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Laurier - Sainte-Marie
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
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| 221/221 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| NDP | Hélène Laverdière | 23,377 | 46.64 |
Elected |
| BQ | Gilles Duceppe | 17,984 | 35.88 |
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| LIB | Philippe Allard | 4,976 | 9.93 |
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| CON | Charles K. Langford | 1,756 | 3.50 |
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| GRN | Olivier Adam | 1,334 | 2.66 |
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| RP | François Yo Gourd | 398 | 0.79 |
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| COM | Sylvain Archambault | 146 | 0.29 |
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| IND | Dimitri Mourkes | 79 | 0.16 |
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| ML | Serge Lachapelle | 77 | 0.15 |
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All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada. CBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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Riding Info
This riding includes part of downtown Montreal and is located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, which is its eastern boundary. The western boundary is the CP line. The riding runs from Boulevard St-Laurent in the south to the CP line, Sherbrooke Street East, Rue Sheppard and Rue Dufresne in the north.
It takes in part of downtown, affluent parts of Plateau Mont-Royal and the working-class neighbourhoods south of Sherbrooke Street East. The University of Quebec at Montreal is in the riding.
In 2004, the riding remained 89 per cent the same, with the addition of 12 per cent of Outremont in the southwest. The riding was established in 1986 as Laurier-Ste-Marie and became Laurier in 2004. The riding was created in 1986 from 61 per cent of Montreal-Ste-Marie, 41 per cent of Laurier and 30 per cent of St-Jacques. In 1996, a part of Rosemont was added.
Population: 101,758 (2006 census; an increase of 1.3% since 2001)
Political History
Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe saw his vote total drop a bit in 2008, but he still won this riding handily. Duceppe won more than 50 per cent of the vote and beat the Liberals' Sébastien Caron by more than 15,000 votes.
Duceppe won by more than 18,000 votes over the NDP’s Francois Gregoire in 2006. In 2004, he easily outdistanced Liberal Jean-Francois Thibault with more than 20, 000 votes.
Duceppe was first elected in a 1990 byelection following the death of Liberal Jean-Claude Malepart, defeating Liberal Denis Coderre and becoming the first BQ member elected to House of Commons on that platform. (Previous MPs had left other parties to form a BQ caucus in the House.) He became leader of the Bloc in 1997.
Laurier riding was Liberal from 1935. Liberal David Berger was elected in 1979, 1980 and 1984. In 1995, he became Canada's ambassador to Israel.
Laurier:
- 1988 - LIB
- 1990 byelection, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 - BQ
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 7.23% (8,030) |
| French | 19.86% (22,050) |
| Aboriginal | 1.38% (1,530) |
| American | 0.39% (430) |
| Canadian | 37.60% (41,740) |
| Caribbean | 2.67% (2,965) |
| Latin, Central, South | 1.73% (1,920) |
| Western European | 3.35% (3,720) |
| Northern European | 0.20% (220) |
| Eastern European | 4.73% (5,250) |
| S European | 21.96% (24,380) |
| Other European | 2.11% (2,345) |
| Scandinavian | 0.16% (180) |
| Baltic | 0.12% (135) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.27% (300) |
| African | 1.25% (1,385) |
| Arab | 9.80% (10,885) |
| Maghrebi | 2.11% (2,345) |
| West Asia | 6.03% (6,690) |
| South Asia | 1.82% (2,025) |
| East/SE Asia | 3.06% (3,395) |
| Oceania | 0.04% (45) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 111,025 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 11% (11,980) |
| French | 54% (58,520) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (10) |
| Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) | 0% (0) |
| Dene | 0% (0) |
| Dogrib | 0% (0) |
| Gitksan | 0% (0) |
| Inuinnaqtun | 0% (0) |
| Inuktitut, n.i.e. | 0% (0) |
| Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) | 0% (0) |
| Malecite | 0% (0) |
| Mi'kmaq | 0% (0) |
| Mohawk | 0% (0) |
| Montagnais-Naskapi | 0% (0) |
| Nisga'a | 0% (0) |
| North Slave (Hare) | 0% (0) |
| Ojibway | 0% (0) |
| Oji-Cree | 0% (0) |
| Shuswap | 0% (0) |
| South Slave | 0% (0) |
| Tlingit | 0% (0) |
| Italian | 2% (1,970) |
| Portuguese | 1% (1,380) |
| Romanian | 1% (1,135) |
| Spanish | 2% (2,090) |
| Danish | 0% (0) |
| Dutch | 0% (65) |
| Flemish | 0% (15) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 1% (560) |
| Norwegian | 0% (10) |
| Swedish | 0% (10) |
| Yiddish | 0% (170) |
| Bosnian | 0% (0) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (25) |
| Croatian | 0% (240) |
| Czech | 0% (15) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 0% (400) |
| Russian | 0% (525) |
| Serbian | 0% (60) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (0) |
| Slovak | 0% (10) |
| Slovenian | 0% (40) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (50) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (10) |
| Estonian | 0% (0) |
| Finnish | 0% (20) |
| Hungarian | 0% (480) |
| Greek | 10% (10,855) |
| Armenian | 5% (4,880) |
| Turkish | 0% (115) |
| Amharic | 0% (0) |
| Arabic | 6% (6,275) |
| Hebrew | 0% (120) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (15) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (0) |
| Bengali | 0% (85) |
| Gujarati | 0% (45) |
| Hindi | 0% (35) |
| Kurdish | 0% (0) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 1% (650) |
| Pashto | 0% (40) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0% (490) |
| Sindhi | 0% (0) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (20) |
| Urdu | 0% (275) |
| Malayalam | 0% (15) |
| Tamil | 0% (235) |
| Telugu | 0% (0) |
| Japanese | 0% (0) |
| Korean | 0% (40) |
| Cantonese | 0% (40) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 0% (405) |
| Mandarin | 0% (40) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (0) |
| Lao | 1% (580) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 1% (640) |
| Vietnamese | 1% (555) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (10) |
| Ilocano | 0% (30) |
| Malay | 0% (0) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (100) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (25) |
| Swahili | 0% (20) |
| Creoles | 1% (815) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 107,705 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 2.55 |
| Mining | 6.58 |
| Utilities | 2.80 |
| Construction | 4.86 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 2.00 |
| Retail | 11.14 |
| Transport | 4.58 |
| Info Culture | 1.32 |
| Finance Insurance | 1.65 |
| Real Estate | 1.21 |
| ProSciTech | 2.19 |
| Management | 0.09 |
| Waste/Remediation | 2.35 |
| Education | 6.69 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 11.40 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.40 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 4.28 |
| Public Admin | 8.34 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 43,645 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 5.8%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 13.27%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 28.83%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $78,504
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 20%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 34.58%
34.70% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
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NR – François Yo Gourd Gilles Duceppe | |
 | Party: Bloc Québécois Contact Information: 514-373-3148 810 rue Ste-Catherine Est Montreal H2L 2E2 |
| Age: | 63 |
| Birthplace: | Montreal |
| Marital Status: | Married to Yolande Brunelle |
| Children: | Two - Amélie, Alexis (from a former marriage) |
| Profession: | Trade unionist |
| Education: | University of Montreal, political science studies. Collège Mont-St-Louis - BA |
| Political Career: | FEDERAL: Won: in Laurier-Sainte Marie in byelection on Aug. 13, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000; in Laurier in 2004; in Laurier-Sainte Marie in 2006, 2008. |
Sylvain Archambault | |
| Party: Communist Party of Canada Contact Information: | |
Charles K. Langford | |
 | Party: Conservative Party of Canada Contact Information: |
| Profession: | Educator |
| Education: | He is a fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute. |
| Political Career: | FEDERAL: Defeated in Laurier-Sainte-Marie in 2008 |
Olivier Adam | |
 | Party: Green Party of Canada Contact Information: 514-990-2326 |
| Profession: | TV/movie producer |
| Political Career: | PROVINCIAL: Defeated in Borduas in 2007; defeated in Mercier in 2008 FEDERAL: Defeated in Chambly-Borduas in 2006, 2008 |
Dimitri Mourkes | |
| Party: Independent Contact Information: 514-849-1117 | |
Philippe Allard | |
 | Party: Liberal Party of Canada Contact Information: |
| Marital Status: | Married to Sirma Bilge |
| Profession: | Administrator |
| Education: | Master's in political science from Laval University MBA from HEC Montreal. |
Serge Lachapelle | |
| Party: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada Contact Information: Website514-522-1373 | |
Hélène Laverdière | |
 | Party: New Democratic Party of Canada Contact Information: |
| Marital Status: | Married to Germain Bélanger |
| Profession: | Sociologist |
| Education: | Doctorate in sociology from the Univeristy of Bath in England. |
François Yo Gourd | |
| Party: Rhinoceros Party Contact Information: Website514-849-5396 | |
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Updated: May. 3, 2011, 3:40 AM EDT
| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | 167 | 0 | 167 | 39.62 |
| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
| BQ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6.05 |
| GRN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.91 |
| IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.43 |
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