Canadian federal election results in Eastern Montreal explained

Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Eastern Montreal.

Regional profile

The eastern end of the Island of Montreal was the birthplace of the sovereigntist movement, and remained a sovereigntist stronghold for four decades. During this time, whenever the Parti Québécois won provincially, the entire eastern half of the island was coated light blue. Federally, it was the Bloc Québécois's power base from 1993 to 2011, partly due to its leftist bent. With the exception of ethnic areas that protrude from Northern Montreal into the East Island's Honoré-Mercier riding, where Liberal support is strong, the area is relatively homogeneously Francophone and lower-income, a recipe for Bloc dominance. Prior to the rise of the Bloc, the region voted solidly Liberal for decades before being swept up in the Brian Mulroney tide, electing Quebec nationalists under the Progressive Conservative banner. The Conservative Party of Canada has never approached this level of support, and eastern Montreal is currently the weakest region in Canada for the Tories. In 2011, the federalist NDP swept every seat in this region amid the surge of popular support in the province and the concurrent Bloc meltdown, in all but one case by well over 6,000 votes. The NDP surge even cost longtime Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe his seat in Laurier-Sainte-Marie.

The NDP largely held its gains in 2015, losing Honoré-Mercier to the Liberals and La Pointe-de-l'Île—long reckoned as the most strongly sovereigntist riding in Quebec—to the Bloc. However, Duceppe came up well short in his bid to retake his old riding. In 2019, however, the NDP was cut down to just one riding in eastern Montreal, with the Bloc holding onto La Pointe-de-l'Île and the Liberals taking the other three.

Votes by party throughout time

Election							/
Election
1979	143,504 63.6%		12,062 5.3%			26,108 11.6%		44,015 19.5%
1980	139,703 71.5%		19,492 10.0%			15,791 8.1%		20,352 10.4%
1984	101,692 40.1%		28,336 11.2%		720 0.3%	108,910 42.9%		14,220 5.6%
1988	73,696 31.1%		43,512 18.4%		4,838 2.0%	103,741 43.8%		11,218 4.7%
1993	70,938 28.6%		4,917 2.0%	139,534 56.3%	1,050 0.4%	18,013 7.3%		13,344 5.4%
1997	81,664 33.3%		6,166 2.5%	113,000 46.1%	1,167 0.5%	39,023 15.9%		4,202 1.7%
2000	87,196 37.8%		5,409 2.3%	107,547 46.6%	5,457 2.5%	9,352 4.1%	7,115 3.9%	8,143 3.5%
2004	64,554 27.1%	9,504 4.0%	15,889 6.7%	137,602 57.7%	8,456 3.5%	2,445 1.0%
2006	48,763 19.7%	29,968 12.1%	24,915 10.1%	128,926 52.1%	12,802 5.2%			1,886 0.8%
2008	56,936 23.5%	23,126 9.6%	34,340 14.2%	113,999 47.1%	10,791 4.5%			2,647 1.1%
2011	33,970 13.8%	16,874 6.9%	113,749 46.2%	67,596 30.3%	4,689 1.9%			2,375 1.0%
2015	85,528 31.6%	18,941 7.0%	88,890 32.9%	67,596 25.0%	7,285 2.7%			2,260 0.8%
2019	101,331 37.2%	14,082 5.2%	60,666 22.3%	80,163 29.4%	12,665 4.6%			3,642 1.3%
2021	93,437 37.9%	14,433 5.8%	59,602 24.1%	67,697 27.4%	3,999 1.6%			7,691 3.1%

Detailed results

2021

See main article: 2021 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

All incumbents MP were reelected.

Party rankings

No change in position for the four main parties. The People's Party arrives before the Green Party in 2 of the 3 ridings where both parties had candidates.

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
3	2	0	0	0	0
1	2	2	0	0	0
1	1	2	1	0	0
0	0	1	4	0	0
0	0	0	0	3	1
0	0	0	0	2	2

Results by riding

2019

See main article: 2019 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

Party		2015	Gain from (loss to)						2019
Party		2015	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Bloc	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	NDP	2019
3	0	–2	0	0	1
1	0	0	0		0	1
1	0		0	+2	0	3

Party rankings

The Liberal improve their position, winning a majority of the ridings for the first time since 1980. The Bloc overtakes the NDP as the second main party in the region with more second place. The Conservatives obtain a 3rd place in Honoré-Mercier ahead of the NDP who obtains its first 4th place since 2008.

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
3	2	0	0	0
1	2	2	0	0
1	1	2	1	0
0	0	1	4	0
0	0	0	0	4

Results by riding

2015

See main article: 2015 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

Party		2011	Gain from (loss to)						2015
Party		2011	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Bloc	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	NDP	2015
5	0	–1	0	–1	3
0	0	0	+1		0	1
0	0		0	+1	0	1

Party rankings

The election is much more competitive than previously, with multiple 2nd and 3rd place ranking for both the NDP, the Liberals and the Bloc. The Conservatives are 4th in all 5 ridings as they did in 2011.

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
3	1	1	0	0
1	2	2	0	0
1	2	2	0	0
0	0	0	5	0
0	0	0	0	5

Results by riding

2011

See main article: 2011 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

Party		2008	Gain from (loss to)						2011
Party		2008	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Bloc	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	NDP	2011
4	0	0	0		–4	0
1	0		0	0	–1	0
0	+1	0	+3	0	5

Party rankings

The NDP surge results in a sweep of the region, with the Bloc and Liberals arriving in 2nd place in their former ridings.

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
5	0	0	0	0
0	4	1	0	0
0	1	4	0	0
0	0	0	5	0
0	0	0	0	5

Results by riding

2008

See main article: 2008 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

Party		2006	Gain from (loss to)				2008
Party		2006	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Bloc	2008
4	0	0	4
1	0		0	1

Party rankings

The Liberal vote strengthened since the 2006 election with a 2nd place achieved in all 4 ridings where the Bloc won (very much like in 2000 and 2004). The NDP overtakes the Conservatives for the main third party whereas the Green again arrives in 4th place, ahead of the Conservatives, in Laurier—Sainte-Marie.

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
4	1	0	0	0
1	4	0	0	0
0	0	4	1	0
0	0	1	3	1
0	0	0	1	4

Results by riding

2006

See main article: 2006 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

Party		2004	Gain from (loss to)				2006
Party		2004	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Bloc	2006
4	0	0	4
1	0		0	1

Party rankings

Both the NDP and the Conservatives improves their results with a second place for both, achieved respectively in Laurier—Sainte-Marie in La Pointe-de-l'Île, albeit well behind the Bloc in both cases. They were able to overtake the Liberal Party who arrived third in both ridings. The Green Party arrived fourth, ahead of the Conservatives, in Laurier—Sainte-Marie.

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
4	1	0	0	0
1	2	2	0	0
0	1	2	1	1
0	1	1	3	0
0	0	0	1	4

Results by riding

2004

See main article: 2004 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

Party		2000	Gain from (loss to)				2004
Party		2000	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Bloc	2004
4	0	0	4
1	0		0	1

Party rankings

The NDP greatly improves its results with three 3rd places, being the main third party in the region, behind the Bloc and the Liberals. The Green overtakes the Conservatives in two ridings (Laurier and Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie).

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
4	1	0	0	0
1	4	0	0	0
0	0	3	2	0
0	0	2	1	2
0	0	0	2	3

Maps

Hochelaga
Honoré-Mercier
La Pointe-de-l'Île
Laurier
Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie

2000

See main article: 2000 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

Party		1997	Gain from (loss to)				2000
Party		1997	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Bloc	2000
4	0	0	4
1	0		0	1

Party rankings

The NDP reaches a low point in the region with only a 5th place in Laurier—Sainte-Marie, its best results. It obtains a 7th place in Mercier, behind all the other major federal parties and the Green and Marijuana parties. The Green Party fares quite well and scores two 3rd places despite only running in 3 of the 5 ridings in the region.

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	4	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	3	0	1	1	0
0	0	2	0	1	0	0
0	0	0	3	0	0	2
0	0	0	2	2	1	0
0	0	0	0	1	3	1

Results by riding

1997

See main article: 1997 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

Party		1993	Gain from (loss to)				1997
Party		1993	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Bloc	1997
5	0	–1	4
0	+1		0	1

Results by riding

1993

See main article: 1993 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

Party		1988	Gain from (loss to)						1993
Party		1988	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	PC	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Bloc	1993
4	0		0	0	–4	0
1	0	0	0		–1	0
0	+4	0	+1	0	5

Results by riding

1988

See main article: 1988 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

Party		1984	Gain from (loss to)				1988
Party		1984	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	PC	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	1988
4	0		0	4
2	0	0	1

Results by riding

1984

See main article: 1984 Canadian federal election.

Seats won/lost by party

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Party		1980	Gain from (loss to)				1984
Party		1980	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	PC	colspan="2" align="center" width="50"	Lib.	1984
6	0	–4	2
0	+4		0	4