Chomedey

Riding profile

The electoral division of Chomedey is a multicultural, urban riding containing part of the Montreal suburb of Laval. It sits on the north side of the the Rivière des Prairies waterway, directly across from Montreal Island. The riding was created in 1981 and lost some of its northwestern area in the 2011 boundary revisions.

Political history

The district has been Liberal since its outset. It was most famously the riding of former provincial environment minister turned federal NDP and Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair, who won by a massive margin in his last race here in 2003. Before that, Lise Bacon held the riding while she was, variously, deputy premier, culture minister, human resources minister, environment minister and energy minister, among other portfolios. She was appointed to the Senate in 1994 and served there until 2009.

2008 provincial election results:

Party	Candidate	Total votes	%
Liberal	Guy Ouellette	16,702	66.1
PQ	Joan Jonathan Cyr	5,310	21
ADQ	Josée Granger	1,936	7.6
Green	Christian Picard	625	2.5

More results:

• 2007: Liberal Guy Ouellette defeats ADQ's Phani Papachristou by 10,738 votes.
• 2003: Liberal Tom Mulcair beats PQ's Coline Chhay by 18,795 votes.
• 1998: Liberal Mulcair defeated Parti Québécois's Monia Prévost.
• 1994: Liberal Thomas Mulcair defeated Parti Québécois's Lidi Costache.

1995 sovereignty referendum: Yes: 27.4%; No: 72.6%

Candidates

Québec Solidaire	Francine	Bellerose
Parti Québécois	Jean	Cooke
Independent	Kamal Germanos	Lutfi
Liberal	Guy	Ouellette
Coalition Avenir Québec	Marielle	Potvin
Option Nationale	Patrick	Simard
Green Party	Stéphanie	Stevenson