Bourassa (provincial electoral district)

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Bourassa
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
District created1965
District abolished2001
First contested 1966
Last contested 1998
Demographics
Census division(s) Montreal (part)
Census subdivision(s) Montreal (part)

Bourassa is a former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada.

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It included part of the city and later borough of Montréal-Nord.

It was created for the 1966 election from part of Bourget electoral district. Its last election was in 1998. It disappeared in the 2003 election. Its successor electoral districts were Bourassa-Sauvé (formed by merging part of Bourassa with all of Sauvé electoral district) and Crémazie.

It was named after nationalist politician Henri Bourassa, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1907 to 1912 and also served in the House of Commons of Canada.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Bourget
28th  1966–1970  Georges-Émery Tremblay Liberal
29th  1970–1973
30th  1973–1976 Lise Bacon
31st  1976–1981  Patrice Laplante Parti Québécois
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1989   Louise Robic Liberal
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1997 Yvon Charbonneau
 1997–1998 Michèle Lamquin-Éthier
36th  1998–2003
Dissolved into Bourassa-Sauvé

Electoral history (incomplete)

1970 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Georges-Émery Tremblay (incumbent)22,19745.59
Parti Québécois Jacques-Yvan Morin 20,82642.77
Union Nationale Réal Gibeau4,2658.76
Ralliement créditiste Even Provencher1,4012.88
Total valid votes48,689100.0
Source: Les résultats électoraux depuis 1867, Borduas à Brome-Missisquoi, National Assembly of Quebec, accessed 22 November 2017.
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Coordinates: 45°36′52″N73°36′59″W / 45.6145°N 73.6163°W / 45.6145; -73.6163

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