Hochelaga

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Riding Info

Located in the east end of the city of Montreal, this riding is bounded by the St. Lawrence River in the east, Rue de Cadillac, Rue du Quesne and Boulevard Langelier in the north, Rue Bélanger in the west and Boulevard Pie IX, Sherbrooke Street East, Rue Sheppard and Rue Dufresne in the south.

In 2004, the riding became Hochelaga and boundaries were moved to add 11 per cent of Laurier-St-Marie in the southeast, while the northern part of the riding was moved into neighbouring Anjou and Mercier ridings. The riding of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve was created in the 1976 redistribution from 51 per cent of Maisonneuve-Rosemont, 41 per cent of Hochelaga and eight per cent from Lafontaine. In 1996, the redistribution added portions of St-Léonard, Mercier and Anjou-Rivière-des-Prairies ridings.

Population: 100,915 (2006 census; no change since 2001)

Political History

In 2008, the Bloc Québécois's Réal Menard continued to dominate the riding, winning his sixth term with 50 per cent of the vote. In 2006, Menard defeated Liberal Vicky Harvey, winning his fourth term.

The former riding of Maisonneuve-Rosemont or Maisonneuve was Liberal from 1935. The former riding of Hochelaga was Liberal from 1917 and has elected several prominent Liberals. Gérard Pelletier, a minister of communications under Pierre Trudeau, won from 1965 to 1975. Pierre Juneau, then chairman of the Canadian Radio-Television Commission, was appointed to replace Pelletier as minister of communications in 1975 before being elected. But in the 1975 byelection, Juneau was defeated by Progressive Conservative Jacques Lavoie. Lavoie joined the Liberals in 1977, but lost the riding nomination in 1979. Juneau was appointed president of the CBC.

Liberal Serge Joyal, incumbent from Maisonneuve-Rosemont, won in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in 1979 and 1980. He was appointed minister of state in 1981 and secretary of state in 1982. In 1984, PC Édouard Desrosiers defeated Joyal. In 1988, Desrosiers resigned and withdrew as the 1988 candidate after it was revealed he had been convicted of bank robbery 30 years before. In 1989, Desrosiers was fined $3,000 and put on a year's probation after pleading guilty to pocketing $7,463 in parliamentary funds. PC Allan Koury won in 1988, but came in third in 1993.

• 1979, 1980 - LIB
• 1984, 1988 - PC
• 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 - BQ

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Candidate Info

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BQ – Daniel Paillé

COM – Marianne Breton Fontaine

CON – Audrey Castonguay

GRN – Yaneisy Delgado-Dihigo

LIB – Gilbert Thibodeau

ML – Christine Dandenault

NDP – Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet

NR – Hugo Samson Veillette

Daniel Paillé
	Party: Bloc Québécois Contact Information: Website
Age:	61
Birthplace:	Economist
Profession:	HEC - Bachelor in administration, specializing in applied economics, 1974 University of Quebec at Montreal - Master's in economic sciences, 1976
Political Career:	PROVINCIAL: Elected in Prevost in 1994. Resigned as an MNA Nov. 19, 1996. FEDERAL: Elected in Hochelaga in Nov. 9, 2009, byelection.

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Marianne Breton Fontaine
	Party: Communist Party of Canada Contact Information: Website 438-338-8890

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Audrey Castonguay
	Party: Conservative Party of Canada Contact Information: Website
Profession:	Administrator
Education:	Diploma in industrial relations from the University of Montreal.
Political Career:	FEDERAL: Defeated in Shefford in 2000. Defeated in Hochelaga in 2006.

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Yaneisy Delgado-Dihigo
	Party: Green Party of Canada Contact information: Website Email 514-531-9246

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Gilbert Thibodeau
	Party: Liberal Party of Canada Contact Information: Website Email 438-879-3687 2675 Jeanne d'Arc Montreal, Que. H1W 3W1
Children:	One son - Robert
Profession:	Businessperson
Education:	Degree from the Canadian Institute of Management and from the École des Hautes Études commerciales of Montreal.

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Christine Dandenault
	Party: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada Contact Information: Website 514-522-1373

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Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet
	Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: Website
Marital Status:	Married
Children:	Two sons – Alec and Nicholas
Profession:	Has worked as a guide at Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal's museum of archaeology and history since 1992. Teaches for the Centrale des Syndicats Démocratiques (CSD, Trade Union).
Education:	Master's degree in anthropology, University of Alberta.

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Hugo Samson Veillette
	Party: neorhino.ca Contact Information: Website

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