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Saint-Laurent - Cartierville
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 206/206 polls | Updated: May. 3, 2011 3:40 AM EDT | |||
| LIB | Stéphane Dion | 17,726 | 43.43 |
Elected |
| NDP | Maria Ximena Florez | 11,948 | 29.28 |
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| CON | Svetlana Litvin | 7,124 | 17.46 |
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| BQ | William Fayad | 2,981 | 7.30 |
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| GRN | Tim Landry | 857 | 2.10 |
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| ML | Fernand Deschamps | 176 | 0.43 |
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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 is at the west end of Montreal on the south shore of Rivière-des-Prairies. Most of the riding is made up of the former city of St-Laurent. The riding is bounded by Autoroute des Laurentides in the north, Autoroute Métropolitaine, Boulevard Cavendish, the CN line, Highway 13 and Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu in the east, the limits of the former city of St-Laurent and the boundary between Montreal and Pierrefonds in the south and Rivière-des Prairies in the west.
In the 1986 redistribution, the riding of St-Laurent was created from 51 per cent of Dollard, 22 per cent of Laval-des-Rapides and 12 per cent of St-Denis. The riding name was changed to St-Laurent-Cartierville in 1989.
Population: 109,015 (2006 census; an increase of 8.2% since 2001)
Political History
Former Liberal leader Stéphane Dion retained his hold on this riding in 2008, capturing 61 per cent of the vote.
Dion resigned as Liberal leader following the election in which the Liberals dropped 19 seats from the party’s standing at dissolution. Liberal popular support sunk to its lowest level since 1867.
Dion has been MP since a 1996 byelection. He was appointed president of the Privy Council and minister of federal-provincial relations in 1996. He was reappointed to those posts until 2003. From 2001 to 2003, Dion was the co-ordinator of issues related to official languages. Then prime minister Paul Martin made him minister of the environment in 2004. In December 2006, Dion won the federal Liberal leadership.
In 1988 in St-Laurent, Liberal Shirley Maheu was elected, serving a second term in the renamed St-Laurent-Cartierville. She resigned and was appointed to the Senate in 1996.
- Since 1988 - LIB
Demographics
Ethnic Origin
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| British Isles | 6.21% (6,660) |
| French | 12.57% (13,490) |
| Aboriginal | 0.85% (910) |
| American | 0.41% (435) |
| Canadian | 16.97% (18,205) |
| Caribbean | 4.03% (4,325) |
| Latin, Central, South | 2.76% (2,965) |
| Western European | 2.41% (2,585) |
| Northern European | 0.35% (380) |
| Eastern European | 6.65% (7,130) |
| S European | 12.57% (13,485) |
| Other European | 5.38% (5,775) |
| Scandinavian | 0.34% (360) |
| Baltic | 0.17% (180) |
| Czech/Slovak | 0.41% (445) |
| African | 4.79% (5,135) |
| Arab | 20.43% (21,915) |
| Maghrebi | 5.42% (5,815) |
| West Asia | 6.19% (6,645) |
| South Asia | 6.45% (6,925) |
| East/SE Asia | 11.63% (12,480) |
| Oceania | 0.02% (20) |
| Pacific Islands | 0.00% (0) |
| Statistics Canada Population: 107,285 | |
Mother Tongue
| Language | Percentage |
|---|---|
| English | 15% (15,455) |
| French | 32% (32,455) |
| Algonquin | 0% (0) |
| Atikamekw | 0% (0) |
| Blackfoot | 0% (0) |
| Carrier | 0% (0) |
| Chilcotin | 0% (0) |
| Chipewyan | 0% (0) |
| Cree | 0% (40) |
| 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 | 3% (2,725) |
| Portuguese | 0% (255) |
| Romanian | 2% (1,640) |
| Spanish | 3% (3,320) |
| Danish | 0% (20) |
| Dutch | 0% (70) |
| Flemish | 0% (0) |
| Frisian | 0% (0) |
| German | 0% (410) |
| Norwegian | 0% (10) |
| Swedish | 0% (10) |
| Yiddish | 0% (275) |
| Bosnian | 0% (15) |
| Bulgarian | 0% (265) |
| Croatian | 0% (125) |
| Czech | 0% (100) |
| Macedonian | 0% (0) |
| Polish | 1% (725) |
| Russian | 1% (1,105) |
| Serbian | 0% (75) |
| Serbo-Croatian | 0% (35) |
| Slovak | 0% (110) |
| Slovenian | 0% (15) |
| Ukrainian | 0% (220) |
| Latvian | 0% (0) |
| Lithuanian | 0% (0) |
| Estonian | 0% (10) |
| Finnish | 0% (0) |
| Hungarian | 0% (275) |
| Greek | 4% (4,100) |
| Armenian | 3% (3,210) |
| Turkish | 0% (355) |
| Amharic | 0% (45) |
| Arabic | 14% (13,980) |
| Hebrew | 1% (670) |
| Maltese | 0% (0) |
| Somali | 0% (105) |
| Tigrigna | 0% (10) |
| Bengali | 0% (255) |
| Gujarati | 1% (540) |
| Hindi | 0% (185) |
| Kurdish | 0% (110) |
| Panjabi (Punjabi) | 1% (960) |
| Pashto | 0% (385) |
| Persian (Farsi) | 1% (1,100) |
| Sindhi | 0% (10) |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 0% (70) |
| Urdu | 2% (1,655) |
| Malayalam | 0% (60) |
| Tamil | 2% (1,560) |
| Telugu | 0% (40) |
| Japanese | 0% (70) |
| Korean | 0% (80) |
| Cantonese | 1% (1,015) |
| Chinese, n.o.s. | 4% (4,545) |
| Mandarin | 0% (455) |
| Taiwanese | 0% (50) |
| Lao | 0% (185) |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 1% (1,135) |
| Vietnamese | 2% (1,785) |
| Bisayan languages | 0% (0) |
| Ilocano | 0% (50) |
| Malay | 0% (25) |
| Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) | 0% (475) |
| Akan (Twi) | 0% (195) |
| Swahili | 0% (145) |
| Creoles | 1% (1,250) |
| Statistics Canada Population (Single Responses): 102,630 | |
Industry
| Industry | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 1.61 |
| Mining | 0.23 |
| Utilities | 1.73 |
| Construction | 5.64 |
| Manufacturing | 0.00 |
| Wholesale | 5.84 |
| Retail | 11.38 |
| Transport | 4.34 |
| Info Culture | 3.22 |
| Finance Insurance | 4.43 |
| Real Estate | 1.30 |
| ProSciTech | 6.56 |
| Management | 0.12 |
| Waste/Remediation | 3.00 |
| Education | 6.39 |
| Heath/Social Assistance | 10.57 |
| Arts/Entertainment | 1.99 |
| Hospitality | 0.00 |
| Other Services | 5.23 |
| Public Admin | 5.47 |
| Statistics Canada Population (Total labour force): 56,260 | |
Overall
- Unemployment Rate
- 10.3%
7% National
6.6%
- Seniors
- 17.47%
14.32%% National
13.71%%
- Home Owners
- 16.79%
25.41%% National
26.92%%
- Avg Family Income
- $71,038
$71,838 National
$82,325
- Immigration
- 49%
11% National
20%
- Post-Secondary Degree
- 36.06%
34.70% National
33.35%
Candidate Info
We'll be updating these info pages as the campaign progresses. If you have any corrections, suggestions or new information to pass on, please email us.
NDP – Maria Ximena Flores
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
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| CON | 167 | 0 | 167 | 39.62 |
| NDP | 102 | 0 | 102 | 30.62 |
| LIB | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18.91 |
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