LaSalle - Émard

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Riding Info

This urban riding is situated on the southern part of the island of Montreal. It contains that part of Montreal bounded by St. Lawrence River in the southwest, the Lachine Canal in the northwest and Avenue de l'Église, Rue Laurendeau, Boulevard Desmarchais and Boulevard de la Verendyre in the east. The riding includes the former city of LaSalle, part of the former Verdun as well as Île aux Hérons.

There was no change to this riding in the 2004 redistribution. LaSalle was established in 1966 and in 1973, it became LaSalle-Émard-Côte-St-Paul. In 1976, it changed back to LaSalle. In 1986, LaSalle-Émard was created from 100 per cent of LaSalle, four per cent of Verdun-St-Paul and two per cent of St-Henri-Westmount. In 1996, part of Verdun-St-Paul was added.

Population: 100,327 (2006 census; an increase of 0.6% since 2001)

Political History

The Liberals kept their winning streak alive in 2008 with a new candidate in the riding that had been dominated by former prime minister Paul Martin since 1988. Lise Zarac won 40 per cent of the vote to defeat Bloc Québécois candidate Frédéric Isaya.

In 2006, Martin made a typically strong showing, winning 48 per cent of the vote and beating BQ candidate Mary Chiu.

In 2004, Martin bested Bloc Québécois candidate Thierry Larrivée by 11,805 votes. Martin was first elected in 1988, and became minister of finance in 1993 and minister responsible for the federal office of regional development-Quebec from 1993 to 1996. He remained as minister of finance until June 2, 2002, was elected leader of the Liberal party on Nov. 14, 2003, and was sworn in as Canada's 21st prime minister on Dec. 12, 2003. Martin's administration was plagued by scandal and the government fell after losing a vote of non-confidence in November 2005. He lost the subsequent election to Conservative Leader Stephen Harper.

Liberal John Campbell was MP for the riding for four terms beginning in 1972. In 1984, Progressive Conservative Claude Lanthier won a single term in office after defeating Campbell.

LaSalle:

• 1968-80 inclusive - LIB
• 1984 - PC

LaSalle-Émard:

• Since 1988 - LIB

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Demographics

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Candidate Info

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BQ – Carl Dubois

CON – Chang-Tao Jimmy Yu

GRN – Lorraine Banville

LIB – Lise Zarac

ML – Yves Le Seigle

NDP – Hélène Leblanc

NR – Guillaume Berger-Richard

Carl Dubois
	Party: Bloc Québécois Contact Information: Website Twitter Email 514-373-3157 6389 Boul. Monk Montreal H4E 3H8
Profession:	Clerk
Education:	Certificate in industrial relations, University of Montreal (2008)

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Chang-Tao Jimmy Yu
	Party: Conservative Party of Canada Contact Information: Website
Birthplace:	China
Marital Status:	Married to Chantal Bonalmour
Children:	Six

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Lorraine Banville
	Party: Green Party of Canada Contact Information: Website 514-769-4883
Profession:	Biologist

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Lise Zarac
	Party: Liberal Party of Canada Contact Information: Website 514-365-8888 7737 boul. Newman Lasalle, Que. H8N 1X7
Age:	60
Profession:	Municipal councillor
Political Career:	MUNICIPAL: Montreal borough councillor, 2001-08 FEDERAL: Won in LaSalle-Émard in 2008

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Yves Le Seigle
	Party: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada Contact Information: Website 514-522-1373

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Hélène Leblanc
	Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: Website Email 514-508-3383
Profession:	Administrator
Education:	Bachelor's degree in education from the University of Ottawa B.Sc. in agriculture and environment from McGill University.

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Guillaume Berger-Richard
	Party: neorhino.ca Contact Information: Website

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