Marie-Victorin (electoral district) explained

Marie-Victorin
Province:Quebec
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:1980
Prov-Election-First:1981
Prov-Election-Last:2022 (by)
Prov-Rep:Shirley Dorismond
Prov-Rep-Party:CAQ
Demo-Electors:45,636
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Area:14.46
Demo-Pop:63575
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Cd:Longueuil (part)
Demo-Csd:Longueuil (part)
Warning:no

Marie-Victorin is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in the Vieux-Longueuil Borough of Longueuil. It is bordered to the north by chemin de Chambly, to the east by the city limits, to the south by the Canadian National railway, Boulevard Desaulniers and the city limits, and to the west by the Saint Lawrence River.

It was created for the 1981 election from parts of Laporte and Taillon electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained some territory from Taillon.

It was named after Brother Marie-Victorin, a Quebec botanist.

Election results

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

2008 Quebec general election redistributed results
PartyVote%
 12,905 51.10
 7,401 29.31
 2,86111.33
 1,105 4.38
 773 3.06
 209 0.83

^ QS change is from UFP.

^ UFP change is from Socialist Democracy.

|- |Innovator | Jimmy Audet|align="right"|179 |align="right"|0.59||-

1995 Quebec referendum
SideVotes%
Oui22,73160.54
Non14,81439.46

|- |Pour la république du Canada| Alain Gauthier |align="right"|197|align="right"|0.78|align="right"|+0.46

|- |Parti indépendantiste| Omer Thériault|align="right"|346 |align="right"|1.31|- |United Social Credit| Bella Forget Bélanger|align="right"|122|align="right"|0.46|- |Christian Socialist| Nicole Morse|align="right"|83 |align="right"|0.32

58 year old former priest Guy Pratt, the son of former Longueuil mayor Paul Pratt was the Liberal candidate. He took on 33 year old Longueuil alderman Pierre Nantel who ran for the PQ.[1]

|- |Parti république du Québec| Jean-Paul Ménard|align="right"|120 |align="right"|0.61

External links

Information:
Election results:
Maps

2001–2011 changes (Flash)

1992–2001 changes (Flash)

Notes and References

  1. News: PQ fortress may cave in to voter apathy. June 9, 1984. 21. Montreal Gazette. April 11, 2022.