Laurier (provincial electoral district)

Laurier was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It corresponded to the Parc-Extension neighbourhood in Montreal.

Laurier

Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
District created	1965
District abolished	1992
First contested	1966
Last contested	1989
Demographics
Census divisions	Montreal (part)
Census subdivisions	Montreal (part)

It was created for the 1966 election from parts of Laval, Montréal-Laurier, and Montréal-Outremont electoral districts. Its final election was in 1989. It disappeared in the 1994 election and its successor electoral district was Laurier-Dorion.

It was named in honour of former Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

• René Lévesque, Liberal – Parti Québécois (1966–1970)
• André Marchand, Liberal (1970–1981)
• Christos Sirros, Liberal (1981–1994)

Election results

1989 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christos Sirros	11,027	54.98
	Parti Québécois	Elpis Santas	5,656	28.20
	Green	Nathalie Sapina	1,170	5.83
	New Democratic	Victor Bilodeau	777	3.87
	Marxist–Leninist	Panagiotis Macrisopoulos	382	1.90
	Independent	Jacques Dubuc	349	1.74
	Non-affiliated	Nicholas Vlahos	299	1.49
	Communist	Suzanne Dagenais	174	0.87
	Socialist Movement	Jean-Roch Gauvin	148	0.74
	N/A (Revolutionary Workers League)	Michel Dugré	73	0.36
Total valid votes			20,055	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			519
Turnout			20,574	67.24
Electors on the lists			30,599
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1985 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christos Sirros	16,004	65.80
	Parti Québécois	Ivano Vellano	5,966	24.47
	New Democratic	Ioannis Kourtesis	830	3.41
	Parti indépendantiste	Christian Biron	425	1.74
	Progressive Conservative	Irene Makris	393	1.61
	Humanist	Gustavo Jara	232	0.95
	Independent	Christopher Mcall	174	0.71
	Communist	Samuel Walsh	172	0.71
	Commonwealth of Canada	Benoit Chalifoux	146	0.60
Total valid votes			24,382	97.86
Rejected and declined votes			533	2.14
Turnout			24,915	68.86
Electors on the lists			36,128
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1981 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christos Sirros	16,719	57.99
	Parti Québécois	Nadia Assimopoulos	9,871	34.24
	Union Nationale	Michel PontBriand	675	2.34
	Workers Communist	Raymonde Lebreux	469	1.63
	Independent	Basile Papachristou	263	0.91
	Freedom of Choice	Stephen J Smith	252	0.88
	Libertarian	Nicholas Vlahos	202	0.70
	Marxist–Leninist	Panagiotis Macrisopoulos	164	0.57
	Communist	Nikolas Tsois	142	0.49
	Independent	Sotirios Athanasiou	73	0.25
Total valid votes			28,830	98.67
Rejected and declined votes			389	1.33
Turnout			29,219	80.21
Electors on the lists			36,428
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

1976 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	André Marchand	11,858	41.68
	Parti Québécois	John Kambites	9,583	33.69
	Union Nationale	Georges Savoidakis	4,962	17.44
	Democratic Alliance	Christos Syros	921	3.24
	Ralliement créditiste	Denise Chartrand Marion	678	2.38
	Communist	Madame Joseph Mallaroni	240	0.84
	coalition: NPDQ - RMS	Pierre Bastien	206	0.72
Total valid votes			28,448	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			840
Turnout			29,288	82.79
Electors on the lists			35,377
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (QuebecPolitique.com)