Sainte-Marie (provincial electoral district)

Sainte-Marie was a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada.

Sainte-Marie
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1965
District abolished1988
First contested1966
Last contested1985
Demographics
Census division(s)Montreal (part)
Census subdivision(s)Montreal (part)

It corresponded to the Sainte-Marie neighbourhood and eastern Ville-Marie in Montreal.

It was created for the 1966 election from parts of Montréal–Sainte-Marie, Montréal–Saint-Jacques and Maisonneuve electoral districts. Its final election was in 1985. It disappeared in the 1989 election and its successor electoral district was Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly edit

Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Montréal–Sainte-Marie,
Montréal–Saint-Jacques and Maisonneuve
28th  1966–1969     Edgar Charbonneau Union Nationale
 1969–1970 Jean-Jacques Crôteau
29th  1970–1973     Charles-Henri Tremblay Parti Québécois
30th  1973–1976     Jean-Claude Malépart Liberal
31st  1976–1981     Guy Bisaillon Parti Québécois
32nd  1981–1982
 1982–1985     Independent
33rd  1985–1989     Michel Laporte Liberal
Dissolved into Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques

Election results edit

1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michel Laporte 8,855 47.03 +12.91
Parti Québécois Yves Dufour 8,400 44.61 -16.74
New Democratic Louise Boucher 711 3.78
Union Nationale Pierre Desrochers 213 1.13 -1.08
Parti indépendantiste Christian Dupuy 212 1.13
Humanist Anne Farrell 169 0.90
Socialist Movement Bertrand Des Aulniers 88 0.47
Non-Affiliated Luc Proulx 74 0.39
Commonwealth of Canada Daniel Côté 68 0.36
Christian Socialist Serge Belzile 39 0.21
Total valid votes 18,829 97.7
Rejected and declined votes 444 2.30
Turnout 19,273 67.12 -7.99
Electors on the lists 28,715
Liberal gain from Parti Québécois Swing +14.83
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1981 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Guy Bisaillon (incumbent) 13,667 61.35
Liberal Jacques Dion 7,600 34.12
Union Nationale Paul-Émile Gélinas 493 2.21
Workers Communist Lorraine Rondeau 147 0.66
Independent Jacques Lavoie 101 0.45
Marxist–Leninist Claude Brunelle 85 0.38
Workers Maurice Gohier 63 0.28
United Social Credit René Paré 43 0.19
Communist Gaétan Trudel 43 0.19
Independent Stéphane Verdier 34 0.15
Total valid votes 22,276 98.58
Rejected and declined votes 322 1.42
Turnout 22,598 75.11
Electors on the lists 30,087
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References edit

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