Outremont (electoral district)

Outremont () is a federal electoral district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It was known as Outremont—Saint-Jean from 1949 to 1968. Its population in 2016 was 102,088. Its current Member of Parliament is Rachel Bendayan of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 69.5% White, 6.9% Black, 6.7% Arab, 3.8% Latino, 2.8% Filipino, 2.4% South Asian, 2.1% Southeast Asian, 2.0% Chinese, 1.7% Indigenous, 2.1% Other
Languages: 47.9% French, 16.5% English, 5.4% Arabic, 4.8% Yiddish, 4.6% Spanish, 1.9% Portuguese, 1.8% Greek, 1.5% Romanian, 1.4% Tagalog, 1.3% Russian, 12.9% Other
Religions: 50.7% Christian, 11.0% Jewish, 9.5% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 1.2% Hindu, 0.3% Other, 26.0% None
Median income: $22,551 (2010)
Average income: $39,486 (2010)

According to the 2016 Canadian census

• Languages: (2016) 54.9% French, 23.5% English, 4.9% Yiddish, 2.7% Spanish, 2.4% Arabic, 1.5% Farsi, 1.1% Portuguese, 0.9% Greek, 0.9% Romanian, 0.8% Tagalog, 0.8% Russian, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.6% Vietnamese

Geography

The district includes the borough of Outremont, the eastern part of Côte-des-Neiges in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, and the western part of Mile End in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, plus bits of upper Downtown Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie, La Petite-Patrie in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, and Parc Extension in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.

Political geography

In the 2006 election, the Liberals had their strongest support in Côte-des-Neiges, on the eastern slopes of Mont-Royal and in the small part of the riding in the Parc-Extension neighbourhood. The Bloc had its support concentrated in the borough of Outremont, and around the Université de Montréal. The New Democratic Party (NDP) won all of its polls in Mile-End. The Conservatives won just three polls in the riding all of which were around the western part of the Outremont border.

In the 2007 by-election, the NDP almost swept the riding. Their strongest areas were in Mile-End, Jeanne-Mance, and around the Université de Montréal. It was not uncommon for the NDP to win more than 70% of the vote in these polls. The Bloc Québécois vote had collapsed, most of which went to the NDP. They did not win a single poll. Liberal support was relegated to the small part of Parc-Extension in the riding, the area around Rue Jean-Talon and the area on the opposite side of Mount Royal along Avenue des Pins. The Conservatives held on to one of their three polls.

In the 2008 election, the NDP held on to Outremont, albeit with a lower percentage of overall support.

Until the 2011 election, this riding was the only riding in Quebec to be held by the NDP. Mulcair held it since winning a by-election in 2007, earning a Quebec seat for the party for only the second time in history. He was challenged in 2011 by Liberal Martin Cauchon, who held this riding from 1993 to 2004 and was a former cabinet minister.

History

The electoral district was created in 1933 from parts of Laurier—Outremont and Mount Royal ridings.

This riding lost territory to Papineau, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount, Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs and Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, and gained territory from Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Westmount—Ville-Marie and Mount Royal during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

2007 by-election

After the resignation of Jean Lapierre on 28 January 2007, a by-election was called for 17 September 2007. In the by-election, this riding was won by the NDP candidate Thomas Mulcair.

Mulcair retained the riding for the NDP in the 2008 federal election, marking the NDP's first re-election and first general election victory in Quebec.

Former boundaries

• 2004 to 2011 election
  2004 to 2011 election

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Outremont, 1968–present

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Graph of election results in Outremont 1968-present (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	18,229	44.36
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	11,218	27.30
Template:Canadian party colour |	Bloc Québécois	6,346	15.44
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	3,005	7.31
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	1,283	3.12
Template:Canadian party colour |	People's	877	2.13
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	136	0.33

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2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	23,317	55.68
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	9,055	21.62
Template:Canadian party colour |	Bloc Québécois	4,860	11.61
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	3,343	7.98
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	937	2.24
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	362	0.86

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Outremont—Saint-Jean, 1949–1968

Template:CANelec/top Template:CANelec/note Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:Canadian party colour |Esprit social |Henri-Georges Grenier |align=right| 214 |align=right|1.87% |align=right|−0.19% Template:CANelec Template:Canadian election result/total

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Template:Canadian election result/top Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:Canadian party colour |Droit vital personnel |Henri-Georges Grenier |align=right| 465 |align=right|2.06% |align=right| Template:Canadian election result/total

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Template:Canadian election result/top Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:Canadian party colour |Independent Progressive Conservative |Homère Louiselle |align=right| 180 |align=right|1.07% |align=right| Template:Canadian election result/total

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Template:CANelec/top Template:CANelec/note Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:CANelec Template:Canadian party colour |Independent Liberal |Raymond Bourque |align=right| 442 |align=right|3.93% Template:CANelec Template:Canadian election result/total

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Outremont, 1935–1949

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See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

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External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada