Sainte-Marie (provincial electoral district)

Sainte-Marie was a provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada.

Sainte-Marie
Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
District created1965
District abolished1988
First contested1966
Last contested1985
Demographics
Census division(s)Montreal (part)
Census subdivision(s)Montreal (part)

It corresponded to the Sainte-Marie neighbourhood and eastern Ville-Marie in Montreal.

It was created for the 1966 election from parts of Montréal–Sainte-Marie, Montréal–Saint-Jacques and Maisonneuve electoral districts. Its final election was in 1985. It disappeared in the 1989 election and its successor electoral district was Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Montréal–Sainte-Marie,
Montréal–Saint-Jacques and Maisonneuve
28th  1966–1969     Edgar Charbonneau Union Nationale
 1969–1970 Jean-Jacques Crôteau
29th  1970–1973     Charles-Henri Tremblay Parti Québécois
30th  1973–1976     Jean-Claude Malépart Liberal
31st  1976–1981     Guy Bisaillon Parti Québécois
32nd  1981–1982
 1982–1985     Independent
33rd  1985–1989     Michel Laporte Liberal
Dissolved into Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques

Election results

1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMichel Laporte8,85547.03+12.91
Parti QuébécoisYves Dufour8,40044.61-16.74
New DemocraticLouise Boucher7113.78
Union NationalePierre Desrochers2131.13-1.08
Parti indépendantisteChristian Dupuy2121.13
HumanistAnne Farrell1690.90
Socialist MovementBertrand Des Aulniers880.47
Non-AffiliatedLuc Proulx740.39
Commonwealth of CanadaDaniel Côté680.36
Christian SocialistSerge Belzile390.21
Total valid votes 18,82997.7
Rejected and declined votes 4442.30
Turnout 19,273 67.12-7.99
Electors on the lists 28,715
Liberal gain from Parti Québécois Swing +14.83
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
1981 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Parti QuébécoisGuy Bisaillon (incumbent)13,66761.35
LiberalJacques Dion7,60034.12
Union NationalePaul-Émile Gélinas4932.21
Workers CommunistLorraine Rondeau1470.66
IndependentJacques Lavoie1010.45
Marxist–LeninistClaude Brunelle850.38
WorkersMaurice Gohier630.28
United Social CreditRené Paré430.19
CommunistGaétan Trudel430.19
IndependentStéphane Verdier340.15
Total valid votes 22,27698.58
Rejected and declined votes 3221.42
Turnout 22,598 75.11
Electors on the lists 30,087
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

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