Bourassa (electoral district)

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Bourassa
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Bourassa (Canadian electoral district).svg
Bourassa in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal and Laval
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Emmanuel Dubourg
Liberal
District created1966
First contested 1968
Last contested 2021
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1] 105,637
Electors (2021)67,209
Area (km²) [1] 13.54
Pop. density (per km²)7,801.8
Census division(s) Montreal
Census subdivision(s) Montreal

Bourassa (French pronunciation: [buʁasa] ; formerly known as Montreal—Bourassa) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2021 was 105,637.

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Geography

The district includes Montreal North and the eastern part of the neighbourhood of Sault-au-Récollet in the Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

The neighbouring ridings are Ahuntsic, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, Honoré-Mercier, and Alfred-Pellan.

Demographics

20.4% of the riding's population are of Haitian ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada. [2]

According to the 2021 Canadian census [2]

Ethnic groups: 45.1% White, 29.4% Black, 11.8% Arab, 7.4% Latin American, 2% Southeast Asian, 1.2% South Asian
Languages: 48.2% French, 7.5% Arabic, 7.5% Haitian Creole, 7.2% Spanish, 5.7% Italian, 4.6% English, 2.8% Creole, 1.8% Kabyle, 1.1% Turkish, 1% Vietnamese
Religions: 60.6% Christian (39.8% Catholic, 2.3% Baptist, 1.8% Pentecostal), 19.3% No Religion, 18% Muslim, 1.1% Buddhist
Median income: $33,200 (2020)
Average income: $38,960 (2020)

History

The electoral district of Bourassa was created in 1966 from Mercier and Laval ridings. The name comes from a street running through the three neighbourhoods which is named after Henri Bourassa.

The name of the riding was changed to "Montreal—Bourassa" in 1971.

In 1976, Montreal—Bourassa was abolished when it was redistributed into a new "Bourassa" riding and Saint-Michel riding. The new Bourassa riding was created from parts of Montreal—Bourassa, Ahuntsic and Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies ridings.

This riding lost territory to Honoré-Mercier and gained territory from Ahuntsic during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of parliament

This riding has elected the following members of parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Bourassa
Riding created from Mercier and Laval
28th  1968–1972   Jacques Trudel Liberal
Montreal—Bourassa
29th  1972–1974   Jacques Trudel Liberal
30th  1974–1979
Bourassa
31st  1979–1980   Carlo Rossi Liberal
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993   Marie Gibeau Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997   Osvaldo Nunez Bloc Québécois
36th  1997–2000   Denis Coderre Liberal
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2013
 2013–2015 Emmanuel Dubourg
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

Bourassa, 1979–present

2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg 22,30360.4+2.8
Bloc Québécois Ardo Dia6,90718.7-3.7
New Democratic Nicholas Ponari2,9568.0+0.1
Conservative Ilyasa Sykes2,5877.0-0.2
People's Michel Lavoie1,3493.7+2.8
Green Nathe Perrone6791.8-1.5
Independent Michel Prairie1510.4N/A
Total valid votes36,93297.1
Total rejected ballots1,0862.9
Turnout38,01856.6
Registered voters67,209
Liberal hold Swing +3.3
Source: Elections Canada [3]
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg 23,23157.6+3.54$42,025.88
Bloc Québécois Anne-Marie Lavoie9,04322.4+5.27$2,855.91
New Democratic Konrad Lamour3,2047.9-7.04$0.10
Conservative Catherine Lefebvre2,8997.2-2.09none listed
Green Payton Ashe1,3433.3+1.15$0.00
People's Louis Léger3470.9$3,418.25
Independent Joseph Di Iorio2120.5$3,793.99
Marxist–Leninist Françoise Roy720.2$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit40,351100.0
Total rejected ballots1,009
Turnout41,36059.1
Eligible voters69,996
Liberal hold Swing -0.87
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg 22,23454.06+5.94$37,690.66
Bloc Québécois Gilles Léveillé7,04917.13+4.11$16,012.89
New Democratic Dolmine Laguerre6,14414.94-16.5$3,229.14
Conservative Jason Potasso-Justino3,8199.29+4.64$3,258.29
Green Maxime Charron8862.15+0.14
Independent Julie Demers6691.63
Marxist–Leninist Claude Brunelle2290.56
Strength in Democracy Jean-Marie Floriant Ndzana990.24$2,757.07
Total valid votes/Expense limit41,129100.0   $204,465.64
Total rejected ballots859
Turnout41,98859.2
Eligible voters70,815
Liberal hold Swing +11.22
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]
2011 federal election redistributed results [8]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 14,58538.47
  New Democratic 12,26932.36
  Bloc Québécois 7,21219.02
  Conservative 3,1148.21
  Green 5901.56
 Others1440.38
Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Emmanuel Dubourg 8,82548.12+7.21$ 86,108.33
New Democratic Stéphane Moraille 5,76631.44−0.8487,240.19
Bloc Québécois Daniel Duranleau2,38713.02−3.0481,591.19
Conservative Rida Mahmoud8524.65−4.1721,442.95
Green Danny Polifroni3682.01+0.4034,300.92
Rhinoceros Serge Lavoie1400.76 216.08
Total valid votes/expense limit 18,338 100.0    $ 89,016.17
Total rejected ballots 295 1.58 −0.19
Turnout 18,633 26.22 −28.90
Eligible voters 69,527   
Liberal hold Swing +4.05
By-election due to the resignation of Denis Coderre.
Source(s)
"November 25, 2013 By-elections". Elections Canada. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
"November 25, 2013 By-election – Financial Reports (as reviewed)" . Retrieved 29 October 2014.

On 16 May 2013, Liberal MP Denis Coderre announced he would resign his seat on 2 June in order to run for Mayor of Montreal. [9] The Chief Electoral Officer received official notification of the vacancy on 3 June 2013 and the by-election had to be called by 30 November 2013. [10]

2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Denis Coderre 15,55040.91-8.89$82,932.75
New Democratic Julie Demers12,27032.28+24.29$2,576.07
Bloc Québécois Daniel Mailhot6,10516.06-9.36$35,234.98
Conservative David Azoulay3,3548.82-4.72$5,747.39
Green Tiziana Centazzo6131.61-1.31$245.29
Marxist–Leninist Geneviève Royer1210.32-0.01none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit38,013 100.0    $ 83,923.41
Total rejected ballots 685 1.77 +0.06  
Turnout 38,698 55.12 -3.20  
Eligible voters70,207    
Liberal hold Swing -16.59
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Denis Coderre 19,86949.79+6.38$79,580.44
Bloc Québécois Daniel Mailhot10,14525.42−6.55$20,296.58
Conservative Michelle Allaire5,40513.55−2.30$54,889.35
New Democratic Samira Laouni3,1887.99+2.80$8,509.18
Green François Boucher1,1662.92−0.26$50.79
Marxist–Leninist Geneviève Royer1300.33−0.07none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 39,903 100.0    $ 81,509.50
Total rejected ballots 695 1.71 −0.15  
Turnout 40,598 58.32 −1.36  
Electors on the lists 69,612    
Liberal hold Swing +6.47 |  
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Denis Coderre 18,70543.41-6.63$74,877
Bloc Québécois Apraham Niziblian13,77731.97-5.79$42,887
Conservative Liberato Martelli6,83015.85+10.53$16,397
New Democratic Stefano Saykaly2,2375.19+1.22$2,513
Green François Boucher1,3703.18+1.60$469
Marxist–Leninist Geneviève Royer1730.40+0.03 
Total valid votes/Expense limit 43,092 100.0    $76,351
Total rejected ballots 815 1.86 -0.50  
Turnout 43,907 59.68 +2.68  
Liberal hold Swing -0.42
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Denis Coderre 20,92750.03-11.35$71,984
Bloc Québécois Doris Provencher15,79437.76+9.13$25,867
Conservative Frédéric Grenier2,2265.32-1.56$3,369
New Democratic Stefano Saykaly1,6613.97+2.15$8,113
Green Noémi Lopinto6601.57 
Marijuana Philippe Gauvin4030.96 
Marxist–Leninist Geneviève Royer1540.36 
Total valid votes/Expense limit41,825100.0 $76,415
Total rejected ballots1,010 2.36 
Turnout42,835 57.00 -2.53
Liberal hold Swing -10.24

Note: Change based on redistributed results. Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Denis Coderre (incumbent)25,40362.22$57,411
Bloc Québécois Umberto Di Genova11,46228.07$40,416
Alliance Marcel Lys François1,4353.51$2,028
Progressive Conservative Marcel Pitre1,3253.25none listed
New Democratic Richard Gendron7361.80$631
Marxist–Leninist Claude Brunelle3300.81$10
Communist Ulises Nitor1370.34$187
Total valid votes40,828 100.00
Total rejected ballots1,248
Turnout42,076 62.35
Electors on the lists67,488
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Denis Coderre 23,76552.2+10.5
Bloc Québécois Osvaldo Nunez14,81332.5-9.3
Progressive Conservative Eric Wildhaber5,93713.0+1.1
New Democratic Dominique Baillard9992.2-0.4
Total valid votes45,514100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Bloc Québécois Osvaldo Nunez 18,23441.9
Liberal Denis Coderre 18,16741.7+0.3
Progressive Conservative Marie Gibeau5,19911.9-31.4
New Democratic Raymond Laurent1,1462.6-8.3
Natural Law Miville Couture4791.1
Abolitionist Lucien Lapointe2090.5
Commonwealth of Canada Harold Anthony Quesnel1020.20.0
Total valid votes43,536100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Marie Gibeau 18,97943.3+2.7
Liberal Carlo Rossi 18,15941.5-2.5
New Democratic Kéder Hyppolite4,79711.0+2.8
Rhinoceros Patrick Pi L'Autre Cossette8822.0-1.5
Green Michel Szabo3960.9
Social Credit Gérard Ledoux1780.4-0.1
Communist Claire Dasylva1590.4
Independent Stéphane Savard1250.3
Commonwealth of Canada Daniel Coté1070.2
Total valid votes43,782100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Carlo Rossi 20,22143.9-32.5
Progressive Conservative Raymond-J. Rochon18,70340.6+32.8
New Democratic Roderick Charters3,7418.1-4.6
Rhinoceros Dominique Pique-Nique Malouin1,6183.5
Parti nationaliste J. André Perey1,1692.5
Social Credit Roland Boudreau2360.5
Commonwealth of Canada Carl Paradis1250.3
Independent Michel Dugré1030.2
Independent Gérard Ledoux1010.2
Total valid votes46,017100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Carlo Rossi 30,92476.5+14.0
New Democratic Roderick Charters5,14412.7+9.0
Progressive Conservative Raymond J. Rochon3,1827.9+0.1
Union populaire Henriette Duval8752.2+0.8
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Daumery3050.8+0.5
Total valid votes40,430100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Carlo Rossi 29,92962.5+2.5
Social Credit Gérard Rougeau5,17810.8-1.0
Independent Raymond Cloutier4,91810.3
Progressive Conservative J. Raymond Rochon3,7057.7-9.2
New Democratic Daniel Piotrowski1,8043.8-5.1
Rhinoceros Victor-Levy Beaulieu1,4923.1+1.6
Union populaire Jacques Bergeron6351.3
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Daumery1030.2-0.2
Communist Suzanne Dagenais1020.2-0.3
Total valid votes47,866100.0

Montreal—Bourassa, 1972–1979

1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jacques Trudel 26,55060.0+8.3
Progressive Conservative Armand Lefebvre7,50016.9-1.2
Social Credit Gérard Ledoux5,21811.8-9.1
New Democratic Robert-F. Faucher3,9128.8-0.4
Independent Victor-Lévy Beaulieu6731.5
Communist Ginette Poirier2130.5
Marxist–Leninist Marc Blouin1940.4
Total valid votes44,260100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jacques Trudel 25,72851.7-3.4
Social Credit Gérard Ledoux10,41820.9+17.0
Progressive Conservative Rodolphe Sauvé9,05418.2-12.3
New Democratic Sid-A. Zitouni4,6019.2-0.4
Total valid votes49,801100.0

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Bourassa, 1968–1972

1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Jacques Trudel 19,77855.1
Progressive Conservative Yves Ryan 10,93930.5
New Democratic Gérard Marotte3,4439.6
Ralliement créditiste Gérard Ledoux1,4013.9
UnknownRolland Denommée3390.9
Total valid votes35,900100.0

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References

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Notes

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