Honoré-Mercier (electoral district) explained

Honoré-Mercier
Province:Quebec
Coordinates:45.63°N -73.57°W
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:24029
Fed-Created:1987
Fed-Election-First:1988
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Pablo Rodriguez
Fed-Rep-Party:Liberal
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:Liberal Party of Canada
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:102587
Demo-Electors:78549
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:39
Demo-Cd:Montreal
Demo-Csd:Montreal

Honoré-Mercier (formerly Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies) is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

Since 2015, its Member of Parliament has been Pablo Rodriguez of the Liberal Party of Canada, who previously held the seat from 2004 to 2011.

Geography

The district includes the entire Borough of Anjou, the eastern part of the Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, and the northern part of the Borough of Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.

The neighbouring ridings are Hochelaga, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, Bourassa, Alfred-Pellan, Montcalm, and La Pointe-de-l'Île.

Political geography

While the other eastern Montreal ridings have traditionally been Bloc Québécois strongholds, Honoré-Mercier is politically a very divided riding. Rivière-des-Prairies is very Liberal leaning, while Anjou supports the Bloc for the most part, but has some Liberal pockets.

However, the NDP's "orange wave" in the 2011 election overwhelmed previous distinctions, with the New Democrats winning 149 of 218 polling divisions in the district.

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census

History

The district was created in 1987 under the name Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies from parts of Gamelin, Montreal—Mercier and Saint-Léonard—Anjou ridings.

It consisted of:

  1. Sherbrooke Street East, Duquesne Street, Rosemont Boulevard and Lacordaire Boulevard; and
  2. Autoroute de la Rive Nord, Henri-Bourassa Boulevard East; the limits of the towns of Montréal-Est, Anjou and Montréal-Nord to the point of commencement.

In 2003, its name was changed to Honoré-Mercier and its boundaries were adjusted slightly such that 95.5% of the riding came from the original Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, while 4.5% came from Hochelaga—Maisonneuve.

This riding lost territory to La Pointe-de-l'Île and Hochelaga, and gained territory from Bourassa during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Honoré-Mercier, 2003–present

2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
PartyVote%
 29,280 59.99
 7,946 16.28
 5,145 10.54
 3,570 7.31
 2,042 4.18
 734 1.50
 Others 88 0.18
2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
PartyVote%
 15,854 35.22
 15,081 33.50
 7,204 16.00
 5,856 13.01
 725 1.61
 Others 299 0.66

Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies, 1987–2003

See also

References

Notes

Notes and References

  1. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data. 2 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  5. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=1897 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections