Ahuntsic (electoral district)

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Ahuntsic
Ahuntsic riding.
Member of Parliament	Maria Mourani Bloc Québécois
Population, 2001	99 848
Electors, 2006	75 100
Area (km²)	19
Population density (people per km²)	5255
Electoral district created	1987, from Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic and Saint-Denis
Census division	Montréal
Polling divisions	199
Major neighbourhoods	• Ahuntsic • Bordeaux • Sault-au-Recollet (part)

Ahuntsic is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979 and since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 99,848.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
- 3.1 1988 - present
- 3.2 1968 - 1979
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Ahuntsic and Bordeaux and the western part of the neighbourhood of Sault-au-Recollet in the Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

The neighbouring ridings are Papineau, Mount Royal, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Laval, Alfred-Pellan, Bourassa, and Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel.

[edit] History

The electoral district of Ahuntsic was created in 1966 from Saint-Denis and Laval ridings. In 1976, it was abolished when it was redistributed into Saint-Michel riding.

In 1987, the new district of Ahuntsic was created from Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic and Saint-Denis.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Saint-Denis and Laval prior to 1968
28th	1968-1972	Jean Rochon	Liberal
29th	1972-1974	Jeanne Sauvé	Liberal
30th	1974-1979	Jeanne Sauvé	Liberal
see Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic and Saint-Denis from 1976-1987
34th	1988-1993	Nicole Roy-Arcelin	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993-1997	Michel Daviault	Bloc Québécois
36th	1997-2000	Eleni Bakopanos	Liberal
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-	Maria Mourani	Bloc Québécois

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1988 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Bloc Québécois	Maria Mourani	19,428	38.9
	Liberal	Eleni Bakopanos	18,594	37.2
	Conservative	Etienne Morin	6,089	12.3
	New Democrat	Caroline Desrosiers	3,948	7.9
	Green	Lynette Tremblay	1,836	3.7

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eleni Bakopanos	21,234
	Bloc Québécois	Maria Mourani	20,020
	New Democrat	Annick Bergeron	3,013
	Conservative	Jean E. Fortier	2,544
	Green	Lynette Tremblay	1,301
	Marijuana	F.X. de Longchamp	314
	Marxist-Leninist	Marsha Fine	102

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eleni Bakopanos	28,643
	Bloc Québécois	Fatima El Amraoui	17,132
	Progressive Conservative	Jessica Chartrand	3,018
	Canadian Alliance	Eugenia Romain	1,816
	Green	Mimi Ghosh	1,123
	New Democrat	Steve Moran	997
	Communist	Antonio Artuso	262
	Marxist-Leninist	Vincent Dorais	159

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eleni Bakopanos	28,971
	Bloc Québécois	Pauline Charest	18,689
	Progressive Conservative	Nicole Roy-Arcelin	9,520
	New Democrat	Stephen Moran	1,051
	Natural Law	Carmel Bernard	589

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Michel Daviault	22,275
	Liberal	Céline Hervieux-Payette	20,934
	Progressive Conservative	Nicole Roy-Arcelin	4,332
	Natural Law	Marc Lacroix	752
	New Democrat	René Samson	675
	Independent	Haytoug Chamlian	567
	Abolitionist	Rolando Fusco	385
	Commonwealth	Christiane Deland-Gervais	332

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Nicole Roy-Arcelin	21,748
	Liberal	Raymond Garneau	21,056
	New Democrat	Vincent Guadagnano	5,638
	Green	Michel Mike Lime Limoges	1,131
	Rhino	Daniel Roumain I Muresan	1,042
	Not affiliated	Christine Dandenault	343
	Communist	S. Dagenais	203
	Commonwealth	Denis Tremblay	77

[edit] 1968 - 1979

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jeanne Sauve	24,041
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Grenier	5,304
	New Democrat	Emile Boudreau	3,448
	Social Credit	Aldéï Lanthier	2,449
	Marxist-Leninist	Francine Lavigne	223
	Communist	Beatrice F. Hough	161

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jeanne Sauve	21,741
	New Democrat	Pierre De Bellefeuille	6,706
	Progressive Conservative	Normand Duval	6,429
	Social Credit	Aldéï Lanthier	4,467
	Not affiliated	Monique L'Hostie	734

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean-L. Rochon	23,149
	New Democrat	Louis-Philippe Lecours	4,977
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Barriere	4,807
	Independent Liberal	Claude Patenaude	1,483
	Ralliement créditiste	Albert Paiement	1,243

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Federal Ridings in Montreal
Liberal	Bourassa \| Honoré-Mercier \| Lac-Saint-Louis \| LaSalle—Émard \| Laval—Les Îles \| Mount Royal \| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine \| Outremont* \| Pierrefonds—Dollard \| Saint-Laurent—Cartierville \| Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel \| Westmount—Ville-Marie
Bloc Québécois	Ahuntsic \| Alfred-Pellan \| Hochelaga \| Jeanne-Le Ber \| La Pointe-de-l'Île \| Laurier—Sainte-Marie \| Laval \| Marc-Aurèle-Fortin \| Papineau \| Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
Vacant	Outremont*
* Outremont MP Jean Lapierre resigned from the Liberal Party, and a by-election has not yet taken place to elect a successor.

Federal Ridings in Quebec
Central Quebec	Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour \| Berthier—Maskinongé \| Joliette \| Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière \| Montcalm \| Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier \| Repentigny \| Saint-Maurice—Champlain \| Trois-Rivières
Côte-Nord and Saguenay	Chicoutimi—Le Fjord \| Jonquière—Alma \| Manicouagan \| Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord \| Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
Eastern Quebec	Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine \| Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia \| Lévis—Bellechasse \| Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup \| Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
The Eastern Townships	Beauce \| Brome—Missisquoi \| Compton—Stanstead \| Drummond \| Mégantic—L'Érable \| Richmond—Arthabaska \| Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot \| Shefford \| Sherbrooke
The Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou \| Abitibi—Témiscamingue \| Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel \| Gatineau \| Hull—Aylmer \| Laurentides—Labelle \| Pontiac \| Rivière-des-Mille-Îles \| Rivière-du-Nord \| Terrebonne—Blainville
Montreal (East, West, North & Laval)	Ahuntsic \| Alfred-Pellan \| Bourassa \| Hochelaga \| Honoré-Mercier \| Jeanne-Le Ber \| Lac-Saint-Louis \| La Pointe-de-l'Île \| LaSalle—Émard \| Laurier—Sainte-Marie \| Laval \| Laval—Les Îles \| Marc-Aurèle-Fortin \| Mount Royal \| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine \| Outremont \| Papineau \| Pierrefonds—Dollard \| Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie \| Saint-Laurent—Cartierville \| Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel \| Westmount—Ville-Marie
Montérégie	Beauharnois—Salaberry \| Brossard—La Prairie \| Chambly—Borduas \| Châteauguay—Saint-Constant \| Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher \| Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert \| Saint-Jean \| Saint-Lambert \| Vaudreuil-Soulanges \| Verchères—Les Patriotes
Quebec City	Beauport—Limoilou \| Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles \| Louis-Hébert \| Louis-Saint-Laurent \| Québec