Saint-Laurent (federal electoral district) should not be confused with Louis-Saint-Laurent (electoral district).
| Saint-Laurent | |
| Province: | Quebec |
| Fed-Status: | active |
| Fed-District-Number: | 24068 |
| Fed-Created: | 1987 |
| Fed-Election-First: | 1988 |
| Fed-Election-Last: | 2021 |
| Fed-Rep: | Emmanuella Lambropoulos |
| Fed-Rep-Party: | Liberal |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2021 |
| Demo-Pop: | 102104 |
| Demo-Electors: | 66181 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2021 |
| Demo-Area: | 42.83 |
| Demo-Cd: | Montreal |
| Demo-Csd: | Montreal |
Saint-Laurent (pronounced as /fr/, known from 1993 to 2015 as Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, pronounced as /fr/) is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1988.
Since a 2017 by-election triggered by the resignation of longtime Member of Parliament (MP) Stéphane Dion, its MP has been Emmanuella Lambropoulos of the Liberal Party.
The district corresponds exactly to the borough of Saint-Laurent in the city of Montreal.
The neighbouring ridings are Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, Mount Royal and Pierrefonds—Dollard.
According to the 2021 Canadian census[1]
Ethnic groups: 40.9% White, 18.6% Arab, 10.1% Black, 8.6% South Asian, 8.2% Chinese, 3.8% Southeast Asian, 3.2% Latin American, 2% Filipino, 1.5% West Asian
Languages: 25.5% French, 15.2% Arabic, 14.4% English, 3.6% Mandarin, 3.2% Spanish, 2.9% Yue, 2.7% Greek, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.6% Armenian, 1.5% Tamil, 1.5% Italian, 1.2% Punjabi, 1% Urdu
Religions: 44.9% Christian (23.6% Catholic, 9.1% Christian Orthodox, 1% Pentecostal), 22.4% Muslim, 18.4% No Religion, 5.5% Jewish, 3.8% Hindu, 3.4% Buddhist, 1% Sikh
Median income: $32,200 (2020)
Average income: $50,320 (2020)
The electoral district of Saint-Laurent was created in 1987 from Dollard, Laval-des-Rapides and Saint-Denis. The name was changed to Saint-Laurent—Cartierville in 1989.
This riding lost territory to Ahuntsic-Cartierville during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
It was represented since a by-election in 2017 by Emmanuella Lambropoulos, member of the Liberal Party. It has long been regarded as one of the safest Liberal ridings in the nation.
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 23,308 | 59.35 | ||||
| 7,193 | 18.31 | ||||
| 4,225 | 10.76 | ||||
| 3,122 | 7.95 | ||||
| 1,239 | 3.15 | ||||
| 42 | 0.11 | ||||
| Others | 146 | 0.37 | |||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 13,915 | 42.86 | ||||
| 9,437 | 29.07 | ||||
| 6,206 | 19.11 | ||||
| 2,089 | 6.43 | ||||
| 680 | 2.09 | ||||
| Others | 140 | 0.43 | |||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Riding history from the Library of Parliament