Westmount—Ville-Marie

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Westmount—Ville-Marie

Quebec electoral district
Westmount—Ville-Marie in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		vacant
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	100,360
Electors (2006)	77,486
Area (km²)	16
Pop. density (per km²)	6,272.5
Census divisions	Montreal
Census subdivisions	Montreal, Westmount

Westmount—Ville-Marie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 97,226. The riding's parliamentary seat has been vacant since the resignation of Liberal MP Lucienne Robillard on January 25, 2008. A writ of election must be issued within six months of her resignation at which point a by-election date will be announced.

Main article: Canadian federal by-elections, 2008

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The district includes the City of Westmount as well as Old Montreal and the western part of downtown Montreal in the Borough of Ville-Marie, the western part of The Plateau in the Borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal and the eastern part of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the Borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the City of Montreal.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from parts of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Saint-Henri—Westmount ridings.

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Saint-Henri—Westmount prior to 1996
Westmount—Ville-Marie
36th	1997-2000		Lucienne Robillard	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2008

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard	18,884	45.68%	-10.16%	$70,313
	Conservative	Louise O'Sullivan	7,295	17.57%	+7.50%	$27,009
	New Democrat	Eric Wilson Steedman	6,356	15.37%	+3.38%	$13,082
	Bloc Québécois	Sophie Frechette	5,191	12.56%	-2.25%	$9,770
	Green	Julie Sabourin	3,451	8.35%	+2.30%	$122
	Communist	Serge Lachapelle	94	0.23%	*	$0
	Marxist-Leninist	Bill Sloan	69	0.17%	-0.09%	$380
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.83

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard	22,337
	Bloc Québécois	Louis La Rochelle	5,922
	New Democrat	Eric Wilson Steedman	4,795
	Conservative	Robert Gervais	4,027
	Green	Brian Sarwer-Foner	2,419
	Marijuana	David John Proctor	396
	Marxist-Leninist	Serge Lachapelle	103

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard	23,209
	Progressive Conservative	Bryan Price	4,610
	Bloc Québécois	Marcela Valdivia	4,121
	New Democrat	Willy Blomme	2,001
	Canadian Alliance	Felix Cotte	1,706
	Green	Brian Sarwer-Foner	1,251
	Not affiliated	Michel Laporte	696
	Marijuana	Patrice Caron	693
	Marxist-Leninist	Saroj Bains	151
	Natural Law	Allen Faguy	96

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard	26,972
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Davis	7,802
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard Guité	5,078
	New Democrat	Chris Carter	2,566
	Independent	Roopnarine Singh	1,328
	Green	Brian Sarwer-Foner	751
	Natural Law	Allen Faguy	212
	Marxist-Leninist	Normand Chouinard	166

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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