Vanier (electoral district)

Vanier

Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
District created	1972
District abolished	2011
First contested	1973
Last contested	2008
Demographics
Electors (2008) [1]	55,662
Area (km²) [2]	54.55
Census division(s)	Quebec City (part)
Census subdivision(s)	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.

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

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick Huot	13,077	38.33	+14.14
	Action démocratique	Sylvain Légaré	12,599	36.93	-14.51
	Parti Québécois	Eric Boucher	7,512	22.02	+2.90
	Québec solidaire	Monique Voisine	931	2.73	+0.60

2007 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Action démocratique	Sylvain Légaré	20,699	51.44
	Liberal	Jean-Claude L'Abbée	9,733	24.19
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Lévesque	7,694	19.12
	Green	Lucien Gravelle	1,149	2.86	–
	Québec solidaire	Marie Dionne	859	2.13
	Christian Democracy	Louis Casgrain	103	0.26

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). Retrieved March 21, 2012.

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (Elections Quebec)

Maps

• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Capitale-Nationale region (as of 2001)
• Quebec electoral map, 2001

Coordinates: 46°50′N71°18′W / 46.83°N 71.30°W / 46.83; -71.30