LaSalle—Émard was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. Its population in 2001 was 99,767. The MP from 1988 to 2008 was Paul Martin,who served as prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. As part of redistribution begun in 2012 the riding is now known by its current name and boundaries of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun while the southwestern portion joined the new riding of Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle.
Brossard—La Prairie was a federal electoral district in Quebec,Canada,that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. As of 2011,its population is 128,001.
LaSalle is the most southerly borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal,Quebec,Canada. It is located in the south-west portion of the Island of Montreal,along the Saint Lawrence River. Prior to 2002,it was a separate municipality that had been incorporated in 1912.
Verdun is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal,Quebec,located in the southwestern part of the island.
Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Western Montreal.
Denis Coderre is a Canadian politician from Quebec. Coderre was the member of Parliament for the riding of Bourassa from 1997 until 2013,and was the Immigration minister from 2002 to 2003 and became the mayor of Montreal in 2013,but lost in 2017 to Valérie Plante. In 2021,he was defeated once again by Valérie Plante after a second mayoral race. He has been an administrator of Eurostar since 2018 and special advisor for the FIA since 2019.
Rebecca Blaikie is a Canadian politician,who served as president of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2011 to 2016.
Lise Thibault DStJ is a Canadian politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1997 to 2007. She later spent six months in jail for misuse of public funds,which she was ordered to repay the government. As of 2023 she is the only Canadian vice-regal representative to have been incarcerated.
Lise Bacon is a former Canadian politician who served as Deputy Premier of Quebec from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party,she served as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Bourassa from 1973 to 1976 and again for the riding of Chomedey from 1981 to 1994. She was the second women elected to the National Assembly after Marie-Claire Kirkland. She served as president of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1970 to 1973,making her the first woman elected president of a political party in Canada.
The Union nationale was a conservative and nationalist provincial political party in Quebec,Canada,that identified with Québécois autonomism. It was created during the Great Depression and held power in Quebec from 1936 to 1939,and from 1944 to 1960 and from 1966 to 1970. The party was founded by Maurice Duplessis,who led it until his death in 1959.
Nicole Roy-Arcelin is a Canadian politician,a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993 and a city councillor in Montreal.
Filomena Rotiroti is a Canadian politician. Rotiroti was elected to represent the riding of Jeanne-Mance–Viger in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Prior to her election to office,she worked as a chief of staff to her caucus colleague Lise Thériault. She also worked as counsellor for the Minister of Economic and Regional Development.
The politics of Montreal begins with residents of Montreal electing representatives to the municipal,provincial,and federal levels of government.
Hélène LeBlanc is a Canadian politician. She served in the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2015,representing the riding of LaSalle—Émard as a member of the New Democratic Party. In the official opposition shadow cabinet,she was critic for Industry.
Mary Deros is a municipal politician in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. She has represented Parc-Extension on Montreal city council since 1998.
Richard Deschamps is a Canadian politician from Montreal,Quebec. He currently serves as vice-chairman of the Montreal Executive Committee,responsible for infrastructure and economic development,and sits on Montreal City Council representing the Sault-Saint-Louis district of the borough of LaSalle. He was a member of the Union Montreal party.
David T. Lametti is a Canadian politician who has been the minister of justice and attorney general of Canada since 2019. A member of the Liberal Party,Lametti sits as a member of Parliament (MP) and has represented LaSalle—Émard—Verdun in the House of Commons since 2015.
Anju Dhillon is a Canadian Liberal politician,who was elected to represent the riding of Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. She is the first person of South Asian descent to be elected from the province of Quebec.
Dominique Anglade is a business woman and a Canadian politician who served as the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition of Quebec from May 11,2020 to December 1,2022. She has served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2015 to 2022,representing Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne. She is the first woman to lead the Quebec Liberal Party,the first black woman to lead a provincial party in Canada,and the first person of Haitian descent to be a cabinet minister in Canada. She is the daughter of the academic Georges Anglade. She was also the first woman CEO of Montréal International.
Patricia Lattanzio is a Canadian politician and lawyer,who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. She represents the electoral district of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
