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Pierrefonds - Dollard

2008 Results

Pierrefonds-Dollard
Party Candidate Votes Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST 217/221 polls
LIB Bernard Patry 20,883 Elected
CON Pierre-Olivier Brunelle 11,435
NDP Shameem Siddiqui 4,741
BQ Reny Gagnon 4,301
GRN Ryan Young 3,105
ML Marsha Fine 110

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This riding occupies the southwest part of the Island of Montreal on Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes and Riviére-des-Prairies. It contains the former cities of Dollard des Ormeaux, Pierrefonds and L'Île Bizard.

This riding is home to a number of pharmaceutical companies. Manufacturing is the main industry, followed by retail trade. Almost 30 per cent of residents over age 25 have a university certificate or degree. The average family income is $88,323 and the unemployment rate is 6.7 per cent.

According to the 2006 census, 35 per cent of the population lists English as their mother tongue, while French is the first language for 29 per cent. There are also significant percentages of Arabic, Italian, Greek and Punjabi speakers. This is an ethnically mixed riding with a total immigrant population of 33 per cent.

In the redistribution of 2004, 91 per cent of the riding was retained. This riding was established in 1986 by combining parts of Dollard and Vaudreuil ridings. The 1996 redistribution moved nine per cent into Lac-St-Louis.

Population: 105,504 (2006 census; an increase of 2.9% since 2001)

Political History

Liberal Bernard Patry dominated again in 2006, gaining re-election with more than twice as many votes as second-place Conservative Don Rae.

In 2004, Patry defeated Bloc Québécois candidate Marie-Hélène Brunet by more than 22,000 votes to win a fourth term.

In the former riding of Dollard, Liberal Jean-Pierre Goyer was MP from 1965 to 1979. He was appointed solicitor general in 1970 and minister of supply and services in 1972. Liberal Louis Desmarais won in 1979 and 1980, but was defeated in 1984 by Progressive Conservative Gerry Weiner who became minister of state for immigration and multiculturalism.

Weiner won again in Pierrefonds-Dollard in 1988, running against Patry. He was appointed minister of state for multiculturalism and citizenship in 1988 and minister of multiculturalism and citizenship in 1993.

Dollard:

  • 1953-80 inclusive - LIB
  • 1984 - PC

Pierrefonds-Dollard:

  • 1988 - PC
  • 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006 - LIB