Vanier (electoral district)

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Vanier
Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature National Assembly of Quebec
District created1972
District abolished2011
First contested 1973
Last contested 2008
Demographics
Electors (2008) [1] 55,662
Area (km²) [2] 54.55
Census division Quebec City (part)
Census subdivision Quebec City (part)

Vanier is a former provincial electoral district located in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it included mostly western and central portions of Quebec City west of Quebec Autoroute 73.

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It was created for the 1973 election from parts of the riding of Saint-Sauveur. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Vanier-Les Rivières. [3]

Members of the National Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Saint-Sauveur (electoral district)
30th  1973–1976  Fernand Dufour Liberal
31st  1976–1981   Jean-François Bertrand Parti Québécois
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1989  Jean-Guy Lemieux Liberal
34th  1989–1994
35th  1994–1998   Diane Barbeau Parti Québécois
36th  1998–2003
37th  2003–2004   Marc Bellemare Liberal
 2004–2007   Sylvain Légaré Action démocratique
38th  2007–2008
39th  2008–2012   Patrick Huot Liberal
Dissolved into Vanier-Les Rivières

Election results

2008 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Patrick Huot 13,07738.33+14.14
Action démocratique Sylvain Légaré 12,59936.93-14.51
Parti Québécois Eric Boucher7,51222.02+2.90
Québec solidaire Monique Voisine9312.73+0.60
2007 Quebec general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Action démocratique Sylvain Légaré 20,69951.44
  Liberal Jean-Claude L'Abbée9,73324.19
Parti Québécois Sylvain Lévesque7,69419.12
Green Lucien Gravelle1,1492.86
Québec solidaire Marie Dionne8592.13
Christian Democracy Louis Casgrain1030.26

References

  1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=638&section=population [ dead link ]
  2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=638&section=superficie [ dead link ]
  3. Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
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46°50′N71°18′W / 46.83°N 71.30°W / 46.83; -71.30