Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Sœurs explained

Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs
Province:	Quebec
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-District-Number:	24077
Fed-Created:	2013
Fed-Election-First:	2015
Fed-Election-Last:	2021
Fed-Rep:	Marc Miller
Fed-Rep-Party:	Liberal
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Census-Date:	2016
Demo-Pop:	114659
Demo-Electors:	83351
Demo-Electors-Date:	2015
Demo-Area:	19
Demo-Cd:	Montreal (part)
Demo-Csd:	Montreal (part)

Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of Jeanne-Le Ber, Westmount—Ville-Marie, Laurier—Sainte-Marie and Outremont.

Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which took place 19 October 2015.

The riding was originally intended to be named Ville-Marie.^[2]

Geography

The riding included the western part of Ville-Marie (downtown), the neighbourhoods of Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy, Griffintown and Pointe-Saint-Charles in the Le Sud-Ouest borough. As well as Nuns' Island in the borough of Verdun.

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census

• Languages (2016 mother tongue) : 43.4% French, 21.1% English, 6.2% Arabic, 5.2% Mandarin, 4.3% Spanish, 2.8% Farsi, 1.6% Russian, 1.5% Bengali, 1.1% Cantonese, 0.9% Italian, 0.8% Portuguese, 0.8% Korean, 0.7% Romanian, 0.6% Vietnamese, 0.5% German, 0.5% Polish, 0.4% Urdu, 0.4% Hindi, 0.4% Turkish, 0.4% Greek, 0.3% Tamil, 0.3% Panjabi, 0.3% Hungarian, 0.3% Bulgarian, 0.3% Japanese, 0.3% Armenian^[3]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

2021 federal election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
			20,831	51.37
			7,333	18.08
			5,199	12.82
			4,843	11.94
			1,083	2.67
			1,059	2.61
		Others	206	0.51

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
			16,625	41.49
			11,013	27.48
			6,423	16.03
			4,772	11.91
			1,117	2.79
		Others	123	0.31

Notes and References

1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
2. Web site: Government Bill (House of Commons) C-37 (41-2) - Third Reading - Riding Name Change Act, 2014 - Parliament of 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. August 2, 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=1945 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections