# Lac-Saint-Louis

Lac-Saint-Louis (French pronunciation:) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1997.
It is on the southwestern tip of the Island of Montreal, encompassing a small part of the city of Montreal. Its population was 108,579 at the 2016 Canadian census.
Since 2004, its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Francis Scarpaleggia of the Liberal Party.

## Geography

The district includes the cities of Beaconsfield, and Pointe-Claire; the towns of Baie-d'Urfé, Kirkland and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue; the municipality of Senneville; and the western part of the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro of the city of Montreal.
The neighbouring ridings are Pierrefonds—Dollard, Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle and Vaudreuil—Soulanges.

## History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis and Vaudreuil ridings.
This riding was largely untouched by the 2012 electoral redistribution, gaining a small territory from Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine.

### Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Lac-Saint-Louis Riding created from Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis and Vaudreuil |||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Clifford Lincoln | Liberal |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Clifford Lincoln | Liberal |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Francis Scarpaleggia | Liberal |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Francis Scarpaleggia | Liberal |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Francis Scarpaleggia | Liberal |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Francis Scarpaleggia | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Francis Scarpaleggia | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Francis Scarpaleggia | Liberal |
| 44th | 2021–present | Francis Scarpaleggia | Liberal |

## Election results

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Francis Scarpaleggia | 32,477 | 56.3 | -1.9 | $82,540.53 |
| | Conservative | Ann Francis | 10,911 | 18.9 | +3.6 | $6,039.07 |
| | New Democratic | Jonathan Gray | 7,679 | 13.3 | +1.1 | $2,178.95 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Rémi Lebeuf | 3,078 | 5.3 | ±0.0 | $2,242.01 |
| | Green | Milan Kona-Mancini | 1,868 | 3.2 | -3.8 | $0.00 |
| | People's | Afia Lassy | 1,712 | 3.0 | +1.6 | $4,594.81 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,725 | 99.1 | – | $113,303.53 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 524 | 0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,249 | 69.7 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 83,616 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -2.8 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election: Lac-Saint-Louis :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Francis Scarpaleggia | 34,622 | 58.16 | -5.97 | $79,198.20 |
| | Conservative | Ann Francis | 9,083 | 15.26 | -2.16 | $47,678.03 |
| | New Democratic | Dana Chevalier | 7,263 | 12.20 | -0.63 | $1,823.39 |
| | Green | Milan Kona-Mancini | 4,176 | 7.02 | +4.11 | $11,504.53 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Julie Benoît | 3,169 | 5.32 | +2.63 | $1,149.75 |
| | People's | Gary Charles | 805 | 1.35 | – | $10,581.28 |
| | Animal Protection | Victoria de Martigny | 379 | 0.64 | – | none listed |
| | Canadian Nationalist | Ralston Coelho | 28 | 0.05 | – | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,525 | 99.26 | | TBD |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 445 | 0.74 | +0.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,970 | 71.33 | -1.61 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 84,074 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -1.90 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Francis Scarpaleggia | 39,965 | 64.14 | +30.03 | $119,096.00 |
| | Conservative | Eric Girard | 10,857 | 17.42 | -11.02 | $74,550.48 |
| | New Democratic | Ryan Young | 7,997 | 12.83 | -17.23 | $30,673.16 |
| | Green | Bradford Dean | 1,812 | 2.91 | -1.36 | – |
| | Bloc Québécois | Gabriel Bernier | 1,681 | 2.70 | -0.42 | $4,317.92 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 62,312 | 99.49 | | $224,522.81 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 321 | 0.51 | -0.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,633 | 72.94 | +6.81 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 85,870 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +23.63 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 18,502 | 34.10 |
| New Democratic | 16,312 | 30.06 |
| Conservative | 15,434 | 28.44 |
| Green | 2,319 | 4.27 |
| Bloc Québécois | 1,693 | 3.12 |
2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Francis Scarpaleggia | 18,457 | 34.11 | -12.27 |
| | New Democratic | Alain Ackad | 16,253 | 30.04 | +14.28 |
| | Conservative | Larry Smith | 15,394 | 28.45 | +4.94 |
| | Green | Bruno Tremblay | 2,315 | 4.28 | -4.30 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Éric Taillefer | 1,689 | 3.12 | -2.62 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 54,108 | 100.00 | – |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 287 | 0.53 | -0.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,395 | 66.13 | +2.10 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -13.28 |
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Francis Scarpaleggia | 23,842 | 46.38 | -1.8 | $71,566 |
| | Conservative | Andrea Paine | 12,085 | 23.51 | -3.2 | $54,850 |
| | New Democratic | Daniel Quinn | 8,105 | 15.76 | +5.1 | |
| | Green | Peter Graham | 4,415 | 8.58 | +1.8 | $7,679 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Maxime Clément | 2,953 | 5.74 | -2.0 | $6,931 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,400 | 100.00 | – |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 277 | 0.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,677 | 64.03 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -2.5 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Francis Scarpaleggia | 25,588 | 48.2 | -15.7 | $46,751 |
| | Conservative | Andrea Paine | 14,164 | 26.7 | +14.6 | $74,919 |
| | New Democratic | Daniel Quinn | 5,702 | 10.7 | +5.6 | $8,129 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Anne-Marie Guertin | 4,064 | 7.7 | -2.5 | $9,298 |
| | Green | Peter Graham | 3,605 | 6.8 | +1.6 | $1,340 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,123 | 100.0 | $80,616 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -215.15 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Francis Scarpaleggia | 32,122 | 63.9 | -10.3 | $41,498 |
| | Conservative | Jeff Howard | 6,082 | 12.1 | -2.6 | $15,262 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Maxime Côté | 5,106 | 10.2 | +3.5 | $7,084 |
| | New Democratic | Daniel Quinn | 3,789 | 7.5 | +5.0 | $6,036 |
| | Green | Peter Graham | 2,584 | 5.1 | – | $1,808 |
| | Marijuana | Patrick Cardinal | 578 | 1.1 | -0.6 | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,261 | 100.0 | $79,772 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -6.45 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Clifford Lincoln | 43,515 | 74.2 | +5.2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Daniel Gendron | 4,411 | 7.5 | -10.8 |
| | Alliance | William F. Shaw | 4,218 | 7.2 | +4.7 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Guy Amyot | 3,913 | 6.7 | -0.4 |
| | New Democratic | Erin Sikora | 1,464 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| | Marijuana | Elena D'Apollonia | 1,031 | 1.8 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Garnet Colly | 119 | 0.2 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 58,671 | 100.0 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Clifford Lincoln | 42,613 | 69.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Nick Di Tomaso | 11,293 | 18.3 |
| | Bloc Québécois | Guy Amyot | 4,347 | 7.0 |
| | Reform | William Bill Haines | 1,556 | 2.5 |
| | New Democratic | Chris Florence | 1,548 | 2.5 |
| | Natural Law | Ruby Finkelstein | 386 | 0.6 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 61,743 | 100.0 |