Vanier (electoral district)

Vanier is a former provincial electoral district located in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, which elected members to the National Assembly of Quebec. As of its final election, it included mostly western and central portions of Quebec City west of Quebec Autoroute 73.

Vanier

Quebec electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	National Assembly of Quebec
District created	1972
District abolished	2011
First contested	1973
Last contested	2008
Demographics
Electors (2008)[1]	55,662
Area (km²)[2]	54.55
Census divisions	Quebec City (part)
Census subdivisions	Quebec City (part)

It was created for the 1973 election from parts of the riding of Saint-Sauveur. Its final election was in 2008. It disappeared in the 2012 election and the successor electoral district was Vanier-Les Rivières.[3]

Members of the National Assembly

• Fernand Dufour, Liberal (1973–1976)
• Jean-François Bertrand, Parti Québécois (1976–1985)
• Jean-Guy Lemieux, Liberal (1985–1994)
• Diane Barbeau, Parti Québécois (1994–2003)
• Marc Bellemare, Liberal (2003–2004)
• Sylvain Légaré, Action démocratique du Québec (2004–2008)
• Patrick Huot, Liberal (2008–2012)

Election results

2008 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Patrick Huot	13,077	38.33	+14.14
	Action démocratique	Sylvain Légaré	12,599	36.93	-14.51
	Parti Québécois	Eric Boucher	7,512	22.02	+2.90
	Québec solidaire	Monique Voisine	931	2.73	+0.60

2007 Quebec general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Action démocratique	Sylvain Légaré	20,699	51.44
	Liberal	Jean-Claude L'Abbée	9,733	24.19
	Parti Québécois	Sylvain Lévesque	7,694	19.12
	Green	Lucien Gravelle	1,149	2.86	–
	Québec solidaire	Marie Dionne	859	2.13
	Christian Democracy	Louis Casgrain	103	0.26

References

1. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=638&section=population
2. http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/english/provincial/electoral-map/general-information-on-the-provincial-electoral-divisions.php?bsq=638&section=superficie
3. Commission de la représentation électorale (January 2012). "The electoral map of Québec 2011: Final Report" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2012.

External links

Information

• Elections Quebec

Election results

• Election results (National Assembly)
• Election results (Elections Quebec)

Maps

• 2001 map (Flash)

  2001–2011 changes (Flash)

  1992–2001 changes (Flash)

• Electoral map of Capitale-Nationale region (as of 2001)
• Quebec electoral map, 2001