Bourassa (provincial electoral district)
Bourassa is a former provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada.
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|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | National Assembly of Quebec |
| District created | 1965 |
| District abolished | 2001 |
| First contested | 1966 |
| Last contested | 1998 |
| Demographics | |
| Census divisions | Montreal (part) |
| Census subdivisions | Montreal (part) |
It included part of the city and later borough of Montréal-Nord.
It was created for the 1966 election from part of Bourget electoral district. Its last election was in 1998. It disappeared in the 2003 election. Its successor electoral districts were Bourassa-Sauvé (formed by merging part of Bourassa with all of Sauvé electoral district) and Crémazie.
It was named after nationalist politician Henri Bourassa, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1907 to 1912 and also served in the House of Commons of Canada.
Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Bourassa | ||||
| 28th | 1966–1970 | Georges-Émery Tremblay | Liberal | |
| 29th | 1970–1973 | |||
| 30th | 1973–1976 | Lise Bacon | ||
| 31st | 1976–1981 | Patrice Laplante | Parti Québécois | |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
| 33rd | 1985–1989 | Louise Robic | Liberal | |
| 34th | 1989–1994 | |||
| 35th | 1994–1997 | Yvon Charbonneau | ||
| 1997–1998 | Michèle Lamquin-Éthier | |||
| 36th | 1998–2003 | |||
| Dissolved into Bourassa-Sauvé | ||||
Electoral history (incomplete)
| 1970 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Georges-Émery Tremblay (incumbent) | 22,197 | 45.59 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Jacques-Yvan Morin | 20,826 | 42.77 | |||||
| Union Nationale | Réal Gibeau | 4,265 | 8.76 | |||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Even Provencher | 1,401 | 2.88 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 48,689 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Les résultats électoraux depuis 1867, Borduas à Brome-Missisquoi, National Assembly of Quebec, accessed 22 November 2017. | ||||||||
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External links
- Election results
- Election results (National Assembly)
- Election results (QuebecPolitique.com)
- Maps
- 1992–2001 changes (Flash)
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