 34.13 | +23.58 | $2,044.16 | |||
Liberal | Bernard Patry | 14,632 | 30.47 | -16.47 | $59,064.10 | |||
Conservative | Agop Evereklian | 12,901 | 26.86 | +1.03 | $107,835.83 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Nicolas Jolicoeur | 2,392 | 4.98 | -4.55 | $3,427.37 | |||
Green | Jonathan Lumer | 1,710 | 3.56 | -3.35 | $8,330.03 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 48,025 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 343 | 0.71 | +0.06 | |||||
Turnout | 48,368 | 59.20 | +1.39 | |||||
Eligible voters | 81,704 | – | – |
2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Bernard Patry | 21,468 | 46.94 | -4.18 | $44,617 | |||
Conservative | Pierre-Olivier Brunelle | 11,815 | 25.83 | +2.75 | $85,049 | |||
New Democratic | Shameem Siddiqui | 4,823 | 10.55 | +2.87 | $0 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Reny Gagnon | 4,357 | 9.53 | -2.84 | $6,647 | |||
Green | Ryan Young | 3,161 | 6.91 | +1.37 | $1,652 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Marsha Fine | 111 | 0.24 | +0.04 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,735 | 100.00 | $85,897 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 300 | 0.65 | -0.04 | |||||
Turnout | 46,035 | 57.81 | -2.08 |
2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Bernard Patry | 24,388 | 51.12 | -12.45 | $40,479 | |||
Conservative | Don Rae | 11,013 | 23.08 | +12.32 | $51,979 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Denis Martel | 5,901 | 12.37 | -3.58 | $9,446 | |||
New Democratic | Shameem Siddiqui | 3,664 | 7.68 | +2.21 | $3,754 | |||
Green | Leo Williams | 2,645 | 5.54 | +2.53 | $1,073 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Garnet Colly | 96 | 0.20 | +0.05 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,707 | 100.00 | $80,758 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 331 | 0.69 | -0.08 | |||||
Turnout | 48,038 | 59.89 | +0.13 |
2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Bernard Patry | 29,601 | 63.57 | -9.28 | $43,521 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Marie-Hélène Brunet | 7,426 | 15.95 | +4.96 | $9,961 | |||
Conservative | Andrea Paine | 5,010 | 10.76 | -1.22 | $30,293 | |||
New Democratic | Danielle Lustgarten | 2,545 | 5.47 | +3.42 | $3,022 | |||
Green | Theodore Kouretas | 1,401 | 3.01 | – | ||||
Marijuana | Jean-François Labrecque | 511 | 1.10 | -1.03 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Garnet Colly | 71 | 0.15 | – | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 46,565 | 100.00 | $79,686 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 365 | 0.78 | ||||||
Turnout | 46,930 | 58.76 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Bernard Patry | 39,357 | 72.85 | +6.42 | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Sylvie Brousseau | 5,937 | 10.99 | +0.22 | ||||
Alliance | Neil Drabkin | 3,481 | 6.44 | +4.48 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Profit | 2,991 | 5.54 | -12.67 | ||||
Marijuana | Jean-François Labrecque | 1,149 | 2.13 | |||||
New Democratic | Adam Hodgins | 1,109 | 2.05 | +0.22 | ||||
Total valid votes | 54,024 | 100.00 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Bernard Patry | 38,476 | 66.43 | +1.45 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Neil Drabkin | 10,546 | 18.21 | +5.03 | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Normand Jean D'Ambrosio | 6,239 | 10.77 | -6.64 | ||||
Reform | Robert Laganière | 1,134 | 1.96 | |||||
New Democratic | David Lyons | 1,060 | 1.83 | +0.43 | ||||
Natural Law | Céline Chamard | 465 | 0.80 | +0.02 | ||||
Total valid votes | 57,920 | 100.00 |
1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Bernard Patry | 39,947 | 64.98 | +24.77 | ||||
Bloc Québécois | René de Cotret Opzoomer | 10,712 | 17.41 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Gerry Weiner | 8,106 | 13.18 | -36.59 | ||||
New Democratic | Catherine J. Rideout-Erais | 864 | 1.40 | -5.57 | ||||
Natural Law | Ruby Finkelstein | 480 | 0.78 | |||||
National | Carlos Roldan | 474 | 0.77 | |||||
Libertarian | Hugh Rowe | 410 | 0.67 | +0.12 | ||||
Independent | Lionel Albert | 386 | 0.63 | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Glenford Charles | 108 | 0.18 | +0.04 | ||||
Total valid votes | 61,514 | 100.00 |
1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Gerry Weiner | 27,532 | 49.77 | |||||
Liberal | Bernard Patry | 22,244 | 40.21 | |||||
New Democratic | Pierre Razik | 3,854 | 6.97 | |||||
Rhinoceros | Jean-François Lafond | 856 | 1.55 | |||||
Independent | William Short | 452 | 0.82 | |||||
Libertarian | Hugh Rowe | 302 | 0.55 | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Michel Haddad | 77 | 0.14 | |||||
Total valid votes | 55,317 | 100.00 |
References
- "(Code 24049) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
- Statistics Canada: 2012
- Statistics Canada: 2012
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Pierrefonds—Dollard, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates