Olier

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Olier
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
District created1965
District abolished1972
First contested 1966
Last contested 1970

Olier was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada that elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It encompassed the territory of then Independent City of Saint-Leonard, and part of the city of Montreal. Notably the neighbourhoods of Saint-Michel and François-Perrault.

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It was created in 1965 for the 1966 election, from part of Bourget electoral district. Due to the rapid growth in the area its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor was spilt among three electoral districts Viau, Jeanne-Mance and Bourassa.

Its only representative was Fernand Picard of the Liberal party of Quebec.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Bourget
28th  1966–1970   Fernand Picard (politician) Liberal
29th  1970–1973
Dissolved into Jeanne-Mance, Viau, Bourassa

Election results

1970 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Fernand Picard 22,64950.38
Parti Québécois Lucien Laplante1669137.13
Union Nationale Richard Morency39948.88
Ralliement créditiste Jean Trudeau16243.61
1966 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Fernand Picard 11,99047.03
Union Nationale Maurice Constantineau967437.95
RIN Fernand Boudreau336613.20
Ralliement national J.-Gérard Biron4641.82
Election results