La Prairie (federal electoral district)

La Prairie
Quebec electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Alain Therrien; Bloc Québécois
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District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	105,496
Electors (2019)	86,779
Area (km²)	295
Pop. density (per km²)	357.6
Census division(s)	Roussillon
Census subdivision(s)	Saint-Constant, La Prairie, Candiac, Sainte-Catherine, Kahnawake, Delson, Saint-Philippe, Saint-Mathieu

La Prairie (previously known as Laprairie) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1896, 1968 to 1997 and again since 2015.

History[edit]

The riding of Laprairie was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the Parishes of Laprairie, Saint-Philippe, Saint Jacques le Mineur, Saint Isidore and Saint Constant, the Indian Lands of Sault Saint Louis, and all islands in the River Saint Lawrence close to the county. It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into the Châteauguay and Laprairie—Napierville electoral districts.

The riding was re-created in 1966 from Beauharnois—Salaberry and Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie ridings. It consisted of:

the City of Saint-Lambert;
the Towns of Brossard, Candiac, Châteauguay, Châteauguay-Centre, Châteauguay Heights, Delson, Greenfield Park, La Prairie, LeMoyne, Léry and Préville; and
in the County of Laprairie: the parish municipalities of Saint-Constant and Sainte-Catherine-d'Alexandrie-de-Laprairie; and the Indian Reserve of Caughnawaga No. 14.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of:

the City of Saint-Lambert;
the Towns of Brossard, Candiac, Greenfield Park, La Prairie and LeMoyne; and
in the county of Laprairie: the municipality of Notre-Dame.

In 1980, it was renamed La Prairie. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the towns of Brossard, Candiac, La Prairie et Saint-Lambert.

The riding was abolished in 1996 when it was abolished into Brossard—La Prairie and Saint-Lambert.

This riding was re-created during the 2012 electoral redistribution from parts of Châteauguay—Saint-Constant and Brossard—La Prairie.

Following the 2022 federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed La Prairie—Atateken. It will also gain a small piece of territory north of Autoroute 30 in Saint-Isidore and a small piece of territory near Ch. St-Bernard in Châteauguay from Châteauguay—Lacolle. This will come into effect at the first election held after approximately April 2024.^[2]

Profile[edit]

The Bloc Québécois is more popular in the central and southern portions of the riding, in areas such as Saint-Constant, Sainte-Catherine, Delson and rural areas, with significant support in La Prairie. The Liberals are the main competitors to the Bloc, having won in 2015. Their support is concentrated in La Prairie and Candiac. The Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake is dominated by the Liberals and NDP, but turnout is generally low.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Laprairie
1st	1867–1872	Alfred Pinsonneault	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891	Cyrille Doyon	Independent Liberal
7th	1891–1896	Louis Conrad Pelletier	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Châteauguay and Laprairie—Napierville
Riding re-created from Beauharnois—Salaberry and Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie
28th	1968–1972	Ian Watson	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980	Pierre Deniger
La Prairie
32nd	1980–1984	Pierre Deniger	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Fernand Jourdenais	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Fernand Jourdenais	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Richard Bélisle	Bloc Québécois
Riding dissolved into Brossard—La Prairie and Saint-Lambert
Riding re-created from Brossard—La Prairie and Châteauguay—Saint-Constant
42nd	2015–2019	Jean-Claude Poissant	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Alain Therrien	Bloc Québécois
44th	2021–present	Alain Therrien	Bloc Québécois

Election results[edit]

La Prairie, 2015–present[edit]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Alain Therrien	25,862	43.7	+1.9	$27,187.05
	Liberal	Caroline Desrochers	20,470	34.6	-2.0	$64,263.73
	Conservative	Lise des Greniers	5,878	9.9	+0.9	$4,378.21
	New Democratic	Victoria Hernandez	4,317	7.3	-0.4	$24.86
	People's	Ruth Fontaine	1,532	2.6	+2.0	$2,454.19
	Green	Barbara Joannette	983	1.7	-2.5	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	98	0.2	±0.0	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			59,140	98.5	–	$117,466.66
Total rejected ballots			924	1.5
Turnout			60,064	67.8	-4.2
Registered voters			88,593
Source: Elections Canada^[3]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Alain Therrien	25,707	41.8	+15.56	$16,299.46
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Poissant	22,504	36.6	+0.14	$58,876.52
	Conservative	Isabelle Lapointe	5,540	9.0	-2.91	none listed
	New Democratic	Victoria Hernandez	4,744	7.7	-15.18	$0.10
	Green	Barbara Joannette	2,565	4.2	+2.05	$362.15
	People's	Gregory Yablunovsky	393	0.6	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	100	0.2	-0.15	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,553	100.0
Total rejected ballots			886
Turnout			62,439	71.95
Eligible voters			86,779
	Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.71
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Poissant	20,993	36.46	+23.24	–
	Bloc Québécois	Christian Picard	15,107	26.24	+0.51	–
	New Democratic	Pierre Chicoine	13,174	22.88	-27.08	–
	Conservative	Yves Perras	6,859	11.91	+2.46	–
	Green	Joanne Tomas	1,235	2.15	+0.69	$43.49
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	204	0.35	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,572	100.00		$218,081.80
Total rejected ballots			996	1.70	–
Turnout			58,568	71.15	–
Eligible voters			82,318
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+25.16
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[8]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	25,308	50.0
	Bloc Québécois	13,035	25.7
	Conservative	6,697	13.2
	Liberal	4,787	9.5
	Green	736	1.5
	Marxist–Leninist	91	0.2

La Prairie, 1980–1997[edit]

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Richard Bélisle	27,490
	Liberal	Jacques Saada	27,014
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Jourdenais	7,852
	New Democratic	Mohamed Akoum	708
	Natural Law	Pierre Montpetit	691
	Commonwealth of Canada	Alain Gauthier	200

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Jourdenais	30,834
	Liberal	Pierre Deniger	19,497
	New Democratic	Bruce Katz	6,228
	Rhinoceros	Marc-André Shakespeare Audet	1,378
	Commonwealth of Canada	Alain Gauthier	186

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Jourdenais	26,506
	Liberal	Pierre Deniger	25,182
	New Democratic	Lyse Chevalier-Grégoire	8,602
	Rhinoceros	Monique Spazzola Fisicaro	1,851
	Parti nationaliste	Marian Wecowski	1,373
	Commonwealth of Canada	Jean-Pierre Gélineau	157

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Deniger	36,842
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Bohrer	5,894
	Progressive Conservative	Thérèse L'Écuyer	4,960
	Rhinoceros	Jacques Ferron	1,868
	Social Credit	Maurice Roy	948
	Libertarian	David B. Chamberlain	297
	Union populaire	Christian Labelle	222
	Marxist–Leninist	Jocelyne Éthier	87

Laprairie, 1966–1980[edit]

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pierre Deniger	39,410
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Vasseur	6,576
	Social Credit	Maurice Roy	4,461
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Bohrer	4,188
	Rhinoceros	Jacques Cinq Cennes Marcotte	1,335
	Libertarian	David Beaulieu Chamberlain	435
	Union populaire	Christian Labelle	266
	Marxist–Leninist	Jocelyne Éthier	121

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Watson	35,276
	Progressive Conservative	Georges Brossard	12,767
	New Democratic	Jean-Claude Bohrer	5,153
	Social Credit	Aimé Coderre	3,855

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Watson	34,557
	Progressive Conservative	Robert-F. Nelson	9,147
	Social Credit	Marcellin Gagnon	7,315
	New Democratic	Bernard Boulanger	5,261

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ian Watson	31,968
	Progressive Conservative	H.-René Laberge	5,316
	New Democratic	Yves Demers	3,551
	Ralliement créditiste	Marcellin Gagnon	1,288

Laprairie, 1867–1892[edit]

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis Conrad Pelletier	970
	Liberal	Cyrille Doyon	916

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	Cyrille Doyon	917
	Conservative	Joseph Tassé	894

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Pinsonneault	675
	Unknown	J.E. Robidoux	572

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Pinsonneault	661
	Unknown	T.A. Longtin	601

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Pinsonneault	Acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[9]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Pinsonneault	632
	Unknown	J.-M. Loranger	563
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[10]

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Pinsonneault	750
	Unknown	M. Normandeau	293
Eligible voters			1,688
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871^[11]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 2016
^ "Quebec's New Federal Electoral Map".
^ "Confirmed candidates — La Prairie". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for La Prairie, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024.
^ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved June 27, 2022.

External links[edit]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

[ReferenceA-1] Statistics Canada: 2016

[2] "Quebec's New Federal Electoral Map".

[3] "Confirmed candidates — La Prairie". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.

[4] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[5] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

[6] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for La Prairie, 30 September 2015

[7] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

[8] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

[9] Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024.

[10] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024.

[11] "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved June 27, 2022.

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v t e Historical federal ridings in Quebec
Until 2015	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauharnois—Salaberry Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Brossard—La Prairie Chambly—Borduas Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Jeanne-Le Ber Jonquière—Alma LaSalle—Émard Laval Lévis—Bellechasse Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Saint-Lambert Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Terrebonne—Blainville Vaudreuil-Soulanges Verchères—Les Patriotes Westmount—Ville-Marie
Until 2006	Argenteuil—Mirabel Beauport Charlesbourg Charlevoix—Montmorency Laurier Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Richelieu Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Roberval
Until 2004	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Berthier—Montcalm Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok Chambly Champlain Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier Charlevoix Châteauguay Frontenac—Mégantic Hochelaga—Maisonneuve Jonquière Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Laurentides Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval Centre Laval East Laval West Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Longueuil Lotbinière—L'Érable Matapédia—Matane Mercier Papineau—Saint-Denis Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Québec East Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis Rosemont—Petite-Patrie Saint-Maurice Témiscamingue Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
Until 2000	Abitibi Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans Charlesbourg Chicoutimi Lac-Saint-Jean Lévis Lotbinière Richelieu Rimouski—Mitis Rosemont Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse Verchères Verdun—Saint-Henri
Until 1997	Argenteuil—Papineau Bellechasse Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine Frontenac Gaspé Gatineau—La Lièvre Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis La Prairie Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Papineau—Saint-Michel Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski—Témiscouata Saint-Denis Saint-Henri—Westmount Saint-Hubert Saint-Léonard Terrebonne Vaudreuil Verchères Verdun—Saint-Paul
Until 1993	Duvernay Langelier Laval Laval-des-Rapides Montmorency—Orléans Québec-Est Saint-Laurent
Until 1988	Berthier—Maskinongé—Lanaudière Dollard Gamelin Gatineau Labelle Lachine Lasalle Laurier Montreal—Mercier Montreal—Sainte-Marie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine East Papineau Saint-Jacques Saint-Léonard—Anjou Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Until 1984	Argenteuil Berthier—Maskinongé Hull Mercier Missisquoi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Rimouski Sainte-Marie Saint-Michel
Until 1980	Laprairie Montmorency Richmond Saint-Hyacinthe Verdun
Until 1979	Ahuntsic Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Berthier Brome—Missisquoi Compton Hochelaga Kamouraska Lachine—Lakeshore Lafontaine Lapointe Lasalle—Émard—Côte Saint-Paul Laval Maisonneuve—Rosemont Matane Montreal—Bourassa Pontiac Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Sainte-Marie Saint-Henri Trois-Rivières Métropolitain Villeneuve Westmount
Until 1974	Lachine Lasalle
Until 1972	Argenteuil Beauharnois Bonaventure Bourassa Maisonneuve Missisquoi Témiscouata Trois-Rivières
Until 1968	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Beauharnois—Salaberry Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière Brome—Missisquoi Cartier Chambly—Rouville Chapleau Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Compton—Frontenac Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Îles-de-la-Madeleine Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm Matapédia—Matane Maisonneuve—Rosemont Mégantic Montmagny—L'Islet Nicolet—Yamaska Outremont—Saint-Jean Pontiac–Témiscamingue Quebec East Québec—Montmorency Quebec South Quebec West Richelieu—Verchères Richmond—Wolfe Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata Saguenay St. Ann Saint-Antoine—Westmount Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville St. Lawrence—St. George Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Stanstead Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Until 1962	Témiscouata
Until 1953	Beauharnois Berthier—Maskinongé Jacques Cartier St. Antoine—Westmount St-Denis St-Henri St. James St. Mary Verdun—La Salle
Until 1949	Argenteuil Beauharnois—Laprairie Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay—Huntingdon Compton Lake St-John—Roberval Laval—Two Mountains Mégantic—Frontenac Outremont Pontiac Quebec West and South St. Denis St. Henry St. Hyacinthe—Bagot St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville St-Maurice—Laflèche Three Rivers Verdun Wright
Until 1935	Bagot Beauharnois Chambly—Verchères Joliette Lake St. John Laprairie—Napierville L'Assomption—Montcalm Laurier—Outremont L'Islet Maisonneuve Matane Mégantic Montmagny Nicolet Quebec West Richelieu St. Antoine St. Henri St. Hyacinthe—Rouville St. Johns—Iberville Three Rivers—St. Maurice Yamaska
Until 1925	Berthier Brome Charlevoix—Montmorency Chicoutimi—Saguenay George-Étienne Cartier Maskinongé Missisquoi Quebec County Town of Sherbrooke Three Rivers and St. Maurice Westmount—St. Henri
Until 1917	Charlevoix Châteauguay Huntingdon L'Assomption Laval Montcalm Montmorency Quebec-Centre Rouville St. Anne St. Hyacinthe St. Lawrence Soulanges Two Mountains Vaudreuil
Before 1900	Chambly Iberville Laprairie Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville County of Ottawa St. John's Saint Maurice Three Rivers Verchères