Laurier (provincial electoral district)

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Laurier
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
District created1965
District abolished1992
First contested 1966
Last contested 1989
Demographics
Census division(s) Montreal (part)
Census subdivision(s) Montreal (part)

Laurier was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It corresponded to the Parc-Extension neighbourhood in Montreal.

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It was created for the 1966 election from parts of Laval, Montréal-Laurier, and Montréal-Outremont electoral districts. Its final election was in 1989. It disappeared in the 1994 election and its successor electoral district was Laurier-Dorion.

It was named in honour of former Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Laval,
Montréal-Laurier, and Montréal-Outremont
28th  1966–1967   René Lévesque Liberal
 1967–1970   Independent
29th  1970–1973   André Marchand Liberal
30th  1973–1976
31st  1976–1981
32nd  1981–1985 Christos Sirros
33rd  1985–1989
34th  1989–1994
Dissolved into Laurier-Dorion

Election results

1989 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Christos Sirros 11,02754.98
Parti Québécois Elpis Santas5,65628.20
Green Nathalie Sapina1,1705.83
New Democratic Victor Bilodeau7773.87
Marxist–Leninist Panagiotis Macrisopoulos3821.90
Independent Jacques Dubuc3491.74
Non-affiliatedNicholas Vlahos2991.49
Communist Suzanne Dagenais1740.87
Socialist Movement Jean-Roch Gauvin1480.74
Revolutionary Workers League Michel Dugré730.36
Total valid votes20,055100.00
Rejected and declined votes519
Turnout20,57467.24
Electors on the lists30,599
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1985 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Christos Sirros 16,00465.80
Parti Québécois Ivano Vellano5,96624.47
New Democratic Ioannis Kourtesis8303.41
Parti indépendantiste Christian Biron4251.74
Progressive Conservative Irene Makris3931.61
Humanist Gustavo Jara2320.95
Independent Christopher Mcall1740.71
Communist Samuel Walsh 1720.71
Commonwealth of Canada Benoit Chalifoux1460.60
Total valid votes24,38297.86
Rejected and declined votes5332.14
Turnout24,915 68.86
Electors on the lists36,128
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1981 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Christos Sirros 16,71957.99
Parti Québécois Nadia Assimopoulos 9,87134.24
Union Nationale Michel PontBriand6752.34
  Workers Communist Raymonde Lebreux4691.63
 IndependentBasile Papachristou2630.91
  Freedom of Choice Stephen J Smith2520.88
Libertarian Nicholas Vlahos2020.70
Marxist–Leninist Panagiotis Macrisopoulos1640.57
Communist Nikolas Tsois1420.49
 IndependentSotirios Athanasiou730.25
Total valid votes28,83098.67
Rejected and declined votes3891.33
Turnout29,21980.21
Electors on the lists36,428
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1976 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal André Marchand 11,85841.68
Parti Québécois John Kambites9,58333.69
Union Nationale Georges Savoidakis 4,96217.44
Democratic Alliance Christos Syros9213.24
Ralliement créditiste Denise Chartrand Marion6782.38
Communist Madame Joseph Mallaroni2400.84
 coalition: NPDQ - RMS Pierre Bastien2060.72
Total valid votes28,448100.00
Rejected and declined votes840
Turnout29,28882.79
Electors on the lists35,377
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

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